| 4. |
They can copy and
paste bits of information from separate Web pages into a word
processing document to collect quotes. Notepad on Windows and SimpleText
on Macintosh will serve this purpose. This requires them to have
two programs running at the same time, their browser and Notepad
for example. Remember by pressing the Alt-TAB keys, you can
switch or toggle between the open programs. The copy and paste technique
is an excellent skill for your students, but be sure to carry it
a couple steps further:
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| a. |
By having the Title
of the Page, and the URL, the students should be able to properly
cite the work. Please look at Section
5: Evaluating Web Resources to learn about copyright. |
| b. |
Teach your students
how to paraphrase the work in Notepad so it can be copied and
pasted into their word processor. |
| c. |
Be sure the students
know how to evaluate the work they are using. Is it valid? Who
wrote the work? If it is data, is the data sound? Did the author
of the data follow the scientific method to collect the data?
Students need to know how to critically evaluate information
on the Web in order to use it in their work. |

| 5. |
Pictures or graphics
on the Web can be used in a student's work to enhance their
paper. In Section 3:
Keeping Kids Safe on the Internet,
there is a description of how to capture graphics and use
them off-line. The graphic can be viewed off-line with Netscape
or placed in a word processor document. Remember that the
picture or graphic may be copyrighted, so the student should
ask permission to use it.
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Remember
to tell your students that this is their work, not someone else's.
They must take the information they acquire off the Web, evaluate
it, understand it, and put it into their own work to meet the assignment.
Showing good research skills will always get them good grades; simply
using someone else's work and offering it as theirs is not acceptable.
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