Resourceful Researching
Research Prepartation
This page will include tips on how to research effectively - how to use search engines effectively, finding credible and reliable sources (include some critical questioning students can use to determine this), provide some resources as an example and starting point
Your team will need to do some research about Nude Food in preparation for you digital presentation. You should probably be thinking about:
Your team will need to do some research about Nude Food in preparation for you digital presentation. You should probably be thinking about:
- what is a Nude Food lunch?
- the benefits Nude Food lunches have on schools
- the benefits Nude Food lunches have on the wider environment
- any other Nude Food benefits - are they a healthier lunch alternative? are they easier to prepare?
- anything else you think will be beneficial for convincing others to bring a Nude Food lunch to school
Conducting A Search
Looking for the right information to use in a project can be a bit tricky. There are a few things that you need to consider:
Searching the internet can result in lots of information, but sometimes, what you are really looking for just won't come up. There are a few tricks your team can use to make the most of your online researching.
Click the Research Tips button to find out what the tricks are. Pay attention to Step 2, it gives you great internet search tips.
- what information are you looking for? - these are the things your team should have considered from the previous section
- where will you find your information? - you could try the school or local library, but most of your information will probably come from the internet
- how will you look up your information? - what key words will be the best for locating information on the internet?
Searching the internet can result in lots of information, but sometimes, what you are really looking for just won't come up. There are a few tricks your team can use to make the most of your online researching.
Click the Research Tips button to find out what the tricks are. Pay attention to Step 2, it gives you great internet search tips.
Reliable Information
Just because you have done an internet search and found lots of information doesn't mean it is all useful. It is important for your team to decide which information is credible and which information is not. This can be hard to do sometimes, because the people who put the information on the internet use techniques to convince you that their information is right for you.
These questions will help your team decide which information is credible and useful for your digital presentation.
If your team cannot answer most of these questions, you can assume that the information is not credible and should therefore, probably not use it.
These questions will help your team decide which information is credible and useful for your digital presentation.
- Who put the information on the internet and when was it put there?
- Is the information serious or is it meant to be a joke?
- What type of information is it - scientific or amateur?
- Who is the information meant for?
- Is the information biased? Does it only give one opinion? Does it have links to other sources?
- How do you know where the information comes from?
If your team cannot answer most of these questions, you can assume that the information is not credible and should therefore, probably not use it.
Taking Notes
Once your team has found credible information for your digital presentation, you will need to make some notes of what you would like to include. It is very important that you do not copy the information word-for-word. This would be stealing information and is called 'Plagiarism'. Your team needs to put the information into your own words. You will also need to acknowledge or make a note of where you found the information you have used.
Your team will need to make a Bibliography. This is a list of all the sources of information you have used in your digital presentation. This will include any written information, images, or sound. You do not need to include images or sounds that are already installed on the software you choose to use for your presentation - so, if you use Powtoon, you do not need to make a note of any images or sounds that are ready to use in Powtoon's library.
Your team's bibliography will need to include the following:
Click on the Bibliography button to print out the template for your team.
Your team will need to make a Bibliography. This is a list of all the sources of information you have used in your digital presentation. This will include any written information, images, or sound. You do not need to include images or sounds that are already installed on the software you choose to use for your presentation - so, if you use Powtoon, you do not need to make a note of any images or sounds that are ready to use in Powtoon's library.
Your team's bibliography will need to include the following:
- the author or name of the website
- the title of the information source or image (if there is no title, you should make up an appropriate title)
- where you got the information (the website address)
Click on the Bibliography button to print out the template for your team.
Click on the Perfect Presentations button to get some tips for creating your digital presentation