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The Research Portfolio
TEACH/LIB
Welcome to the research portfolio development site. This page is for the instructor. Students please procede to the student section(s).
This site is designed to help high school students learn both information technology skills as well as information literacy skills during a research project. Overview of organization of this site.
Student Portfolio Example
- Students will learn to use WebConstructs, concept maps on the computer including social networking and internet interaction, to brainstorm their ideas about a project and layout their goals to accomplish it.
- Students will use their WebConstructs to begin to track their research information to:organize their ideas, track their bibliographical information, collect and sort information and rethink their goals in context to their progress.
- Students will step back from the search process and create a global picture using their collected data and begin to design a pattern or direction that makes sense of, or gives shape to, their project. Students will set up a web-portfolio site on which to upload their concept maps, notes and create their blogs etc (see following sections).
- Students will strive to communicate the answer to their research questions through their favourite or the directed media required for the assignment. Students must keep in mind that the project is to 'say' something to their audience. The final project will be viewed on a web-portfolio developed by the group or student.
- Students will keep a blog on their progress during the project. They will include their 'appropriate' emotions during the stages, interesting aspects to them personally, as well as advice to themselves or other students about how to be a more effective learner during research in the future.
This site follows "The Research Quest" as developed by the BCTLA and adopted by the BC Min. of Ed. This site is meant to be used by you and your students on any research project you would like to. For contributions, corrections, or links please email me. Credit will be given to you as indicated. Your contributions are appreciated for the upgrading and development of this site.
Teachers will want to spend more time on this page, Web 2.0, WebConstruct, the Quest, Links, and Assignments pages. A helpful resource for teachers (not you students!--relax) developing units for search strategies is teacher tap.Unit Planning Template for The Quest (example in biology
assign). If you like the WebConstruct format or mind mapping you may want to check out Thinkmap Visual which defines words with visual connections as well as giving synonyms. It does cost but it is particularly helpful with students who struggle with the relationship between words.
based on John Caldwell and The Research Quest (for teachers)
The Research
Quest--A Student Guide (original Ministry version)
A pamphlet guide for students to use with the Research Quest
Other versions of the
research quest:
Verification
Who am I?
Literature Review Framework Table
Literature Review for my proposed Master's paper
My new library learner website (just started) and digital utopia project.
Links to my experiments with technology in the classroom
Class Blog 2006/2007
Class Wiki 2006/2007
Cyber-nature unit (views on nature in a digital world) word doc.
Cyber-nature as set up for the exe editor called exelearning
Coming in 2007/2008:
Bio 11 website
Yearbook website
Evaluation of site validity
This
site is based on valid, established sites, although the opinions
expressed will be mine as a teacher and potential librarian.
Updated last Nov 12, 2007
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