2. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Research Skills for Life A practical introduction 23rd April 2014 St. Joseph’s Primary Alison Mundie / Donna Baird

3. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Why are we re-iterating Literacy for all? Consistency / Easy Transitions Primary – Framework homework/ Research Cutting down work load Improving literacy skills across the board Greater need with National 4 and National 5

4. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 WHY? “Information literacy is knowing when and why you need information, where to find it, and how to evaluate, use and communicate it in an ethical manner.” (CILIP Information Literacy:the skills updated 15/09/2008)

5. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 The draft framework “A National Information Literacy Framework Scotland : Skills for everyone” by Christine Irving and John Crawford (www.caledonian.ac.uk/ils/framework.html)www.caledonian.ac.uk/ils/framework.html suggests that by the end of P7 pupils should have the skills necessary to plan, locate, organise, represent and evaluate information.

6. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Skills Fact finding Ability to extract key information from sources Ability to summarise Information found Presentation of findings Effective communication skills Ability to work in a group/team ICT skills Ability to search on web Confidence/ being able to work in a group Skimming/ scanning Note Making Summarising/ Paraphrasing Time Management

7. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 5 simple steps for effective research Ex-Plan Locate Organise Represent Evaluate

8. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Plan  Define the task.  Brainstorm what is already known, its relevance and other areas of the topic to be considered (KWL chart).  Draw up a list of questions to answer - to get the right information you must ask the right question.  Create a mind map if helpful.  Make a note of keywords to use when searching.

9. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Step 1 Plan - what information do you need? What is your subject? What do you want to find out about? Ask some questions. What other words or phrases can you think of to describe this subject? Brainstorm - Make a list or draw a mind map Discover the most important words – these will be your keywords. Highlight them. Use your keywords to form a search strategy What do you know about this subject already?

10. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 KWL Chart Name…………………………Date………………………………… Research topic…………………………………………………………………………………… What I knowWhat I want to know What I have learned

11. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Locate Identify appropriate resources Use keywords and questions Refine, narrow or broaden these terms as necessary. Check each source for authority, currency, accuracy and bias. ( ACAB poster). Note all sources used – Harvard Referencing

12. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Step 2 - Locate -identify helpful resources Make a list of any resources which might help you to find information about your subject Here are some to get you started: Books Newspapers TV Radio Videos Maps The Internet Spreadsheets

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14. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Authority Who is the author/responsible for creating the website? What are their qualifications and associations? Are they:.org.co/com.ac.gov Search their name using a search engine – see what else they have written/created. Search the links in their web page –Can you contact them? (e.g. by e-mail). Check any references/bibliographies included in the website. Cross check their facts with other sources.

15. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Currency Check how up-to-date the website is by looking at the date it was created or updated. This is usually at the bottom of the page or click on FILE then PROPERTIES. Are the links on the site still active and how up-to-date are they?

16. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Accuracy Cross check any facts Spulling and grimmer mostikes You have to decide if the website is suitable to your needs:- age, contents etc

17. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Bias To advertise a product or service To change how you think

18. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 For the last few years, anyone doing a Google search for "Hitler" gets, as one of the first results, the "Hitler Historical Museum." This claims to be an unbiased site devoted to historical truth.

19. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 It is instead a neo-Nazi site. It is anonymous (the registered owner is "united. thought"). Its mailing address is a shopping mall in Herndon, VA. Many of its links are to other neo-Nazi sites, and its information is not entirely reliable. This site is also cited by other more reputable sites as being of historical use by someone probably as lazy as a Fourth year last thing on a Sunday night!

20. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 How to help? Whois.com Domaintools.net

21. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Real or not Real? www.dhmo.org http://www.petroldirect.com/ www.sulabhtoiletmuseum.org/

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23. Organise Treasure or Trash. Arrange the information in a logical order. Go back to the original task Beware of plagiarism Add an introduction and conclusion to the topic as appropriate.

24. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Step 3 Organise relevant information Examine all the information you have gathered The information which answers your questions is relevant. Keep this. Look again at your questions Discard everything that is not relevant Sort the relevant information to answer your questions

25. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Represent Required format- legible, logical, understandable, and answers the original task. Ensure that the way the work is presented is appropriate to the audience. Bibliography Check through and redraft as necessary. Hand in/present the completed work.

26. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Step 4 Represent relevant information After you have kept only what is relevant - Present your information To do this you might: Write a report or an essay Give a talk Make a slide show Write a song

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28. Evaluate Recall the steps you took to complete this task. Assess the process. What worked well? What could be improved next time? Fill in the last column of KWL chart.

29. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Step 5 Evaluate what you have done Think about how you found information Are there things you would definitely do next time? Are there things you would never do again? What could you do next time to make your enquiry even better? Ask Yourself:

30. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Over to you! Scenario Task 1: Plan (First 2 columns KWL Chart) Task 2: Locate (Computers) Task 3: Organise Task 4: Represent Task 5: Evaluate (Last column KWL Chart)

31. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Tasks will be timed http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/

32. Woodfarm High School Library 2013 Thank you for listening CPD Evaluation E-mail: BairdD@st-ninians.e- renfrew.sch.uk and/or MundieA@woodfarm.e-renfrew.sch.ukBairdD@st-ninians.e- renfrew.sch.uk MundieA@woodfarm.e-renfrew.sch.uk Phone: 0141-5772010 (St.Ninian’s)