I have been a bit slack for this week's blog as I have just copied my summary from the forum.
Activity 1
* I think of reference material as non-borrowable materials that
can be consulted or referred to but not borrowed - always available
* Digital
resources - dictionaries, thesaurus, encyclopedias that library owns or
subscribes to could be included because they also loosely fit this definition -
can't be borrowed and readily accessed
Activity 2
Wikipedia - I don't
encourage use but know students will use it. I suggest to always check author
and only record information seen in more than one place. Can be useful in giving
general overview and help students identify key words for other
searches.
Activity 3
Print-based dictionaries should be available
*
access to digital resources in schools is often problematic
* often quicker
to access print form
* easier to cater for range of abilities
ONELOOK
Dictionary -
* wouldn't really use the specialised dictionaries - many links
I tried were broken.
* general ones were better and could use these.
Particularly liked Rhyme Zone.
Activity 4
Atlas -
Not much luck
finding Australian.
* I liked www.factmonster.com/atlas - clear, informative
but unfortunately ads
* google maps is also good as it is interactive but not
sure it will get past our current DECD filtering system.
Biographies -
More luck finding Australian sites. I wouldn't usually use a biography site
though - would generally just do a search in a search engine.
*
www.peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au has very detailed but think you must have to be
dead first!
* www.australianbiography.gov.au - Excellent site if interested
in the particular people listed.
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