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Created by: Holly Earl and Karen Storrie For Presentation to Upper Elementary Teachers. I-Search Inquiry based Students choose their own topic Four-step process. Student Motivation Topics are of personal interest. How do I use I-Search in the classroom?.
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Created by: Holly Earl and Karen Storrie For Presentation to Upper Elementary Teachers
I-Search • Inquiry based • Students choose their own topic • Four-step process
Student Motivation • Topics are of personal interest
Examples of I-Search Projects
Example 1: • Topic: Coral Reefs • Information Sources: Print, Databases, Search Engines • Using Information: Analyze and Synthesize Information found • Final Product: Animoto
Example 2: • Topic: Native Americans • Information Sources: online encyclopedias, books, podcasts, and information databases • Using Information: Create a product to reflect learning • Final Product: Glogster
Works Cited/Consulted Alvey, Tara L., Nathan C. Phillips, Emily C. Bigelow, Blaine E. Smith, Erin Pfaff, Walt Colt, Kevin M. Leander, Bridget Dalton, and Jasmine Y. Ma. "From I-Search to ISearch 2.0." English Teaching: Practice and Critique 10.4 (2011): 139-48. Web. 5 Oct. 2012. Bowen, Carol. "A Process Approach: The I-Search with Grade 5: They Learn!" Teacher Librarian 29.2 (2001): 14-17. Web. 5 Oct. 2012. Duncan, Donna, Laura Lockhart, and Lisa Ham. The New ISearch, You Search, We All Learn to Research: A How-to-do-it Manual for Teaching Research Using Web 2.0 Tools and Digital Resources. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2011. Print. Lamb, Annette. "Models: I-Search." Models: I-Search. Information Inquiries for Teachers, Feb. 2005. Web. 06 Oct. 2012. http://eduscapes.com/infooriginal/isearch.html. Shaver, Susan. "The New Isearch, You Search, We All Learn To Research." School Library Journal 58.5 (2012): 136. Academic Search Complete. Web. 6 Oct. 2012.