The enormous multiplication of books in every branch of knowledge 
is one of the greatest evils of this age; since it presents one of the most serious obstacles to the acquisition of correct information, by  throwing in the reader's way piles of lumber in which he must painfully grope for the scraps of useful lumber,
peradventure interspersed.

Edgar Allen Poe, 1845

Reinventing Practice

Research Skills: Reinventing the Search for Knowledge
QSITE Professional Development Program
2000

The problem with the Information Age is that we have too much
information, increasingly greater and faster ways to access it, and fewer ways to check it for accuracy. 
How do we deal with research in an Information Age?
How do we turn information into something useful?
How are information and knowledge different?

  Housekeeping - what will happen and when?
  Definitions and Understandings
  Readings
  Rap Points
  Link to Web Board
 Background & Resources: Try these searches -

    • Go Eureka search on searching for knowledge
    • Google search for Information Literacy Model
    • Google search for Social Investigations Model
    • Google search for Action Research
    • Build your own search on the EdNa database

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