Research/Technology DIGEST 1

[Monica Biswas]

Hello All-
Thanks for all the messages in response to Cory's provocative question on 
how to teach research methods to youth.  Another digest is coming up! 
-Monica

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Message 1:
From: SANDPIPER9 at aol.com

I have been thinking along these same lines of finding ways to do research 
and to teach how to do research. The best possible way I have considered 
is to develop an Internet Scavenger Hunt. Not sure exactly how to conduct 
one but I am working on it. It seems like it might be something that would 
offer a wide variety of ways to find the same information by different 
groups of kids or individuals using same/similar search tools with part of 
the requirements of the Scavenger Hunt being to document the steps taken 
to get the information by providing a flow chart that can be filled out 
for identifying the steps necessary to find information. Its an idea that 
has been floating around in my head and I am just beginning to put it down 
on paper.  I'm still working on it and will keep you informed if I can 
figure out exactly how I want to do it.......or you might even be able to 
help me figure it out or let me know if someone else has already done it!

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Message 2: 
From: "Suzanne Le Menestrel" <slemenes at smtp.aed.org>

The Gardner Center at Stanford University has a free handbook to use to 
teach youth about research methods. It is available at the following link: 
http://gardnercenter.stanford.edu/resources/handbook/ 

Regards,

Suzanne Le Menestrel
AED Center for Youth Development and Policy Research
Washington, DC

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Message 3:
From: "marcel brooks" <mfb31 at hotmail.com>

Please search in google.com "searching for substance"

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Message 4:
From: Charles.Hanson at co.hennepin.mn.us

Greetings Cory:

I suppose the challenge there is getting the kids to research academic 
pursuits instead of other more immediately rewarding subjects, such as the 
latest popular phenomenon.

I am guessing that the kids your working with can navigate rings around 
any adult when it comes using a chat room or visiting various web sites. 
By doing so they are demonstrating a level of competence in research 
methodology, basic computer skills, and use of the Internet.

Luckily, there is a high transferability of skills between using a 
computer to download tunes and using a computer to research a subject.

The difficulty is in sparking their interest.  Having no knowledge of the 
youth you work with or the resources available to you, I'm going to make a 
suggestion.  Involve the kids in a research problem regarding an issue 
that is important to them.
Work on an action research project (applied research) may spark interest 
in the use of other research and information tools as the youth work to 
gather information about the problem they are going to solve.

Good Luck!

Charles Hanson
Senior Planning Analyst
Hennepin County Training and Employment Assistance
612/ 348-2016

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