10th grade English classes

Summary of Stories

Day 1: Intro/Evaluation of Presentation Tools

• Prezi: Icarus example
• Google Slides: Icarus example
• ThingLink: Icarus example
• PowToon: Icarus example​
• More tutorials for presentation tools

Questions to ask when evaluating online presentation tools:

• Am I able to work on this presentation with other people?
• Can members of my group work at the same time using our own logins, or do we have to share a login and work separately?
• Is the presentation tool able to embed multimedia (music, images, videos, etc.)?
• How difficult/easy is it to embed media into the presentation?
• Is this tool 100% free, or does it provide only limited access for free?
• Does this tool meet the needs of my presentation?
  • Consider if you’re presenting in person (by yourself or with a group), or providing a link for people to look at online. Think about your audience and how much of your presentation will be spoken vs. viewed.  Also, consider the content of your presentation and what form works best for that.

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Day 2: Researching
​Tips for finding good information

1. Be a good detective!  Keep in mind: you are looking for the ORIGINAL source of information whenever possible.
2. Try the databases: We have many new databases! In the Gale Databases, use the search or advanced search feature -- on the right you can select an article or even images, video or audio. Each of these comes with a citation! Britannica and the ProQuest databases have cited media, too.
3. Choose your search terms wisely (And then keep trying new ones! Synonyms are your friend!)​
   1. When searching for an image or video... when at all possible go to the ORIGINAL source.  For pieces of art, only use images displayed on museum or gallery webpages or on the artist's personal website.  Do not cite work that has been used in blogs or on random websites without permission.
   2. If you're getting too few results, try making your search terms more general (take away some of the details)
   3. If you're getting too many results, try making your search terms more specific (add in more details) 
   4. Don't type a question and hit search (e.g. "What books is Superman in?" should be replaced with: "Superman in literature" or "Superman literary character" or "Superman character literature")
   5. Use the name of your character or story and add phrases like "fine art", "literature", "poem", "lyrics", "sculpture", etc. ​

Where to search for songs/publication info
​(must create a citation):

• List of online music databases
• Music Publishers Association
• Free Music Archive​

Search for motion picture/television info
​(must create a citation):

• Internet Movie Database

​Search for art
​(must create a citation):

• Artcyclopedia (do not cite this website -- it will direct you to the piece of art on a museum/gallery website -- cite that)

Images that do not violate copyright
​(still need to cite):

• Creative Commons: searches music, video and images
• Photos for Class: CC Photo with citation included!
• Pixabay: Royalty-free stock photos and videos.
• Google images: (tools -> usage rights -> labeled for reuse) 
• Gratisography: Free high-resolution pictures.
• Picjumbo: Free stock photos.
• Unsplash: Free (do whatever you want) high-resolution photos.
• Freeimages: Over 350,000 free images and illustrations.

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IMPORTANT to remember: if you are going to cite something -- make every effort to find the ORIGINAL source. You don't want to cite an image that was on Google Images because someone put it on their blog (illegally) and it wasn't even theirs. That's not good research. Always go to the ORIGINAL source of the info/image/video/audio/etc.

Creating Citations:
Create your Noodletools account
1. Go to Noodletools: http://www.noodletools.com and click "LOGIN"
2. Click "Sign in with Google" and enter your school Google account info
3. Click "Create new account"
4. Click "I am a student or library patron"
5. Select Alta Loma High School and your graduation year
6. Click "Save Profile"

Start your Group Project in Noodletools (ONE person in your group):
1. Click the green "+NEW PROJECT" button

• Name your project with the name of your topic and the class period
• Choose "MLA" for citation style
• Choose "Advanced" for citation level
• Submit

​2. Click "Sources" button at the top

• Click "+Create new citation"
• Select the type of source
• Enter the information about your source
  
• Click Save

When you click on a box to fill in the info, it gives you help in finding that information! Use that, or click on the MLA help guide in the upper right-hand corner.