Internet Safety: Internet 101 - Blog and Diary Web sites - 2 views
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anonymous on 24 Aug 10I found many useful resources here for parents and students. I'll be revisiting and directing students to the site in the future. Thanks
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Facts About Dihydrogen Monoxide - 0 views
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A great example for using information literacy skills.
Save The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus - 0 views
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A great site to demonstrate information literacy with an Internet hoax.
Urban Legends Reference Pages - 0 views
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The definitive Internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and misinformation
The First Human Male Pregnancy - 0 views
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This site purports to describe the first male pregnancy.
Bonsai Kitten - 0 views
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This site purports to preserve family pets.
Five criteria for evaluating Web pages - 0 views
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From Cornell, a concise job aid for understanding the As, B and Cs (accuracy, authority, bias, currency and coverage).
Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need - 0 views
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Based on what your information needs are, NoodleTools provides a directory of search engines suggestions. An excellent place to help students interpret their information needs.
The Super3 - 0 views
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Super3 is the little brother to Big6 for very young students.
Grammar Girl on Sarah Palin and Irony - 0 views
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Grammar Girl video podcast on irony, using the Sarah Palin turkey video as an example. Great for middle schoolers and a figurative language unit!
TeacherTube Videos - Wikipedia and You! - 0 views
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This is a great video to show students about Wikipedia. It does not discredit the site entirely but explains that people can revise information. Also, it is a good general video for navigating Internet information.
PBworks drag and drop uploads - 2 views
When is Google Good? by Kristen Gladden on Prezi - 0 views
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This is the PERFECT presentation I have been wanting for three years now! Students often wonder if Google is a valid source. This presentation explains when Google is and is not good.
Wordnik: All the Words. - 0 views
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A FANTASTIC resource for students (and teachers!), Wordnik allows you to search for a word and then shows its definition, example sentences/uses, etymology, pronunciation, tweets with the word, and photos from Flickr that are related... wonderful for all learning styles.
The Book Seer | Find your next book - 0 views
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Enter the most recent book you have read and its author, and receive a new recommendation! Very easy and perfect for when a student says, "I just don't know what to read next..."
Letters With Character - 0 views
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This blog allows readers to write a letter to a fictional character and then publish it! It is a fantastic way to engage students in the text at a unique level! I want students to do this with a character of their choice from one of our summer reading novels.
Plagiarism by Lora Cowell on Prezi - 0 views
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The best presentation on plagiarism I have found to date- accurate, to-the-point, and still engaging for students... I will add this to our research unit!
Tagxedo - Tag Cloud with Styles - 0 views
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Tagxedo requires Silverlight, but is an awesome way to create word clouds that are gorgeous! I plan to use this next year for concrete poetry because let's face it - it's much better than our drawings could be!
Welcome to Shelfari! Read, Share, Explore! - Shelfari - 0 views
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Shelfari is a social networking page where you can create a virtual shelf to show off your books. Next year I am going to make one for each class and give each class login information so we can track what we read!
Super3 Dinos - 0 views
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A cute way to introduce Super3 to children using dinosaurs.