21st Century Inquiry

Rutgers' Riot is an animated research tutorial. It plays like a five part animated movie. Each part of the movie features characters explaining an aspect of the research process. The five parts are selecting a topic, finding sources, choosing keywords, identifying citations, and evaluating sources. There are text documents available to accompany the videos.

Evernote is the premier web information archiving application. This page introduces you to the basic functions of Evernote.

I am a proponent of BYOD (bring your own device) learning. I very rarely travel anywhere without my iPhone or iPad, and I can't really blame my students if they do the same. I see the "addiction" students have to their cell phones as an opportunity to engage in learning since I view cell phones as another teaching tool, not a distraction.

An aggregation of all MUO mobile FeedReader Apps

Daniel Russell, Google's "search anthropologist" in charge of Search Quality and User Happiness brings to light some important tips you may not have known.

Joyce Valenza's Guided Inquiry in Information Literacy (Elementary Education). In 2004, Valenza created "4 Criteria for Web Evaluation" to guide elementary school students in the Information Search Process (ISP) when evaluating web sources. There are four areas that students need to evaluate: Content, Authority/Credibility, Bias/Purpose, and Usability/Design

The UC Berkeley Library's Interactive guide to a variety of web search tools and skills

Tasha Bergson-Michelson is a member of the Google Search Education team. She is a professional librarian and searcher with a passion for helping people find, assess, and use the information they need.

Web search can be a remarkable tool for students, and a bit of instruction in how to search for academic sources will help your students become critical thinkers and independent learners.