Agenda+,+Saturday,+April+9+and+16

Boise State Writing Project
To register for this session, use course # 19321

**Days five and six: April 9 and 16, 2011**

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Tom Luna, quoted in New York Times in an article on the quality of online education =** Research process, step one: How to create research projects that don't suck. Fostering Inquiry, choice and outcomes, alternatives to the boring research paper, five paragraph essay, or death by PowerPoint! **=

The Paperless Research Project (podcast) Another Paperless Research example Glogster Prezi PodOmatic Museumbox Jaycut (videos) PhotoPeach ThinkQuest.org (using inquiry and collaboration to create a group project site) ReadWriteThink resources

Dianne's NCTE Wiki presentation Samantha's multigenre peer review and rubric:

= Research process, step two: gathering and synthesizing information =

Wikipedia is your friend!
Wikipedia is as accurate as Encyclopedia Britannica... Nature article You can use Wikipedia as an example of good vs. bad research Neutrality Article Probation Does not cite sources Orphans Multiple Issues Stress that it is a beginning point, and shouldn't ever end up in a Works Cited page... You can move from evaluating Wikipedia to evaluating other websites for validity...

http://www.procon.org/ http://www.findingdulcinea.com/ http://www.takepart.com/ http://www.globalissues.org/
 * Other great sites for research:**

**Bookmarking Tools for research, keeping track of information, narrowing topics** [|Del.icio.us] ( [|tutorial] ) [|Diigo] [|SimplyBox]


 * RSS Feeds: bring the information to you! Students create reading lists based on choice and personal interest.**

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Google Scholar Google Newsalerts Finding Dulcinea
 * Awesome tools for gathering information **

[|Fair use rules] Fair use in education Fair Use Chart BSDs Internet ethics and safety info
 * Fair use and safety issues **

CitationMachine.net KnightCite BibMe NoodleTools Here is the PowerPoint made my Les Boise's librarian: Zotero Turnitin.com Google Docs [|EasyBib]
 * Citing and keeping track of research **

[|Screencast-O-Matic] - free, no download required, easy to use [|ScreenToaster] - free, no download required, narrate and add text [|Jing] - free, download required, narrate, take video and screen shots [| GoView] - super easy screen capture and narration
 * Screencast Tools: students keep visual records of their quest for information, showing how they are evaluating sites for reliability, etc...**

[|PollDaddy] [|SurveyMonkey] [|SurveyGizmo] GoogleForms [] = = = Research process, step three: the digital writing workshop! Using teacher and student feedback to shape writing and revision. = GoogleDocs Wikis Blogs
 * Polling/Information Gathering Tools: Students as professional researchers**

Free online test making site- use this to create Web-based assessments and embed them into your site!

Rubrics for evaluating online courses: [] [] []

**Final Portfolio/ Course Evaluation:**

 * Please update your wiki page with any examples of your work to share.
 * This will be your portfolio and how we will assess your participation. Please include the following:
 * 1) Embed or link to any projects you have completed for this class
 * 2) A reflection of your choice (use any of the technology we have learned in the class) to demonstrate how you will be incorporating 21st century tools into your classroom. You can use the Glogster that is embedded into our home page as an example.

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