Google Wonder Wheel (graphical way of exploring related searches)
Google Time Line (creates a bar graph of a decade or year, or by year with sites below)
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Mobile Reference - finding information===
Students and staff have wonderful opportunities to use a variety of tools to find, evaluate, synthesize and use information. SMART phones offer new opportunities to gather inforamtion:
A widget is anything that can be embedded within a page of HTML, i.e. a web page. A widget adds some content to that page that is not static. Generally widgets are originated by third parties, though they can be home made. Embeddable chunks of code have existed since the early development of the World Wide Web. Web developers have long sought and used third party code chunks in their pages. Early web widgets provided functions such as link counters and advertising banners. Now you can make them work for you! - Wikipedia
Adding Widgets
Adding Video & Widgets to a Wikispaces page is really easy
Check out the Comic Life graphic & this wikipage for directions. -
Widgets are mini-applications that may be embedded in websites, blogs, wikis, Nings, etc. They are often dynamic and interactive. You may use widgets to subscribe to RSS feeds and other push content.
Note: Most of the Digital Storytelling Tools and online Video portals provide embed code.
Table of Contents
Pathfinders as research guides
Joyce's VOYA Article on Pathfinder OptionsLiveBinders (Classroom 2.0)
Unquiet Library LibGuides
Pathfinder Swap
Tools for Writers
Thesis ToolsThesis Creator
Thesis Generator (Jim Burke)
STHS Thesis Generator
Thesis Builders (Ozline)
History Question Generator
Question Brainstormer
Paper Rater
Search Tools!
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Mobile Reference - finding information===
Students and staff have wonderful opportunities to use a variety of tools to find, evaluate, synthesize and use information. SMART phones offer new opportunities to gather inforamtion:
Buffy Hamilton's GALE App promotion:
Realtime search
http://paper.li/tag/tlchat
http://paper.li/tag/edchat
http://paper.li/joycevalenza
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Brainstorming, collaborative note-taking, organizing, and rating ideas==
SitComAnalysis
Publish student writing with Issuu
Cooperative Library Instruction Project resources (video tutorials aimed at the university relating to topic development, searching, databases, evaluating, documentation, more!)
Google Search Options
Get Going with Google Apps in Your School - from the The Innovative Educator
Embedding Information: Widgets
Joyce's Widget PageGale AccessMyLibrary App (joyce)
What is a Widget?
A widget is anything that can be embedded within a page of HTML, i.e. a web page. A widget adds some content to that page that is not static. Generally widgets are originated by third parties, though they can be home made. Embeddable chunks of code have existed since the early development of the World Wide Web. Web developers have long sought and used third party code chunks in their pages. Early web widgets provided functions such as link counters and advertising banners. Now you can make them work for you! - WikipediaAdding Widgets
Adding Video & Widgets to a Wikispaces page is really easyCheck out the Comic Life graphic & this wikipage for directions. -
How to Embed Almost Anything in your WebsiteWidgets are mini-applications that may be embedded in websites, blogs, wikis, Nings, etc. They are often dynamic and interactive. You may use widgets to subscribe to RSS feeds and other push content.
Note: Most of the Digital Storytelling Tools and online Video portals provide embed code.
Database Widgets
coming soon!)
Book Widgets
News Widgets
==Questions==
Asking Good Questions
Google Forms
Polling & Survey Tools