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Two Useful Citation Generators for Students

Two Useful Citation Generators for Students | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
In today’s post we are sharing with you two interesting citation generators from Chegg students can use to help them with crediting the sources they include in their research papers. These tools support the popular MLA, APA, and Chicago styles as well as several other citation styles. They also offer two modes of generating citations: an automatic mode and a manual mode. Additionally, the sites feature some interesting step-by-step guides and tutorials students can use to learn the basic of each citation style and how to format their papers
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Tools and Tips to Help with Writing

Tools and Tips to Help with Writing | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
There are so many tools that will help students with the writing process. Some of these tools help organize research while others help students organize their thoughts or locate grammatical errors. 
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8 Useful Educational Web Tools for Research Students

8 Useful Educational Web Tools for Research Students | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

There are a wide variety of web tools and mobile applications that facilitate researchers work and help them communicate and collaborate with the research community and easily share and disseminate research findings. Besides the numerous resources we reviewed here over the last few years, today we are sharing with you this interesting collection of web tools that student researchers can use to manage their references, compile bibliographies, generate citations, access journal articles and many more.


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A Simple Rubric for Determining Website Credibility

A Simple Rubric for Determining Website Credibility | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
This rubric inspired by a presentation on EasyBib takes you through a short but effective checklist for determining website credibility.

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Useful but a bit basic.

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Teach Your Students How to Paraphrase

Teach Your Students How to Paraphrase | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

We know that paraphrasing is a tricky thing for students to fully comprehend. When your students know how to properly paraphrase, they’ll be able to effectively and ethically discuss another person’s ideas using their own voice. But if they don’t, they could be plagiarizing!

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Trends in Information Literacy: A Comparative View

Trends in Information Literacy: A Comparative View | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
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Sign Up for Best Practices for User Experience Handout!

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Survey Examines Students' Web Research Skills - Education World

Survey Examines Students' Web Research Skills - Education World | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
A new study shows that librarians have little confidence in student skill level when it comes to both properly paraphrasing and identifying credible Web sources in research when compared to students’ evaluations of themselves.
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One-Shot Instruction| EasyBib

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Have you ever posted a photo or video online that wasn’t yours? ... | EasyBib

Have you ever posted a photo or video online that wasn’t yours? ...   | EasyBib | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

Have you ever posted a photo or video online that wasn’t yours? If you have, you could have broken the law. That’s scary to think about, right?


Understanding copyright is an important skill, but it’s a confusing topic. Why do we have copyright laws? What are common copyright violations? To help your students better understand what copyright is, we created a simple handout to assist with your instruction.

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With Eyes Wide Open - Plagiarism | CristinaSkyBox

With Eyes Wide Open - Plagiarism | CristinaSkyBox | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
Anita Vance's curator insight, August 18, 2014 9:20 AM

A good graphic to explain the different aids for research.  Thank You to Elizabeth and Cristina for finding this.

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Resources to Apply Cognitive Psychology to Information Literacy Pedagogy | EasyBib

Resources to Apply Cognitive Psychology to Information Literacy Pedagogy | EasyBib | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

How does understanding basic principles of cognitive psychology help with your information literacy instruction? Dani Brecher and Kevin Klipfel of the Rule Number One blog explained in our PD webinar last week. Check it out!

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New Report Has Surprising Stats About Information Literacy Shifts Over Past 24 Months

New Report Has Surprising Stats About Information Literacy Shifts Over Past 24 Months | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

It’s been two years since we released our Trends in Information Literacy infographic, one of our most popular downloads. We recently surveyed 1,200 librarians and over 10,000 students to see how the information landscape has changed over the past two years.

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5 Handy Tools for Research Students

5 Handy Tools for Research Students | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

Being a scholar entails doing a lot of research, readings, and writing of papers. Thankfully, technology can be of tremendous help in the research process. There are a wide variety of web tools and mobile applications that facilitate researchers work and  help them communicate and collaborate with the research community and easily share and disseminate research findings. Besides the numerous resources we reviewed here over the last few years, today we are sharing with you this interesting collection of web tools that students researchers can use to manage their references, compile bibliographies, generate citations, access journal articles and many more.

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30 Great Educational Web Tools for Librarians

30 Great Educational Web Tools for Librarians | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education
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7 Helpful Resources for Students to Boost their Study Performance - Clapway

7 Helpful Resources for Students to Boost their Study Performance - Clapway | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
If you are a student of any study level, your performance probably is one of your main concerns. You want better grades and compliments from your teachers, professors, and classmates, and this is only natural.

But with so much to do between study classes to attend and assignments to get done, it is very likely that you could make a good use of any resources able to boost your resources.

Thankfully, the educational industry has been developing many products and services with exactly the same goal that you have.
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10 Must Have iPad Apps for Librarians ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

10 Must Have iPad Apps for Librarians ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

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Teach Your Students How to Effectively Evaluate Websites!

Teach Your Students How to Effectively Evaluate Websites! | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
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8 Tools that Make Citations a Breeze | Edudemic

8 Tools that Make Citations a Breeze | Edudemic | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it
The Internet offers an abundance of online citation tools, from the extremely easy to use, to ones that require more research on the part of the user.
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How to Embrace & Implement Ed Tech in 2015 | Scholar Space

How to Embrace & Implement Ed Tech in 2015 | Scholar Space | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

Last week, I asked Nick questions submitted by you, the awesome members of our community, about:

Making time to learn new toolsEncouraging teacher buy-in and adoptionTeaching tech to students
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Get Flipped!: How To Flip Your Classroom for 2015

Flipped instruction has been making headlines in recent years as educators leverage technology to transform the way students learn in the classroom. Learn more…
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Sign Up for ABC of Information Literacy Infographic | EasyBib

Sign Up for ABC of Information Literacy Infographic | EasyBib | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

Information literacy is the foundation for lifelong learning. 

 

Whether your students are new to information literacy or you want to help them brush up on their skills, this infographic shares key information literacy terms that all students should understand to be successful in research.

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Educational Videos

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We know that conducting research and formulating papers can be a tricky thing for students. Are you trying to help your students understand the basics when it comes to plagiarism, citations and paraphrasing? Our three new videos on these crucial ELA topics can help!  

 

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Books, Search Engines, and Databases – Help Your Students Find Sources!

Books, Search Engines, and Databases – Help Your Students Find Sources! | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

With all of the information out there, it can be difficult for students to locate different types of sources! In this three minute video, your students will understand:

 What a library catalog isThe organization of fiction and nonfiction materialsThe difference between search engines and databases
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Learn About URL Structure in Under 3 Minutes

Learn About URL Structure in Under 3 Minutes | Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path | Scoop.it

Understanding the structure of a URL helps students understand how information is stored and accessed online—it is one of the basic skills at the foundation of information and digital literacy. Teaching the ins and outs of servers and subdomains can be challenging, which is why we’ve been hard at work creating simple and engaging video tutorials to help you teach these imperative skills to students.

objectplace's curator insight, June 28, 2014 1:34 PM

bones of digital literacy

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URL: Simple engaging tute.