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I love pen and paper notes!! This gave me new insight into electronic note taking. Excellent read for those who have a hard time or do not know why we should incorporate electronic note taking! Great read!

These digital alternatives to pen and paper give you information-retaining benefits of handwritten notes with the organization and convenience of digital note taking.

I love pen and paper notes!! This gave me new insight into electronic note taking. Excellent read for those who have a hard time or do not know why we should incorporate electronic note taking! Great read!

For an avid paper note taker, note taking software can be a tough sell. CM Smith offers up some ways to make the transition to digital notes.

This blog post is a great resource for trying to find sources. It includes places to search, and how to determine if a source is credible

Describes why technology resources are a more relevant way to test knowledge than papers and tests. Technology can be reused later in the professional world but you'll most likely never use an essay again.

This source is something that explains all basic information about money. This could be a very good for an opening activity when talking about math and money in a third or fourth grade classroom. It explains trading, value of money, and paper and coin money.

This website is devoted to home school ideas an art projects. It is for kids of all ages who are home schooled. This website also includes information about playing, learning, food, holiday it is chalk full of ideas.

When writing a paper, or performing research, it is important that your information be reliable. By using an appropriate database, you can find reliable information. This website lists the top 10 online databases that can be used for general research.

This article gives descriptions of many different types of whales. It is easy to read and gives students a lot of needed information to write a paper or create a project over the different types of whales

This helps teachers show how to show students decide what is fairly used and copyrighted.

The content of this site are crucial to understanding the basics of using a resource appropriately and correctly. The legal implications of using information/resources in papers and such is important for developing writers to understand. The webpage defines copyright, copyright infringement, and more related topics. Distinctions between plagiarism and copyrighting are specified, as these are often confusing concepts for students. Properly citing sources simply proves for effective research. Students will continually write papers with borrowed info., reference things, and etc. that deal with using resources, so it is important to express the various components associated with citations. This resource could prompt discussion over the do's and don't's of using resources; for example, "What might you use an outside resource for?"

Welcome to our Research Hub! Here you’ll find tons of great and useful info, tutorials, and guides to help you get your paper off on the right foot. Learn about avoiding plagiarism, where to start looking for sources, how to evaluate the credibility of websites, and more. Get started with some of the links below: ...

This is a paper that outlines the Assessments to be used for children from birth to 8 years of age. I found this to be very interesting especially since I am a ECE major.

A great site for students to learn about biographies and how to write a good one!

Plickers is a resource that allows you to get answers from all of your students quickly. Each student has a paper that will be read off of your phone

Research comparing digital note taking vs. hand written note taking.

Research comparing digital note taking vs. hand written note taking.

An excellent source of general information about Manx cats that could serve as a good starting point for writing a research paper about Manx cats.

In this website related to evaluating resources, teachers can find tips/ideas on how to teach students to validate information and sources. Educators can offer this URL to students, and the learners can analyze what is required in authenticating information they find. For instance, the dimensions of critical analysis (relevance, accuracy, bias/perspective, and reliability) are clearly defined and explained. The teacher can then model examples of each dimension for children. Along with this and much more, questions to consider before using a source in your papers, etc. are identified.

I had to use fact check in high school. We had to write a paper for political government and he actually made us utilize that website. Therefore, after personal experience I believe it would be a useful resource.