GOOGLE THE ANSWER - ROUND ROCK 2014

1. If your students can the answer you may be asking the WRONG questions. Brian Housand, Ph.D. brianhousand.com bit.ly/ rrisd2014

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10. If your students can GOOGLE the answer...

11. You may be asking the WRONG questions!

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21. DID

22. RECALL ≠ UNDERSTANDING

24. 1) In what year was the first U.S. postage stamp issued? ? 2) Who was on it? ? 3) How much did it cost?

26. NEW LITERACIES newliteracies.uconn.edu IDENTIFY Important Questions LOCATE Information CRITICALLY EVALUATE SYNTHESIZE Information COMMUNICATE Answers

27. Fiction from Truth using Evidence

29. “Every man should have a built-in automatic crap detector operating inside of him.” -- Ernest Hemingway

30. TRIANGULATION

31. WHO WROTE THIS INFORMATION? ? WHEN WAS THE ARTICLE WRITTEN? ? CAN THE INFORMATION BE VERIFIED FOR ACCURACY?

33. BLUFF THE INTERNET SEARCHER

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36. AGGREGATOR

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40. TRY THIS! GENERIC SENTENCE FRAMES “Who are…” “When did…” “Why does…” “What will happen if…”

41. WHO IS WHAT WHEN DID CAN WHERE WHY WILL MIGHT SHOULD COULD WOULD HOW

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47. WHAT ABOUT MATH?

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