Copyright

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1. What is contained in this site?

This site is a tutorial written by Vaughan Memorial Librarians for students or anyone needing more information on researching. The content included are research skills, paraphrasing, citing sources, plagiarism, direct quotations, crediting sources, documenting sources, common knowledge, misconceptions, and citation styles. There are three bonus tutorials at the end that can be used on Credible Sources, Searching Skills, and Research.

This site is put together like a slide show so it's perfect to present to my students. It's ideal for the classroom because it walks the students through a step by step tutorial with questions and explanations. It will give an example of a situation when a student is researching, then it will give some choices that my students will have to pick to help the "computer student" along. When they click on a choice it will make a sound, such as clapping, if it's correct and then explain why. If it's the wrong answer it will explain why it is wrong and then give some help on the topic.

2. How I will use this resource in my classroom:

First and foremost, I would take my students to the Vaughan Memorial Library Site at Acadia University to show them the copyright and requirements for use link. There I would give credit to the Vaughan Memorial Librarians for writing the site. I would use that for a lead-in and discussion about what copyright is and what they know or don't know about it. This site is a interactive tutorial that students can hear and press buttons as they go through step by step. With this in mind, I would have them drive the instruction with their choices as we go along. Then I can discuss or answer any questions that come along the way. I think the best part of the site is when they give examples of citing sources or paraphrasing and the students have to decide if they are right or wrong.

3. How will I asses student learning based on their use of the site:

I always tell my students that learning is fun, so why can't assessing student learning be fun too? With the help and support of our school librarian I would build a scavenger hunt using a wide variety of library resources. The students would be put in learning groups to support each ones learning styles. The scavenger hunt would have a variety of questions and examples of the content included in the site we explored in class. I think the final assessment would be watching them work on their own research paper, and if they're using the ideas and suggestion they learned in class and the library.