We had to read a website based in the UK regarding internet sites and the ability to effectively evaluate them and see them with a critical eye in terms of their validity. The site was called Internet Detective (www.vts.intute.ac.uk/detective) and offered a tutorial with many levels that even included the topics of plagiarism and properly citing resources. Though the process of going through the tutorial was a bit dense (I did it in two sittings), there were enormous amounts of information that I will most certainly use in my classrooms. My students do research projects in 7th and 8th grades where they must write research papers and include a bibliography. I will also use certain pages from the site in classes to continue to drive home the idea of what constitutes plagiarism and what is their own work.
I have already e-mailed the link to the language arts teacher at my school knowing that she will find it extremely useful as well.
Time well spent!!
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