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Technology-driven Research Project: Empowering Students to Learn and Advance Literacy

Enhance student learning and literacy skills through a research project that explores Common Core reading and writing standards. Students create a website to report their findings, follow specific guidelines, collaborate with peers, and contact experts. The project includes elements such as thesis statements, online access to library databases, visual and textual evaluations, and peer review. Overall, it aims to promote independent learning and critical thinking.

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Technology-driven Research Project: Empowering Students to Learn and Advance Literacy

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  1. Technology to Ignite Learning and Advance Literacy Understandings

  2. and Learn the Common Core Reading and Writing Standards

  3. One Model: The Research Project

  4. Protect Basic Strong Important Standards Learning

  5. Empower students to learn on their own

  6. Create a Web Site Reporting Research Findings

  7. Specific Guidelines Guide The Path

  8. Teamwork with Peers Helps the work

  9. Need to Know Propels the learning

  10. Students follow the path on their own

  11. Rules:Thesis Statement is on Web Site Home PageThesis Statement no more than 30 wordsWeb site Constraints

  12. OnLineAccess to Library Data Base

  13. Kids Located and Contacted Experts in the area via internet search, e-mail, Skype interviewBroke through web site

  14. VastAmountof MaterialAvailable

  15. Connor’sTeam Didn’t Win

  16. Connor’s Team Wonat theState ScienceFair

  17. Common Core Standards Learned 1.Expository/argumentative writing2Close reading, inference, main idea Non-fiction text for information Evaluate visuals and text 9 How texts address similar themes 10. Read complex text proficiently4Produce clear and coherent writing Peer Review , Revisions, Research

  18. Lost Opportunities Write up researchAll students do this All do web site

  19. Big Idea Essential Question in kid-friendly terms guides the research

  20. What’s different: * Create web site * Concise statements Word Limit * Add visuals, videos, sound *Library data bases *Interview experts, email *Team process adds ideas *Presentation to peers, adults

  21. Other Tech UsesBlog for text discussion Peer edit online with guidesPechaKucha words, images Find Key Quotes in groups Use Powerpoint or Prezi Web-based course, as with online learning

  22. BEWARE: Time versus Quality of Learning factor:example: “trailer”project

  23. BE CREATIVE!

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