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=Keyboarding= Practice typing at Typeracer Determine speed and errors at Keybr Complete the following steps below using [|www.atypingtest.com] Homerow Keys Homerow Practice (Record you SPEED, ERRORS, and ACCURACY %. Complete 10 times.) Homerow Test (Record you SPEED, ERRORS, and ACCURACY %. Complete 10 times.) Left Hand Practice(Record you SPEED, ERRORS, and ACCURACY %. Complete 10 times.) Right Hand Practice(Record you SPEED, ERRORS, and ACCURACY %. Complete 10 times.) Capitalization of Homerow Keys(Record you SPEED, ERRORS, and ACCURACY %. Complete 10 times.) Commonly Used Words 1(Record you SPEED, ERRORS, and ACCURACY %. Complete 10 times.) Commonly Used Words 2(Record you SPEED, ERRORS, and ACCURACY %. Complete 10 times.) Commonly Used Words 3(Record you SPEED, ERRORS, and ACCURACY %. Complete 10 times.)

=Computer Concepts= Pre-Assessment of Skills for Unit 1, Project 2 Windows Desktop - media type="custom" key="12272884" Using a Mouse - media type="custom" key="12272902" Multiple Applications - media type="custom" key="12272900" Know the Keyboard - media type="custom" key="12272894" Closing Windows - media type="custom" key="12272890"

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=Study Skills= Find out your Learning Style What are your areas of Multiple Intelligence? MIREADS Find something to READ based on what you KNOW: a website that suggests books based on your mulitple intelligences. Do you have good Study Habits? What are habits? Develop a Daily Schedule Practice seven different Memorization Techniques Play brain games Test your listening skills with these activities: A Bad Day Find Our House At the Bank Following Directions on the PhoneClothes Shopping Negative Questions

=21st Century Information Fluency=

Identify Key Concepts in a Research Question
Turning Questions into Answers (Teacher Resource)(Question to Query) Query Checklist (Teacher Resource)(Question to Query) Querries (Teacher Resource) KEYWORD CHALLENGES Buffalo Challenge Earthquake Challenge Keyword Challenges (Great Wall, Stamp Collectors, Broadway, Hollywood, Piranha) Soccer I Challenge Snowsport I Challenge Lego Lady Challenge

Select Initial Keywords
Using Keyword Challenges in Class (Teacher Resource) Using Keywords Effectively (Teacher Resource)  Spelling (Teacher Resource) Search Box Strategy (Teacher Resource) KEYWORD CHALLENGES Kermit the Frog Challenge Diamond Challenge Earthquake Toy Challenge 2007 Pump Price Challenge Optical Illusion Challenge Transformer Challenge Temperature Challenge ASSESSMENT  Optimal Query Assessment Optimal Query Assessment User Guide  WORKSHEETS

Select Boolean Operators
Operators Tutorial [|Operators]  Three Operators to Know  Best and Worst Query  [|Action Zone Lessons]  [|QuickPick: Operator Smarts]  [|Advanced Operators Explained (video)]   OPERATOR CHALLENGES  TV Search Challenge <span style="color: #0066cc; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Pirates and Piranhas  <span style="color: #0066cc; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Operators Challenge <span style="color: #00008b; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Piranhas <span class="bodyText" style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> (Operators)   ASSESSMENT <span style="color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[|Operator Assessment] <span style="color: #0066cc; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[|Assessment User Guide] <span style="color: #0066cc; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Assessment User Guide (pdf version)

Select Digital Collections (Visible vs. Invisible)
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">QuickPick: Deep Web <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Video: Invisible Web  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Rollyo Database: Inventors and Inventions  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Invisible Web: How Can You Search It?  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Opaque: What is the nearly invisible or opaque web?  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Vanishing Web  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The Deep (Invisible) Web <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> (Teacher Resource)  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">ARCHERY CHALLENGES  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Database Match  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Can Google google it?  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Can Yahoo google it?  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Archery Challenge Roller Coaster Challenge <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">ASSESSMENT <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Knowing Where to Search

Use Search Engines Efficiently
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Model Lesson: Comparative Searching (middle school and up) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Model Lesson: Rollyo, Inventors and Inventions (grades 5 and up)  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">[|QuickPick: Strategic Choices] <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Search Engines SEARCH CHALLENGES <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Piranhas <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Rollercoasters <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Air Race <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Highest Lake <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Cell Phones <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Sports Blog PHOTO TAGGING <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Flickr Tagging

Use Subject Directories Efficiently
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Help with Hypertext <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">QuickPick: Strategic Choices  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Sitemaps: What are they and how do they work?  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Subject Indexes  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"> SUBJECT DIRECTORY CHALLENGES  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Zeus Bunnycam  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Soccer Results

Develop Vocabulary Building Strategies
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Hyper- and Hypo- Nyms <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Nyms: How Lesser Known Nyms Help You Improve a Search  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Synonyms  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">CHALLENGES  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Snowsport II: finding nyms in snippets  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Snowsport III: choosing nyms carefully  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Soccer II: finding effective search words  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Soccer III: finding nyms in snippets  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Soccer IV: hypernyms, synonyms and hyponyms

Select Alternate Keywords based on Search Results
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Model Lesson : Canyons and Cultures (Middle School Language Arts) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Using Snippet Sleuth  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">QuickPick: Better Keywords  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Google Search History Tutorial  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Search Box Strategy  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">SNIPPET SLEUTHS  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Great Wall  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Funny Girl  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Action Figure  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0066cc; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Using Search Logs

Revise Queries by Selecting Alternate Operators
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Three Operators to Know <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Best and Worst Query  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[|Action Zone Lessons]  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[|QuickPick: Operator Smarts]  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[|Advanced Operators Explained]  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">MicroModule Companion: Operators  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">OPERATOR CHALLENGES  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">TV Search Challenge  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Pirates and Piranhas  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">ASSESSMENT  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[|Operator Assessment]  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[|Assessment User Guide]  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">Assessment User Guide (pdf version)

Evaluate the Quality of the Search Results in order to make a Revision Decision
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #dee6ef; display: block; font-family: verdana,arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-decoration: none;">QuickPick: Find Command <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Curriculum Idea: Demo Search <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Gold Rush Applications <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Help with Hypertext CHALLENGES <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">California Gold -- Reading Snippets, timed and untimed <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Klondike Gold -- Reading Paragraphs, timed and untimed <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Snowsport II <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0000ee; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; text-align: left;">__What are they thinking?__

Evaluate to Determine Reliability, Accuracy, Timeliness, Evidence, Print Sources, Author, Publisher and Bias
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Animal Fact or Fiction--Graded Evaluation Searches using Rollyo <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Using Evaluation Games in Class <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Using Bad Apple Classroom Edition <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Wikipedia: Ban It? or Boost It? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Wikipedia in the Classroom <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">QuickPick: Links To <span style="color: #0066cc; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">QuickPick: Reading URLs (in 3 parts) <span style="color: #0066cc; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Accuracy (MicroModule)  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Date: How Recently was the Page Published or Updated? <span style="color: #0066cc; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Evidence (MicroModule)  <span style="color: #0066cc; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Links To (MicroModule) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Traditional Sources <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">(MicroModule) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">QuickPick: Find Command <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Curriculum Idea: Demo Search <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Gold Rush Applications <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">Help with Hypertext BAD APPLE ACTIVITIES <span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Tree Octopus <span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Tadoos <span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Golf Cross <span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">[|British Stick Insect Foundation] <span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">Bad Apple Classroom Edition <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;">USE IT OR LOSE IT ACTIVITIES <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Shakespeare <span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Air Car <span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Elect Susie Flynn <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">WSI - WEBSITE INVESTIGATOR ACTIVITIES <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[|Evaluate the Date] <span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[|Evaluate Accuracy] <span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">[|Evaluate Evidence] <span style="color: #0066cc; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Evaluate Links to <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">What are they thinking?

Evaluating Information
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Copyright, Citation-Credit, Fair Use, Quotations, Paraphrasing and Plagiarism
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Using Information
Citation Procedure Test your Search and Ethical Use Skills

RADCAB
Relevancy Appropriateness Detail Currency Authority Bias

**Choosing the right dog for a pet.**
Teacher Example: www.petwebsite.com/dogs/. Teacher Example 2: www.akc.org RADCAB 1: www.wonderpuppy.net RADCAB 2: www.canismajor.com/dog/decis.html RADCAB 3: www.dogs.about.com/cs/breedprofiles/a/choosing_a_dog.htm RADCAB 4: www.northbay-canine.org/miscmutt-txt.htm RADCAB 5: www.showdog.com RADCAB 6: @http://www.purina.com/choosing-a-pet/ RADCAB 7: @http://www.dog-obedience-training-review.com/choosing-a-dog-breed.html A1. @http://www1.extension.umn.edu/youth/mn4-H/projects/animal-science/dog/ (Appropriateness) A2. @http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/whatsnew/article2.cfm?id=1124 (Appropriateness) A3. @http://www.raiseddogfeeder.com/html/dogformation.html (Appropriateness) C1: @http://caninechronicle.com/ (Currency) //Click on link to Our Cover Story// C2: @http://www.dognews.com/ (Currency) //Click on the Current Issue// C3: @http://www.celebritydognews.com/celeb_dog_owner.php (Currency) //Read Celeb Dog Owner of the Week//

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National Months of Celebration Nobel Prize Winners

=Pathfinders= Dogs

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