Recognising and Reading Scholarly Work

Choose one of the following articles to read. Use Diigo or 'old school' strategies to practice your active reading skills.

http://education.jhu.edu/PD/newhorizons/strategies/topics/literacy/articles/instant-messaging/

http://thescholarship.ecu.edu/bitstream/handle/10342/4582/WKSA_2014_1stplace.pdf?sequence=1

http://www.academia.edu/11245168/Text_messaging_affects_teen_literacy_

http://etec.hawaii.edu/proceedings/2009/Tomita.pdf

http://sophia.stkate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1185&context=msw_papers

http://contentcat.fhsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/thesis/id/3254

http://www.bamaed.ua.edu/edtechcases/Case%20Numbers/text%20messaging%20and%20grammar_Case%2011.pdf

TASK:

What do you notice about the article you are reading? What features are familiar to you? Unfamiliar?

How is the article you are reading different from the sources you are using to write your essay?

Write a blogpost that reflects on what you have noticed and learnt from reading this article.

Creating and using a Gold Standard

Before we started organising the Pakistan Day seminars we were looking at how we can and why we should judge the quality and reliability of information we find on the Internet.

Your job now is to apply this learning to an information problem.

You are going to:

Choose a research question from a list
Decide what your Gold Standard for Information Sources would be
Find 5 websites that meet your Gold Standard
Report on how you established your Gold Standard and how the websites you have chosen meet those Gold Standard

In the The Good, the Bad and the Ugly folder you will find a document called Information Problems for your Gold Standard Work.

You will receive a grade for your report on the Gold Standard, for your report on the 5 websites and from your peers on how you have applied your Gold Standard.

CAS Reflections

In order for your CAS project to be counted towards your CAS portfolio, you need to submit your reflection and finalise the packet within two weeks of the end of the activity.

Pakistan Day was on March 13, this means you have until March 27 to complete your CAS packet and reflection... and we'll be on Spring Break then. What are you going to do to solve this dilemma?

Golden Standard for Evaluating Websites

I am looking at your videos and grading them. I am looking for use of your golden standard and that the video includes attribution for the work of others.

Midterm

Well done! I have added the grading criteria to the bottom of your essays and will work on grading them over the next few days.

When you have time, please write a reflection of the exam...

How do you feel it went? How was the technology helpful?

How was the technology a barrier to showing what you have learnt?

How did the format of the exam and the question reflect what you have learnt over the semester?

To Cite or not to Cite, that is the Question

When do you need to cite? Make a blog post about the citation rules we covered in class today. Include your personal observations and examples that are meaningful to you.

10 marks for the rules.
20 marks for your personal observations and examples.

Due by next lesson.

Top 5 Google Tricks You Should Know...

Sharing our Google Know How

In groups, create a display for the bulletin boards in the PC Lab, the MAC Lab, Room 212 and the SLMC about how to use Google more efficiently by incorporating the techniques and strategies you have been trying out.

Remember to include when these techniques would be useful, how they are useful and how to use them.

The grading criteria for this are:

• Accurate description of the technique/strategy (5)
• Example of technique/strategy (5)
• Comparison of the Google results obtained using the technique/strategy to the Google results when doing a simple search (5)
• Description of when and why this technique/strategy would be useful in real life (5)

This is for each tip and  you need to include FIVE on your bulletin board.

Then, reflect on your blog about what you've learnt by making and embedding a VOKI!