Student Information Scientist

Information science is an emerging and complex discipline.

Is application to K-12 school settings useful, meaningful, and appropriate?

Yes, although student activities, processes and products will need to be scaled to meet student abilities, needs and interests.

View The Networked Student (YouTube - 5:09).

The Networked Student was inspired by CCK08, a Connectivism course offered by George Siemens and Stephen Downes during fall 2008. It depicts an actual project completed by Wendy Drexler's high school students. The Networked Student concept map was inspired by Alec Couros' Networked Teacher. I hope that teachers will use it to help their colleagues, parents, and students understand networked learning in the 21st century.

In this section, explore the roles of an information scientist. Also, trace how students move from novice to expert.

Read each of the following pages in this section of the website.

• Student Inquirers
  • Professional Information Scientists
  • Expert vs Novice Information Scientists
  • Student Information Scientists
    • Annie's Inquiries: primary, intermediate, middle, high school
    • Danny's Inquiries: elementary, junior high, senior high, college
• Understanding Learners
  • Brain-based (Compatible) Learning
  • Constructivism
  • Creative and Inventive Thinking
  • Critical Thinking
  • Gender
  • Meaningfulness
  • Metacognition
  • Motivation
  • Multiple Intelligences
  • Self-Regulation
• Trace Student Maturation By Topic
  • Audience Analysis
  • Authority
  • Classics
  • Experts
  • Future Applications
  • Journal Your Research Experience
  • Linking Evidence
  • Key Terms and Strategies
  • Original Data
  • Question Evolution
  • Rating Resources
  • Useful Patterns
• Inquiry-based Learning
  • Questioning
  • Exploration
  • Assimilation
  • Inference
  • Reflection

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