About Writing and Research

Writing and Research CD features

Features of Writing and Research lessons

Using Writing and Research

Customizing Writing and Research

About Writing and Research in a Digital Age

The emergence of digital technology has led to significant changes in how students and teachers approach research and writing.

Writing and Research in a Digital Age is designed to help you and your students conduct and improve research by guiding you through the steps of the process using both traditional and emerging resources and technologies.

About Writing and Research

Writing and Research CD Features

Each Writing and Research disc contains the following features:

Lesson Presentations

For the Teacher

Student Handouts

Tech Tools Index

MLA/APA Styles

Customizing

Writing and Research CD Features

Lesson Presentations

Each Writing and Research lesson focuses on a specific step of the research process and features one or more technology tools helpful for that step.

Writing and Research CD Features

For the TeacherThis area includes:• To the Teacher—an essay written by Sara Kajder,

Assistant Professor of Education at Virginia Tech University and Writing and Research consulting author

• Teacher’s Notes, which provide background information on the Tech Tools discussed in each lesson, Lesson Plans with extension activities, and suggestions for differentiated instruction

• Possible Responses—possible and suggested responses for all Your Turn practice activities

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Student Handouts

The Student Handouts are Microsoft Word file versions of the Your Turn activities included in each Lesson Presentation. You may choose to print and distribute the handouts so that students can work on the Your Turn activities outside of class or in groups.

MLA/APA Styles

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This PowerPoint-based lesson provides a basic introduction to both MLA and APA citation formats. In addition, there are instructional handouts and practice activities for each style.

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Customizing

This PowerPoint presentation illustrates how instructors can customize Writing and Research Lesson Presentations.

Features of Writing and Research Lessons

Animated Instructional Examples and Models

Student Examples

Tech Tools

Tech Tips

Research Tips

Talk About It

Your Turn

Lesson features include:

Features of Writing and Research Lessons

Animated examples provide visual reinforcement of the concepts being taught.

Instructional models demonstrate the concept of the research step in the lesson.

Animated Instructional Examples and Models

that answer your research question.

What should you write down? You are looking for

facts

statistics

examples

quotations

Features of Writing and Research Lessons

Student examples model the lesson and illustrate the kind of work a student might create.

Student Examples

Tech Tools

Features of Writing and Research Lessons

This feature introduces a technology tool that can help students with research and writing tasks related to a specific step of the research process. Each Tech Tool discussion includes information about the tool’s features and how students can use the feature effectively in their research or writing.

Features of Writing and Research Lessons

Tech Tips

Tech Tips provide additional information about using a Tech Tool more effectively.

Features of Writing and Research Lessons

Research Tips

Research Tips give students helpful strategies for completing the step of the research process on which the lesson focuses.

Talk About It

Features of Writing and Research Lessons

Each lesson includes a set of in-class discussion questions created to help students explore the research concepts and technology presented in the lesson.

Features of Writing and Research Lessons

Your Turn

Each lesson is followed by a hands-on activity that allows students to work with the research concepts and technology presented in the lesson.

Features of Writing and Research Lessons

Your Turn Possible Responses

Example responses are included for each Your Turn activity. These responses are placed on hidden slides linked by the Possible Responses button.

Using Writing and Research

Preview the presentations. Click through one lesson to get used to the navigation and the different features within a presentation.

Check your equipment. Make sure your computer and projector work together properly.

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When using Writing and Research in class

Click through text and animations at a pace that allows students to read all the information.

Demonstrate the features of the tool or technology in the lesson.

Navigation

Lesson Menus clearly identify topics and are hyperlinked for easy access to specific points in the presentation.

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Navigation

Click-again arrows prompt you to click again to reveal more information.

Navigation buttons in the bottom frame allow you to move easily within and between presentations.

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Navigation

Links to Tech Tips and Research Tips are clearly marked with buttons in the navigation pane to bring you to the tip slides quickly and easily.

Tips containing multiple slides are linked with a Next button.

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You may want to print some or all of the slides in a presentation.

To print slides

Open a presentation and choose Print from the File menu. This will open a Print pop-up menu.

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To print all or some slides in a presentation, choose

In the Print range section, choose the range of slides.

• All – all slides

• Current slide – current slide

• Slides – enter the slide range you want to print (for example, 4–8)

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• To print more than one slide per page

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1. In the Print what section, select Handouts.

2.Choose the number of slides from the Slides per page drop-down list.

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Make sure to choose the Pure Black and White print option so that the text shows.

Using Writing and Research

Other ways to use Writing and Research in your classroom

Assign individuals or teams of students to be “guest instructors” for a particular concept.

Print out presentations as study guides for students who need extra help.

Have teams of students investigate featured technologies and present them to the class.

Have students who have missed a presentation catch up by viewing the presentation through their Interactive Student Edition.

Customizing Writing and Research

To tailor these presentations to the abilities and interests of your students or to your teaching plan, you can• add, delete, edit, or reorganize slides

• add images, audio clips, or video clips

• change animation on slides

Click on the main menu for more information about customizing Writing and Research.

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