Day 1
NoodleTools & Graduation Project 2014 Logging In Creating Projects Sharing the DropBox Making an Outline
Start with Library Page
Sign In or Register
After you register or login, the next screen will be My Projects
Review: Did you choose the correct style and level? Review: Did you name your project Graduation Project?
Manage your project from the Dashboard
SHARE the project with your teacher
Start typing 14Moore Choose your period Type your name Check the box Share Project
Input YOUR gmail information
ACCEPT
Successfully linked projects will have all three checkmarks
Enter your research question and your thesis statement
Click HERE to access the outline
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Day 2 Monday
NoodleTools & Graduation Project 2014 PA Career Zone Creating Citations Adding Notecards
From the LIBRARY HOMEPAGE
Choose the MOST RELEVANT result
Gather all of your information
THERE IS NO AUTHOR FOR PA CAREER ZONE! Career Zone Pennsylvania is the name of the website PA Department of Education is the publisher Copy the unique URL for your specific jobs page
Click HERE to create a citation Make your citation BEFORE your note card!!
Click HERE to create a citation Make your citation BEFORE your note card!!
To create a citation choose the best match from the drop-down menu
Copy-and-paste to avoid spelling errors Able to change format.
Correct errors on the fly!
NOODLETOOLS WILL SAVE AUTOMATICALLY, BUT MAKE SURE THE BOX IS CHECKED AT THE END OF EACH CITATION AND HIT SUBMIT!
EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOUR WORKS CITED PAGE IN PROCESS (DRAFT) WILL LOOK LIKE.
Its easy to add more sources !
Make your notecards AFTER you have created citations
See how to make your in-text reference for MLA and APA
Copy and paste here to capture authors words. Notecard is linked to source. Paraphrase here.
YOU CAN HAVE SHORT OR LONG DIRECT QUOTATIONS.
Then start to mark it up USE COLORS TO HIGHLIGHT SENTENCES YOU MAY WANT TO PARAPHRASE.
Explain it to yourself Help Paraphrasing is putting the ideas of an author into your own words.
FOR YOUR PROJECT THE TITLE WILL BE THE NAME OF YOUR BODY PARAGRAPH.
If your note isnt linked to a source, find it in this list of all your sources
Source Notes Feedback from teacher
Format and export your bibliography to a word processor (or Google docs)
NoodleTools & Graduation Project 2014 Searching Databases using INFOTRAC
From the LIBRARY HOMEPAGE
Checkmark BOTH boxes KEYWORD PHRASE ONLY
Click a subject that is related to your research question This can be done many times in order to LIMIT the results list
Scroll to the bottom
Select DATABASE
Choose MAGAZINE
Only do this for APPROVED RESOURCES
Paste citation here CHECK for spelling errors Remove unnecessary formatting
DONE!
NoodleTools & Graduation Project 2014 Using Britannica Online
From the LIBRARY HOMEPAGE
Different types of sources
Use the descriptions to find the BEST, most RELEVANT articles
CITE!
Leave out the brackets!
Fix the title! Remove the boldface Capitalize the important words
NoodleTools & Graduation Project 2014 Outlining Creating Piles
Organize notes flexibly What notes have similar titles or topics? Pile them together Add them to your outline What if I make new combinations of notes? What other ways can I order my outline? Do new grouping suggest new ways to analyze what I know? New ideas? New questions?
Click HERE to access the outline
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Your new notecards are waiting on the tabletop
Add colors and cues to remind yourself what needs to be done and whats important.
Create a new pile from your highlighted notecards
Piles are possible subtopics for an outline
Build your outline on-the-fly… Look for options
…or create it before you take notes.
Drag notes and piles into your outline
Watch your outline grow as you add notecards
NoodleTools & Graduation Project 2014 Plagiarism
How to tell if you are plagiarizing? Are my own word being used?
Tips for effective paraphrasing: 1.Statement must be in your own words. 2.If you use any phrases that are in the original quote, place them in quotation marks. 3.Add a citation – even if a paraphrase is in your own words, it is still someone elses idea. 4.Having difficulty paraphrasing? Make a short list of the quotes main idea and words that relate to it. Incorporate the concepts and words in your paraphrase.