4 STAGES OF RESEARCH: WEBSITES EVERY T-L SHOULD KNOW

STAGE 1: GETTING READY

 http://www3.sympatico.ca/sandra.hughes/sandra.hughes/research/default.html  Research helper

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/  Graphic organizers

http://novemberlearning.com/resources/information-literacy-resources  Alan November

http://www.eworkshop.on.ca/edu/core.cfm Technology and media literacy resources.

 STAGE 2: ACCESSING RESOURCES

Search Engines

http://www.learnwebskills.com/search/  Web search strategies

http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

http://clusty.com

http://www.picsearch.com   Search for images

Choose the best search for your information needed

http://www.lburkhart.com/elem/teaches.htm  Educational search engines

Fake Websites:

http://www.twinkiesproject.com/

http://www.deadlysins.com/guineaworm/index.htm

http://www.d-b.net/dti/

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

http://novemberlearning.com/resources/information-literacy-resources/iii-websites-to-validate 

STAGE 3: PROCESSING RESOURCES

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm

http://www.vts.intute.ac.ukl/dectective/

http://eclipse.pagecounty.k12.va.us/pchs/plaghtml/index.html

http://www.plagiarism.org/

Hands on activities for students:

 http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective/ Interactive on-line activity plagiarism, copyright and cheating

 http://eclipse.pagecounty.k12.va.us/pchs/plaghtml/index.html Plagiarism and cheating questionnaire

Copyright Free Resources: 

http://www.publicdomainsherpa.com/index.html Public domain or Copyrighted?

http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/ Royalty Free Music

http://www.pics4learning.com/?search=cat&query=Signs Copyright free photos

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/clipart.html Free clipart and photos

Bibliography:

http://citationmachine.net/

http://www.easybib.com/

http://www.bibme.org/

http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/ 

STAGE 4: SHARING

http://ccisd.esc11.net/99120618141227170/blank/browse.asp?A=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=56978  Web 2.0 applications and open source software useful for projects

http://animoto.com/ Slideshow presentation tool

http://prezi.com/ Zooming Presentation Editor

http://www.timetoast.com/  and http://www.dipity.com/ Create timelines