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//** [|Jon's Blog] **//

** Research was, is and always will be: **

 * Questioning
 * Reading
 * Evaluating
 * Cross referencing
 * Documenting
 * Synthesizing
 * Creating new meaning

** [|A "must read" by Michael Wesch] **
="Knowledgeable vs Knowledge-Able"=
 * "Social Revolution"
 * "Networked information" vs "Paper information" (Weinberger and Shirky)
 * "Explore authority" vs "Trust authority"
 * Participation vs Consumption
 * "Crisis of Significance"

[|NCTE] on "21st Century Literacies"

= *//Use an [|Inquiry] model// =

** Teach a multi-prong approach: **

 * Subscription data bases [|link]
 * The web
 * Deep web

** Evaluating sources **

 * Authority
 * Bias
 * Relevance

** Using Google Like a pro **

 * [|20 tips for searching Google]
 * [|Google Search help]

** How "gen netters" find [|information]: (Paufrey and Gasser, //Born Digital//) **

 * Grazing
 * Deep Dive
 * Feedback loop (Blogs allow this)

Caution: Start with an "authority," go to blog: not vice versa.

 * [|Google Blog Search]
 * [|Technorati]

Skill focus: Tagging

 * Collecting sources
 * Searching
 * Collaborative research
 * Custom search engine
 * Annotated bibliography
 * Notetaking (Diigo)

== **RSS feeds** **(Great for current, long-term research)****[| Google Reader]** ==
 * ==== News ====
 * ==== Blog ====
 * ==== Custom [|Creating%20a%20Custom%20Research%20Feed[1]] ====
 * **Domain:** .com, .edu, .org
 * **Location:** Country of origin [|Country codes]

**"Invisible" or "Deep" Web searching** **([|What is it?])**
[|Tips for searching the deep web] >
 * [|Complete Planet]
 * [|Infomine]
 * [|Incywincy Search]

** Organization **

 * [|My Webspiration]

** Documentation **
[|Plagiarismdetect.com] [|Citation machine]