Site Title:
Information Literacy and research using Primary sources: a website for K-12 (add "students" for all-inclusive site), elementary school teachers and interested researchers
Developer
Natalie (Zagami) Lopez
Rational or focus
The purpose of this site is to introduce elementary school students to the information life cycle, information literacy and the process of doing research at an early age to accommodate lifelong learning skills in early childhood. Using primary sources and historical documents as examples, students will begin to understand research and the value of information literacy skills thinking outside of the box and outside of their assigned textbooks. With the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), these critical thinking skills will help them discover sources and appreciate the research process to become creative producers of research by the time they enter high school.Main features outline - List the main features of the site.
Main Features Outline
Title page with links to very few subpages
Limited Subpages with external links to helpful websites or local history sites
Questions area where teachers can crowdsource information or inspire ideas for lesson plans and resources
Content
No more than 5 webpages (sizable; not overwhelming).
Information Lifecycle chart with illustrative examples
Information Literacy: definitions simplified for target audience of K-12
Research: introducing students to how they can develop research skills with proposed plan to include lots of pictorial images (for students who have not yet mastered the ability to read)
Primary sources: discussing local history (where students live in their cities), primary sources defined using language to be understood at their reading/vocabulary/comprehension level
Videos (closed captioned) for students who are unable to read
Possibly distinctive sections: For students (age groups vary by grade/reading level) and For teachers
Ideas Brainstorm
Differentiation of age groups with content appropriate for each age group: example:
Kindergarten: Imagery and videos (or cartoon) Online video or possible inclusion of online game? Possible early assessment activity?
Grades 1-3 (3rd graders usually the grade where CCSS assign the local history project) will contain content appropriate for reading level with catchy words and imagery
Possible inclusion of online game/activity? Some form of assessment?
introduction to information literacy (critical thinking)
Grades 4-6: a more advanced reading level with content that continues from previous grade levels to review what they have already learned and build more critical thinking skills and introduce new material with new questions about historical documents and primary sources (possible virtual tours and tutorials of museum pieces)
Early writing (paragraphs)
Introduction of reading various primary sources of the same historical event with different pionts of view represented
inclusion of online game/activity. Some form of assessment
Information literacy (review and repetition)
History written by the victors?
http://prizedwriting.ucdavis.edu/past/1994-1995/a-history-student2019s-reflections-on-history
(creating activity centered around this quote. The idea was inspired by a history class I took while enrolled in undergraduate studies at a community college. One student commented that our readings were not “light” about the treatment of a certain ethnic group in the United States and how elementary school textbooks sugar-coated the facts. I later had a conversation with an historian who wrote a more detailed perspective using primary sources to get the facts straight about what really happened).
Grades 7-8 (middle school): Introduce an activity “The 6 C’s of primary sources” created by UC Irvine: http://www.humanities.uci.edu/history/ucihp/wh/6cs_Primary_Source.pdf
Exercises on how to write a rough draft for a paper
Introduction of literature reviews with questions “What has been talked about in terms of this subject?” “What have we learned?” “What is something new that you would add to the conversation?”
Introduction to the 6 frames of Information literacy (6 frames worksheet to be added)
Online activity/game AND assessment
Rough draft writing and early research paper writing.
Grades 9-12: (high school): “The 6 C’s of primary sources”
More in-depth look at primary sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDXTlkbT-lo
writing a research paper
More in-depth look at information literacy framework:
- “Authority Is Constructed and Contextual
- Information Creation as a Process
- Information Has Value
- Research as Inquiry
- Scholarship as Conversation
- Searching as Strategic Exploration
” (http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/ilframework)
Target audience
Teachers of K-12 classrooms
Student K-12
Interested researchers/educators
Design considerations
User-friendly site that is easy to navigate with easy-to-understand terms; less jargon
Imagery that is user-friendly for children who can point/click on pictures and receive
Limiting factors
List the technical or audience factors that could limit the design goals of the site.
(Audience) Because the site will contain lots of information, activities, materials and how-to’s at different levels of learning, I can foresee a student in Kindergarten accidentally clicking on the high school subpages and getting very lost.
(Technical) Because I will be referring to the updated “Information literacy framework,” the “6 C’s of primary sources,” the site may always need to be updated to reflect new research, updates and surfacing additional trends.
A Site Map is a visual representation of the various pages in your website and how they are linked together.
My site Map will be interactive and organized with subpages linking additional content by grade-level and a subpage in addition to each grade-level that will be for teachers to choose assignments for their classes or get involved in the conversations on the blog.
I will also include breadcrumbs to link viewers back to the original page(s) they came from (so nobody will get lost!)
Similar to PBS Kids site: http://pbskids.org/), the front and center will be a rotating banner that will occupy most of the website real estate. I like the way the “Videos” and “Games” options are placed.
Wire frame
Header>The ABC’s of information, information literacy, research and Primary sources
Website Footer Design> Social media presence, links to contact information, links to additional sites, contacts, etc.
Columns< no more than two. Simplified, but catchy to draw the viewer’s eyes to the content they seek.
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