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Here are notes and presentations from the 21st Century Research Workshop held on December 10th at the District Office. The training was presented by city librarians and the Media Specialists. Additional links are available within the presentations and on the front page of this wiki.

The agenda and matching presentations are listed below -

 

Research Skills and Databases -

 

Presented by

Nina Hull - Westlake Village Public Library,

Grace Benard Agoura Hills Public Library and

Caroline Russom and Barbara Lockwood from Calabasas Public Library - (Caroline's Presentation)

 

Online Resources

 

Presented by

Mary Ann Hamre - Media Specialist - (Mary Ann's Presentation)

 

Website Evaluation

 

Presented by

Barbara Folkeson - Media Specialist - (Barbara's Presentation)

 

 

Other Web Site Tools

 

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators – includes links to several articles & web sites; evalution criteria; evaluation forms for elementary, middle and high schools

http://www.discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/eval.html

 

UC Berkeley – “Evaluating Web Pages:  Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask”

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html

 

Olin & Uris Libraries, Cornell Univesity – “Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages”

 http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinris/ref/webcrit.html

 

Eduscapes – includes lessons; activities; evaluation criteria, tools & checklists; and links to several misleading websites.

http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic32.htm

 

November Learning - (includes information literacy resources - lessons, quizzes, links to misleading websites including the “Tree Octopus”). 

http://novemberlearning.com/resources/information-literacy-resources/

 

 

Copyright, Citing Sources, Plagiarism

 

Presented by

Kelly Benning - Media Specialist - (Kelly's PowerPoint Presentation)

See also the front page of the Wiki for links to resources for copyright, citing sources, and plagiarism info.