Intro+to+Meaningful+Searches+perea+&+dolcel

=Introduction to Meaningful Searches=


 * Title: ||< Introduction to Meaningful Searches ||
 * Subject: ||< Any ||
 * Grade: ||< 2-5 ||
 * Purpose: || Students will practice refining internet searches ||
 * Time Frame: ||< 2 class periods ||
 * Summary: ||< Students will use current content to practice boolean searches. They will compete with other groups to produce a search with the fewest "hits," meaning the most narrowed search. They will also share their processes and critique the strategies of others. ||
 * Tasks: ||< 1. Whole Group— [|__YouTube video__] on [|__Boolify__]

Make a T-Chart: 2. [|__Boolean Machine Website__]  to further clarify how to refine searches (If necessary, students can add this to “How can we find the best info? part of T-Chart.) 3. Students discuss critical attributes of good searches and create an anchor chart. 4. Depending on content area (Math, Sci, SS or ELA), students are given a current topic (teacher-selected; TEKS-based; currently in progress...or upcoming in curriculum) 5. Students brainstorm in pairs a series of questions about the topic that they could research 6. Students discuss WG “what makes a good question” (add to anchor chart or create a new one?) 7. Students then play “Survivor Question” by making a group of 4 and eliminate all but one question (the best question) for the group. 8. Students post their question on a Google Docs. (I added this) End of Day 1 9. Teacher gives a mini-lesson (WG) over [|__Jing__] ; students will be using Jing to capture their search results. 10. Teacher selects and shares with students one of the class’s questions and tells them that they will be competing in teams to answer the question with the “most refined” search (fewest “hits” wins) 11. Students perform search; take a screen shot with Jing (or other screen shot capturing program) 12. Students save images to memory stick or [|__boxify.me__] 13. Teacher posts results on ACTIVboard as they appear; students critically analyze how each group researched to narrow results (WG) and modify their anchor chart from yesterday; winner is selected 14. Winner explains how they got the fewest “hits” 15. Repeat steps 10-14 for remaining questions (step 7) || include component="comments" page="Intro to Meaningful Searches perea & dolcel" limit="100"
 * Before Video: What I know about Internet searching (How do you find info on the web?)
 * After Video: What I now know about Internet searching (How can we find the best info
 * Objectives: || TSW understand how to refine internet searches by using their knowledge of Boolean key words to perform an internet search on a given topic. ||
 * Assessment: ||< * Share Out
 * Anchor Chart, modifying as a result of their searches
 * Number of "hits" for each search (should decrease as students become more proficient)
 * Differentiation available through work with peer groups and choice in how their refine their search ||
 * Resources: ||< * websites and videos linked within steps (boolify.com; youtube, jing, boxify.me) ||

Discussion:
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