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"Why do so many students choose Wikipedia when asked to find information on the Internet? I believe the answer is that Wikipedia is like the McDonalds of the Internet, you can always find it and you know what you’re going to get. Quite frankly, I like Wikipedia because it provides students with a starting point for research and I am particularly fond of the way I’ve seen so many students develop their own method of research by using the links at the bottom to find more information."
Beth Dichter's insight:
How do we get students to learn how to effectively and efficiently search the web? This post provides a variety of resources that your students may find helpful. The list is robust and includes: * Google Search Education - This site provides a series of lesson plans that help teach students how to search as well as lessons on Power Searching, A Google A Day Challenge, and live trainings (as well as trainings that have been recorded. * The "Find" Tool which will help students quickly locate key words * Twurdy - search by reading lexile Additional resources are listed (and hot links to all are inclucluded). Please note that Qwiki Reference is no longer available. 
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Scoop.it!
There are many excellent research databases that school libraries subscribe to each year. .. Yet when given a research assignment, the first place students turn to is Google or another public search engine. For better or worse, it’s a fact of life in the modern classroom. ...So, let’s make sure they have the tools to search the open Web effectively.
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I've just shared this post with our Grade 4-12 teachers. The biggest hurdle we face is keeping teachers up to speed so they can best inform their students. Information Literacy is everyone's responsibility and not only that of the modern librarian or the tech integrators.