Redesigning+Research+Session+2

= = Redesigning Research **Session 2: Using Microsoft Word - Tips and tricks you probably didn’t know** This session will be filled with useful and amazing things Microsoft Word can do to streamline the research and formal paper-writing process. Useful for students and grown-ups alike, discover ways to make Word do the work for you. Tricks include simple ways to create bibliographies, footnotes and citations, as well as ways to use Word to help narrow down information acquired during the research process. Teachers will work collaboratively to create some mini lessons to introduce students to these features and also to add to their tech toolkits. All work will be published in the wiki and available for all to use or modify.

=**Agenda **= ==**4:00 Welcome and StartUp Tasks **==
 * 1) Sign in. (This week and last week)
 * 2) Clean up your workspace. If you so desire, you can create a new page and link it to your workspace.
 * 3) Use the resources below to find additional websites to add to your BagOfResources.
 * 4) Awesome Library
 * 5) Kids Click
 * 6) Google Safe Search


 * 4:15 Universal Design for Learning **

==**4:45 Microsoft Word & Big 6 Step 4 - Use of Information **== >>>> >>>> ** Try it out! **on a Mac if you would like. >>> >
 * Engage (read, hear, view, touch)
 * Text to Speech: Text on the computer is read out loud using a computerized voice.
 * Windows (Download free programs)
 * Natural Reader
 * Installed on the netbooks at the Middle Schools
 * Teachers need to request via the HelpDesk.
 * Read Please
 * Macintosh (Built in to system)
 * Video
 * Quick directions: System Preferences > Text to Speech > Speak selected text when key is pressed > set to **command + r**
 * ** Try it out! ** You will need to work on a Macintosh computer for this activity.
 * Use one of the topics listed at the top of the page.
 * Activate Text-To-Speach
 * Complete AnswerGarden
 * Use Leveled Text
 * Wikipedia: To **simplify** a complex topic, look at the list of languages on the left side of the screen in Wikipedia - scroll down the list and select **Simple English**
 * ** Try it out! **Add a simplified wikipedia research source to your Bag of Resources.
 * Search tip: Add "for students" to try to find an easier source of information.
 * Research sites: Can we add more?
 * Awesome Library
 * Kids Click
 * Google Safe Search
 * Next week we will cover cover sources more thoroughly.
 * ** Try it out! **Use one or more of the sites above to find easy sources of information. Add it to your topic bag if you didn't do this at the start of class.
 * Extract Relevant Info.
 * AutoSummary: Reduce the amount of text. Good for informational articles only.
 * Windows
 * V ideo directions
 * Print directions
 * ** Try it out! **
 * Copy and paste the text from one of your resources into Word.
 * Turn on AutoSummary
 * What do you get?
 * Mac
 * [|Video directions]
 * Simple directions: Go to Tools > AutoSummarize >select the type of summary you want.
 * Online version:
 * Text Compactor
 * ** Try it out! **
 * Find Tool
 * On a PC: **Control + f**
 * On a Mac: **Command + f**
 * ** Try it out! **
 * Bibliography & Citations
 * Online: EasyBib
 * Quick and easy
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Free
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">No login
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">Current MLA format
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cite blogs, websites, and more
 * ** Try it out! **
 * Word
 * Has built in tools for bibliography, citation, and footnote.
 * Self-contained, it's all right in Word
 * Sources are retained for later use,. (i.e. If you write several papers using the same source)
 * Can do more than easy bib, such as inline citations
 * Certainly good for high school / college students
 * ** Try it out! **
 * Purdue Owl - Good "How To" source for grownup and college/high school students.Final Goal:
 * ** Check it out! **
 * Update your page.

6:30 Wrap up and discussion

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