day 4 lesson 4 citing sources
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Primer on selecting and citing Internet sources.TRANSCRIPT
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Citing Sources and Using Your Research
Day 4 Lesson 4
Johanna RiddleInstructional Designer
Seminole Academy of Digital Learning
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On Day One, you learned that information comes from many sources.
On Day Two, you learned how to find information on the Internet.
On Day Three, you found out how to find and save images that were okay to use.
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All of the information we use comes from somewhere. Responsible researchers give credit to the writers, photographers, artists, and videographers who create the information that we use in our research. That’s called citing your sources.
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Let’s look at some examples of citing sources from the
Internet.
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Alexa is doing research on starfish. She is going
to cite her sources as she gathers information.
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She got some great information from this website:
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Here’s how she cited her website source:
August 18, 2014. National Geographic Online. “Starfish (Sea Star)” http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/starfish/
Sources
First, write the date that you used the article.Then, list the source or author.
Next, write the title of the article in quotation marks.Finally, add the URL (website address ) in italics.
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Alexa also saved some images from this creative commons site:
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Alexa cited her image source like this:
Hanson, Jon. Ecology Global Network. October 12, 2012. “Crown of Thorns Starfish.”
Sources
First, write the name of the photographer. You will find the photographer’s name in the caption below the photo.Then, write the title of the website where the image was
found. You do not need to write the address.Next, write the date that the photograph was taken.
Finally, write the title of the image in quotation marks.
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Alexa learned a lot about starfish when she watched this video:
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Here’s the way she cited her video source:
UCTV Prime. “Marine Science Looks to the Stars.” October 25, 2012. Online video. You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTpeGr9JEYY. Viewed on August 18, 2014.October 12, 2012. “Crown of Thorns Starfish.”
Sources
First, write the name of source or person that made the video.Then, write the title of the video in quotation marks.
Next, write the date that the video was made or posted.After that, write the name of the place where the video was found.
Finally, write the date that you viewed the video.
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Today, you learned how to cite three kinds of Internet resources:
websites images videos
Tomorrow, we will talk about digital citizenship.