1_2_K+Strand+3

Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:  (Obtained from: [] )
 * __STRAND 3: RESEARCH AND INFORMATION LITERACY __**
 * plan strategies to guide inquiry.
 * locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
 * evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
 * process data and report results.

**Concept 1: Planning**  Plan strategies to guide inquiry using technology.

// PO 1. Generate key words and synonyms from a posed question for a search. // Overview: This site focuses on 21st Century Information Fluency using "full circle kits" which have games to help students refine their keyword serches. Go to the Action Zone to find a variety of challenges. []
 * Key Word Searches (Grades K-2)**

Overview: Children search for animal pictures online by clicking letters of the alphabet. They then print the pictures and, in an offline activity, color them and arrange a display. []

Overview: Keyword searching is an effective way to locate information on the World Wide Web. Students learn how to select keywords to produce the best search results. [] 

// PO 2. Explore and differentiate types of information and online sources. //** Using the Library As a Resource (Grades K-2) ** Overview: Children learn that the library houses many forms of media for both research and leisure activities. They also learn that an important resource in the library is the librarian.  []

Overview: Students learn that the library is the best place to begin research because the librarian can help them find information in all kinds of media. []

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Overview:Site to help define search criteria, target results for your search, and determine whether fact or fiction. This page will take you to both word documents and animated sites. []

Overview: This site helps students learn how search engine work. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|[[http://www.learnthenet.com/english/animate/search.htmlConnecting|http://www.learnthenet.com/english/animate/search.html]]]
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Using Search Engines (Grades K-2) **

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">**Connecting to the Internet (Grades K-2)** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: This site helps students learn how to connect to the Internet. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">**How the WEB Works (Grades K-2)** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: This site helps students learn how to use the WEB. [] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Overview: This site helps students learn how E-mail works. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[]
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">How E-mail Works (Grades K-2) **

**<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">How Newsgroups and Forums Work (Grades K-2) ** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: This site helps students learn how to use newsgroups and forums. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[]

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">**How Streaming Media Works (Grades K-2)** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Overview: This site helps students learn how streaming media works. []

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">**How Mailing Lists Work (Grades K-2)** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: This site helps students learn how to use mailing lists. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[]

// <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Concept 2: Processing ** //

//<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">PO 1. Conduct a search using multiple keywords. // **Key Word Searches (Grades K-2)** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Overview: Children search for animal pictures online by clicking letters of the alphabet. They then print the pictures and, in an offline activity, color them and arrange a display. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] []

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Overview: Keyword searching is an effective way to locate information on the World Wide Web. Students learn how to select keywords to produce the best search results. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> // PO 2. Use preselected and/or primary and secondary sources. // Overview: This lesson models an information-gathering process for primary learners as they listen to and look at resources, seeking information pertinent to the questions on an information wheel. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[]
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Information Gathering Process (Grades K-2) **

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: Grade K-1 Children explore and evaluate a children's Web site, concluding that people's opinions about the quality and usefulness of a site will vary []
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Determining the Quality and Usefulness of a Site (Grades K-2) **

**Thematic Pathfinder (Grades K-2)** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: A guide to kids web sites where students can explore many topics []

// PO 3. Demonstrate knowledge of real versus make-believe. Older students between a fact, untruth, and an opinion. // <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">**Animal Site: From Fiction to Fact (Grades K-2)** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> Overview: Students will use both fiction and non-fiction literature along with questioning to identify animal information that is factual.Animals that are included in this lesson are <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] // PO 4. Sort information into major topics and create a list of ideas. // <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">**Learning Research Strategies (Grades K-2)** <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: This lesson focuses on a “learn by doing” series of reading and writing activities designed to teach research strategies. The activity uses KWL charts and interactive writing as key components of organizing information. As a class, students list what they know about insects, prompted by examining pictures in an insect book. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">[] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">

Overview: Students will find out in this lesson in which they examine their prior knowledge about frogs, make predictions, and verify their predictions through research on the Internet. Students initially record their predictions about frogs on a worksheet with true and false columns. []

//PO 5. Identify and follow rules regarding legal and ethical behaviors when using information resources. Older students must cite resources appropriately.// <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Overview: Add safe sites to your webpage that will allow your students to locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media. Some of the safe sites include//:// []
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Safe Sites (Grades K-2) **