Writing+and++Research

Reading and Writing in the Digital Age

 * This is Upper Darby High School's new course that is being developed to update the curriculum now that CFF is in its second year here at UD. We welcome any feedback and suggestions. If you have any specific lesson ideas that go with any of the topics, we would love to see them posted to this wiki for all to see. Thanks!

Writing Partner, helping you write a story from beginnnig to THE END http://www.lightningbug.com.au/index.htm
 * __Lightning Bug__**

[|Can Teach:]

 * writing Prompts and Journal Topics

[|Sayings and Phrases]

 * meaning and origin of common phrases

[|Internet Detective]

 * (Researching on the Internet) It’s designed to help students in higher and further education who want to use the Internet to help with research for coursework and assignments.

[|Dictionary.com]

 * online dictionary and thesaurus

[|Bartleby.com]

 * online access to academic books

> http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/scc/tutorial/ > === ===
 * ===[|MLA Style]===
 * a guide for how to set it up in Word
 * ===[|Bibliography Builder]===
 * great tool to create correct MLA style citations
 * ===**MLA Word Doc**===
 * **Document formatted for writing MLA style papers.** Students should do a "Save As" when using this. [[image:http://udhscff.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://udhscff.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/MLA-Paper.doc"]][| MLA-Paper.doc]
 * ===[|Biography Maker:]===
 * presents steps to write an effective biography
 * ===Plagiarism Tutorials=== http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
 * ===[|Guide to Plagiarism and Cyber-Plagiarism]===
 * ===[|Citation Machine]===
 * ===[|OWL- Purdue University: citation page]===
 * ===[|Andruss Library- Bloomsburg University]===
 * citation and research
 * ===[|The Center for Social Media at American University]===
 * Check the links for Resources and Fair Use. Lots of helpful info.
 * ===[|Stanford Univ. Copyright and Fair Use]===
 * ===[|Fair use and copyright]===
 * ===Internet Pictures, Sounds, and Video: Can I copy them? [[image:http://udhscff.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://udhscff.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/Copyright_guidlines.doc"]][| Copyright_guidlines.doc]===
 * ===[|Copyright Portal]===
 * Link to a site that deals copyright/fair use for both students and teachers. There is a wizard that asks questions to help you determine if you are doing the correct thing in terms of these issues.[|]
 * Microsoft clip art, etc. is legal to use for school use http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/permissions/default.mspx
 * ===The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use=== [[image:http://udhscff.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/pdf.png width="32" height="32" link="http://udhscff.wikispaces.com/space/showimage/copyright_chart-1.pdf"]][| copyright_chart-1.pdf]
 * ===[|NC State Univ Tutorials]===
 * Fair-Use and Plagiarism from
 * ===[|Teacher Quiz]===