Noodletools???!!!

This year we have started using a new research tool called "Noodletools." It is replacing Easybib for our school district. Easybib had some major changes and no longer offered some of the nice features we liked
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 The transition has been a little bumpy like it always is with new things but we are getting used to it.  This research tool allows students to create citation lists, notecard piles and a paper.  The option to create the paper dovetails with google apps for education. This allows students the ease and flexibility of having all of these things work together. Below is an example of the notecard feature

There are also special sharing and collaboration features.  The teacher can create a class inbox for students so the teacher can see their pace of work, comment on all parts of the project and even create a to do list.

We have been learning alot on the difference between a database and a website and how to effectively evaluate information or at the very least look at it more critically.  We have been citing books, databases, websites and images.  It is important to have students learn that we need to give credit to those people who have originated the information.