More+to+Explore

== = = =Welcome to the= = Media for Children and Young Adults = = More to Explore = =Wiki=


 * Choose a topic and find out more about it. Then create a wiki page! Your project is due April 23!**

To help you plan and stay on schedule, try the Research Project Calculator.

Use a research process model to guide your work. This could be the [|Big 6], [|FINDS], [|ISearch], or any other model. If you have one you use in your school, feel free to use that. You might also want to take a look at the Research Log Template used in a high school in Pennsylvania from media specialist supreme, Joyce Valenza, if you need some organizational ideas. (She has her students use a blog, but you'll be using a wiki page instead. Guiding questions are still the same!)


 * **Choose a topic.** Go to "New Page" at the top of the right hand column and name your page the name of your topic. At the top of the page put the word **research** in the tag. (If you don't see a place at the top to put the tag, click on PAGE and you'll see it as the first item.) Then put your first name on the page as a place holder! Your page will appear in the menu bar on the right of the page. You cannot choose a topic if someone else already has it!
 * **Do some research.** //(You can save bookmarks with the tag of your topic to the EME5225 bookmarks and kill two birds with one stone if you'd like!)// The direction you go with the topic is up to you, but you'll probably want to include on your wiki page:
 * An overview of the topic
 * Some examples (or links to examples)
 * Links to additional resources and more information
 * A discussion of how this impacts the school library media center or the media program
 * Citations in proper format for any sources you use.
 * **Make the page attractive**--or at the very least professional looking. Use graphics, links, embedded videos or slideshows, or whatever seems appropriate to get your message across.

If you need help with your wikipage, try the **HELP** menu in the upper right hand corner of the page. If you can't find an answer there, ask a classmate or as me.

How long should your page be? Web pages can be any length. Just be sure that you cover the topic in enough depth to show that you have learned something new and provide enough detail that others can learn from your wiki page.

**Be sure to cite any sources that you use!** Plagiarism is not tolerated!


 * Possible topics:**


 * ebooks
 * book awards and award winners
 * other media awards and winners
 * best websites for kids
 * best websites for teens
 * book trailers
 * book clubs
 * online book clubs
 * promoting reading and media with parents
 * making your school library media website a tool for promoting the best books and media
 * getting boys to read
 * getting girls to read
 * iterature in other languages
 * picture books for the middle and high school library media center
 * ebook readers (Kindle, etc.)
 * book widgets
 * enticing reluctant readers
 * working with struggling readers
 * non-traditional book reports
 * intellectual freedom
 * book blogs for kids/teens
 * book reviews by kids/teens
 * literature circles
 * banned books
 * Florida Teens Read!
 * Sunshine State Young Readers Award
 * audiobooks
 * AASL's best websites for teaching and learning
 * ideas for collaborating with teachers and reading coaches
 * Using Teaching Books.net with students and teachers
 * Using SUNLINK with students, teachers and parents
 *  your own idea (check with me)