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John Edmondson High School

John Edmondson High School

Virtus et Integritas

Telephone02 9825 9815

Emailjedmondson-h.school@det.nsw.edu.au

Steps in the process

  • What do I already know?
  • What do I still need to find out?
  • What sources and equipment can I use?

Information skills

Students should be able to:

  • recall relevant information and skills from previous experience
  • recognise strengths and limitations of current knowledge and decide whether additional information and/or skills are needed
  • limit an investigation to a manageable size
  • identify possible sources (people, organisations, places, print, electronic materials, objects)
  • recognise the relative worth of sources
  • select the best of these sources to use
  • locate sources and appropriate equipment
  • use appropriate equipment
  • record details of sources that are used.

Online resources

Online Bookmarks

  • Delicious - online bookmaking facility. Have your bookmarks available from all computers
  • Diigo - online bookmarks with a highlighter and snapshot

People Search

  • Pipl - a people search for biographies

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