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Tech Tip #135: 5 Tips on Internet Research

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Today’s tip: Category: Parents Here’s a poster with five tips that will help students as they use the internet for research: Review these with students when they’re ready for each tip. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. By the end of fifth grade, they should be well-versed in all five of these.

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Top 5 Research Techniques for Your College Papers

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Writing a great research paper involves more than just retelling what you’ve read. The foundation of any good paper is solid research. At the center of any decent academic effort is a heaping pile of solid research. Solid research lays a great foundation for any piece of writing.

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Professors Try ‘Restrained AI’ Approach to Help Teach Writing

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When ChatGPT emerged a year and half ago, many professors immediately worried that their students would use it as a substitute for doing their own written assignments — that they’d click a button on a chatbot instead of doing the thinking involved in responding to an essay prompt themselves. And it’s still a concern.

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33 Online Research Resources

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Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Unconventional Research Sites to Inspire Students

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Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. So when it comes to research, are you still directing kids toward your grandmother’s resources — encyclopedias, reference books, and museums? So why do students turn to it for news?

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How Digital Calendar Management Empowers Professors and Students

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In a piece for Inside Higher Ed , Florida State University professor Michael Furman petitions for the continued hosting of virtual office hours even after campuses have fully returned to in-person classes. Some of the unspoken rigidity of power structures implied by status was eliminated by conferencing technology.

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Hoping to Regain Attention of Students, Professors Pay More Attention to Them

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This week, in the last of our three-part series, we hear from professors at other colleges with new approaches to connect with students to increase engagement. One of those professors is Eric Martin, an associate professor in the kinesiology department at California State University at Monterey Bay.

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