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Purpose of the Website: This children-friendly search engine is a wonderful resource in any classroom. Students can type their search subject in the search box. When the search results appear, there are a list of websites that students can access to find more information on the subject. However, the difference between this search engine and others is that there is a space at the top of the webpage that shows words that are connected with the subject that has been searched. For example, if you search for cows, some of the other subjects listed include cattle, mammal, dairy, milking, and many others. These words are generated based on information that appears in the search results. This can help students search with other key words when they cannot find the other information they are looking for. Grade Level: 3-8 Classroom Connection: This search engine can be used when students are performing research on the computer. Negatives of this Website: The websites that are generated by the search are mostly children-friendly. However, teachers should still teach students how to evaluate websites to choose the most appropriate resources.

Purpose of the Website: Internet searches can be difficult for young students. This search engine helps students use searching strategies to help them find specific information on topics they are looking for. Websites yielded in search are elementary appropriate. Grade Level: K-12 Classroom Connection: This website is a great introduction to searching for children. It helps students understand how to combine search terms to search for information they are looking for.

Purpose of the Website: This search engine allows students to search by subject, not only for a picture they are interested in, but also for images that might be relevant to that subject. For example, if you search for cows, you will see images related to farms, cattle, grass, etc. Grade Level: K-12 Classroom Connection: Since April is National Poetry month, poetry would be a great way to incorporate this website into your classroom. Students can choose a subject that interests them. When they search for that topic, students can choose one of the pictures that comes up in the search results and create a poem that is based around that picture. This will help students to take their subject and think outside the box.

K-12 Students, Professional, Parents Internet search guide- prompts user to choose who they are- then gives topics based on the users needs. Allows user to search alphabetically, by topic, or by typing in specific topic. Provides lesson plans for teachers. Classroom Connections: * Teachers: get lesson plans on different topics. Research educational/professional topics * Offer as a resource for parents * Students: can use for doing research projects

Purpose of the Website: This website is a tutorial created by a librarian at SUNY Albany. The tutorial is an introduction to using the Internet. The readability of the website allows for use by secondary students. The information covers topics such as domain names, programing language, how to search, applications, etc. Make sure you read the "About" section to see what the permissions are for using this website in your classroom. Grade Level: 9-12 Classroom Connection: This website would be great for a library or computer class in high school. Librarians or computer teachers can use this as a reading assignment for students and create an application based activity to go along with it. I am not very comfortable with which kind of activities would be appropriate for a secondary level students since I am an elementary teacher.

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K-12 When approached by parents for the name of a tutor, I am sometimes resistant to recommend. I feel that they ask me because they want to be certain that the tutor is the right one for their child. Beanbag is an online search for tutors. TEnd to your students need for digital literacy and have them explore the page themselves or maybe his enables parents to directly contact tutors and do not have to wait to go through the school. The obvious con to this is that the potential for a inept tutor still exists.

Great technology job search engine. This is the place students can go to get their foot in the door at a technical job.

Purpose of the Website: This website is a tutorial that students can follow through to learn how to access and navigate the Internet. Each section, or lesson, has worksheets that help students navigate through the information and to assess students understanding of the tutorial. Some topics include The Beginning, Getting Started Online, Staying Safe, Using Your Browser, Searching Online, Trying Top Tricks, and The Welcome to the Web Challenge. Students learn things such as what the Internet is for, what links do, how to use the toolbar, etc. Grade Level: 4-8 Classroom Connection: This a wonderful resource to use with upper elementary and secondary students at the beginning of the year to help them review information they already know and introduce them to new information about the Internet. This can be completed independently in class or as a homework assignment. Negatives of this Website: Some parts of the website have a lot of information and is not extremely easy to navigate, therefore might not be used by younger students independently.

Purpose of the Website: This wonderful tool helps students to correctly develop a source cited for information taken from books, websites, newspapers, magazines, journals and film. The easy to use forms allow the user to input all of the important components of the sources they used. This information is then generated into a list in the appropriate format for all the sources used. You can also search for resource online and the form will automatically be filled in for you. Grade Level: 2-12 Classroom Connection: When completing research projects, many students have difficulty citing their sources in the correct format. This website helps students to correctly list their sources. This can be introduced to students along with the introduction for research either in the library or in the computer lab.

Purpose of the Website: This is a directory of podcasts that are professionally developed and available to the public. Users can search podcasts by subject to find podcasts that would be interesting to them. Grade Level: 5-12 (due to the level of material covered) Classroom Connection: Using podcasts, students can gather information and prepare a short oral presentation to share with a group each week. This can be put together almost like a book club. Students can choose a topics that interests them each week and listen to the podcast. They can provide a short description of the podcast, summarize it, and engage group members in a discussion.

Purpose of the Website: This website offers hundreds of different podcasts that are appropriate for use in classrooms. Using the directory, you can search by grade level and subject to find podcasts that work well for your class's needs. Grade Level: K-12, Professional Classroom Connection: Students can use podcasts on a weekly basis to help develop their listening skills. One way this can be used in a classroom is possibly listening to weekly current events and having the students create a class newspaper sharing events that are happening around the country or around the world. Negatives of this Website: A lot of the podcasts available of the website are created by students and schools. It might be a great idea to include some podcasts that are professional created and approved by teachers.

K-12 Similar to YouTube, but teachers and students can search for school appropriate videos to show in class.

3-12 Teachers and students can create or search voicethreads. Images, videos, documents can be uploaded and students can collarborate and/or add comments to voicethreads. Cons: must register and limited access for Free version.

Grades 3-8 Interactive- step by step process for students to do a research project. Links are included at each step--to provide students help with that step/skill. Classroom Connections: * Use to teach each step of the process whole group- interactively using SmartBoard--Teaching one step per day. * Students can do interactive activities as a center choice

Purpose of the Website: This is an unbelievable tool for introducing the research process to students. The website is particularly helpful for the visual learner. Students can explore different ways to plan their research, search for information, take notes and use the information they find. Grade Level: 3-8 Classroom Connection: Using this website as a learning tool, students can use guided inquiry to develop a plan for research. Students could also use the information on this website to participate in a webquest in which they need to develop a "research guide" for their district to help new students understand how to perform a research project.

K-8 Student reference site with educational resources, activities and games addressing all content areas. Classroom connections: * Reference resources- dictionaries, atlases, encyclopedias etc. can be used interactively on SmartBoard- for whole group instruction and practice * Reference materials and search engine can be used by students for research projects and content area assignments * interactive/educational activities and games can be used as a center choice

Grades 11 and 12 A great website if you are searching for answers to your Microsoft Office questions. It is has a great knowledgebase.

All online newspapers overlaid on a Google Map. Search for content, zoom in and click on a placemark to view the paper. The website also has the ability to translate. Classroom Connection: *Foreign Language - read newspaper in the native language *Social Studies - compare/contrast a particular topic based on the location of the report; how would an incident in Egypt be reported out by American newspapers as opposed to an Italian newspaper?

Grade level- 7-12 CC- Students can analyze different perspectives on a current event by looking at all the different newspapers. Overview- Using google maps, a user can look newspapers from across the world. COns- Some newspapers do not correctly translate into English.

Free website where it has educational games, activities, quizzes, articles, and more for all ages. Has all subjects.

A great overall resource for all education. you will have to do some searching and playing around for what works for specific grade levels. CNN rated this "site of the week"

Free website where it has educational games, activities, quizzes, articles, and more for all ages. Has all subjects.

Purpose of the Website: This website is a safe surfing website for children. The website was created by an elementary school teacher who wanted her students to have a safe place to gather information on the Internet. There are over 400 pages of information on various topics that students can explore. The information is easy to read and navigate. Grade Level: K-5 Classroom Connection: This is a great website for students to use when gathering information for homework, or small amounts of information for class activities.