Papers

• Have students use Blogger or Wordpress to blog everyday or class session to get in the practice of writing, writing, writing!
• Use Mindmeister -- a mind-mapping tool for generating and outlining content (students can also collaborate on these mindmaps).
  • Learn more about MindMeister
• Provide YouTube videos that explain the research process
• Have students use blog search engines to see what "real people" are saying about their topic: http://www.blogsearchengine.org/ or http://technorati.com/
• Create a rubric using Canvas Rubrics-- provide this to students and have them grade themselves, or even use it in the next process for peer review....
• Use Google Docs to write, collaborate and peer review.
• Use a plagiarism teaching tool to assist with teaching students about citing sources: Turnitin.com is available through Canvas.

Research in the 21st Century: This website has a ton of ideas for using technology in every step of the research process. Whether students are writing a paper for the final outcome or not, these ideas help with everything research-related!