Thing 16

I looked over many of the suggested sites, but I liked Google Fast Flip! I think it is a great way to get updated news in a flash on many subjects. You could research business, sports, politics, entertainment, health, etc. I chose the topic of health to investigate, and I learned some interesting facts very quickly. For example, at a glance I saw that coming from Asia there is a new antibiotic resistant bacteria most likely to hit the US! Yikes!, this is especially scary for me because my college aged daughter is on her way to do a Coop in Cambodia as of Augl 17th! Also, there was a great article on how the health field can possibly detect if you are likely to develop Alzheimers in the future...the debate over would people really want to know and the benefits of having this knowledge early on.

I could see this tool being valuable for students with current events and research projects. It would familiarize them with using periodicals/magazine articles as sources. Many reputable xources are given on the site. I also think the Bibliography citing sites would be helpful for students when they are learning to create or are creating their bibliography page. This would help them a great deal, since this is always a tricky task.