TS+Class+14

Class Activity:
> In [|Google.docs], copy and paste the [|article evaluation] sheet to fill out for your article. > On your wiki page, cite the article (author, title, journal, date) and write down > 3 things your discovered, 2 things you found interesting, and 1 question that you still have. > TS Class Activities
 * 1) Do you have at least 4 articles?
 * 2) **No?** Use [|SIRS] (user name: infotechh password: 11101) to find another article or you can use [|MasterFile Select] (login library password reads)
 * 1) **Yes?** Did you use the website collections listed below to find 3 websites yet?
 * [|SIRS Webselect](user name: infotechh password: 11101)
 * [|Librarian's Index to the Internet]
 * [|Internet Public Library]
 * Once you found a website, fill out a [|website evaluation] sheet in your Google docs.
 * Next, cite the website (Website title, webpage, author, and URL) on your wiki page and write down 3 things you discovered, 2 things you found interesting, and 1 question that you still have.
 * 1) Make a list of the subject headings and search terms you used to find each of your articles and/or websites on your wiki page.
 * 2) Did you **l**ook through the articles and websites on the wiki pages created by other students in your group and choose an article or website they found and cite it on your page? Read through the information and write down 3 things you discovered, 2 things you found interesting and 1 question you still have on your wiki page.
 * 3) Create a title called "Experts and Organizations" on your wiki page for a list of the experts and organizations associated with your topic that you discovered in your your research. **NEW!! Annotate the list by writing at least one sentence that describes who the person is, what agency or organization or company she/he works for and why they are important to your topic.** Do the same for the organizations you find. Why is this person or ogranization important to know about if you are resarching your topic?
 * 4) Creating an essential question that you want your research to answer.
 * Writing an introduction to your own pathfinder. The pathfinder is a research guide you create to guide others who are interested in the same topic.
 * Look through the article evaluation sheets you filled out and the 3-2-1- questions you wrote (you can print them out).
 * Read through everything you wrote.
 * Begin by identifying what the most interesting things you found - and what your want to find out more about. This draft of your introduction is to describe the scope of your research on your topic.
 * **General Advice for Researchers**: Are there truly important specific starting places any researcher must see before doing further research? What advice for resarchers would you give based on your own research in this topic.