Additional Resources
Articles
The Information Literate School Community by Jamie McKenzie
Seven Steps Toward Better Searching by Bernie Dodge. (NOTE: While you should read through the entire article, you are not required to complete the activity detailed in it.)
Peruse the resource[ http://www.iste.org/resources/index.cfm ]section of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Web s
ite.
Strengthening Reading and Writing Skills Using the Internet by Scholastic. (NOTE: While you should read through the entire article, you are not required to complete the assignment detailed in it.)
The Web as a Tool for Research by Douglas W. Green
WebQuest Taskonomy: A Taxonomy of Tasks by Bernie Dodge
Wetware: Why Use Activity Structures? by Judi Harris
The New "HomeWork" Parents and Students Together on the Web: A Dozen Information Skills for the Home by Jamie McKenzie
The Internet and Intellectual Freedom from the ALA
Parenting on the Internet: What You Don't Know Can Hurt Kids by Bob Sullivan
Virtual Architecture, [ http://virtual-architecture.wm.edu ]by Judi Harris.
Resources
Global Schoolhouse A Web site dedicated to linking students, teachers, and parents around the world. A database of projects is available at the site's Internet Projects Registry.
KIDLINK/KIDPROJ A database of projects for students and other kids age 5 to 15.
I*EARN The International Education and Resource Network enables young people to undertake projects designed to make a meaningful contribution to the health and welfare of the planet and its people.
Ask Thomas Jefferson A site where students can ask questions of "Thomas Jefferson." Maintained by the staff of Monticello.
Global Grocery List Students share local grocery prices to build a growing table of data to be used in social studies, science, health, mathematics, and other disciplines.
Electronic Emissary An Internet-based service coordinated from the University of Texas at Austin that matches K-12 teachers and students with experts in different disciplines.
The Road Kill Project Designed to involve students and teachers with scientific monitoring of an environmental parameter and to increase participant awareness of motor vehicle hazards with wildlife.
Monarch Watch An educational outreach program at the University of Kansas dedicated to furthering science education, promoting the conservation of Monarch butterflies and involving thousands of students and adults in a cooperative study of the Monarchs' spectacular fall migration.
Virtual Architecture, [ http://virtual-architecture.wm.edu ] The companion site to the book by Judi Harris.
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