. Researchers use various digital media to locate information for our inquiries. Sometimes it’s helpful to choose a big idea we have about our topic and then look for details to support that idea.
· Researchers expand upon the information we find about our topic. One way we do this is by taking an interesting idea from information on a website, blog, etc… and using prompts such as, The weird thing about this is…, This makes me think that…, I can sort of picture how this goes…, I wonder if…, So, what I am really saying is…
· Researchers organize the information we find in the digital media. Just like we navigate through our printed texts it is important to develop or infer a main idea from the information and then identify the supporting details.
· Researchers often times make a plan before we begin to navigate through websites, podcasts and other forms of digital literacies. In order to do that it is helpful to come up with a thoughtful and focused research question and then research the information with that question in mind.
· Researchers critically evaluate the content we encounter in documentaries, on websites and other digital media outlets, by cross checking information from one ‘website’ with the same information on another website, blog, podcast, etc., and checking for commonalities and accuracy.
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