Details
Suitable for: Year 7 - 13
Available: Monday - Friday
Length: Full day (10-3pm)
Group size: minimum 10, maximum 30
Subject and Key Skills
Online Research, Information Literacy, Critical Thinking and Enquiry Skills for Humanities subjects
Workshop outline
Digital Pathways develops digital research skills through an enquiry-led session.
Students will begin by developing a research question inspired by an object in the British Library’s collection. By investigating this object, they will be led through a series of research activities all of which will assist in developing their critical thinking, information literacy and enquiry skills. Tasks will include the effective use of search engines, how to assess the reliability of online content, and a discussion on copyright and plagiarism issues. Having undertaken their research, the second part of the day will give students the opportunity to produce an output (for example a film, website or animation) which they feel will most effectively communicate their findings.
The session will take place in the Harry M Weinrebe Learning Centre using laptops, an interactive whiteboard and other digital resources. Please note that, as with all our workshops, we’re unable to take groups into the Reading Rooms.
The students will be able to apply the skills developed in this session to project work, coursework, essay writing and the Extended Project Qualification.
This session is also available as:
- An INSET for school librarians, teachers and trainee teachers. Digital Pathways can be booked alone or as part of our full day INSET package
For more information about INSETs, please email learning@bl.uk or complete the booking form below.
Pre-visit activities
- Before your visit, ask students to think of 2-3 websites they have used for school work or research. What was useful about each? What could have made them better?
Post-visit activities
- After your visit, work with the group to add material to the Digital Pathways workshop wiki. Details of the wiki will be provided during the session.
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