Training | TechnoResearch

Price

The price listed is for 1-year access.

Description

Teaching Research Skills to Grades 3-6

In the TechnoResearch course, the focus is on teaching research skills. Students create a Fun Fact Card. To start, elementary and middle school students brainstorm a topic and plan their research project. Next, they use strategies to retrieve quality information from reliable sources. Students then process the facts using paraphrasing techniques to transform an outline into a one-sheet report. They share the publication with others as a part of a Fun Fact Card Collection.

Blend Research and Word Processing

TechnoResearch is a project-based curriculum to integrate language arts, social studies, and technology skills for students ages 8-11. Versions are available for Google Docs and Microsoft Word. Teach critical thinking as students plan a one-sheet report, learn to skim and scan, assess the quality of information, compare primary and secondary sources, and prepare a unique fact card.

Fun Fact Card Samples

Included in the project are a Teacher Guide and resource files with worksheets and assessment tools. Also see samples of completed courses – Pioneers, Space, and Biography – for teaching and technology integration ideas.

Engaging Research Skills Course for Elementary Students

Inspire students with a creative, open-ended project to develop online research skills. Teach students how to retrieve trusted information efficiently. Build an understanding of plagiarism, apply tips about paraphrasing, and learn how to cite the source.

Enrichment Activities

All TechnoKids courses include optional lessons to challenge students. In TechnoResearch, extension activities develop skimming and scanning techniques, practice advanced research strategies, arrange facts in a table, and recognize primary and secondary sources of information. Students build additional technology and research skills, building blocks that are transferrable to any inquiry project.

Standards-Based Learning

TechnoResearch is aligned with both Common Core and International Society of Technology Education Standards. Easily identify, teach, and track grade-appropriate guidelines and expectations.

Specifications

Ages: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
Grades: Grade 4, grade 5, grade 6, grade 7, grade 8, grade 9
Program: Docs and Word
Tech Integration: Geography, History, Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies
Tech Skill: Digital citizenship, internet, publishing, word processing
License: Starter
Starter License Includes: Online teacher guide, online student workbook, get started, course slides, printable assessment tools, sample files, extension activities, certificates, parent letters

Learning Objectives

Teach Research Skills to Elementary Students
Engage students in the stages of the research process with a fun and unique project. Plan, retrieve, process, share, and evaluate information. Learn to use online encyclopedias, dictionaries, and Google Search. Develop an understanding of plagiarism, citing the source, and tips for paraphrasing text. Apply word processing skills by creating a fact card. Learn to format text, arrange images, adjust page setup, and work with table cells. Teaching research skills transfers learning to any inquiry investigation.
Identify audience and presentation format
Formulate a plan to guide research
Gather information using research strategies
Assess the quality of information
Classify facts using an outline
Define terminology in a glossary
Cite the source using a proper format
Paraphrase facts to avoid plagiarism
Share information with an audience
Apply word processing skills to create a fact card