Research Tools

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Citation Generators

• Son of Citation Machine 5.0
• Easybib
• http://www.bibme.org/

The Big Six Information Problem Solving Model

• Big 6 Overview
• Developing Essential Questions (Task Definition): Great tool to help you develop your paper/presentation topic
• Quoting/Paraphrasing/Summarizing (Use of Information):  Unsure of how to use these skills while taking notes?  This chart explains the differences.
• A + Research and Writing:  Internet Public Library's teen research and writing guide with several helpful links. 

Social Bookmarking

• Diigo:  This tool allows you to save, organize, and mark-up the web resources you find while conducting research. 
• Here is a great YouTube video that explains how Diigo can be used:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RvAkTuL02A
• See Ms. Reishus for a Diigo tutorial as this is a fantastic new tool!

Online Notetaking

• Evernote:  This free online note-taking tool allows you to save, organize, and edit the notes you take.

• Google Docs:  This site features collaboration among multiple users, a publishing feature, and integration with Google Bookmarks.

Presentation Tools

• Voicethread:  Upload images or your powerpoint presentation and then narrate your presentation slides!  See Ms. Reishus for a tutorial if you have any questions.

• Creative Commons:  writers, musicians, educators share their work for you to use in your presentations.  A great place for images!

• Slideshare:  provides a way to share already created Powerpoint presentations online, tag them, email them, get comments on them, and get html code for embedding them to your own blog, wiki or website. You can add audio, notes, and even YouTube videos to your Powerpoint presentations in SlideShare.

• Glogster:  Create an interactive online poster with links, photos, text, stickers, sound, music, animation and more