Carla+Circo's+Research+Project+Template

= **Carla Circo's Research Project** = **Created by**: Carla Circo **Date**: June 28, 2011 **Grade Level**: 4th-6th **Title**: Jamestown Settlement, based on the book //Blood on the River// by Elisa Carbone **Curriculum area**: Social Studies **Project Site**: Jamestown Settlement Wiki

**Task Definition:**
Work with your team to create an advertisement in wikispaces to encourage people to come to the New World from the perspective of your assigned group or character. Use the book, //Blood on the Rive//__r__, and online resources to help you gather information about your group or character. Make sure you include factual information in your advertisement and make sure it is historically accurate
 * Task: Define the research task.**
 * View complete description on wiki **

**Information Seeking Strategies:**
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 * Task: List the tools used for this project.**
 * Video
 * Web Articles, pre-identified by teacher
 * Google Custom Search

**Location and Access:**
Tools are organized in the wiki to include
 * Task: Organize sources for students to easily access online.**
 * **Video**: Teacher selected videos are embedded in wiki View
 * **Web Articles**: A Google Custom Search tool was created to search sources selected by the teacher. This tool is embedded in the wiki so students will participate in the search process, but results are yielded only from the reliable sources identified. View on wiki
 * **Posters:** Samples are embedded in the wiki. View

**Use of Information**
This is an overview. View complete step-by-step directions on the wiki.
 * Task: ** Decide how students will get information out of the source?
 * Use the book and online resources page to help you search for information about your character or group.
 * Post ideas to Wallwisher, an online bulletin board.
 * Take notes using NoteCard

**Synthesis**

 * Task : Create a sample project or publish samples of student work.**
 * Use your notes to create an advertisement to entice people to come to the New World from your assigned person or group's perspective, based on rubric.
 * Publish your ad on the wiki.
 * Sample student work forthcoming

**Evaluation**

 * Students will post a comment for another group.
 * Projects will be evaluated based on a rubric
 * View details on wiki

= **Teacher Notes:** What do you need to remember to be successful? =
 * Consider taming the discussions so they all appear on one page.
 * Identify the tool used to create the posters and provide links to resources so students can independently complete the project.
 * Consider creating a screencast for difficult tasks and embedding it into the wiki. (i.e. embed a Vocaroo? Contribute to a discussion?)