reading issue
paper, a learning/research portfolio created with Google Sites, and multigenre learning artifacts that were incorporated into the learning portfolio. Please see
http://www.theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/ africa-researchproject for the research pathfinder that supports the skills and learning activities of this unit.
• A culminating unit in which students learned about “presentation zen” style for public speaking and presentations was the final collaborative unit of the semester. Students learned how to use images and minimal text to convey key ideas and learning, effective public speaking skills, and how to use Creative Commons licensed photos in their slidedecks to create a final presentation to represent their journey of learning in the Issues in Africa unit. Please see
http://www.theunquietlibrary.libguides. com/presentationzen for the supporting materials.
students-provide-a-video-tour-of-their- netvibes-learning-portals/.
“From March through mid-May 2010, we worked together again as librarian, students, and teacher to engage in inquiry of issues and challenges our veterans face.”
We also introduced another new tool that has been empowering and popular with students, Evernote. Evernote is a social bookmarking tool that can clip virtually anything, including web pages, images, audio memos, and emails (important for this project since many did email interviews with
experts
on their topics); you can also use Evernote for clipping and bookmarking. Students overwhelmingly chose to use Evernote instead of Diigo, our first semester tool; you can read more about their response to Evernote at http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress. com/2010/03/29/the-verdict-is-in-media-21- students-love-evernote/ .
From March through mid-May 2010, we worked together again as librarian, students, and teacher to engage in inquiry of issues and challenges our veterans face (
http://www.theunquietlibrary.
libguides.com/veterans-issues). Students again maintained their blogs for their reading journals and research reflections; students also created a new Google Site portfolio to reflect four multigenre learning artifacts, blog posts, a narrative of their research journey, and a new element: their Netvibes information dashboard.
We introduced Netvibes to our students this spring to give them a way to digitally showcase their information sources, tools for learning and research, and learning artifacts. Many students liked the extensive gallery of widgets they could use in addition to the diverse range of themes for a custom look and feel; several students also commented that they found it easier to add content and embed more types of web code to showcase their learning tools and artifacts. While we gave students a list of required elements for their Netvibes information portals/learning dashboards, they also had flexibility and creative license in choosing additional content to incorporate and paint a digital story of their research process. To see video of students describing their initial efforts with Netvibes, please visit http://theunquietlibrarian.
wordpress.com/2010/03/26/in-their-own-words-
Through these collaborative units of study, students have learned:
• How to effectively use social media tools, such as blogs, wikis, and social bookmarking to reflect, share, and collaboratively construct knowledge.
• How to use cloud computing and social media tools to organize information resources, to collaborate with classmates, and to share their learning process within and outside of our school community.
• How to create their own subject guides or “research pathfinders.”
• How to represent key learnings through traditional texts and new media.
• How to evaluate traditional and emerging authoritative information sources
• How to use writing as a tool for reflection and metacognition through the individual blogs.
• How to demonstrate digital citizenship through the ethical use of information and
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