Here is a goanimate I created for a presentation that shows how valuable this blog can be to students, teachers, and parents.

http://goanimate.com/videos/0kUlzD8MjtB4

http://www.amazon.com/Plagiarism-Activities-Documenting-Sourcing-Students/dp/1602130507/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1373415785&sr=1-6&keywords=teaching+children+to+research+the+internet

This looks like a great resource for students when researching and writing papers to avoid plagiarism.

http://tiny.cc/jgczzw

Here is a link to a great article I found that helps give parents and teachers ideas on why and how you can teach your children how to research information on the internet.

Kids Friendly Internet Searches

This is an excellent video that you could watch with your children or students who are learning how to search the internet in school and at home. It shows kid friendly search engines and it links directly to researching school related topics.

http://voices.yahoo.com/why-wikipedia-not-reliable-source-facts-1674399.html

Interesting.

Thinking more about the reason behind my blog I realized that many adults and as a colleague stated, older students and teachers also struggle with the ability to identify true information. I found this presentation that would benefit parents, teachers, and older students with the basics of searching the Internet effectively.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1U9vYCC7324MXL0cQ8axsIf4tP2gR6DOS5jt2VWvRlvs/present#slide=id.i40

Fact or Fiction?

More and more technology is being introduced to young children inside and outside of school. The question and I think problem is there is so much out there for children to research but it is really accurate? Kids can access the internet from pretty much anywhere now. No question goes unanswer thanks to Google, but are they really learning and researching information that contains valid information or just someone elses perception of a topic? This blog is going to look deeper into which websites are really valid and what is fiction as well as finding accurate information that will help parents and children know how to find  what they are looking for because when using the Internet sometimes, It's Not What You Think It Is...