Hello Kay,
I think sharing our best resources is a great idea. The single best
thing I've found this year is Zotero:
http://www.zotero.org/
This is a Firefox addon that allows students to gather and annotate
the resources they are using for research projects. It's free it's
easy to use, and it is really helpful. Once it's installed (free
download) you have a link at the bottom of the Firefox window - when
clicked, it opens a half window at the bottom for saving bookmarks and
making notes, bib references, whatever you need. Click again and it
gpes away but saves all of your Last week one of my students
discovered the Export link, which makes it possible to conduct
research at school, export the Zotero file, mail it to yourself, then
import to Zotero on your home computer. Could also be done with social
bookmarking perhaps but I find Zotero much more friendly for the
research process. The kids rave about it - it's one of those "hey,
what's that - that's cool" apps that once introduced, has spread from
student to student.
Cheers,
Cathy
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Cathy Rettberg
Head Librarian, Menlo School
Atherton, CA
crettberg@menloschool.org
On Feb 26, 2009, at 8:25 AM, Kay Goss wrote:
> Dear Great, Wise and Patient Ones:
>
> I have been watching the recent posts to LM_NET thinking that our
> students
> are starting their Spring projects such as literary analysis,
> persuasive
> essays, and science projects. I think this would be a good time to
> share our
> best resources--lists of websites, documentation guidelines, rubrics,
> project ideas, etc. with each other.
>
> Here's my first offering. Please feel free to share your ideas.
>
> I know I have posted this idea before and it was not original with
> me. I got
> the idea from the tips section of LMC a few years ago and it has
> proven to
> be one of the most successful resources I have had in my library.
>
> I used Word to make documentation guideline slips. I used different
> colors
> for different resources. The guideline is a form with the type of
> source at
> the top, then lines and punctuation with what is needed typed
> underneath the
> line such as title, etc.
> The student fills the form in exactly and then can tranfer that info
> to
> their bibliography.
>
> I don't know if that makes sense or if you can picture it or not.
> If you are interested I can e-mail you a sample as an attachment.
>
>
> Kay Goss
> Mansfield Secondary Library
> 316 West Ohio Ave.
> Mansfield, Mo. 65704
> 417-924-3236 Ext. 311
> goss.kay@gmail.com
>
> "The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good
> novel,
> must be intolerably stupid."
> Jane Austen
>
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