{"id":3454,"date":"2020-03-10T07:30:45","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T11:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/?p=3454"},"modified":"2020-03-10T11:30:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T15:30:18","slug":"citing-media-sources-for-school-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/2020\/03\/citing-media-sources-for-school-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Citing Media Sources for School Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citing sources for school projects has changed in some ways over time and stayed the same in others. The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scribbr.com\/citing-sources\/citation-styles\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">styles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easybib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/new-piktochart_23336931.png\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MLA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (the most widely used in K-12 school projects), APA, Chicago, Harvard, AMA, etc. still exist, their biggest changes being additions to the types of sources that need citing in the digital age. The most substantial changes have come about in the tools that can be used to cite sources and the<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schrockguide.net\/uploads\/3\/9\/2\/2\/392267\/copyright_schrock_original.pdf\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;rules&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plagiarism.org\/article\/how-do-i-cite-sources\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">citing sources<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Obviously, these<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsense.org\/education\/videos\/copyright-and-fair-use-animation\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">changes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have come about due to the abundance of media available<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.educationworld.com\/a_curr\/curr247.shtml\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to students today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/InzDjH1-9Ns\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Students need to first understand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eff.org\/teachingcopyright\">why<\/a> they are citing sources before they learn the how of citing sources.\u00a0 The ease of locating media for school projects can lead students to wonder if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.turnitin.com\/blog\/memes-how-do-you-cite-them\">items are freely available<\/a> on the internet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matsuk12.us\/cms\/lib\/AK01000953\/Centricity\/Domain\/1911\/Plagiarism_Infograph.pdf\">what needs to be cited<\/a> and what does not. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.connectsafely.org\/copyright\/\">Teachers and school librarians<\/a> are on the front line of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technokids.com\/blog\/education-websites\/cite-the-source\/\">answering this question<\/a>.\u00a0 There are a variety of ready to use lesson plans available for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsense.org\/education\/lesson\/whose-is-it-anyway-3-5\">elementary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/betterlesson.com\/lesson\/623105\/avoiding-plagiarism-and-citing-sources\">middle<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachervision.com\/educational-technology\/citing-internet-sources\">high school<\/a>. Many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/teachers\/blog-posts\/angela-bunyi\/reliable-sources-and-citations\/\">lessons<\/a> can also be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cultofpedagogy.com\/online-images\/\">adapted<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/betterlesson.com\/community\/lesson\/29131\/citing-sources\">varying<\/a> age groups.\u00a0 If you would like to produce your own lessons, there are also many resources available like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noodletools.com\/showme\/\">modules<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CDGdqoCyAtw&amp;feature=youtu.be\">videos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citationgame.org\/\">games<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.copyrightkids.org\/\">sites<\/a> all about citing sources made for students.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-MAR-Citing-Media-Sources.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3489\" src=\"http:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-MAR-Citing-Media-Sources-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-MAR-Citing-Media-Sources-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-MAR-Citing-Media-Sources-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/teachersfirst.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/2020-MAR-Citing-Media-Sources.png 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Citing sources can be done<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.schrockguide.net\/uploads\/3\/9\/2\/2\/392267\/workscited_1_6.pdf\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">without the use of an online tool<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> using any of the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bibme.org\/citation-guide\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">styles<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. There are<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsense.org\/education\/top-picks\/research-and-citation-tools-for-students\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">many tools<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> available for citing sources available online. Some tools are free versions of paid tools that have fewer features than the paid version like<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noodletools.com\/free\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NoodleTools<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scrible.com\/edu-students\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scrible<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Then there are free citation tools that students can use to cite various types of sources, then copy and paste their citations into a document like<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.easybib.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EasyBib<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citethisforme.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cite This For Me<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which both contain ads. There is also<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citationgenerator.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citation Generator<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which has no ads, has more features, and a clean, easy to use layout.\u00a0 Another citation generator with the added feature of being able to save multiple works cited lists for various projects ad-free is<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mybib.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MyBib<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, citing sources is an essential lesson needed by students so that they can recognize the importance of crediting information to its source. Many resources are available through<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachersfirst.com\/search_action.cfm?grade_low=0&amp;grade_high=12&amp;searchtext=citation&amp;searchtype=all\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TeachersFirst<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for citing as well as finding resources for student research projects. Don&#8217;t forget to check out the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/teachersfirst.com\/blog\/?s=research+online\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TeachersFirst blog posts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for help with teaching students about research!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citing sources for school projects has changed in some ways over time and stayed the same in others. The styles like MLA (the most widely used in K-12 school projects), APA, Chicago, Harvard, AMA, etc. still exist, their biggest changes being additions to the types of sources that need citing in the digital age. 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