Resources
- 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.
Your Webpage
Each team has a webpage. This is the place where you have the opportunity to display your work to the world as you write your project report.
This short video shows you how to access your team's webpage once you get your invitation email from Weebly.com.
Writing ‘good’ questions and giving and receiving feedback
Here is the PowerPoint presentation form the workshop on writing 'good' questions and giving and receiving good feedback.