Friday, October 3, 2014

1. Begin class with Quiet Individual Reading. Fill out your reading log!

2. Fluency Partner Practice

3.  Prepare for the Computer Lab.

Target:  Today you will sign up for your famous person.
Sign up in a reply to  IMPORTANT -- SIGN-UP FOR YOUR HERO.

Check to see whether someone else has already signed up for your person!

              Signing up does not count UNLESS you include

1. the name of the person,
2.  the URL for an article about that person from Biography Reference Center,
3.  and the MLA citation for that same article from Biography Reference Center.

Biography Reference Center is a database.

• If you finish early, take notes on your Biography Reference Center article -- using the yellow notes page in your packet.
• There are step-by-step directions in your packet on the first yellow page.

           

What is a URL?

What is a URL? A URL is a web address.

Uniform Resource Locator or Universal Resource Locator

How do I copy and paste a URL? Select it, copy (Control C or Command C or Apple C), and paste (Control V or Command V or Apple C). You will do this differently depending on the type of computer you are on.

You can also use a mouse click to copy and paste. 

What is an MLA citation?   It's an accepted way of showing where you found your information. The university brainiacs of the world  (I'm really not sure who did it!) got together and decided on a specific way to cite sources.   Once you know how to read a citation, it's quick and easy to read it. 

Here is a citation from Biography Reference Center:

Harmon, Melissa Burdick. "Walt Disney." Biography 5.2 (2001): 94. 

Biography Reference Center. Web. 3 Oct. 2014.

Here is a citation from World Book Online:  

Hutchinson, Dennis J. "Ginsburg, Ruth Bader." World Book Student.World Book, 2012. Web. 17 Sept. 2012. 

Citing Sources

What is a database and why am I supposed to use it? 

What is a database?  A database is a collection of information that is organized so that it can easily be accessed, managed, and updated.  --  hsqlserver.techtarget.com/definition/database

Examples: Biography Reference Center, SIRS Discoverer, EBSCO, 

The items on the educational databases we will be using have been selected as items useful to students.  In other words, someone has already sorted through sources  for the best ones.  

A3 Watch how Mickey Mouse signs into Edmodo and signs up for Mickey Mantle.
Look at Minnie's assignment.

A4 Watch how Donald Duck signs into Edmodo and signs up for Donald Trump.
Look at Daisy's assignment.

4. Go to Computer Lab 223.  Take your packet!  follow the directions on the first yellow page.
Today you will sign up for your famous person.
              Signing up does not count UNLESS you include
                    the name of the person,
                    the URL for an article about that person from Biography Reference Center,
                    and the MLA citation for that same article from Biography Reference Center.
              Biography Reference Center is a database.

If you finish signing up early, go ahead and take notes on the Biography Reference Center article.

Here is a link to
edmodo.com