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Besides being interesting information, I thought it might be useful to look at this when we do research--to have students decide what kind of evidence they're looking at, practice introducing the information--and citing it since the authors would be cited by their usernames.

Besides being interesting information, I thought it might be useful to look at this when we do research--to have students decide what kind of evidence they're looking at, practice introducing the information--and citing it since the authors would be cited by their usernames.

EasyBib is a great site for more than just creating citations for essays. Click on Student Resources for help with the research process, evaluating sources, planning and writing essays. Info screens are short and easy to understand, but packed with important info. For those assigning presentations, go to Student Resources>Research Guide>Improving visuals of presentations.

collect, organize, and share research

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work-in the web browser itself.

ChronoZoom is a new timeline project from Microsoft Research. The primary goal of ChronoZoom is to provide a multimedia timeline of the history of the world from the dawn of time to today. The timeline is arranged according to themes and thresholds. 

The Naked Scientists are a media-savvy group of physicians and researchers from Cambridge University who use radio, live lectures, and the Internet to strip science down to its bare essentials, and promote it to the general public. Their award winning BBC weekly radio programme, The Naked Scientists, reaches a potential audience of 6 million listeners across the east of England, and also has an international following on the web.

Good site to use as example of investigating claims and statements we run across n the media and in research students are doing for papers, etc.

The National Human Genome Research Institute has a great talking glossary of genetic terms for students. The glossary is available online and as a free iPad app. The Talking Glossary of Genetic Terms features scientists explaining each term. Most terms are accompanied by an illustration and some terms are accompanied by 3D animations.

Can't remember if I've seen this shared here or not--looks really cool. Even has a section for first person oral histories.

Great site with lots of original videos, audio, primary sources--check it out!

"Global Kids uses media and technology to foster civic participation and global awareness. In its Online Leadership Program, students make games, create animated movies, and produce videos that explore global issues."

"Global Kids uses media and technology to foster civic participation and global awareness. In its Online Leadership Program, students make games, create animated movies, and produce videos that explore global issues."