Another extremely informative session I attended was “Revitalizing the Research Process” which coalesced the interest areas of emerging technologies, information literacy, instruction, and social media and networks. The American Association of School Librarians sponsored this lecture which led attendees through the latest Web 2.0 platforms used by teachers and school librarians in an Illinois school district to introduce high school students to the best research strategies and keep them engaged by capitalizing on their creativity. The interactive lecture began with a poll asking about our professions (librarian, teacher, other). We answered by texting on our smartphones. The results were even tabulated in real time before our eyes! The presenters discussed the following methods involved in teaching research,
1. Generating, narrowing, and evaluating sources
2. Gathering, documenting and evaluating sources
3. Authentic assessment
4. Feedback
I learned about the computational knowledge search engine, Wolfram Alpha, which lists completely factual information about a search topic and condenses sources from the entire web into an easily accessible format. More great research tools I will use in preparation for upcoming papers is Bubbl.us, which allows users to organize information visually with bubbles and Piigo, which uses virtual sticky notes to annotate articles on the web, saving paper and allowing the visual learners to organize information in way that suits them. This workshop provided resources that I can use in both job interview presentations (Prezi, Piktochart, Weebly) and recommend in on the job in reference interviews.
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