Research-try

= Try = = Me! =

OK, now it's your turn.

1. Using the [|Research Cycle], decide on the first three steps:
 * Question || identifying and listing the questions you want your students to explore ||
 * Plan || developing a strategy to find pertinent information rapidly ||
 * Gather || harvesting information which casts light on the key questions ||

2. Create a [|Tumblr] account and create a public "Tumblelog" with an appropriate URL.

3. Select "Customize" link and set up your "research project" look and feel (Info, Theme, and Appearance).

4. From the "dashboard", include: --Text (this will be the questions you want the students to explore and the structure of the research assignment). Be sure to include the detailed requirements of the research project; --Photo (appropriate to the project or subject); --Quote (appropriate to the project or subject); --3-5 websites links with a brief annotation; --Audio inclusion (no music necessary).

Your research assignment must be: 1. Authentic (it must have a media type="custom" key="8591758" (i.e., a report on George Washington's life is NOT authentic; a report on the impact of George Washington's life on his view of the presidency has an authentic nature). 2. Use researched information to support or form a new idea. 3. Be NON-regugitative!!!!!!

**BE CAREFUL!** When you're done, don't send me your Tumblr "editing page (it has a page name like this: http://www.tumblr.com/dashboard). INSTEAD, send me your BLOG address (it has a page name like this: http://drstocker.tumblr.com/).

5. Create a Shelfari account (this is simply a Web2.0 tool) and populate it with at least five books that kids might use in their project. Make SURE you embed the Shelfari. You may do this either in your WIKI (in the lesson plan) or embed the Shelfari in your Tumblr. I DON'T want a URL link.

IF you want to embed it in your Tumblr, here are the directions:

To embed it in your Tumblr, do this:

1. Go to your tumblr. 2. Click new "Add a Text Post" page and click the "HTML" button above the post window.

3. You may need to use the Plain Text Editor in tumblr to create or edit advanced post embeds or to control element formatting via HTML. To switch to the Plain Text Editor in tumblr, click the Account link on the Dashboard and then click Preferences. This activates the HTML editor in tumblr, and will allow you to paste in your embedding code.

4. Paste in the copied code from your Shelfari

5. Click the "Update" button.

6. You should now see an Adobe Flash "f" preview box where your slide show would be. To preview the post, click the "Preview" button. To publish the post, click the "Create post" button. You should now see your Shelfari displayed in your tumblr blog.

Once you are done, wrap it into a lesson, and copy and paste the code into your wiki and send me the exact link on your wiki where I will find your lesson.