Multi-media Research Centre

Hints and Tips

The MRC is open all day every day during

term time. You are welcome to use the MRC

for quiet work, research or reading (You will

need to sign in with your planner during study

lessons).

You need your swipe card or planner to

borrow books.

You can use the MRC during your 30

minute lunch break. Why not borrow a

book for the Big Read.

You can borrow books for up to 4 weeks

Year 7 can borrow 7 resources,

Year 8 = 8 resources

Year 9 = 9 resources

Year 10 = 10 resources

Year 11 = 11 resources

Year 12 & 13 = 12 resources

Avoid fines and

invoices sent

home by returning

borrowed books

on time.

Need help? Just ASK!

Information Literacy:

The six stages of Research

This circle can help you to complete

effective research and produce your best work.

Start with the planning circle, think about the

questions inside it and then move onto the next

stage. You can repeat this process several times

before you complete your work.

Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy

Creating

Generating new ideas, products, or ways of viewing

things

Designing, constructing, planning, producing,

inventing

Evaluating

Justifying a decision or a course of action

Checking, hypothesising, critiquing, experimenting,

judging

Analysing

Breaking information into parts to explore

understandings and relationships

Comparing, organising, deconstructing, interrogating,

finding

Applying

Using information in another familiar situation

Implementing, carrying out, using, executing

Understanding

Explaining ideas or concepts

Interpreting, summarising, paraphrasing, classifying,

explaining

Remembering

Recalling information

Recognising, listing, describing, retrieving, naming,

finding

MRC CODE OF CONDUCT

The MRC is a valuable community

space. It is essential that users

bear this in mind and pay due regard to others

around them and the learning environment

itself.

The MRC is here to assist you and all TDA

members in their learning.

Respect the MRC environment by:-

Refrain from socialising

Consume food and drink in the Refectory, not

the MRC.

Put books that you have used back onto the

shelves in the correct place.

Keep your books safe and do not lend them to

others.

Return or renew books that you borrow

BEFORE the date stamped inside.

Keep phones, I Pods and other similar items in

your bag.

Non-compliance will result in a discussion with the

MRC Manager and one or several of the following

consequences:

Being asked to return to your class/college area.

A negative note in planner/or student events

A report to Form Tutor/Subject Tutor.

A letter home to parent & College Leader copied in.

MRC Online Resources

Oliver OPAC find it on the VLE!

Has over 9000

accurate websites

Just search Oliver

to find them.

Info on how to use resources legally

Investigate a Book using Bloom’s

Revised Taxonomy

Can you match the example to the skill?

A 1

B 2

C 3

D 4

E 5

F 6

Check your answers on page ____

Take it further and try

one of the examples

Find 5 words you

found difficult & use

a dictionary to find

their meaning

Write a

recommendation

to an older

student

Write a set of

true or false

questions about

the book

Make an A to

Z list about

your book

Write a new

ending for

the book

Use a Venn diagram

to compare and

contrast two

characters

Applying

Evaluating

Creating

Remembering

Analysing

Understanding

/ 6

Answers

Investigate a Book Using Bloom’s Taxonomy

A=4; B=5; C=2; D=6; E=1; F=6

Drop Everything And Read

Journal Page

My thoughts about what I have read today...

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