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I thought this was very well done as it outlines the process step-by-step.

How Freshmen Conduct Course Research Once They Enter College - take a look at the executive summary about how prepared these students were to do research at the higher ed level. This is extremely timely given our work this year!

"This Tweet shifted my world: If you can Google it, it isn't a good assignment." http://t.co/Rq0A8CytBR by @crossons

Read the short blog post, follow some of the links, and most importantly, try to find 50 minutes to watch the Will Richardson video - from his ISTE presentation. All of this reinforces my belief (our belief) that the library should be at the CENTER of a school's academic purpose. Teachers should be sending students to this place of inquiry, research, collaboration, and creative problem-solving. This belief should drive our library re-design and it's program.

Lesson plans on media/digital literacy. Thanks to Katie Baughman for this. Lesson plans for various grade levels.

Wondering about the pro's and con's of Citelighter compared to NoodleBib.  This article compares several citation generators. The Citelighter rep spoke about a major update due out in about 5 weeks that will also provide templates (among other things) to support a variety of student writing.  

Research article which could be very helpful in planning web search instruction and dovetails with Dan Russell's talk at the 2013 AIMS Tech Retreat.

From 2011 and still relevant. Some basic skills to model in the classroom.

This contains a long list of websites in addition to Creative Commons

Parkdale High School 's library is an integral component to student achievement. By providing literature and technology resources together, the library will continue to offer students and staff members the best opportunity to access information,construct knowledge and develop critical thinking skills. We encourage students to appreciate literature and to become responsible digital citizens.

Sample Wikispaces site to examine

eBook ... very short read. Chapters 2 (Finding) and 3 (Analyzing) may be useful for our work.

Another benchmark perhaps - student research to publishing We should be teaching them to hyperlink their ideas to the source.

Summary of remarks by five speakers, including Joyce Valenza, at 2012 annual conference

I highlighted this new AP course being offered and just wanted to place the bookmark here: The primary goals of the AP Seminar course are to help you understand how to study an issue from multiple perspectives, evaluate source information, and then develop and communicate effectively a logical, fact-based point of view. You will practice and apply these skills through the exploration of the complex topics and by examining a variety of and often divergent or competing perspectives.