Creating a Gold Standard for information sources

With a partner and using the following scenario, create a Gold Standard for a website that you would use to address your cousin's concerns. Publish your Gold Standard on your blog.

"Your cousin has heard that you should not drink bottled water that’s been sitting in a hot car because the plastic bottles leak a toxic substance that increases the drinker’s chance of developing cancer.

As breast cancer runs in your family, this is an issue dear to your heart. What characteristics would you want to see (who, what, when,where, why) in a website you would be willing to use to advise your cousin about whether it’s safe to drink the water."

It's bad, really, really bad, but why?

With a partner, visit this website, read it carefully and make a list of all the reasons your teachers would not want you to use it in a research paper.

Using quality information sources

Read this article about the US election and reflect on your own practice when vetting information for school and personal use.

Grades

I have updated your grades based on the work you have completed and submitted. 

If you wish to improve your grade for the database test, you can work on it in the Secondary Library with me during lunch break or after school over the next few days. 

Concessionaries letter rewrite

Remember what we learnt in class yesterday.

Because it is a letter, you will need to consider formatting and to introduce yourself in the beginning paragraph.

Because you are making an argument, you will need a thesis statement, a paragraph for each point in your thesis statement which contains evidence to support your position and a conclusion.

Because you are writing a formal letter to the board, you will need to avoid using contractions.

Grading criteria:

You will be graded using the following criteria.

Main ideas support/argue the thesis [10 marks]

Main ideas are supported by evidence [10 marks]

Correct citations [20 marks]

(as this is a letter, you could choose to include attribution in your prose)

Argumentation [10 marks]

Scholarly/Academic style [10 marks]

Organization [10 marks]

Reflection on the database test

Remember that your homework from Tuesday was to post a reflection on your blog about the database test. So far, I only see one completed.

Examination practice

For your semester exam you will be writing an essay or letter. In the writing of the letter you will be locating, vetting and using information. These are all the skills we have covered this semester.

To help you prepare, you will be writing a letter over the next two lessons and submitting it to me by the end of the class on Friday. 

Your assignment can be found here.

For homework on Wednesday, reflect on your process so far using the following guide:

Time management

Research tools

Information quality

Notes

Organisation

Learning about academic honesty

This is your assignment for Research Class on Wednesday November 2nd while you are participating in Virtual School. Please publish the evidence required on your blog by the end of our class today. There is no homework.

Whether academic dishonesty is intentional or accidental, often the consequences are the same. To avoid any harsh consequences for accidental academic dishonesty, it is important to know how to protect yourself. This learning is not only useful for Research, but for all of your classes.

Complete two of the following tutorials and post evidence of your completion on your blog. 

In addition, write a reflection of a time when you have been academically dishonest or have been tempted to be academically dishonest on your blog.

NIU Academic Integrity Tutorial - Complete all the sections and quizzes and post the certificate of completion on your blog. Remember to practice online safety when completing the certificate. The name on the certificate should be the same as the display name on your blog.

George Brown College Tutorial - This tutorial has a number of questions for you to answer. Make sure you choose a character to follow that uses MLA citation.

York University Tutorial - When you reach the end of the learning section, you can complete the quiz without logging in. Find the link that allows you to do this. When you have completed the quiz, post a screenshot of your score on your blog.

Virtual Academic Integrity Laboratory - There are a lot of graphics on this tutorial. Make sure you do all the modules then take the quiz. After you submit your name and email address (use your school email for this) you will see a screen with your quiz score. Post a screenshot of this on your blog.

Virtual School Attendance

Well done Researchers, we have a full complement of students in our virtual school class today!

Please email me if you have any problems or questions.