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Project Based Learning Language Arts Projects. Free Bibliography Generator - MLA, APA, Chicago citation styles. BibMe: Fast & Easy Bibliography Maker - MLA, APA, Chicago, Turabian - Free. Internet Catalogue. Common Core Standards. Allan's Blog.

Powered by Traduttore When I received the invitation from the new Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, I decided to completely upgrade two seminar workshops.

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Dr Ian Green from the School of Education here at Adelaide and I have used Padagogy101 (introduction to iPad in HE) and Padagogy201 (more advanced use for L&T) to train over 600 faculty from universities in Australia. For Singapore, Ian wasn’t going to be with me and I was solo, as well I needed a better way to leave resources in place for people to revisit. However I was completely surprised at what else happened. It was a huge amount of work to meet the Singapore deadlines and involved quite a bit of lost sleep. With the action verbs. I have added 62 iPad apps to the wheel and put them where they could serve the pedagogy. Kate Hart: Citing Sources: A Quick and Graphic Guide.

Academia has lots and lots and lots of systems in place for assuring that credit is always given where credit is due.

Kate Hart: Citing Sources: A Quick and Graphic Guide

If you're writing a paper, there are particular ways to cite internet sources-- even tweets and Facebook posts. Amistad Incident - Awesome Stories. 1839 painting depicting the two-masted sailing schooner La Amistad off the coast of Culloden Point, Long Island, New York.

Amistad Incident - Awesome Stories

Image online, courtesy Wikipedia Commons. Public Domain "I will call into the past - Far back to the beginning of time - And beg themTo come and help meI will reach backAnd draw them into meAnd theyMUST comeFor at this momentI amThe whole reasonThey have existed at all" So says Sengbe Pieh (a 26-year-old illegally-captured Mendi from the country of Sierra Leone) to John Quincy Adams (his attorney), in Steven Spielberg’s film version of the Amistad Incident. The actual case, argued by Adams in the Supreme Court, helped push the United States to the brink of Civil War. Primay Sources linked within Narrative all content areas. A Guide to Awesome Stories primary sources, to content rights in general, correct citation format, standards and curricula in digital rights and citizenship.

Primay Sources linked within Narrative all content areas

Awesome Stories Sources A "primary source" is the best place to get first-hand information. A person who experiences an event, and gives an account of it, is a source of primary information. Maps, photographs, drawings, videotapes, diaries, letters, manuscripts and other similar items can be primary sources. Someone who interprets primary sources - like a scholar, for example - is creating a secondary source. It is our policy to link to primary source material whenever possible.

Teacher Resources. The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching.

Teacher Resources

Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations. Discover and discuss ways to bring the power of Library of Congress primary sources into the classroom. Go to the blog Subscribe to the blog via e-mail or RSS. Using Primary Sources. Writing in Digital Environments. Writing in Digital Environments (WIDE) Research is a research area operating within the context of MATRIX.

Writing in Digital Environments

WIDE’s maintains its historical focus on creating new knowledge about digital communication, and we remain committed to results that have impact via academic literatures and via more public outcomes, such as events, performances, and software. Player not working? There is a known iOS and Android bug or download file. iOS, Safari and some Android environments will not properly prompt you for a password if this video is password protected. But, if you click the 'Download Video' link, it will then prompt you for a password. If you are having problems with the 'download file' link right-click on the link and choose 'Save As..' or 'Save Link As..' In 2013-2014, WIDE will focus on “unprofessional writing.” Full-Time School Librarians Boost Student Test Scores in Reading, Writing, Says PA Report. By Shelley M.

Full-Time School Librarians Boost Student Test Scores in Reading, Writing, Says PA Report

Diaz and Sarah Bayliss on October 25, 2012 Upper Merion High School Librarian Sharon Nardelli assists ninth-graders with research. Photos by Stuart Goldenberg Story update October 26, 10:11 AM. Access to a full-time school librarian increases student test scores, closes the achievement gap, and improves writing skills, according to a new study of Pennsylvania public schools conducted by the Colorado-based RSL Research Group.

The results of the first comprehensive study of Pennsylvania school libraries in a decade was presented at an October 25 press conference, kicking off School Library Journal’s annual Leadership Summit. 10 Free Tools for Everyday Research - Getting Smart by Susan Oxnevad - @soxnevad. Why do so many students choose Wikipedia when asked to find information on the Internet?

10 Free Tools for Everyday Research - Getting Smart by Susan Oxnevad - @soxnevad

I believe the answer is that Wikipedia is like the McDonalds of the Internet, you can always find it and you know what you’re going to get. Moreillon2013-v29n4p29. Research Unit CC aligned Daring Librarian. The Task:"You've moved to the upscale neighborhood of Mt.

Research Unit CC aligned Daring Librarian

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