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Are you keen to help your students better understand digital skills and information literacy? Contact our Learning Specialists to see how we can support you and your students.
Connecting the Dots - Research Skills and Information Literacy
Ideal for years 6-10
Venue: At your school
Duration: 1 hour, per session
This program is to help create digital citizens through increasing digital literacy skills. The programme aims to help develop digital literacy skills while also improving student’s research, literacy and library skills. Through a range of activities students grow their confidence and skills to effectively research.
The programme includes the following workshops:
- Developing research questions and identifying key words.
- Using online tools – Deciding what is appropriate
- Copyright – What is it?
- Visiting the library – Library orientation
Becoming a Researcher
Ideal for years 9-13
Venue: At your school
Duration: 1 hour
Our Learning Specialists will help students understand, with hands on activities, the differences between primary and secondary sources. With real examples students will learn how to identify sources and perspectives by interpreting past experiences, decisions and actions. This workshop focus on the “do” aspects of the Aotearoa New Zealand Histories Curriculum:
Referencing to avoid plagiarism
Ideal for years 9-13
Venue: At your school
Duration: 1 hour
Students are guided through how to correctly reference sources of information. They are taught about referencing materials from books to websites using APA referencing style. They are taught how to format in-text citations and also taught how to correctly format reference lists. These sessions have been developed to be delivered in classroom or school library and take one school period.
The APA reference session can also be expanded to three sessions to assist students to in their research. These sessions include:
- Introduction to online databases and finding the best online resources
- Introduction to APA referencing
- Hands on research help and guidance