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= Great blogs & sites for resources on searching: = = =
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 * === Tons of Digital Research Tools!!! : @http://dirt.projectbamboo.org/ ===

=Fact vs. Opinion: =
 * ==Great interactive slide show:[| phschool.com]==

= Primary vs. Secondary Sources: =
 * ==Great defintions and examples of primary and secondary sources (with lesson plans as well): teachinghistory.org==
 * == Interactive - students use primary sources to figure out when and where of events: AnnenbergFoundation==
 * == Interactive - students determine is commentary or opinion in present in varous forms of documents: Iearner.org==
 * == Worksheets - various types from Library of Congress, etc. to help your students analyze primary sources: learner.org==

=Keywords & Multiple Search Terms: =
 * == Lesson on keyword searching: common sense media==
 * Boolean search terms:[[image:valems/Boolean.JPG width="258" height="286"]]

=Pathfinders: =
 * ==Over 101 pathfinders - sites collected under a specific subject or search term: media center resources==

= Taking notes & citing sources: =


 * == Sites and tools to curate or collect info. /notes to share later: [| LiveBinders], [| Evernote] or [| Zotero] . ==
 * ==**Plagiarism & taking notes: [[image:valems/comom craft.JPG link="@http://www.commoncraft.com/video/plagiarism"]]**==
 * ==Avoid Inappropriate Paraphrasing (video) : NMSU==
 * ==**Copyright - don't take what is not rightly yours:**==
 * ===Article - Student ordered to pay $1.5m for illegal game upload: couriermail===
 * media type="youtube" key="CJn_jC4FNDo?rel=0" height="315" width="420" align="center"

=Search Engines & Search Tips: =
 * ==Can search a specific website/ domain for a topic: Google Advanced Search ==
 * ==Search for images, news, websites by use of this image-search: [|Oolone visual search]==
 * === **History as Videos, images, audio records** **:** ** Digital Library of America **===

= Wikipedia: =   Wikipedia #1 Tip  : You can check an author's credibility by going to recent revisions/changes and then click on their name/page and judge their trustworthiness for yourself!

**//Wiki Watch//** : will rate the reliability of

the Wikipedia page your using!



**Use Wikipedia's lock-system **

<span style="font-family: 'andale mono',times; font-size: large;">** to see what info. is more reliable. **



<span style="background-color: #993300; color: #ffffff; font-family: 'arial black','avant garde'; font-size: large;">Shows what is most trusted on Wikipedia!

<span style="font-family: 'andale mono',times; font-size: small;">( -need firefox browser ) ** **//Is it rumor or fact!//** **

**** Check the facts: ** Fact CheckED **

**<span style="font-family: 'book antiqua',palatino;">Do they really have a <span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'book antiqua',palatino;">Ph.D.? **

**<span style="font-family: 'book antiqua',palatino;"> Find out: The Chronicle **

= Fair Use: =
 * == Lesson plan with Fair Use handout and video: Common Sense Media==
 * ==creative commons==

Open Source & Public Domain:
=<span style="background-color: #000080; color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Digital Citizenship & Media Literacy: = media type="youtube" key="e2QpzIAPXXA?rel=0" height="315" width="420"
 * ==[[image:cyberwise logo.JPG width="261" height="48"]]Great site for those new to the changes in media and internet use - their motto - ** "No grownup left behind!" **==
 * ==Lots of good lessons for teaching students digital citizenship -each lesson has video vignettes of middle schoolers offering their experience and story: Common Sense Media==
 * === Sexting -Interactive: Choose what happens next: YouTube===
 * ==3 Fun and informative Videos for students -digital life, particpation, social media, & privacy issues:==