Monday, November 26, 2012

Sourcing and Topic

Here is the link for the youtube video for how to cite your sources:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCF4TUTb03A

Your source should be:
Author Last Name, First Name. ¨Title of Work.¨¨Title of Website. Publisher/Sponsor, Day Month Year of Publication. Format.  Day Month Year of access. <url>. 

FOR EXAMPLE: 

¨Colombia.¨ The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency, 14 Nov 2012. Web. 28 Nov 2012. <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/co.html>. 


Remember to use Footnotes (nota al final).

PURDUE MLA FORMATTING

Remember, the topic is MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS 1 and 8 (click for Youtube videos)
MDG 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
MDG 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development
Another MDG link

Monday, November 12, 2012

Credible websites

Here are some good websites that you may use while researching.  This list is NOT exclusive.  Remember: most websites that end in .gov, .edu, and .org are generally credible and good websites.  Wikipedia is NOT a good website!
Use wordreference.com to translate words. Do NOT use google translate.  Use google.com to search.  Search in Spanish and English.  




United Nations/Global Classrooms
Cyber Schoolbus  - this is the site we used in class!

MDG Progress
Center for Global Development - a great site with maps tracking MDG progress
UN MDG - see statistics on all of the MDGs.  A UN website.
MDG Monitor - in depth data on the MDGs

Country Information
CIA World Factbook
Infoplease - amazing site for country information
Indexmundi - great overall country and data
BBC Country Profiles - an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries
Nation Master - a great way to find data on almost anything, and compare two countries´ statistics
UNICEF  - country statistics
BBC News Country Profiles - country information

Health 
Center for Disease Control (CDC)  - disease statistics