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Power Learning

Power Learning. fno.org. Power Learning. Students as researchers, inventors and thinkers Analysis Inference Interpretation Synthesis. fno.org. A New Information Landscape. fno.org. A New Information Landscape. Faster access - distributed More information (California in Google ?)

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Power Learning

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  1. Power Learning fno.org

  2. Power Learning Students as researchers, inventors and thinkers • Analysis • Inference • Interpretation • Synthesis fno.org

  3. A New Information Landscape fno.org

  4. A New Information Landscape • Faster access - distributed • More information (California in Google?) • But organization? quality? Truth? • Dramatic need for information skills fno.org

  5. Noise We suffer from Noise. Noise brings us chaos . . . static . . . bedlam . . . cacophony. Noise offers distraction, distortion and distress. We would be much better off with music! fno.org

  6. The Age of Glib • Mentalsoftness™ • Cut and Paste Thinking • The New Plagiarism fno.org

  7. From Information Consumers to Information Producers Learning to make up your own mind about the important questions and issues of life. fno.org

  8. Teach Students to approach reading strategically. • Questioning • Picturing • Awakening Prior Knowledge • Inferring • Synthesizing Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader’s Workshop (Keene & Zimmerman, 1997) fno.org

  9. Engaged Learners • Responsible for their own learning • Energized by learning • Strategic • Collaborative fno.org

  10. Students as Infotectives • Skilled thinkers, researchers and inventors • Solving information puzzles and riddles • Employing analysis, synthesis and evaluation • Making sense from non-sense fno.org

  11. The Information Literate School Students take voyages of discovery and exploration. They are not satisfied with cut and paste thinking. • Prospecting • Interpreting • Creating Good New Ideas fno.org

  12. The Need for Information Literacy From data to information to insight • Visual Literacy • Numerical Literacy • Text Literacy • Others? fno.org

  13. REAL TIME RESEARCH Authentic issues • The search for sound solutions • The search for wise decisions fno.org

  14. Examples of Research Essential Question • Decisions • Which of these three cities would you select for a new home? • Which of these three bills does the best job of reducing crime? • Problems • How do we restore the salmon harvest? • What can we do to reduce the dangers of acid rain? fno.org

  15. The Research Cycle fno.org

  16. Inferential Reasoning is Paramount • Finding meaning • Creating meaning • Extending meaning • Reading between the lines fno.org

  17. The Results Students who can • make up their own minds • work well in teams • solve problems with independence and ingenuity • speak, present and write persuasively fno.org

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