Evaluating Resources, used with the Personal Project students.

1. PP Workshops: Session 4
Research Plan & Info sources
1. Information needs
• What do you know and don’t know about
your topic
2. Information sources
• Different types of information
3. How to record information sources

2. Investigating boxing as a sport for CIS
Helping children at a hospital
Testing the pollution on beaches around HK
Creating & exploring human creation, ideas and inventions.
Human Ingenuity Approaches to
learning
Different skills to learn,
organize and
communicate and reflect.
Community & Service
Helping and contributing Areas of Interaction Health &
to others in the community Social education
Looking after physical,
social & emotional health
of self & others
Environment
Showing responsibility for natural and man-made environments

3. Approaches to Learning
 Organization
 Communication &
Collaboration  How do I learn best?
 Information literacy  How do I know?
 Thinking  How do I communicate my
 Reflection understanding?

13. Frameworks

14. Planning your Project
Like a journey you need a map

15. The Research Process
Planning & development
Collection of information
Selection of information
Recording of information
Working on the product
Creating and presenting
Bringing it all together

16. Planning your project

Ask yourself

What do I already know about my topic? Brainstorm and/or
mindmap this.

What is my key goal, my key questions and keywords?

What format might my product take and who is my audience?

What is my time line so that I can meet deadlines?

Where could I possibly find information?

Supervisor meeting

17. Finding Information

What information do I need for my Personal Project?

Print ?

Places?

People?

18. Collecting Information
What information do I need for my Personal Project?
Print?
Places?
People?
Surveys?
Interviews?

19. What are the questions?
1. Coaching a team
2. Organising an event
3. Writing a short story
4. Painting a portrait
5. Designing a scrapbook
6. Creating a music DVD
7. Cleaning up the beach

20. Every PP involves research
What information do you need to make this PP
a success?
Coaching a younger children's team

21. Every PP involves research
What information do you need to make this PP
a success?

Organising an event

22. Every PP involves research
What information do you need to make this PP

a success?

Writing short stories,

poetry anthology,

short film script

23. Every PP involves research
What information do you need to make this PP
a success?
Creating a
piece of
artwork

24. Every PP involves research
Making a scrapbook/magazine
of an exchange trip to France.......

25. Every PP involves research
What information do you need to make this PP
a success?
Creating a music
DVD

26. Your own PP
• What is your topic
• What do you know about it?
• What do you not know about it?
• List out your KEY QUESTIONS
• Comment on your partner’s key questions

27. Info resources and sources
Types of information
Hard copy or digital
Identify where to look for information
Within the school
Within your own community
Within a broader community
How many types of info do I need?

28. Sources of information
1. Print sources
− books, newspapers, magazine articles

29. Sources of information
2. Digital sources:
• audiovisual materials
• Internet
• Websites, podcasts, emails ….
• online databases
• Collection of newspaper & magazine articles

30. Sources of information
3. People
•
interview / questionnaire

31. Sources of information
4. Site visits

32. Sources of information
5. Courses, experiments etc.

33. Be S.M.A.R.T.
Self interest
Manageable
AOI
Researchable
Timely

34. Researchable = Information Rich

Before you get started can you find information
on your topic?

CIS Library

Hong Kong Public Library

Online Encyclopaedias

Online databases: newspapers & magazines

Websites

People & places

35. Prepare your own research plan
• Goal
• AOI
• Plan
• Things that you know about the topic
• Things that you don’t know about
• How & where to locate answers

36. My research plan
I need information about Where /How to locate the
the following: answer?
1. What kind of style should 2.Art books that discuss
I choose for my art work ? different artistic styles /
encyclopedia
3.Talk to art technician /
2. What kind of paint to use?
teacher / sales person in art
supply store
•Website (check Webpath
express)
•books (check library)

37. PREPARE YOUR RESEARCH
PLAN NOW
WORK IN PAIRS

38. Keeping your Process Journal
Your Supervisor will want to see your
Process Journal every meeting.
Your Process Journal is a practical notebook
~ plans, draft ideas, diagrams, sketches.
It doesn't have to be really neat.
Include photos in your Process Journal
to show 'work in progress'.

39. Keeping your Process Journal
► Decide on your format
► Date all your entries.
► Each time you work on your Personal Project spend 5—
10 minutes writing up what you have done.
► Write about the people you have consulted, the places
you have visited and the resources you have used.
► Highlight the ATL keywords used.

40. Keeping your Process Journal
Reflect honestly on how you think you are going
and how you are feeling about the process.
Mention the challenges you face and your
plans to overcome them.
Evaluate your progress ~ write about
the skills you have learnt.
Include any queries or problems you want
to discuss with your Supervisor.

41. Homework
• Try out the information sources introduced today
• Create an account in Noodletools (if you do not
have one)
• Finish your Research Plan and be ready to present
to the group tomorrow

42. Well done!