Internet+Researching+&+Use+of+Delicious

We found a great guide to internet researching that helps students to research in an efficient manner, as well as evaluate their sources as they research. It comes from the University of California, Berkeley: Internet Research Guide **
 * Use of the internet opens up a virtually limitless amount of research and resource opportunity. It also creates a number of potential pitfalls, most notably the possible distractions and misinformation available on the web for students to take advantage, or disadvantage, of. When using the internet to research, students must first be educated in smart and critical searching techniques, as well as ways in which to keep track of their research and credit the sources whose information they use.

Please take a few minutes to read it over, then in your virtual notebook go to your page entitled Researching and add your own link to the guide. Then, in the discussion tab of your Researching page, create a new post entitled "Internet Researching" and summarize the usefulness of the guide while also reflecting on internet research in your classroom: how will the use of the internet instead of one textbook change things in your classroom?


 *  As students use the internet to find information, whether it is for a very specific assignment you have given or part of their inquiry-based exploration thereafter, they will need to catalog their research effectively. One tool for doing so is found at www.delicious.com - take a moment and explore Delicious.com to get a feel for what it provides. **

Delicious is available within the Widgets of wikispaces - you can find it by clicking Edit, Widget, Bookmark, then by clicking the icon that pops up and the link for delicious.com that appears.



Set up a delicious account for yourself and establish a research topic: inquiry-based learning. Find at least three good sources of information on inquiry-based learning and catalog them using delicious. Make sure that when you bookmark the sites you add notes and tags to keep track of your research.


 * Take a couple of minutes to summarize what Delicious.com has to offer and how you might find it useful in your classroom: start a new post in your discussion tab entitled "Use of Delicious" to do so. **


 * As you may have discovered, delicious offers the possibility of creating a social network within which to share research. This can be valuable in a group project scenario, or even when students are doing individual work but with the addition of pooling resources. **