To begin I had no idea research on the internet could get that advanced. I was always under the impression that the more words you put in the search engine the less results you will have thus leading you away from what you wanted to find in the first place. But no I was wrong again, as my spouse would say.
I have always been a superficial researcher on the internet and have never really thought much about it, but after reading this article I realize that I could be doing so much better with my research and saving so much more time. Recently I have been researching house plans as I want to be building a home in the next year or so, and I continue to struggle to find exactly what I am looking for on Google. I always find aspects that I want but never exactly what I am looking for. Now that I have read this article I feel that when I am done this blog that I can go ahead and research exactly what I am looking for and it will be there, I hope. When I was teaching a Social 7 class in one of my practicums I was having the students write a critical essay and presentation on representations of First Nations people in the media. Most of the students were having trouble finding anything that would help them fulfill the requirements of the assignment through their research. So I continued to tell the class what they needed to search. By doing so the students were able to find what they were looking for and were more engaged in the assignment. This taught me a huge lesson about teaching as well as understanding what your students are capable of. My students had never really spent time on the internet researching before, and thus struggled with finding content. Now that I have read the article I realize that what I should have done to start the class before I had them start their own research is I should have taught them how to research on the internet. I never had anyone teach me how to search, which would explain why I am content with the superficial aspects of my research. If I want my students to be engaged they need to have success with their research. It is the same with sports, I am a sports fanatic thus I may correlate the two. If kids are learning a sport it is essential that the skill they are being taught is successful 1/3 of the time, if they want to stay playing the sport. If a skill is too difficult the children will just quit and find something they can succeed at. I feel the same is with the internet, and researching. Students must see success in their research and be able to use this research for their specified assignments. We want the students to be engaged in their learning. If they are it is fun and if it is fun it will be lifelong. Significant Comment: http://marywauters4764.weebly.com/blog/history-of-the-internet#comments http://myeducationpath.weebly.com/reflections-for-tech/history-of-my-internet#comments
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Nathan
5/19/2015 07:23:34 am
I love the revelation you had in that "I should have taught my students how to research first." I had that same experience in PS2 when an activity that I had planned that I thought would take a few minutes ended up taking the entire class.
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