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Source Reliability and Referencing
Sources, Types and Requirements
Your will discuss with your teacher the types and number of sources that may be suitable for your research.
Searching for Research Sources
The IC has set up sessions to help you search for sources. The sessions are everyday from Monday 13th March to Thursday 16th March at 2pm. Please go to the IC projection room, 2011.
Source Reliability
It is easy to find sources of information on virtually any topic by a simple internet search. However, how reliable is this information? How can you tell? These are important elements of media and information literacy – they also apply to non-digital sources such as TV, Magazines, Newspapers…etc
Here is a Website Credibility Checklist to help assess online research sources.
This is a link to a UC Berkley site on research source reliability.
Referencing Sources
Providing accurate references and citations for all the sources you use is at the heart of academic honesty. Integrity is also a quality employers value . In the digital world where we can cut and-paste, it is a vital component of Digital Literacy. In this project, we will ask you to use APA referencing system.
This is a nice tool to help you find the correct reference format
Here is an APA reference generator.
Your will discuss with your teacher the types and number of sources that may be suitable for your research.
Searching for Research Sources
The IC has set up sessions to help you search for sources. The sessions are everyday from Monday 13th March to Thursday 16th March at 2pm. Please go to the IC projection room, 2011.
Source Reliability
It is easy to find sources of information on virtually any topic by a simple internet search. However, how reliable is this information? How can you tell? These are important elements of media and information literacy – they also apply to non-digital sources such as TV, Magazines, Newspapers…etc
Here is a Website Credibility Checklist to help assess online research sources.
This is a link to a UC Berkley site on research source reliability.
Referencing Sources
Providing accurate references and citations for all the sources you use is at the heart of academic honesty. Integrity is also a quality employers value . In the digital world where we can cut and-paste, it is a vital component of Digital Literacy. In this project, we will ask you to use APA referencing system.
This is a nice tool to help you find the correct reference format
Here is an APA reference generator.
Planning and Creating the Poster
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Try these sites for advice and idea on using PowerPoint to create a poster.
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Using Technology in the Project
This project offer the opportunity to develop your digital literacy skills in each of the six "capabilities which fit someone for living, learning and working in a digital society"
Your Online Platform
Storing, sharing and displaying your project.
One requirement of the project is that each team creates an online platform to store, share and display your ongoing work. As you complete a new stage of the project you should upload this to the site. The site must be accessible to all team members and your teacher whenever they have internet access. Here are some tools you may wish to use. |
Virtual and Collaborative Working
Communication, collaboration & partnership
One of the most important features of this project is teamwork. Digital technologies now allow us to communicate and collaborate with others even though they may be in other rooms, buildings, cities, countries....we do not need to be physically together to work. We can also work synchronously or asynchronously. There are too many tools to list but perhaps these are the most useful: |