Thursday, October 11, 2012

October 12 - Madalena

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Madalena, this term you will be working on an advertising project this term and you will be creating a business card. The unit of work and other information can be found on the Year 10 blog:  http://ois-it10.blogspot.com 

You will need to use in-text referencing and build a bibliography.

For today, please copy and past the web address of the web sites that you use to do your research.


When conducting research remember to keep it relevant. Ask questions that are going to help you solve your problem. It is this way that you will learn effective and efficient researching skills.

Starting Questions:  Make a list of questions you will have to find answers to.  You should find the following prompts useful:  Why. . .?  When . . .?  Where . . .?  What . . .?  How many. . .?  How often . . .?  How much . . .?  Keep your questions relevant so you don't waste time;-) 

Use the Unit of Work to help guide you through the Investigation.

Sources of Information:  Carefully consider the sources of information that you use.  Use experts in the field.

don't forget . . .
     1.  Make sure your research is pertinent
     2.  Make sure your research is complete - it's your responsibility to be clear and concise
     3.  You need to use a range of sources of information
     4.  Make sure your research work is cearly and attractively presented

  possible language to use in your written work . . .
     From my research I found out . . .
     I have discovered that . . .
     My conclusions are that . . .
     I have kept my research relevant by . . .


Today's assignment: Please research the following items:




IB Learner Profile: Inquirer
  
Learning objectives: independently identify meaningful questions, carrry out web search, select and organize appropriate sources and evaluate them.

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