Media+literacy

WEB RESEARCH
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The University of Wisconsin has an excellent set of tutorials structured around women's issues. [] = =

=**BIBLIOBOUTS: teaching about research**= (Institute of Museum and Library Studies, University of Michigan)

I can't reccomend Bibliobouts for a distance or large class situation; it's a little too complicated for our students to install Zotero, a wonderful free browser-based bibliographical tool. However, I would like to describe Bibliobouts, because it uses a strongly consensus-based game to teach students how to cite their work properly; it shows students how to work collaboratively, and it's kind of fun. Biliobouts asks students to collect resources on a given topic, then contribute them online to a group pool. They rate the contributions of others on a numeric scale, then add subject tags to each contribution. Finally, students go to the group pool and choose the ten best contributions for their own bibliography. The winner of this "game" is the person whose contributions are used most by others.

If there were a way to get help for my students to install Zotero, I would very much like to use this game. It's a wonderful way to promote collaboration among students. Going through the fuss of setting it up might be worth the effort, as once students have learned how to use Zotero it will be of great use to them in the future.


 * About Bibliobouts** []


 * Try Bibliobouts** []

For **ZOTERO,** see below

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**ZOTERO**
Zotero is a free Firefox extension to help organize bibliographical information and notes. It's a good way to teach students how to establish good research skills.

Amy Cavender gives a good rundown on how to get started with Zotero, here: []


 * HAS ANYONE DONE GROUP WORK WITH ZOTERO?** Contribute your thoughts on the discussion page.