Again, I unfortunately I wasn't able to attend the webinar live as it was our Autumn break and I was away on a little trip. I did watch it this weekend and think it contained some useful tips.
One interesting tip was looking at things from a different perspective exemplified by the Lorax and the Truax, in which one looks more convincingly true from the start. The description of impartial perspective as open-full-fairminded is very helpful indeed. I do find it hard though, as with the earlier webinar to translate this to my students who are only 12-13 years old and have quite a varied mindset as a group. The concept of a shared perspective among a group of students vs another group fits well to what we are experiencing in the LC UBOD and something I try to emphasize to my students. The Danger of the Single Story by Chimanda Adichie is very convincing in this respect.
Using objective questions in a standard form to determine whether we ourselves are credible as 'witnesses' or websites are credible is important and an often overlooked aspect of research. It does take time 'away' from the research itself in the opinion of both teachers and students but is well worth it when used structurally.
Will some of the documents Gary used in the webinar become available again to us?