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Item name linked to the correct page |
Rationale |
Listservs or
Forums
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AUTO_CAT |
The discussion focus on all aspects of
cataloging. The list is moderated and the postings are screened.
For librarians, this list is helpful because
it helps answer cataloging questions and helps the reader understand
cataloging a little better. |
| CHILD_LIT: |
This listserv discusses children's literature.
Discussions focus on book reviews, analysis of books, and suitability of
books for age groups. Well known authors are and known to post to
the discussion list. The list is moderated and
Listservs or postings are screened. This list is great for librarians,
classroom teachers, or anyone else interested
in children's literature. |
| LM_NET |
This listserv discusses all aspects of the school librarian's
job. Topics from instruction, to collection development, to censorship
are discussed. An archive allows access to past posting. The list
is moderated and the postings are screened. This list is a "must" for all
school media specialists. -- A membership of 10,000+ makes it very likely
that postings will be responded to quickly and that more than one response
will come your way. |
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Search Tools
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Ask Jeeves for
Kids |
This kid-version of the grown up search engine site
allows students to search by typing in a phrase, such as "How do magnets
work?" and the search engine selects the key words from the question and
returns web site recommendations. One draw back is that the search engine
may encourage students to search by question or phrase on any search. The
other side of the coin though, is that most students try to cut their time
by figuring out that they can simply enter a search word and get the same
results. |
| Ask
Earl |
This search engine is really a sub-catagory of
"Yahooligans" and is really a directory. Students can search Yahooligans
by search term, or they can select a link from Yahooligans called "Ask
Earl" and type in their question. This directory
works in a similar way to "Ask Jeeves for Kids". |
| Kids Click! |
This search engine is put together by school librarians
and is organized, easy to read, user friendly, and returns good results.
I was working on with a student using a different search engine and "Kids
Click!" returned the same result that included my information, but did
not include as many others -- that's helpful in some ways because sometimes
students have too many choices. |
Lesson Plan
Sources
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Discovery.com |
I found this site as a link from Kathy Schrock's
website. I like the ease of this link: you can search by grade
and subject. This plans themselves are "doable" and are detailed.
The plans include outcomes as well as procedures and ideas for adapting
the plan to your needs. |
| Encarta |
This website is linked to Encarta Encyclopedia
but you need not have Encarta to carry out the lesson plans.
The plans are linked to Information Literacy and provide not just ideas
for finding information, but also instructs students to use the information
they found in some meaningful way. Plans include ideas on adapting
the lessons as well as ways to enhance them for highly-able students. |
Data Sets or
Online Tools
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Elementary
Geometry |
I found this activity through the MarcoPolo site.
It's great for developing geometry concepts in primary grades. Students
can also learn about distances, constructing a map, orienting left and
right, and plotting a graph. I showed this to a second grade teacher
and she loved it! You'll want to play with it too! |
| Stages
of a Butterfly |
I am excited about this site! I'm going
to try it with my first graders this week after I read them a butterfly
book. Not only is it simple enough for them, using the site helps
build their "click" and "drag" skills. It's colorful, it's "no fail"
and in the end, it gives students a chance to synthesize their information
in a few sentences. |
| Virtual
Laboratory |
This site somewhat like the Roller Coaster site
that we previewed. The user tries to fire a cannon ball into
a target. The variables include such factors as "angle", "velocity",
and "drag". A great physics exploratory for middle school. |
Telecollaborative
Projects
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E-pals
Book Discussion |
Students and teachers make arrangements with another
class via the Internet to hold a book discussion group online. |
| Friends and
Flags |
Students and teachers exchange cultural information
with students in another country via email, photos, and other electronic
means. After electronically corresponding for several months, both
groups exchange a cultural package. |
| Writing
Links |
Students from three different schools collaborate
to write a three part fairy tale. A school writes one part and then
posts it on the Internet. A second school writes part two and a third school
writes part three. |
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Virtual Field Trips
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Virtual
Jamestown |
This trip takes you to restored Jamestown.
Visitors are able to see all of the fort, including tents, fences, ships,
stocks, etc. Real photos are used and a camera lets one "walk around"
a 360 view. |
| Van
Gogh Exhibit |
This great Van Gogh exhibit from the American
Gallery of Art takes the viewer up close and personal with paintings.
A narrator gives details of Van Gogh's life as viewers visit the museum
rooms with his paintings. |
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