After reviewing the comments that were posted this week, I noticed that many teachers strongly agree with teaching students to practice digital citizenship. Too often students freely access material online and either use the material directly or synthesize their findings into their own words. By teaching students how to properly cite their sources, they will be practicing digital citizenship - avoiding plagiarism and giving credit where credit is due. Furthermore, I will be looking into bibme.org, a site recommended by a colleague, to compare it to citationmachine.net. I want the resource that is most accurate and functional for students to use.
In addition to digital citizenship, I received a few comments on my goal to utilize the SmartBoard more effectively in my classroom. This week I meet with my colleague during a prep period, so I will be able to bring more information forward about the progress of my goal.
Brad Feick
HS English
Walden University
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Brad,
Let us know how your comparative review of the two citation sites works out. I have used easybib.com with my middle school students. While I appreciate its ease, especially with citing web pages, advertisements became nearly intolerable, so we're ready to make a change already!
Thanks for sharing!
Trina
Brad,
I am teaching my students this week how to properly cite source information, too. I teach 7th grade writing, and we are prepping for our mini-research paper that students will begin locating information on next week. In our text book, there is a model of a research paper that I read with the students. It shows good examples of how to cite sources even if they are not direct quotes. Then, there is a MLA page that shows students the different formats to follow depending on what kind of source they have. We will be completing a worksheet tomorrow to practice citing sources. This is all new to them, so we are taking small steps, but it will prepare them for their big research paper next year in 8th grade.
-Lauren Cogan
6-7 language arts
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