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provides great information on helping all students-not only elementary students-develop research skills. Her entire blog, entitled Langwitches, is dedicated to integrating the use of technology into learning and provides excellent resources and ideas.

How to find and search on the invisible web

View this database containing links to the following types of museums: Air & Space, Aviation, History, Maritime, Science, and Sports.

View the Guggenheim database of virtual collections containing over 700 artworks by nearly 300 artists. "Founded on a collection of early modern masterpieces, the Guggenheim Museum today is an ever-growing institution devoted to the art of the 20th century and beyond."

The Louvre has an excellent digital library. Explore Islamic art, Roman antiquities, and works by the masters. Be sure to explore the link for teachers.

Find answers to questions

This tool is built on Google's Advanced Search and conducts a Google search with the keywords that you fill in for each field. As you type, WATCH as the Wizard builds your query in the search box above. Then click Search. Evaluate the results and revise your keywords to get the best results for your topic!

s young people explore information, they need to make sense of what they find.

Wonderville is a fun, interactive destination for kids to discover the exciting world of science. This award-winning site encourages exploration and curiosity, while helping kids discover how much fun science can be.

Digital Information Fluency (DIF) is the ability to find, evaluate and use digital information effectively, efficiently and ethically.

students will use the Internet to research and create webquests about the texts and authors that Shakespeare studied in grammar school.

Utilize content from an Internet Web site and determine the effectiveness of a specific presidential candidate's use of technology as a campaign tool by recording specific data and opinions on a worksheet.

This web project will help you make the connection between theory and practice by exploring some online resources related to literacy, themes, literature circles, technology, and learning.

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The Visual Thesaurus is an interactive dictionary and thesaurus which creates word maps that blossom with meanings and branch to related words. Its innovative display encourages exploration and learning. You'll understand language in a powerful new way.

This is a social news Web site where students can go to browse through the headlines from major news organizations, participate in article discussions, rate the news articles, and even write their own news columns. A great explanation of the site can be found at "Newsvine - Seeding the Vine. First Look!"

This is an online notetaking tool for students, where they can take, edit and share notes online, search and share notes, and manage work using a calendar and to-do lists

This tool allows you to keep all of your news and blogs in one place.