We have recently purchased a new online Harvard bibliography generator developed by the School Library Association of South Australia.It was chosen because it includes new technology sources such as YouTube, podcasts,wikis and blogs.It is also visually appealing,well designed and easy to navigate.It has three levels -Junior, Middle and Senior with the Senior section being more sophisticated in appearance and more comprehensive in the range of resources cited.The Senior section also includes examples of in text referencing.
Our Year 8's and Year 9's have been formally introduced to this new tool and no doubt many other students have discovered it and are already making use of it.It certainly takes the difficulty out of acknowledging sources and teachers should now be expecting students to "cite it right"!
Your new online databases and references look very inviting. I am wondering if the 'cite it right' software should be given a teacher outing at appropriate 'fora' of maybe this blogspot could be highlighted at the HOD meeting to more widely disseminate this information.
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