These materials highlight the essential skills for research that students should have in their repertoire. These skills coupled with good Media Literacy can be the foundation of 21st Century Digital Life skills. You can review this material and the resources below to find help and support for your students in the classroom. Check out the Discussion Guides that can also help you work through the material that is presented here.  

These materials showcase the online research tools and resources that can be used by teachers and students in the classroom. These are free resources for the most part, but make sure you are checking with your IT Department to check to see if these are approved at your site. Also the majority of these are internet safe to use, but always check with your IT Department to make sure that they are compliant with the rules and regulations for dealing with student data. 

These materials are focused on a fun way to teach and practice evaluation skills that you have been working on with students that make up a large part of Media Literacy.  These internet sites and hoaxes can be the tool to get students engaged in evaluation and research.

These materials will review the challenges and advantages of using Wikipedia in the classroom. It review some practices for how you can get your students to practice good research by using Wikipedia entries as well as highlighting some of the features of the Wikipedia Education materials and resources.