Webinar reflection: EasyBib

      Webinars are basically seminars that are presented over the web. This webinars allow for numerous people all around the world to listen to one seminar without spending money on traveling and accommodations. Teachers from the east are able to share with teachers from the west and  vice versa. It also allows teachers and students alike to talk to professionals about their areas of specialty. Classroom 2.0 Live provides great opportunities to watch old and new webinars. 
     There are various topics that webinars cover; from how to use goole earth in the classrooms to the usage of different search engines. I participated in the google earth webinar (Thomas Petra)  while it streaming live and then watched an old webinar about easybib (Darshan Somashekar and Neal Taparia). Each of the presenters knew what they were experts in their respected fields and each were able to answer questions and fully describe what their topic was all about. Since most of us in the class attended the google earth webinar, I will not rehash what we should have all listened to. Instead I will talk about the second webinar I listened to: EasyBib.
     Easybib.com is a place I have used often. It was set up by Darshan Somashekar and Neal Taparia back when they were still in high school. Easybib allows students to create reference or bibliography pages for research papers or anything that needs to be cited. Teachers and students alike can use this site. Students are able to use it to help them make citations and teachers can use the same site to see if the citations are valid.
      There are various form of references that can be made using easybib. The most cited resources are websites, books, newspapers, and journals. The site also allows for the citations of music, photos, etc... The site is very convenient because it inserts the periods, commas, and any other punctuation that a citation needs. To cite a website, all a student or teacher needs to do is input the url. To site a book, insert the book title or ISBN code. If easybib does not have all the information on your search, you can manually input it into the specified fields.
     As students, the most tedious part of writing a paper is going back and citing all the resources that have been used. This site makes life a little more simple. Students and teachers should use this site to ensure that credit is given to the resources that were used. This website allows teachers and students alike to avoid plagiarism.

Here's a video further explaining other uses of  easybib:

Learn more about easybib :
1.   http://live.classroom20.com/1/category/easybib/1.html
Citation guide from easybib:
1.   http://content.easybib.com/students/citation-guide/