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Social bookmarking/curation sites for teachers professionally/personally/classroom instruction. Curation is when students identify, collect, and organize information about a topic that others have produced to share with the learning community using socially powered tools. Curation is helping a specific audience make sense of a specific topic, event, etc. I t involves finding information in a variety of formats from many sources, identifying subject experts, filtering analyzing, organizing and sharing the best pieces of content selected for a specific audience and a specific purpose. Students are able to think critically, evaluate information, construct meaning, make connections to the topic,find meaning etc. Students will use these tools for their personal learning environment. See interesting article on how to implement Diigo into the classroom: [] Other curation sites: Sqworl Symbaloo Pininterest (EducClipper is relatively new and is the education version of Pininterest) MentorMob
 * CURATION: MY FAVORITE: [|Diigo] and [|Delicious] **

[|Yippy:] Fun to search and efficient because you can narrow your searches [|Dogpile:] It's back and better than ever! [|DuckDuckGo:] Clean and simple searching. Results on one page [|Mahalo:] Quality of content and relevance and high due to editors judging results [|Gigablast:] Worth a look
 * Cool Search Engines: **

[|Infoplease.com:] Pierson research site [|FactMonster.com:] Kid-friendly Pierson research site [|Internet Public Library:] Trusted information site hosted by Drexel University and Florida State University. [|Internet Public Library for Kids:] Kid-friendly IPL site [|Kids Click!:] Index maintained by Kent State's School of Library and Information Science [|Finding Dulcinae:] Awesome resource for teachers! Tools for teachers on left. Many resources for teachers. Webguides put together and CREDIBLE sites are already certified by searchers!
 * Trusted Research Indexes and Sites: **


 * DATABASES FROM DMS MEDIA CENTER PAGE (Home Access Available): **
 * Facts on File
 * EBSCO HOST
 * WorldBook Online Trial
 * Grolier Trial
 * Information Literacy Trial
 * Teen Health and Wellness Trial
 * Financial Literacy Trial

[|FOLLETT SHELF:] Peruse as a guest using DELSEA (username) and CRUSADERS (password) testing. See A. Papiano for directions on checking an ebook out. [|BRAIN HIVE]: This is our new database of ebooks! Let A. Papiano know if you need assistance with checking an ebook out.
 * EBOOKS: **

Noodletools – Found on the Citation/Bibliography Tools page of MC website NoodleBib is a comprehensive and accurate MLA and APA bibliography composer with fully-integrated note-taking and organizing components. Must set-up a personal folder as the database saves all the information.
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