How to use NoodleTools as a collaborative and inquiry-based learning tool a series of 3 collaborative workshops to facilitate information literacy transition between Primary School and Middle School By Pascale Viala Middle School Teachers Professional Development

21 st Century Learner “Information and Technology are clearly the new basic skills of the 21 st Century.” Michael Eisenberg “Citizens of the 21 st century must be able to adapt to and flourish in our fast-paced and ever changing information and technology- centered world.” Ruth Small “Citizens of the 21 st century must be able to adapt to and flourish in our fast-paced and ever changing information and technology- centered world.” Ruth Small

Develop Students’ Thinking Skills: a Co-Responsibility Collaboration increases student achievement TechnologyInformation Curriculum Modeling Skills

Collaborative Teaching Create collaborative assignments, projects, and activities: Create collaborative assignments, projects, and activities: that a reinforce knowledge, understanding, and comprehension. that a reinforce knowledge, understanding, and comprehension. that require application, demonstration, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. that require application, demonstration, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. that integrate curriculum, information and technology skills. that integrate curriculum, information and technology skills. Repetitive use of research model can impact critical thinking. Repetitive use of research model can impact critical thinking.

Our Goals “Effective teaching with technology matches the teacher's goals and the learner's characteristics and needs, with tools that enhance understanding.” Debbie Abilock Develop a growing integrated and collaborative Information Literacy Skills Program from Elementary School to High School. Information Literacy transition: Maintain skills acquired in Primary School through Middle School by using the same collaborative research tools: NoodleTools & Big6

Workshop Objectives Understand the need and advantages of using Big6 and NoodleTools as an integrated Inquiry and collaboration tool. Where we are. Understand how NoodleTools and Big6 correlate. Alignment. Evaluate 6 th graders Information Literacy Skills. Develop an evaluation form. Create a NoodleTools account & a collaborative project. Workshop #1 Workshop #2 Workshop #3 Practice NoodleTools as an inquiry-based learning tool Develop a collaborative lesson for the 6th grade Project Aqua Vitae using NoodleTools

Where Are We Now? Research Process Citations format & tool Collaborative tools Sources of information Evaluation Activity #1 – See handout 6 th grade Students Profile What do we use? What do we know? How do we access information? What do we teach?

The Big6 Skills Task Definition Information Seeking Strategies Location and Access Use of Information Evaluation Synthesis A research Process

NoodleTools “A powerful, integrated platform for research & literacy: NoodleTools is your instructional partner for differentiated teaching of literacy skills, critical analysis, sound reasoning, and collaborative group research.” NoodleTools Grow with students: elementary to university Using a common language and framework Dashboard To Do List Bibliography Notecards Paper Comments Dashboard To Do List Bibliography Notecards Paper Comments Accessible from any computer An integrated platform for research & literacy

Big6 aligns with NoodleTools Activity #2 With your group, discuss each Big6 steps and align them with the NoodleTools features. The Big6 is a research process and NoodleTools is an online research organizer tool that makes it easier for students to follow the Big6 process and for teachers to follow students progress “NoodleTools is a research skills support software tool that assists students in every step of a research project.” Rebecca Buerkett

Big6 aligns with NoodleTools Task Definition Information Seeking Strategies Location and Access Use of Information Evaluation Synthesis Dashboard Bibliography Note cards + Paper Citation + NotecardsResearch Questions / Thesis Statement / To do list Comments Notecards /Out line/ Google Doc DropBox Comments SHARED WITH STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

5 th Grade Exhibition Project Example of a Exhibition Project by a 5 th grade Teacher NoodleToolsEnd Product A Project –Based Learning Group-ProjectA mentor /group Intensive Collaboration Teachers / Curriculum Coordinator/librarian

Rising 6 th grade Pre-Assessment Activity #3 Develop a questionnaire to collect rising 6 th grade information literacy skills Discuss when it should be assigned to students Action plan to address the gaps

Research Project Practice Introduction Topic: What are the water challenges of your assigned country? Create a NoodleTools account if not yet done Create a Project in Dashboard Share your project with your group members Share your Project with your assigned mentor in drop box

Required Readings & Video London, Ellen. "The International Baccalaureate Program in International Schools and Big6: A Wonderful Partnership." Big6. N.p., n.d. in-international-schools-and-big6-a-wonderful-partnership.php NoodleTools Overview Webinar NoodleTools – An online classroom environment for the research process Article: Video

Work Cited Abilock, Debbie. "Web Tools for Collaboration." Noodletools. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Dec Buerkett, Rebecca. "Inquiry and Assessment Using Web 2.0 Tools." School Library Monthly 28.1 (2011): Print. Eisenberg, Mike. "Big6 Skills Overview." Big6. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Dec Information Superhighway. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 8 Dec London, Ellen. "The International Baccalaureate Program in International Schools and Big6: A Wonderful Partnership." Big6. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 Dec NoodleTools - An online classroom environment for the research process. By Damon Abilock et al. NoodleTools. N.p., n.d. Web. 9 Dec Small, Ruth V. Teaching for Inquiry: Engaging the Learner within. New York: Neal-Schuman, Print. Students. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 8 Dec Teacher. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 8 Dec 2012