Professional Development Resources
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Electronic Library for Minnesota
Electronic Library for Minnesota.
Need info on a topic related to a standard you are teaching? Check out ELM for K-12 Academic Standards.
A Framework for 21st Century Learning
Where to Find Good Books
Find a Good Book:
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Award Winning Books:
Coretta Scott King Award Geisel "Dr. Seuss" Award Newberry Metal Printz Award Belpre Award Sibert Medal Schneider Award Maud Hart Lovelace Award Caldecott Award |
Read Online Books & Stories:
International Children's Digital Library Complete Library of Children's Books Online StoryPlace.org Storyline Online |
Internet Safety
Surfing the Web:
Remember. . .
Anyone can publish or write anything on the internet and anyone can change who they really are. Explore these tips and links below for staying safe and smart online.
- Never share personal information about yourself such as your name, address, phone number, or a photo of yourself.
- If something or someone online makes you feel uncomfortable or scared stop writing to them and tell a trusted adult.
- Do not meet someone or have them visit you without your parents permission.
- Remember that someone could pretend they are another kid but actually be an older adult.
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Website Evaluation Checklist & Tools
Click on one of the links below to see if you can decide if it is for real:
- Dihydrogen Monoxide http://www.dhmo.org/
- The Ova Prima Foundation http://www.ovaprima.org/
- Save the Tree Octopus http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
- Petrol Direct http://www.petroldirect.com/
- http://city-mankato.us/
How do you know? A way to know if your source of information is reliable is to check it for the following:
ACCURACY
Currently no web standards exist to ensure accuracy.
AUTHORITY
Anyone can publish anything on the internet.
.net = Internet Service Provider .com = Commercial Site .edu = Higher education .mil = Military Site ~ ("tilde") = Personal Site .org = Organization; may be charitable, religious, or a lobbying group. Other domains include: .museum, .info, .biz
BIAS
View any web page as you would an infomercial on T.V. and ask yourself why it was written and for whom.
CURRENCY
If information is outdated it may not be accurate.
RELEVANCE
You want to make sure a web site you find covers the information you are seeking.
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More websites: Decide their fate
Dihydrogen
Monoxide
GenoChoice
Save
the Tree Octopus
RYT
Hospital: Medical Breakthroughs
Hetracil
– the anti-effeminate medication
The Centaur Excavation
How to Cite Your Sources
How to Cite Your Sources
"Works Cited," "Bibliography," "Cite your sources;" how ever your teacher is calling it, you want to be sure to write down the sources where you found your information for the project you are working on. There are many different ways of writing down your sources so ask your teacher how he or she would like your sources recorded.
Here are the basic pieces of information you will most likely need to write down:*
If you found information from a . . .
Book:
Author's Name. Title. Publisher. City. Copyright date.
Example: Gates, Doris. Lord of the Sky, Zeuz. Penguin Books. New York. 1982.
Internet:
Author's name (if listed). Page title. Site title. Date posted or copyright (if listed). Date found. Electronic address.
Wayman, Erin. The Secrete's of Ancient Rome's Buildings. Smithsonian.com. November 16, 2011. Found March 26, 2012. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Secrets-of-Ancient-Romes-Buildings.html
Encyclopedia:
Author's name (if listed). Entry title. Encyclopedia title. Edition (if given). Publication date.
Zeuz. World Book. 21st Edition. 2010.
Here are the basic pieces of information you will most likely need to write down:*
If you found information from a . . .
Book:
Author's Name. Title. Publisher. City. Copyright date.
Example: Gates, Doris. Lord of the Sky, Zeuz. Penguin Books. New York. 1982.
Internet:
Author's name (if listed). Page title. Site title. Date posted or copyright (if listed). Date found. Electronic address.
Wayman, Erin. The Secrete's of Ancient Rome's Buildings. Smithsonian.com. November 16, 2011. Found March 26, 2012. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Secrets-of-Ancient-Romes-Buildings.html
Encyclopedia:
Author's name (if listed). Entry title. Encyclopedia title. Edition (if given). Publication date.
Zeuz. World Book. 21st Edition. 2010.
More Resources on How to Cite Your Sources:
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*Kemper, D., Sebranek, P., & Meyer, V. Write Source: a book for writing, thinking, and learning. Great Source Education Group. Wilmington, MA. 2009. (page 391).
Plagiarism & Intellectual Freedom
Plagiarism & Intellectual Freedom
What is Plagiarism?
What are the consequences of Plagiarism?
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Definition: Plagiarism
pla·gia·rism [pley-juh-riz-uhm] Literary theft. Plagiarism occurs when a writer duplicates another writer's language or ideas and then calls the work his or her own. Copyright laws protect writers' words as their legal property. To avoid the charge of plagiarism, writers take care to credit those from whom they borrow and quote. "plagiarism." The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2005. 26 Mar. 2012. . |
Examples
Solutions
1. Copying word for word from a source to your own paper without giving proper citation.
Use quotation marks around the exact words caputred and cite the source.
2. Paraphrasing and claiming the idea or words as your own.
Write down the source of the idea or words on your bibliography.
3. You have written a paper and are not sure if you have properly cited all of your sources.
Talk to your teacher or library media specialist to be sure you have cited your sources properly.
Solutions
1. Copying word for word from a source to your own paper without giving proper citation.
Use quotation marks around the exact words caputred and cite the source.
2. Paraphrasing and claiming the idea or words as your own.
Write down the source of the idea or words on your bibliography.
3. You have written a paper and are not sure if you have properly cited all of your sources.
Talk to your teacher or library media specialist to be sure you have cited your sources properly.
Why Not Just Wikipedia?
Wikipedia can be great for causal information seeking, but when it comes to academic research, writers be advised:
Research & InfO
Click on a database or reliable resource below to begin your research:
     
Children's educational web sites and games. Use: "Already a member? Click here." to get to the advertising-free pages.
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Magazine, newspaper, and reference book articles.(Grades K-5)
  
Contains full text for more than 60 popular, elementary school magazines. (Grades K-5)
 Articles from World Book Encyclopedia (Grades 4-12)  Contains full text for more than 70 popular, elementary school magazines. |
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