Waving

I am going to think of my project as a type of knowledge sharing.  I like this terminology because it demonstrates that I have specific knowledge about what I wish to share.  I know that my primary audience is Randy and Dean (my husband and son). 

My purpose for this project is to educate Randy and Dean about California.  I want to share information about the specific places that I have researched.  I hope to persuade them that these places will be worth our time and energy.  I also hope for this presentation to prompt wonderful conversations.  I envision us exploring the websites that I have noted in my presentation.

I think that a fun way to share this information is through PowerPoint.  Dean will really enjoy.  As a fourth grader, he has researched Tony Stewart and completed several PowerPoint presentations about him.  I think that he will really enjoy the format. 

I was interested in the Technology Skills for Information Problem Solving based on the Big6 Skills Approach (Eisenberg, Johnson and Berkowitz).  I love technology and enjoy sharing it with students.  Technology skills are so valuable for young students to learn.  Because I am in the Waving phase of my inquiry, I focused on the skills shared under the Synthesis stage.  During the Synthesis stage, "Students must organize and communicate the results of the information problem-solving effort" (Callison, 104).  I was pleased to see listed, "…Use presentation software to create electronic slide shows and to generate overhead transparencies and slides" (Callison, 104).

Callison, Daniel and Leslie Preddy. The Blue Book on Information Age Inquiry, Instruction and Literacy. Westport: Libraries Unlimited, 2006. Print.