1. 21 Things Clean up
Nov. 26, 2012

2. PURPOSE
INFOhio wants to give the 21 Things a facelift.
Volunteers will be helping the INFOhio team speed up
this update by:
• Correcting or deleting any bad links.
• Removing any outdated information.
• Suggesting any new sites or content.
• All suggestions will be appreciated and
investigated, but not all may be used at this time.
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3. Aiming for
cleaner look,
less text on the
main page.
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4. WORKFLOW OVERVIEW
1. Volunteers select one Thing or can work in
pairs and do 2 Things.
2. Review your Thing and make corrections /
suggestions.
3. Volunteers create a 5 question quiz for each
Thing.
4. INFOhio Team rewrites each Thing.
5. Volunteers proof read the final version.
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5. GUIDELINES
• Remember, you're not starting from
scratch! We’re doing the editing and
helping the authors.
• Check for bad or outdated links.
• Is the current information still relevant?
• Are there any other sites you would add?
• Use articles from EBSCO professional
collection whenever possible.
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6. Getting Started
 Be sure you have completed the Survey Monkey
form with your Google acct. information so we
can share the docs with you.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/21ThingsRev
 Open Google Docs and locate the shared folder:
“21 Things Update 2012”
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7. THE SHARED GOOGLE DOCS FOLDER
http://tinyurl.com/crkvyr7
This spreadsheet
is where you will
record your work.
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8. Contents of Google Docs Folder
• 21 Things Spreadsheet 2012 – this is where you will
record your suggestions.
• 21 Things Cleanup PowerPoint – this presentation – use
for reference.
• Supplemental activities for the Learning Commons.
• This is the curriculum developed by LGCA. You can view
all the suggested activities at one time here.
• Learning Paths - you can view the corresponding paths in
this spreadsheet.
• Bloom’s Taxonomy Action Verbs – list for reference.
• Work progress spreadsheet - master list to track our
progress.
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9. USING THE GOOGLE SPREADSHEET
21 Things Spreadsheet 2012
• Doc is color coded to help you.
• Yellow band in row 1 is to track the workflow.
• Each Thing’s “tab” is a different color just to help you find
your place.
• Feel free to add rows to a section if needed.
• Changes are saved automatically.
• Any comments you have regarding changes will be
helpful to the INFOhio Team.
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10. Important First Steps
 Notice the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet.
Select the tab that corresponds with the Thing
you are editing. The first row will also indicate
which Thing you are working on.
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11. This is your
work area.
Record all
comments
and
suggestions
here.
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12. The yellow row at the top is used to
track your progress.
Enter date
Include when you
your name have finished
and email. editing.
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13.  The rows in the spreadsheet
correspond with the tabs on each
Thing.
 You don’t need to do anything with
the Credit / CEU tab.
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14. Read, Discover, Go Beyond
 These tabs will have the most editing.
 Carefully check each link and resource.
 Your suggestions of new resources or articles
will be appreciated.
 Think “rigor”! Start each comment on a link
(resource) with a verb.
See Bloom’s Action
Verbs list in folder.
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15. Learning Paths
 You might find it helpful to look at the Learning Path for
your Thing as you go along. It will give you a nice
overview of what’s
currently there.
 You can update it as you
go along.
 Highlight any changes you
make.
 Feel free to make
comments or
suggestions in the
last column.
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16. EXAMPLE OF AN EDIT IN PROGRESS
Comments
will be
helpful.
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17. Standards
Check to be
sure
standards are
correct.
Add any other
standards you
think are
relevant.
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18. 5 QUIZ QUESTIONS
• Must be multiple choice.
• Be sure to include the correct answer in the
separate column.
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19. Estimate how long the activities will
take to complete.
 Just include the activities on the Read, Discover,
and Go Beyond tabs in your estimate.
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20. Grad Credit Activities
 Suggested activities have been used by LGCA
schools for grad credit and put in the
spreadsheet for you.
 We’d like to see them more rigorous and
involved.
 We’re planning on 10 Things being worth 2 grad
credits and 4 credits for the whole package.
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21. When completed:
1. Complete by Jan.3, 2013
2. Email Jennifer and Melissa when you are ready
for them to update.
schwelik@infohio.org
horwell@infohio.org
3. They will review your comments and email you
the link to proofread the revised version.
4. After you have double checked all the links,
typos, etc., reply to their email to let them know
all is well. Indicate any problems you may find.
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22. Questions?
schwelik@infohio.org
horwell@infohio.org
Linda.Ehrnschwender@nccohio.org
barb.reynolds@lgca.org
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23. Thank you for your help!!
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