Research



(because that essay is not going to write itself)
 * Need Help Searching? Use Google's Tips: **








 * If you are looking for a convenient way to find useful resources about a specific topic, Google has a cool tool that aggregates many of their apps on to one very handy page. It’s called “//What do you love?//” **


 * To access this tool: **
 * 1) **Type in www.wdyl.com into your browser’s address bar. **
 * 2) **In the “What do you love?” search field, type a topic. **
 * 3) **Click the heart button. **
 * The results page shows an aggregate of the many Google apps and resources that are available in one convenient place.For example, I typed in “jungle animals” and the page displayed — in a very user-friendly way — the following: **
 * **Latest news about jungle animals – Google News **
 * **Search jungle animal blogs – Google Blog Search **
 * **Find books about jungle animals– Google Books **
 * **Watch videos of jungle animals – Youtube **
 * **Explore jungle animals in 3D – SketchUp **
 * **See pictures of jungle animals – Image Search **
 * **And more **
 * It’s a quick way to compile a list of sources and a easy way to see what’s available through Google. **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Need help beginning your research? Are you a little stumped on getting started? <span style="color: #216161; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Do the NoodleQuest and find your starting point!

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%; text-align: left;">Learn Out Loud.com LearnOutLoud.com is a one-stop destination for audio and video learning. You can browse over 25,000 educational audio books, MP3 downloads, podcasts, and videos, some of which are free downloads. Can't find a book in your local library? Here is a list of libraries provided by Mr. King on our School's web site that will help.

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<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 300%; line-height: 0px; overflow-x: hidden; overflow-y: hidden;">__Social Bookmarking Sites__

<span style="color: #0bc9c9; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%; text-align: left;">Diigo -- Collect and Highlight, Then Remember

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%; text-align: left;">StumbleUpon

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">"As you 'stumble' from site to site, you will feel as if you are channel surfing the Internet, or rather, a corner of the Internet that is most relevant to you." (New York Times)

<span style="color: #808000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 150%; text-align: left;">For more information about how social bookmarking sites work, watch this brief video on the Common Craft Show: Social Bookmarking in Plain English.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 300%;">__RSS Feed Catchers__ <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%; text-align: left;">Bloglines -- Search, Subscribe, Share, Publish

<span style="color: #ff4300; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%; text-align: left;">Feedreader is a FREE RSS news aggregation solution that provides robust, <span style="color: #ff4300; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%; text-align: left;">state-of-the-art features in an intuitive, user-friendly environment.

<span style="color: #ff4300; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #e63030; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Google Reader constantly checks your favorite news sites and blogs for new content. Whether a site updates daily or monthly, you can be sure that you won't miss a thing.

<span style="color: #808000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">For more information about how RSS feed catchers work, watch this brief video on the Common Craft Show: RSS in Plain English.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 300%;">__Online Surveys/Polls__ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Survey Monkey makes gathering and organizing data easy.

===<span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Poll Everywhere is the fastest way to create stylish real-time experiences for events using mobile devices. ===

<span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;"> <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Zoomerang lets you create free online surveys and polls.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">SurveyPirate -- for when a monkey just is not enough.

<span style="color: #216161; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 300%;">__**Citations**__

<span style="color: #216161; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;">Need help citing your sources? Then click here and be amazed!

<span style="color: #216161; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;"> <span style="color: #216161; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 200%;"><span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Want to keep track of important finds? <span style="color: #ff8500; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Use Stickies

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 250%;">Remember...Don't Believe Everything You Read
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