Friday, January 31, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  Pay attention to the calendar of due dates on the back of your most recent packet, and under the Due Dates tab above. Do not try to save your documents on the desktops of the computers at school for more than a short while.  They usually clear at the end of school.

Today’s Agenda: 1. Review for internet Hero Project.       BRC -- an online database       World Book -- an online encyclopedia       Sirs Discoverer -- an online database       Saving Work and Turning in work on Edmodo 2. Computer Lab 211  Hints:  When taking notes, collect specific facts.

Great work today!  You got so much done!

Plagiarism

  What is plagiarism and how do I avoid it? 

On our projects to cite, here is what we do:
For some, they give us the citation.

  citation -- a formal way to tell where you got your information. 

C. What is a Citation?   

A citation is a way of telling where you got your information. 
When you are in Biography Reference Center,  all you have to do is copy and paste your MLA citation.
It will look something like this:

Example of a  citation / bibliography entry:

Paradowski, Robert J., and Paradowski Robert J. "Ray Bradbury." Critical Survey Of Long Fiction, Fourth Edition (2010): 1. Biography Reference Center. Web. 20 Nov. 2012.

Look for the Golden 

-->Ticket .  
No, I meanGolden Page Icon at the 

right of your  Biography Reference 

Center page. 

  

World Book Online also provides the citation.

So does SIRS Discoverer

For EBSCO and most site out on the web, you need to make your own citation.

Monday, January 27, 2014

Do Individual Reading and Fill-OUt Log
Finish up Research Documents #1 and #2.  These are due today!
If time, work on #3.

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Individual Reading and Reading Log

San Diego Quick Test

You will find, evaluate, and take notes on at least three sources from the Internet.
(You will synthesize, not plagiarize.)

On each document you will ask questions to find out . . . 
Is a source reliable?  What questions do we ask to find out?

Notes on Taking Notes -- Demo by your Student Representative

Computer Lab -- Follow along step-by-step
Hero Research #1

Then take the SRI -- Online Reading Inventory

• Open SRI and sign-in.  
• Select three favorite types of books. 
• Take the practice test SERIOUSLY.
• Take the rest of the test. 
• If you absolutely DO NOT know an answer, use a "SKIP."
• When finished, you may print and take the list of suggested books. 

If you have extra time, work more on your Hero Research Document(s).





If you do not have a hero:
William Clark -- Lewis and Clark
Merriweather Lewis -- Lewis and Clark
Any of our U.S. Presidents or First Ladies

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Announcements and Reminders:  Please remember to give your parents their parent code for Edmodo.  It is in the left margin. Remember, too, that it's smart to bring a thumb drive for saving your work.

Today’s Agenda: Turn in your disclosure signatures (with the back filled out, too), if you haven't yet. 1. Individual Reading  and fill out your reading log (San Diego Quick Test -- K.) 2.  See Due Dates, Events, Etc. on the tab above for the schedule for the hero project. Go to edmodo.com.  Sign in.   January 21   Lab 223   [Turn in your Practice Turning In Assignment, if it didn't work last time.] Sign up for your hero.   Fill out  Document Hero Research #1, following along with the teacher demonstration.  Before you sign up for your hero, find him or her on Biography Reference Center.  URL's     What is a URL? Uploading again.

If you were absent:

What is a URL?

 What is a URL?  
    The letters stand for Uniform Resource Locator.  
                 The URL is the address of a site on the Internet.
                 You'll find the URL in the address bar on your browser.

  Example of a URL:
http://web.ebscohost.com/brc/detail?sid=7290207e-89c6-4abf-82f3-8c2971c1bafe%40sessionmgr15&vid=11&hid=14&bdata=JnNpdGU9YnJjLWxpdmU%3d#db=b6h&AN=103331CSLF10750140000044 

You won't want to copy the long ones by hand, so use COPY and PASTE! 

Thursday, January 16, 2014

Announcements and Reminders: Do not forget to bring back your signed disclosure document -- by January 21.

Today's Agenda: 1. Individual Reading and fill out your reading log    and (San Diego Individual Testing) 2. Partner Fluency Practice  3. Preview and instructions, then computer lab 201          Join Edmodo.   https://www.edmodo.com         Practice replying to a Note on Edmodo.          Practice replying to an Assignment on Edmodo (downloading and uploading).          Look up your hero on Biography Reference Center. If your hero is on Biography Reference Center, you may sign up for him or her.  Important Information for Edmodo: Do not post random comments, posts, or replies on Edmodo. Carefully watch the demonstrations. Carefully read the directions on your packets and on the documents you download. Here are the handouts for today: Begin Edmodo S2R1.doc Signing Up for Your Hero S2R1.doc

If you were absent:  See above.  You can download the documents and follow the directions on them to complete the assignments.  Come to Cave Time or after school if you need help.