1. Research skills David Godfrey Farnborough 5 th December 2011

2. Extending the scope of your research Accumulation of knowledge Making contact/networking Connecting with published research

3. Generic research skills: Using reference management software – Zotero Literature searching

4. Online resources for practitioner research in education Generic UK educational sites Also useful to use subject based resources and international resources Farnborough’s Action Research site – This has summaries and full reports of practitioner research at the college going back to 2005/6 (see archived reports link). There is also a resources page with links to useful sites http://actionresearch.farnborough.ac.uk/Home/Index http://actionresearch.farnborough.ac.uk/Home/Index

5. Using reference management software Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources Bibliographical storage Cite and write Groups Networking Forums

6. Getting started with Zotero Retrieving information with Google Scholar Using Pdf metadata to ad stuff into Zotero library (Store copy of file – select pdf file – right click retrieve metadata) Using Zotero in Word articles Setting up/joining a group Synching libraries

7. Registering/downloading files for Zotero First download Firefox portable (you will need a USB stick to save this): http://www.zotero.org/support/kb/portable_firefoxhttp://www.zotero.org/support/kb/portable_firefox Open Firefox portable and then go to http://www.zotero.orghttp://www.zotero.org Download Zotero and re-start Firefox portable – you should see the Zotero icon in the bottom right corner of the browser window Create user name and password. Then go to the email address you left and click on the validation link Now go to plugins: http://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_installation _for_zotero_2.1 http://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_installation _for_zotero_2.1 Re-start Firefox Now you can start a word document and insert citations and bibliography into text

8. Tasks for this session Set up Zotero on USB drive Find three published articles to add as background to your own research Make contact with another researcher (email, phone, add to Zotero contacts) Join the Hart and Rushmoor Teacher Enquiry Network (HaRTEN) in Zotero groups. Add a document related to your research to the group library Set up your profile and write one sentence about your research interest(s)