Stearns Fatherblog » research http://nstearns.edublogs.org "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:41:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 “Eye it, try it, buy it.” http://nstearns.edublogs.org/2009/04/13/eye-it-try-it-buy-it/ http://nstearns.edublogs.org/2009/04/13/eye-it-try-it-buy-it/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:33:26 +0000 nstearns http://nstearns.edublogs.org/?p=980 I’ll give a short presentation on tricolon and tetracolon. Please post on your blog and also add them here (click Add Notes).

Today is a research day. By Wednesday, you should have 5 sources and notes on them.

Remember that you’re looking not only for resources that are credible and trustworthy, but you need at least one opposing view to write the rebuttal paragraph for.

HW: Research logs due.

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]]> http://nstearns.edublogs.org/2009/04/13/eye-it-try-it-buy-it/feed/ 0 Know your stuff http://nstearns.edublogs.org/2009/04/10/know-your-stuff/ http://nstearns.edublogs.org/2009/04/10/know-your-stuff/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 18:55:40 +0000 nstearns http://nstearns.edublogs.org/?p=978 So, we’ll talk research:

How do you know a cite is trustworthy? We’ll note a few ways to be able to choose the best source for your information. Also, we’ll look at what the whois server and how it can help.

We’ll spend most of the rest of the day on research. Remember Inspiration, Research logs, and Noodle Tools.

Also, I want to show you Google Books, Google News, King County Databases, and Refdesk.

We’ll talk a bit about how to cite your research in class using MLA. Here are some examples.

Some good citation sites are:

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