Episode 9 of Always On is all about helping develop research and information fluency skills with students. Listen in and learn more about how you can best teach students to evaluate sites and find good resources for learning.

Podcast and show notes are located at http://web.me.com/alwayson

Special Thanks to Ben Grey of The EdRevolution Podcast for the Episode 9 Intro!

Links for Learning

Intro Plugs

Katie's SmartTeach wiki for Smart Board training.

Tony Vincent's 21 Ways to Engage 21st Century Learners website.

Michelle's Beyond Digital Storytelling Workshop wiki

Research and Information Fluency

ISTE's NETs Implementation Wiki for Research and Information Fluency

Article "Is Google Making Us Stupid?"

Bernie Dodge's Web Quest website

Alan November's "How information literate are you?" Resources and Quiz

Hoax sites to use with students:

1. •All About Explorers
   

2. •Northwest Pacific Tree Octopus
   

3. •DiHydrogen Monoxide Research Center
   

Michelle's Hoax Bookmarks on Delicious

EasyWhoIs Site lookup to determine the owner of a web domain

Wayback Machine (http://archive.org)

21st Century Information Fluency website

Boolify search site to teach students boolean logic basics.

Google's Tutorial Page for Search Strategies

Wolfram's Alpha Search Engine

Google Squared Search Engine

PCHS Internet Research Unit

Twitter Shoutouts on Research and Information Fluency

Katie asks “Prep for 'Always On' Ep.9: Research and Information Fluency. Favorite resources, advice, or questions from Twitterverse?”

Digiduchess @katiemorrow Big fan of Big 6http://www.big6.com/. Really puts the responsibility in the students hands and gives them a framework.

BenGrey @katiemorrow I'm just so pleased they call it "Information Fluency" instead of "Information Literacy."

Michelle asks “@katiemorrow and I want your input for Always On: Share your ideas/resources/tips on teaching information fluency and research.”

JeffMason @milobo @katiemorrow some resources here at IV. http://tinyurl.com/d4n4ah

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