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Jeff Utecht's blog entry about a novel way to teach students search skills. Give students and start and end point. Eg. 3rd Grade - give students: Rocks and Volcanoes. Start with Rocks and create a search story that gets them to end the search story with how Rocks and Volcanoes are related.

Niffty diagram to explain the process of research

Colourful and unpacks the process for younger students. Thanks for sharing the link, Marissa. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore for you.

Thanks for sharing this link, Leonie. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore for you.

Interactive tutorial from Rutgers University for students covering these areas: Selecting a topic, finding sources, selecting keywords, identifying citations, evaluating sources. Includes database searching using example of EBSCO, importing citations with RefWorks.

Thanks Amanda. I like the interactive nature of the site. It is very smooth and informative. I think Uni students would have the stamina to go through the options offered but I wonder about high school students' ability to stay with it.

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This YouTube channel has an abundant choice of resources for the VCE student. It was established by a young man who felt there was a need to provide current and relevant information about research skills, study techniques, a guide to write the perfect English essay and especially how to fine tune a search using Google. Each topic is delivered in easy speak and lasts for less than four minutes. I would highly recommend this site for students who are looking for quick sound bytes on surviving VCE.

Thanks for posting this link, Michelle. I've marked the Diigo Assignment as complete for you.

A good way to share this type of information with students is via infographics. Complete a search for [infographic google search] and you will find a gold mine of information. 

Love infographics and so do my students. Thanks for sharing the link, Simon. I've marked your Diigo assignment as completed on Lore.

'Developed by Education Services Australia through The Le@rning Federation, the education collection is designed to help teachers and students make the most of the wide range of moving image resources on the site. The clips in this collection are accompanied by teachers' notes created by specialist curriculum writers. Expert curators' notes also provide useful background material.' Clips are organised under headings such as 'war', 'identity and culture', 'sport and health'...a treasure trove!

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"Developed by Education Services Australia through The Le@rning Federation, the education collection is designed to help teachers and students make the most of the wide range of moving image resources on the site. The clips in this collection are accompanied by teachers' notes created by specialist curriculum writers. Expert curators' notes also provide useful background material. Clips in this collection have been selected for their educational value and any clips that are considered potentially disturbing carry clear classification warnings."

A PDF of tips for students, for use in class or library

I found this on Google using a search like this: research vic.edu.au and hit enter. Very powerful and ensures that only relevant sites come up in google without all the unnecessary ones. Really fine tunes the search.

This is by primary teacher Kathleen Morris of Leopold Primary. Useful for primary students when introducing effective research skills.

Joyce Valenza's comprehensive information literacy, web tools and research tools Libguide containing tools, tutorials and other resources to help students navigate the research process. 

Looks great, thank you

Joyce is a TL superhero!

A study skills guide for primary & secondary students. Includes the research process, thinking & doing skills as well as web 2.0 tools.

The Study Vibe site is designed for students to encourage then to develop skills in many facets of study and research. It is the brainchild of Leonie McIvenny, a Western Australian teacher librarian.

Thanks for sharing. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore for you.

Great tool for content curation.

Create and share media very easily with this great web publishing tool. Easy to share your passion, create topic pages or subject guides you have previously researched for your students. Even a way students can show their research.

Sorry Gina, should have read down the page to see what others had shared first, but like you I was excited to share this great tool!

I follow lots of Tedtalks in my podcast feeds, but every now and then I visit the education specific website to browse for talks on topics that may help introduce or complete a unit with my grades.

Agreed! Thanks for sharing the link, Geoff. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore for you.

This site has some interesting ideas about 'flipping'. I wonder if anyone has used this with students yet?

Comprehensive study skills website for students

Child friendly

Nice looking website directory with some excellent resources. Thanks for sharing the link to this site. I've marked your Diigo assignment as complete on Lore.

Gooru is a new service (still carrying the Alpha label) that aims to provide teachers and students with an extensive collection of videos, interactive displays, documents, diagrams, and quizzes for learning about topics in math and science.

A great Search Engine site, but with more features such as a Library of resource organised by subject area. Unfortunately very U.S. based, but for some subjects that wouldn't matter.

The science dept at school has just started experimenting with creating units on gooru - so far they are impressed! Thanks for sharing the link. I've marked this assignment as complete on Lore for you.

This web site is a great way to help students learn about the need to be discerning when researching online.

This is one of my favourite hoax sites to use with students. Thanks for posting it Yvonne, I've marked Assignment 2 as complete on Lore for you.

I re-found (is that even a word?) this website in my Delicious account- I suspect I originally stumbled across it while doing the VicPLN course earlier in the year. At the time, I thought it would be a great one to come back & explore. I still do. It contains a lot of information on Creative Commons...some of it a useful starting point for a discussion with students. 

Yes, we are just working on ours now!

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The research guides at the State Library (Vic) are great and cover many subjects but I have found this guide particularly useful with secondary students. It focuses on Australian soldiers who served in WWI. Topics: soldiers, battles, medals, personal stories and more.

Thanks for sharing the link and the positive review of the Research Guides. I've marked Assignment 2 as complete on Lore for you.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics publishers 'Year Book Australia' a useful source of Australian Statistical Information as well as information about the Australian Government. Excellent site to refer to students. If you prefer the print version, Year Book Australia should be available at your local public library.

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A very comprehensive outline to evaluate websites by Berkeley University. Could be simplified for middle school students. 

Thanks for sharing this link, Rachel. I've marked Assignment 2 as complete on Lore for you.