Standard 4: Interpret Recorded Data/Information: Students will be able to follow an inquiry process to interpret data/information to create new understandings and knowledge related to the information need in an ethical manner. (AASL 21st 2)
Topic A: Interpret Recorded Data/Information
Games- 1 TV 411 Reading- Be a Critical Reader
This fun game format for students guides them through understanding how to become a more critical reader by making inferences. Technology Based Activity- 2 Got iTech?
This site, created by HCPSS MS LMS may be used by students to expand their tech literacy skills. - 3 Got iTech?
This site, created by HCPSS MS LMS may be used by students to expand their tech literacy skills. Tutorials- 4 Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
These tutorials focus on searching strategies and web site evaluation. - 5 Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial
These tutorials focus on searching strategies and web site evaluation. - 6 The Spider's Apprentice: A Helpful Guide to Web Search Engines
This site is a great tutorial on the use of the different search engines and techniques for successful searching. Video Segments- 7 Discovering Language Arts: Listening and Speaking (Grades 9-12)
This DE Streaming video contains 6 segments that take students through the process of listening for bias reporting in news video. - 8 Fairy Tale Text
Promote critical-thinking skills with this explication of fairy tale themes. The program teaches students about characteristic patterns and motifs, such as language patterns, plot structures, repetition and rhyme, character types, and happy endings. - 9 Just the Facts: Understanding Literature-The Elements of Fiction, Point of View
Tone and Point of View segment (2:49): Tone is the mood or atmosphere in a story. Examples are The Tell-Tale Heart and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which are opposite tones. The point of view is who or what is telling the story and can be omniscient, limited omniscient, first person or objective. Web- 10 ARC Guide for Educators and Students-The National Archives
The guide introduces educators and students to the National Archives' Archival Research Catalog (ARC). Searching in ARC to learn more about National Archives' historical documents could enrich a classroom activity, a homework assignment, or a research project. - 11 Avoiding Plagiarism-Owl Materials, The Owl at Purdue
This informative web page includes sections on safe practices and best practices for teachers. - 12 Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Skills-Web page
Welcome to the Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) Critical Thinking Page which is part of the school library section. This page has general information, lesson plans and bibliographies to help educators interested in higher order thinking skills. - 13 Critical Thinking: Teaching Students How to Study and Learn-Part 3
This page provides templates for students to use in analyzing and assessing reasoning in written form, the reasoning, for example, embedded in an article, essay, chapter, or textbook. Each of the sections in this column is written in the form of directions for students. - 14 Evaluating Web Page Checklist: Questions to Ask Web Search Results (short version)
This short version of evaluating webpages focuses on questions to ask web search results. - 15 Evaluating Web Page Checklist: Questions to Ask Web Search Results (short version)
This short version for evaluating web pages focuses on questions to ask web search results. - 16 Free Downloads from Secondary Solutions-web page
This page offers many free downloads centered on the various reading strategies found in literature. - 17 Guide to Rating Critical Thinking
This PDF contains a Critical and Integrative Thinking Rubric, to highlight the importance of integrating ideas and perspectives across traditional boundaries of viewpoint, practice, and discipline. - 18 Inference Notes
This one page PDF file includes a graphic organizer for making inferences about a character. - 19 MIT OpenCourseWare: Highlights for High School
These highlights for High School feature MIT OpenCourseWare materials that are most useful for high school students and teachers. - 20 MLA Citation Style-Web page
This page provides examples of MLA-cited works with a helpful note section at the bottom of the page. - 21 Owl Materials-MLA Formatting and Style Guide
This web page offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations and more. - 22 Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It
This web page provides examples for students in how to help them recognize what plagiarism looks like and what strategies to use to avoid it. - 23 Text and Subtext: Drawing Conclusions
This one page PDF file includes a graphic organizer to help students draw inferences from a text. - 24 Turnitin Plagiarism
This site information about the components and features of Turnitin.com - 25 Web Page Evaluation Checklist
This is a handy checklist (PDF) for students as they evaluate web pages. - 26 Web Page Evaluation Checklist
This is a handy checklist (PDF) for students as they evaluate web pages. - 27 Web-Based Learning: Individual Projects-Maryland Technology Academy
This site provides a listing of high school projects in all subject areas. - 28 [Turnitin] Instructor Quickstart Demo-Movie
The Turnitin site provides a helpful movie demo presentation for instructors using the online program.
Topic B: Create New Understandings and Knowledge
