{"id":7075,"date":"2025-03-05T10:29:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T18:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/?p=7075"},"modified":"2025-03-05T10:29:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T18:29:28","slug":"quick-access-to-safe-and-reliable-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/2025\/03\/05\/quick-access-to-safe-and-reliable-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Access to Safe and Reliable Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students can now use the handy research icon on their iPad home screen to be directed to our media center websites, where engaging and education-focused research sites await. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-05-at-9.44.18\u202fAM-1024x581.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-05-at-9.44.18\u202fAM-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-05-at-9.44.18\u202fAM-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-05-at-9.44.18\u202fAM-1058x600.png 1058w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-05-at-9.44.18\u202fAM-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-05-at-9.44.18\u202fAM.png 1506w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bend.k12.or.us\/district\/organization\/media-center-elementary\">Elementary Research Databases<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bend.k12.or.us\/district\/organization\/media-center-middle\">Middle School Research Databases<\/a> <br>High School Research Databases vary by school <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Safe and Reliable Sources:<\/strong> Utilizing carefully curated research databases, instead of generic search engines, is crucial for fostering responsible information-seeking in the vast sea of online resources. Additionally, consider incorporating tools like MagicSchool AI to help students find trustworthy resources and enhance their research skills. (Important note: although MagicSchool is included in the research databases, students will only be able to access it when a teacher launches a room for them. Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/2024\/09\/27\/magicschool-ai\/\">MagicSchool AI blog post<\/a> for more on that.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Digital Citizenship and Media Literacy:<\/strong> Teach students to discern credible sources from unreliable ones. Wayfinder has some great activities for this, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/app.withwayfinder.com\/library?per_page=16&amp;search=digital+citizenship&amp;demo_content_type=&amp;favorited=&amp;zero_prep=&amp;grade=&amp;duration=&amp;activity=&amp;accessibility_type=&amp;academic_subject=&amp;groups=&amp;support_id=&amp;type=TeacherActivityResource&amp;tier=&amp;teacher_tier_2=\">Reliable Information<\/a> for grades 7-12 and <a href=\"https:\/\/app.withwayfinder.com\/library?per_page=16&amp;search=digital+citizenship&amp;demo_content_type=&amp;favorited=&amp;zero_prep=&amp;grade=&amp;duration=&amp;activity=&amp;accessibility_type=&amp;academic_subject=&amp;groups=&amp;support_id=&amp;type=TeacherActivityResource&amp;tier=&amp;teacher_tier_2=\">Responsible Research<\/a> for grades 3-5. Introducing them to <a href=\"https:\/\/beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com\/en_us\/interland\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com\/en_us\/interland\">Interland<\/a>, a digital citizenship game, can make learning these important skills engaging and fun, empowering them to take responsibility for the information they consume. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Quick and Easy Access: <\/strong>Students in grades K-8 will now find a new icon on their iPad home screen directing them to the research databases hosted on the media center site. Next time your students have a research project, encourage them tap on this: <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2160\" height=\"1620\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2025\/03\/IMG_0001.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7097\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2025\/03\/IMG_0001.jpeg 2160w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2025\/03\/IMG_0001-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2025\/03\/IMG_0001-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2025\/03\/IMG_0001-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2025\/03\/IMG_0001-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2025\/03\/IMG_0001-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/files\/2025\/03\/IMG_0001-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2160px) 100vw, 2160px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;d like support with safe and reliable research in your classroom, please reach out to our instructional technology team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students can now use the handy research icon on their iPad home screen to be directed to our media center websites, where engaging and education-focused research sites await. If you&#8217;d like support with safe and reliable research in your classroom, <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/2025\/03\/05\/quick-access-to-safe-and-reliable-research\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Quick Access to Safe and Reliable Research<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":543,"featured_media":7076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stc_notifier_status":"sent","_stc_notifier_sent_time":"","_stc_notifier_request":false,"_stc_notifier_prevent":false,"_stc_subscriber_keywords":"","_stc_subscriber_search_areas":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[58422,10695,3852,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-in-two","category-elementary-school","category-middle-school","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/543"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7075"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7099,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7075\/revisions\/7099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bend.k12.or.us\/instructionaltechnology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}