Week+3+Resources

This week, you and your group members will continue working on your Group Project. Review the **Group Project Overview** area beneath **Week 1** for additional details about this project. Last week, you and your group finalized your research questions and decided upon the media to be used for your final presentation. This week, you will apply your searching and evaluating skills to locate a selection of relevant, reliable, high-quality resources related to your topic. First, utilizing the search strategies that you learned in Week 2, begin to search for research materials using a variety of sources. Databases available in the Walden Library can provide text of journal articles, magazine articles, and eBooks. You can also search websites, blogs, online magazine articles, videos, multimedia pieces, etc. using Internet search engines, and you can visit a local public or university library to find additional books, articles, videos, or reference volumes, among other materials. As you encounter each resource, be sure to evaluate its merits using the criteria outlined in the Learning Resources this week.
 * Instructions for Week 3:**
 * Group Project: Applying 21st-Century Literacy Skills, Part 3**

It is the responsibility of the Week 3 Leader to review the lists from each group member and to compile a final list of 8–10 sources that reflects the majority opinion.
 * //By Monday,//** the Week 3 leader should create a page designated for “ Resources ” in the group wiki.
 * //By Wednesday//**, decide upon and post 3–5 resources that you feel are relevant, reliable, and beneficial for use in the formulation of your group’s final research project presentation. Post citations and, when possible, links to each of the resources. If it is not possible to post a link, then include a summary of the content of the source. In addition, for each source, write a very brief rationale that explains to your group members how it is potentially helpful for the project and why you chose it. This all should be posted to the Resources page of your group’s wiki.
 * //By Friday//**, read the postings of your group members and consider the sources they have suggested. Are there any overlaps among group members? Do any of the sources fail to meet the evaluative criteria?
 * //By Friday//**, post a list of what you believe to be the best 8–10 sources from all of the possibilities to the Resources page of your group ’ s wiki.
 * //By Saturday//**, the Week 3 Leader should post the final list to the Resources page of the group wiki. Group members should visit the wiki, review the list, and use the wiki or other communication means to resolve any disagreements.
 * //By Sunday//**, the Week 3 leader should post the finalized, group-approved list of 8–10 sources to the group wiki and to the Week 3 area of the Group discussion board for Instructor approval.

You have completed Week 3. Please proceed to Week 4.

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__Shawna Purnell- Research sites__

I did some research and found some interesting information on smart phone usage in schools. Let me know what you think //This article is about utilizing smart phones in the classroom of a middle school (Laughren, 2010). Retrieved from:// [] This information is about a school district supplying smart phones to their students to use in the classroom (Arzt, 2010). Retrieved from: [] This article is about information literacy in general (Angeley & Purdue, 2000). Retrieved from: [|http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/dialogue/issue6.html] Here is another article about the usage of smart phones in the classroom including the benefits and drawbacks (Portteus, 2010). Retrieved from: []

As you can see I used a variety of types of internet sources for us to compare and contrast. I can't wait to see what other resources that everyone will post for review.

Nichole Lucero-Research Sites Nichole Lucero I am adding the following websites as resources for our group project. I used different search engines such as Google, Yahoo, and Bing. I also did Boolean searching. Hope these articles are helpful. This first link is about a study done on college students and their behavior using smart phones. I believe that this is comparable to high school students and why they use smart phones. [] This website is about the changes of lifestyle using technology. [] This article focuses on auditory, visual and kinesthetic learners. [] This article focuses on high school students and how they use the web. How they search. How they look for good and bad websites everything we read about in chapter 4. [] I second guessed myself and I have added three pdf files of articles that address communication, learning, and behavior. To see these articles click on manage wiki and click on files.