U SE S CREENCASTS, V ISUAL H ANDOUTS AND E ASY B IB TO Q UIETLY T EACH R ESEARCH S KILLS YOUR S TUDENTS WILL M AKE N OISE A BOUT Emily Szyman, M.A.T. &

USE SCREENCASTS, VISUAL HANDOUTS AND

EASYBIB TO QUIETLY TEACH RESEARCH SKILLS YOUR STUDENTS

WILL MAKE NOISE ABOUT

Emily Szyman, M.A.T. & Victoria Jones, Ph.D.Wydown Middle School

School District of Clayton, MO

Presentation available at tinyurl.com/wydowninfoc

OVERVIEWPre-Teaching for research success

What are visual handouts?

What are screencasts?

How do you create a screencast?

OVERVIEW (CONTINUED)

What is EasyBib?

How do you create a project?

How do you add sources?

How do you take notes?

Other options

LESSONS BEFORE THE LESSONS

Thick and Thin Questions

Selecting a credible source SMELL test from PBS.org4 Rs (Relevant, Reliable, Readable & Recent)

Plagiarism

Paraphrasing vs. Summarizing

VISUAL HANDOUTSWhat are visual handouts?

How do you create visual handouts?

SCREENCASTING

What is it?

What tools can be used to screencast?Jing (online)Screencast-o-matic (online)Quick Time

EASYBIBWhat is EasyBib?

What are the specific features we use with K-12 students?

EASYBIB PROJECTSCreate

Add Credible Bibliographic Sources

Share with Teacher & Librarian

WEBSITE EVALUATION

WEBSITE EVALUATION (CONTINUED)

TAKING NOTES

OTHER EASYBIB FEATURES

Research Tab

Outlining

Essay Check

OTHER OPTIONS

Google template & classroom

Noodletools

Notestar

Traditional notecards

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