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| Internet Sites What follows is an annotated list of sites. These sites include information about search engines, tutorials on building a home page, lesson plans, activities, and tips and tricks. Blackboard http://www.blackboard.com/ The CourseSites channel, a free service, enables instructors to add an online component to their classes, or even host an entire course on the Web. Without knowing any HTML, instructors can quickly create their own learning materials, class discussions, and tests online. There are many ways a teacher can incorporate searching into the classroom. Britannica http://www.britannica.com/help/search This is the best tutorial on how to search. Click on Search Tips to find helpful suggestions. Concept to Classroom http://www.wnet.org/wnetschool/concept2class/ At the Concept to Classroom site, you can learn how to use WebQuests to teach your students to think critically about information on the Internet. They can also learn how to design their own WebQuests here. Creating a Web Page http://www.marshall-es.marshall.k12.tn.us/jobe/webpage.html Marshall Elementary School provides HTML tutorials, guideline, resources, free home pages, editors, graphics, and much more. Evaluating Websites: Criteria and Tools http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html The site discusses factors to consider when you evaluate a website. Furthermore, the site contains Web links, Web reviews, and rankings. How to Create Web Pages http://www.infopeople.org/howto/htmlnote.html There is a list of sites to help you learn how to create Web pages. How to Search the Web: A Guide to Search Tools http://daphne.palomar.edu/TGSEARCH/ The site, created by Terry A. Gray, discusses search engines like AltaVista, Excite, WebCrawler, Lycos, and Yahoo!. It has searching tips, useful articles, and a summary chart. HTML Writers Guild Web site http://www.hwg.org/ The HTML Writers Guild provides resources, support, representation, and education for Web authors at all skill levels. Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators—Critical Evaluation Surveys http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html Kathy Schrock has designed a series of evaluation surveys, one each at the elementary, middle, and secondary school level. On-Line Practice Modules http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line.htm This site was created by Susan Brooks and Bill Byles from the Memphis City Schools. You will find on this site a collection of tutorials, for teachers or students in grades K-12. These tutorials give instructions in software programs such as Microsoft Office suite and Inspiration. In addition, there is a tutorial for creating a WebQuest. Open Directory http://dmoz.org/ The Open Directory is a comprehensive Web directory, relying on a vast army of volunteer editors. Practical Guide to HTML Publishing and Resources http://members.aol.com/Rick1515/ This site contains HTML books, basics, editors, resources, and graphics. Researching the Web and Web Page Creation http://tewinkle.nmusd.k12.ca.us/webpage.html This site contains a variety of sites that help you search the Web, Web page creation, and evaluate what you find. Teacher'sFirst.com http://www.teachersfirst.com/index.htm Teacher'sFirst.com has a nice collection of Web resources and lessons for the K-12 teacher. If you click on Site Resources you will be able to find a Web tutorial on WebQuests. TeachersFirst's Webquest 101 tutorial is where you learn the basics of WebQuest design, as well as search strategies. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html Susan Beck's comprehensive site concerns evaluation criteria with samples, suggestions, and bibliography. Want to Make Your Own Home Page? http://w3.trib.com/~dwood/createpage.html This site is designed for the absolute beginner. It tells you everything you need to know to start creating your own home page. WebQuest Central http://theeducatorsnetwork.com/main/forward/resource2.htm From the Educational Network, WebQuest Central contains a collection of WebQuest Units, lessons, and WebQuest Sites. The WebQuest Page http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html The creator of WebQuest, Dr. Bernie Dodge, has designed the site to serve as an extensive resource for individuals who are using the Web-Quest model to teach. This site provides excellent examples and collected materials. Yahoo!Groups (formerly egroups) http://groups.yahoo.com/ Yahoo!Groups lets anyone create a special interest group on the Internet with its own e-mail address and Web site. This free service allows you to discuss issues on a specific topic of interest to the group, stay in touch with your classmates, and share information. Yahoo! WebQuests http://dir.yahoo.com/Education/Instructional_Technology/Online_Teaching_and_Learning/WebQuests/ Yahoo's! directory has hundreds of examples of WebQuests that can be used in K–12 classrooms. Web Sites Referenced in the Chapter Media Matrix http://www.mediamatrix.org Search Engine Watch http://www.searchenginewatch.com Open Directory http://dmoz.org About.com http://about.com AltaVista http://www.altavista.com Ask Jeeves http://www.ask.com Dogpile http://www.dogpile.com Excite http://www.excite.com Fast Search http://alltheweb.com http://www.google.com Google Web Directory http://directory.google.com HotBot http://www.hotbot.lycos.com Ixquick http://ixquick.com KidsClick! http://www.kidsclick.org LookSmart http://www.looksmart.com Lycos http://www.lycos.com MetaCrawler http://www.metacrawler.com Open Directory Project http://dmoz.org Yahoo! http://www.yahoo.com Web Crawler http://www.webcrawler.com The University of California at Berkeley http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Teachinglib/Guides/Internet/ToolsTables.html The University of South Carolina's BareBones 101 http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/bones.html Awesome Library http://www.awesomelibrary.org/help.html Videomaker's Streaming Videos http://www.streamingvideos.com Acrobat Reader http://www.adobe.com Apple Quick Time http://www.apple.com Flash player http://www.macromedia.com Real Jukebox http://www.real.com Shockwave http://www.macromedia.com Scholastic's Teacher Section http://teacher.scholastic.com CanTeach http://www.canteach.ca Pals Activities http://pals.virginia.edu/scores/Activities/activity.cfm?type=edit&what=Activity&id=26&subcategoryID=7 Lesson Plans from the Teacher's Desk http://www.teachersdesk.org CyberGuides: Teacher Guides and Student Activities http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/ cyberguide.html SCORE Mathematics Lessons http://score.kings.k12.ca.us MathStories http://www.mathstories.com TeAch-nology the Web Portal for Educators http://www.teach-nology.com Math Forum Internet Mathematics Library http://mathforum.org/library/resource_types/lesson_plans Archiving Early America http://www.earlyamerica.com Shotgun's Home of the Civil War http://www.civilwarhome.com WPI Military Science http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/MilSci/BTSI CEEE GirlTECH Lesson Plans http://teachertech.rice.edu/Lessons/index.html SCORE Science http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/ I Can Do That! http://www.eurekascience.com/ICanDoThat/ Rock Hound http://www.fi.edu/fellows/payton/rocks/index2.html Newton's Apple http://www.tpt.org/newtons AskERIC Lesson Plans http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Science/Biology MapQuest http://www.mapquest.com Weather.com http://www.weather.com Education Place's Wacky Web Tales http://www.eduplace.com/tales/index.html Puzzle Maker http://www.puzzlemaker.com GeoCities http://geocities.yahoo.com/ Dr. Martin Luther King Scavenger Hunt http://tstrong.com/mlking/index.htm The Distance Educator Journal http://www.distance-educator.com/ Planetary Webquests http://teacher.esuhsd.org/webquests/webquests/planetary.html EcoQuest: Desert Edition http://members.aol.com/Questsite/1/ Kathy Schronk's Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html Welcome Webquests http://www.techtrekers.com Blogger http://www.blogger.com Yahoo!'s GeoCities http://geocities.yahoo.com NSCA Beginner's Guide to HTML http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerAll.html Cells Alive http://www.cellsalive.com Learning.com http://learning.com Waterford Early Reading Program http://www.pearsondigital.com QuickMind.net http://www.quickmind.net netTrekker http://www.nettrekker.com/frontdoor |