Google Docs Adds-Ons For Students: These 5 Will Help You Write A Paper
Word-processing for students has long been the domain of Microsoft Word. The recent release of add-ons is making Google Docs an appealing free option. The five add-ons we are about to meet have the potential to become quick favorites for people working on research papers, essays, and collaborative projects. But, are they good enough to make Google Docs the go-to option? Google Docs won’t be toppling Word from the top of the heavy-duty text-editing list anytime soon, but add-ons like these will help keep it in the list of best alternatives to Office. While Docs add-ons aren’t yet living up to their full potential, these five show promise and, with a few rounds of updates, could become indispensable tools for students. Document Navigation: Table of Contents If you’re working on a really long document, like a thesis, it can be hard to find the exact section or paragraph that you’re looking for during editing. Adding Charts: Charts Collaboration: Track Changes Editing: Consistency Checker
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Research & Reference | BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
General Resources and Homework Helpers World Wide Web Virtual Library Just plain unbelievable! The Virtual Reference Desk Don’t miss this one Digital Librarian Fantastic collection of links from almost any subject area My Virtual Reference Desk Facts Page If you have plenty of time and want to learn a ton, try visiting this site Education Index (by Subject) Another excellent homework helper site with wonderful links…Try it! Suite101 A virtual card catalog of any subject you can think of FindTutorial A really cool site that lists all kinds of neat online tutorials Purdue University Reference Desk Another great place to visit Martindale’s Reference Desk A very exciting site to find science and math information American Fact Finder Census statistics galore from the U.S. Fact Monster This site is really great…it is a must see site for students with homework assignments Searchable Newspaper and Magazine Archive Search through past articles Etymology List Want to know what your first name means? U.S.
6 Important Wikipedia Tools for Teachers
Wkipedia is a great educational resource for both teachers and students. Its articles appear almost always in the first four links of the search results. I know there are some issues with the use of this resource in education such as : plagiarism, trusted content and many more but still instead of excluding it all together we better learn and teach our students the best ways to use it. Everything online has both negative and positive effects and we should always focus on the filled side of the cup. 1- Wikisummarizer WikiSummarizer is an application designed by Context Discovery Inc. 2- The Full Wiki This is a mash-up between Google Maps and Wikipedia articles. 3- Navify This service is a mash-up of Wkipedia, Flickr, and YouTube. 4- Wiki Field Trip This service allows you to explore new places using Wikipedia entries. 5- Video Wikipedia This is an online project to add videos to Wikipedia articles. 6- Wikihood
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5 Ways You Can Use Wikis
Today I had the privilege to participate in Discovery's Beyond the Textbook forum. One of my take-aways from the day's conversation is that most of the technologies that we want to use to make textbooks interactive and meaningful for students already exist, we just need to organize and utilize them in a way that makes sense for teachers and students. I've combined that take-away with a recent request from a reader to delineate some ways that teachers can use Wikispaces to create this list of ideas for using wikis in classrooms. Please feel free to add your suggestions, with links if possible, in the comments below (please note, I'll be on planes for the next 18 hours so there will be a delay between your comment submission and its appearance on the blog). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. How are you using wikis in your classroom? If you're not quite sure what a wiki is or what makes it different from a traditional website or blog, watch Wikis in Plain English from Common Craft.
Truth, truthiness, triangulation: A news literacy toolkit for a “post-truth” world
We were guaranteed a free press, We were not guaranteed a neutral or a true press. We can celebrate the journalistic freedom to publish without interference from the state. We can also celebrate our freedom to share multiple stories through multiple lenses. But it has always been up to the reader or viewer to make the reliability and credibility decisions. It is up to the reader or viewer to negotiate truth. News literacy is complicated. Professional journalists themselves face new practical and ethical challenges relating to anonymity, privacy and safety, as well as reliability in their attempts to verify sources of breaking news from social media and user-generated content in all media formats. Even news that is vetted by editors and publishers sometimes emerges from that process a bit processed, perhaps leaning in a particular direction. And word choice itself is connected to truth. On news literacy Our kids need new types of filters. s disciplines. What’s going on? Fake news
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