3.+Research

=Explore the following links to find information about current education news and issues that you might report on in your article!=

__GO TO__:

 * -->NEWS LINKS**
 * -->RESEARCH TIPS**
 * -->SEARCH ENGINES**
 * -->REFERENCING**
 * -->5Ws CHART**

Don't forget to leave your feedback about the News Links, Search Engines and Research tips in the "Discussion" tab!

__NEWS LINKS__
'Newsvine' - [] --> Updated continuously by citizens like you, Newsvine is an instant reflection of what the world is talking about at any given moment.

Education Views - Latest news articles --> The latest news in education from the EdViews magazine.

'School Life' - kidspot.com.au --> This website could inspire your article with information that parents and your fellow students will enjoy reading.

'Curriculum Cooperation' - Education News --> Every Monday a weekly summary of education news that has been in the media is displayed on this website. Check out what has been making headlines and you might find a topic worth reporting on for our paper!

Behind the News --> Great articles on current issues.

__RESEARCH TIPS__
1. __**Write down**__ exactly what information you're looking for, why you're looking for it, and what you're //not// looking for. This will help you to discover the best keywords for your search. 2. __**Decide on 4-8 carefully chosen keywords**__, preferably nouns and objects. (Search engines do not consider articles ("a" "the") and pronouns ("he" "it")). Avoid verbs, and use modifiers only when they help to define your object more precisely - as in "feta cheese" rather than just "cheese." 3. __**Use phrases**__ wherever possible. These are combinations of two or more words that must be found in the documents you're searching for in the EXACT order shown. You enter a phrase - such as "feta cheese" - into a search engine, within "__quotation marks"__. Otherwise the search engine will find everything for "feta" and everything for "cheese" rather than everything for "feta cheese." 4. __**Use only lower case**__. Most search engines are insensitive to case: you can type your queries in uppercase, lowercase, or a mix of cases. If you use lowercase, most engines will match on both upper and lower case; so for general searches, lowercase is the safest form to use. 5. **Use AND, OR and AND NOT**. This can narrow your search to a reasonable number of results, and increase the chance of those results being useful. This is a simple trick to learn and is tremendously effective.
 * Students who are researching on the internet for information, remember the following __RESEARCH TIPS__:**

**AND** means "I want only documents that contain both/all words." For instance, the search "London" AND "Big Ben" AND "Buckingham Palace" AND "Trafalgar Square" would return only documents that contained all four keywords or phrases. **OR** means "I want documents that contain either word; I don't care which." The query "London" OR "Big Ben" OR "Buckingham Palace" OR "Trafalgar Square" would return all documents that contained even one of these four keywords or phrases. Use OR to string together synonyms. **AND NOT** means "I want documents that contain this word, but not if the document also contains another word." The query "London" AND "Big Ben" AND NOT "Buckingham Palace" would return documents that include London and Big Ben, but not those that also include Buckingham Palace. Remember that AND NOT only applies to the word or phrase that immediately follows it.

__SEARCH ENGINES__
__**Search enginges include:**__ Yahoo! @http://au.search.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Kids [] Google @http://www.google.com.au/ Kids Click http://www.kidsclick.org/ Bing (nineMSN) @http://www.bing.com/ MSN encarta Dictionary @http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/dictionaryhome.aspx CyberSleuth Kids @http://cybersleuth-kids.com/ Sensis @http://www.sensis.com.au/ Ask.com @http://www.ask.com/ Ask.com for kids @http://www.askkids.com/ __**--> Make a comment on the discussion board about the search engines you liked the most and why. You may also suggest other search engines which are not listed here.**__

__REFERENCING__
Be sure to reference the information you use for your article by following these steps!

__Write down:__ 1. The web address. 2. The person or organisation who provided the information. 3. The date that the website was last updated.

The date of the website and the person who provides the information can sometimes be hard to locate. If you cannot find these details, ask somebody else if they can see it on the web page and if you still cant see these details, write down the web address and let the teacher know.



__5Ws CHART__
This "Newspaper Report"worksheet is very helpful to to use when researching and before writing your article. You should make sure you have all the boxes filled in before writing your article as you may be marked down if you do not include all of the 5Ws. (See the Assessment Rubric for more details on how you will be marked).

Name: Tenielle Edmondson. Student number: 122 56 309. ED3441 Technology Across the Curriculum, 2010.