Developing a Research Purpose & Plan

1.Effective Research Topics

• Thumbs Up or Down: Deciding On an Effective Research Topic
• Deciding On an Effective Research Topic Graphic Organizer
• Question Brainstormer

2. Asking Essential Research Questions

• What's So Great About Research Questions PPT
• You Can't Find an Answer Unless You Have a Question
• Question Brainstormer--Example
• Question Brainstormer--Blank
• How to Ask Essential Questions

3. Using the Pre-research Graphic Organizer

4. Developing a Working Thesis Statement

5. Using the NHS Research Organizer

1. What is Intellectual Property?

2. Identifying IP
Violations

3. Fair Use Survey

1. Print v. Electronic Sources

2. Conducting an Effective Interview

3. Interviewing By Email

4. What Do the Different Search Engines Do?

5. Utilizing Google's Advanced Features

6. Creating a Working Bibliography

7. Website Evaluation

1. Wading Through the Web: Teaching Internet Research Strategies

2. Evaluating Internet Sources for Bias

3. .com, .org., .edu., .net: How To Use Them

4. Are Personal Webpages Good Sources?

5. Identifying Hate Sites

6. Are Blogs and Wikis Credible Sources?Contributing to a Blog or Wiki

7. The Dangers of Sharing Personal Information Over the Internet

1. Developing Keywords

2. The Hidden Internet

3. How to Use the NHS Library OPAC

4. Using NHS Subscription Databases

5. Using a Table of Contents

6. Using an Index and Table of Contents

7. Skimming v. Scanning for Information

1. Different Ways to Take Notes

2. Summarizing a Source

3. Paraphrasing From a Source

4. Quoting From a Source

1. Plagiarism: Don't Do It

2. Plagiarism Workshop

3. What is Plagiarism?

4. Copy & Paste Plagiarism Info & Activity

5. Word Switch Plagiarism Info & Activity

6. Style Plagiarism Info & Activity

7. Metaphor Plagiarism Info & Activity

8. Idea Plagiarism Info & Activity

1. How to Organize Information and Notes

2. Developing an Effective Thesis Statement

3. Making an Effective Outline

4. Creating a Works Cited Page

5. Creating Effective Multimedia Presentations

6. Embedding audio, video, or images into a multimedia presentation

1. Copyright & Fair Use Lesson Plan: Video & Film

2. Copyright Lesson Plan: Online Music

3. What is Intellectual Property?

4. Identifying IP
Violations

5. Fair Use Survey

6. Copyright & Computer Ethics Quiz

7. Tinker Toys: Exploring Computer Hardware Hacking

• Internet Safety Assessment for Students

Pathfinders