The Role of the School Library in the Restructured School

Technology and the Restructured School

Change	IL Standards	Content Standards	Assessment/Rubrics	Model Lessons	Scaffolds & Organizers
Tools for teachers & librarians	Problem-Based Learning	School Library Web Pages	Web Tutorials	Citation	Essential Questions
Copyright	Web Evaluation	Professional Development	Library Tools	Lesson Sources	Listservs

The philosophy of change

Active Learning on the Web http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/active/ActiveLearningk-12.html

Active Learning Practices for Schools http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/

AlfieKohn.org http://www.alfiekohn.org/

ArtFul Minds http://library.advanced.org/50072

Annenberg Institute for School Reform http://www.aisr.brown.edu

Atlas Communities http://www.edc.org/FSC/ATLAS/

Classroom of the Future (NASA) http://www.cotf.edu/

Center on Learning, Assessment, and School Structure http://www.classnj.org/

CEO Forum on Technology in Education http://www.ceoforum.org

Coalition of Essential Schools http://www.essentialschools.org/

CES Fieldbook http://www.essentialschools.org/fieldbook/fieldbook.html

Collaboration Toolbox http://www.essentialschools.org/projects/iitic/iitictools.html

Constructivist Project Design Guide http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/livetext/curricula/general/webcurr.html

CoVis Project Pedagogy http://www.covis.nwu.edu/Geosciences/philosophy/philosophy.htm

Concept Mapping Homepage http://www.to.utwente.nl/user/ism/lanzing/cm_home.htm

Connecting Students Through Themes and Units http://www.connectingstudents.com/themes/index.htm

Creativity Web http://www.ozemail.com.au/~caveman/Creative

Critical Issue: Professional Development http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te1000.htm

Digital Divide http://www.digitaldivide.gov/

Educational Systems Design (PSU) http://www.ed.psu.edu/insys/ESD/ESD.html

EdWeb http://edweb.gsn.org/

Eds Oasis Teachers' Guild http://www.edsoasis.org/TGuild/TeachersGuild.html

Education Reform Sources http://www.nicsl.coled.umn.edu/links/ref.htm

Effectiveness of Education Technology http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/07/cyber/education/14education.html#1

Electronic Emissary http://www.tapr.org/emissary/

Electronic Frontier Foundation http://www.eff.org

ENC's reform in Action http://www.enc.org/classroom/index.htm

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Technology http://www.ed.gov/Technology/TechConf/1999/index.html

Embracing Engaged Learning http://www.ash.udel.edu/incoming/mjohnson/model.html

Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/digitaldivide/

Filamentality http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/guide_teachers.html

From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal http://fno.org

Global School House http://www.gsh.org/

Information Searcher Cybertours http://www.infosearcher.com/cybertours/

Internet use by Teachers: Conditions of Professional Use & Teacher-Directed Student Use

http://www.crito.uci.edu/TLC/findings/Internet-Use/startpage.htm

Judi Harris' Virtual Architecture http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/index.html

KanCRN Collaborative Research Network http://kancrn.org

Knowledge Loom http://knowledgeloom.org/

Laptop Learning Challenge http://www.nsta.org/programs/laptop/

Learn and Live http://www.glef.org/learnlive/gframe.html

Learning With the World http://www.ozline.com/learning/workshop.html

LiveText: Teachers' College, Columbia University http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/livetext/

Looking at Student Work http://www.aisr.brown.edu/html/lsw/home.html

Making Best Use of the Net http://www.4forefront.com/integration2.html

Marco Polo http://www.wcom.com/marcopolo/

Moving Forward with David Thornburg http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/techknow/thornburg/index.html

Multiple Intelligences http://www.interserf.net/mcken/im.htm

Multiple Intelligence Theory http://edweb.gsn.org/edref.mi.intro.html

National Foundation for the Improvement of Education http://www.nfie.org/

NCREL Professional Development http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/methods/technlgy/te1000.htm

NCRTEC: North Central Regional Technology in Education Consortium http://www.ncrel.org/ncrtec/

New Horizons': The Tool Room http://www.newhorizons.org/trm_intr.html

New Project Zero Publications http://pzweb.harvard.edu/ProdServ/Pubsnew.htm

Overview for Searching Information (Tammy Payton) http://www.buddyproject.org/tool/search/default.asp

Ozline: Surf, Stumble and Lurch http://www.ozline.com/learning/stumble.html

Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer at http://www.kn.pacbell.com/

Pathways to School Improvement http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/pathwayg.htm

PedagoNet http://www.pedagonet.com

Penn State Educational Systems Design http://www.ed.psu.edu/insys/ESD/ESD.html

Planning Guide for Staff Development http://www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/sca-dpp/tftp/develop/develop1.html

Progressive Educator http://www.newmaine.com/progressive-educator/

Project Approach http://www.ualberta.ca/~schard/projects.htm

Project Zero http://pzweb.harvard.edu

Recommended Reading for Internet Educators http://www.onlineclass.com/OnlineClass/resources.html

Resources for Educators http://www.att.com/edresources/

Questioning Toolkit (Jamie McKenzie) http://emifyes.iserver.net/fromnow/nov97/toolkit.html

Question Links questions.html

Role of Online Communications in Schools: A National Study http://www.cast.org/publications/stsstudy/index.html

Study Web: Teacher's Resource for Learning http://www.studyweb.com/teach/lrnstyle.htm

Tech.learning http://www.techlearning.com

Technology Counts http://www.edweek.org/sreports/tc/

Ten Stages of Working the Web for Education (Tom March) http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/may99/march.htm

ThinkMap http://www.thinkmap.com/

Third Millennium Project http://www.millennaire.com/about.html

2 Learn (TELUS Learning Connection) http://www.2learn.ca/mapset/mapset.html

Universal Intelligence Standards http://www.sonoma.edu/cthink/k12/k12library/unistan.nclk

Web and Educational Reform http://www.gsn.org/web/reform/index.htm

Web and Flow (Tom March) http://www.web-and-flow.com

Webby Awards http://www.webbyawards.com/index.phtml

What Have We Learned About Good Instruction? http://www.mdk12.org/practices/good_instruction/index.html

What's On the Web (Tom March) http://www.ozline.com/learning/webtypes.html

WiredKids K-12 Resources http://www.wiredkids.org/internet_resources.html

Working the Web for Education http://ozline.com/learning/theory.html

Workshops on Integrating Internet Resources into the Curriculum: http://www.peotone.will.k12.il.us/fs/learning_activities.html

Standards and models for information literacy

Big6 Page http://big6.syr.edu/

Information Literacy Guidelines K-12 (California) http://ctap.fcoe.k12.ca.us/ctap/Info.Lit/infolit.html

Information Literacy - Learning How to Learn http://www.ri.net/RITTI_Fellows/Barton/infolit.html

Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning http://www.ala.org/aasl/ip_toc.html

State Library Media Frameworks Links (Putnam Valley) http://putwest.boces.org/StSu/Library.html

WLMA Information Literacy Handout http://www.wlma.org/literacy/eslintro.htm#eslcomp

Washington School Library Association http://www.wlma.org/Literacy/infoskil.htm

Infozone http://www.assd.winnipeg.mb.ca/infozone/index.htm

Education Queensland Minimum Standard for Teachers in Information Technology http://www.qed.qld.gov.au/tal/2001/sin_mst.htm

For more links: libstuff.html#info

Maine Association of School Librarians http://www.MASLibraries.org/Resources/Professional_Resources/LRcur.html

Oregon Public Education Network: Oregon School Library Information System http://www.open.k12.or.us/portal/librarians/lpsearch.html

Standards for Minnesota School Library Programs http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/memo/mnstandards.htm

Essential Questions (more at questions.html)

CES Collection of Essential Questions http://www.essentialschools.org/fieldbook/strategies/curriculum/eqcollection.html

Essential Questions (Bellingham Schools) http://wwwgen.bham.wednet.edu/essenque.htm

Framing Essential Questions (From Now On) http://www.fno.org/sept96/questions.html

Asking the Essential Questions (Horace) http://www.essentialschools.org/pubs/horace/05/v05n05.html

Asking Essential Questions http://www.biopoint.com/ibr/askquestion.html

Generating Essential Questions http://www.mdk12.org/practices/good_instruction/projectbetter/information_literacy/il-26-27.html

Questioning.org (Jamie McKenzie) http://questioning.org/

Exploratorium Institute for Inquiry http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/index.html

Generating Essential Questions http://www.mdk12.org/practices/good_instruction/projectbetter/information_literacy/il-26-27.html

Introduction to Problem-Based Learning http://www.imsa.edu/team/cpbl/whatis/whatis/slide1.html

Inquiry Based Learning and Teaching http://www.bsu.edu/teachers/burris/iwonder/

KanCRN Collaborative Research Network http://kancrn.org

Problem-based Learning

http://hale.pepperdine.edu/~ammowad/problem-based_learning.htm

Resources for Inquiry-based Language http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/projects/inquiry/resources/resources.html

Using the Internet to Promote Inquiry-based Learning http://www.biopoint.com/ibr/startup.html

WebQuest Page http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html

Assessment and Rubrics

Technology Assessment Resources (Mankato/Bellingham) http://www.bham.wednet.edu/assess2.htm

ISTE's National Educational Technology Standards for Students http://www.iste.org/

CEO Forum STaR Chart http://www.ceoforum.org

ERIC Assessment and Evaluation http://ericae.net/

Fair Test http://fairtest.org/

Exploration of Classroom Assessment http://www.irl.org/assess/assess.html

Portfolios for Teaching and Learning http://www.monroe2boces.org/shared/instruct/portfolios/curriculum.htm

Six Trait Analytical Assessment Model http://www.nwrel.org/sixtraits/sixtraits.html

Assessment http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/as0cont.htm

Authentic Assessment in Math http://forum.swarthmore.edu/sum94/project2.html

Buros Institute of Mental Measurements http://www.unl.edu/buros/

Information Skills Rating System (Oak Harbor, WA) http://www.fno.org/libskill.html

CRESST: National Center for Research on Evaluation http://cresst96.cse.ucla.edu/

Test Locator http://ericae.net/testcol.htm

Assessing Student Work http://www-ed.fnal.gov/ntep/f98/projects/rubrics/

Rubrics

Developing a Rubric http://cotf.edu/ete/teacher/rubricdev.html

Kathy Schrock's Rubrics http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html

MidLinks Rubrics http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/ho.html

Rubrics Rubrics http://7-12educators.miningco.com/library/weekly/aa122098.htm?pid=2812&cob=home

Negotiable Contracting and Rubrics http://www.interactiveclassroom.com/neg-cont.html

Steps in Building a Unit of Study http://www.servtech.com/~germaine/Steps.html

Creating Rubrics http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/Rubrics/Rubrics_for_Web_Lessons.html

Midlink Magazine's Rubrics and Assessment Tools http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/ho.html

Rubrics for Web Lessons http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/rubrics/Rubrics_for_Web_Lessons.html

WebQuest Rubric http://powayusd.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/craft/projectrubric.htm

Model lessons incorporating an information literacy approach

Learning Page of the Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov:8081/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html

American Dreams. . . Through the Decades http://www.internet-catalyst.org/projects/amproject/toc.html

Child Labor Unit (Atkinson/Valenza) http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~wmsweb/atkinson/LOC/plan.htm

Media Literacy Clearinghouse http://www.med.sc.edu:81/medialit/

Turn of the Century Child http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/cur/20c/turn.html

SCORES Cyberguides for Language Arts http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html

TELUS Learning Connection: Collaborative Research Projects http://www.2learn.ca/Projects/

Bellingham Schools: Online Research Projects http://www.bham.wednet.edu/stu.htm

Connected Questions http://www.classroom.com

Creating Web-based Lessons http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/

or http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/training/scavenger.html

EDSITEment http://edsitement.neh.gov/

Eyes On Art: A Learning to Look Curriculum http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art2/index.html

ArtsEdNet (Getty) http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/

ArtsEdge http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/teaching_materials/curricula/artsedge.html

Graphic Organizer http://www.graphic.org/

Illuminations (Math) http://illuminations.nctm.org/

Lesson Plans and Activities: Technology http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/techlessons.asp

Making the Best Use of the Internet to Enhance Student Learning http://lone-eagles.com/guide.htm

Marco Polo http://www.wcom.com/marcopolo/

Science NetLinks http://ehrweb.aaas.org/scinetlinks/index.html

WebQuests http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html

WebQuest Matrix of Examples http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html

WebQuest Taskonomy http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/taskonomy.html

Teachers First Matrix http://www.teachersfirst.com/matrix-f.htm

Gem Gateway http://www.thegateway.org/

ThinkQuest http://tqd.advanced.org/ByTitle.html

Reservation Controversies: Then and Now http://www.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/libr/casino.htm

Sample unit from Jamie McKenzie 1

Sample unit from Jamie McKenzie 2

Module Maker Jamie McKenzie http://www.fno.org/module/module.html

Examples of Online Learning (McKenzie) http://www.fno.org/module/module4.html

Web-based Research Modules: Grand Prairie ISD http://www.gpisd.org/gpisd/modules/modulepage.html

University of Northern Iowa Student Projects http://www.uni.edu/profdev/gallery/projects.html

Scavenger Hunts

Martin Luther King Scavenger Hunt http://users.massed.net/~tstrong/Martin.htm

Presidents' Day http://www3.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests/presidents/pres.htm

Thirteen Colonies Scavenger Hunt http://www.ccsch.k12.nj.us/S/Cream/Phyllis/13_original_colonies.html

Tools for Teachers and Librarians

Photograph Analysis Worksheet http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/analysis/photo.html

A photograph to analyze http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/ppmsc/00200/00237r.jpg

Another photograph http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/ppmsc/00200/00224r.jpg

Another photograph http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/cph/3b40000/3b41000/3b41800/3b41800r.jpg

Introduction to Documents http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/exercise.html

Analysis of Primary Sources http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/psources/analyze.html

Poster Analysis Worksheet http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/posters/analysis.html

A poster to analyze http://www.nara.gov/exhall/powers/shadow.jpg

Another poster http://www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/collections/wwii-posters/img/ww1647-83.jpg

Best Online Museums http://www.archimuse.com/mw98/best/nomin.html

Integrating Technology in the Classroom http://www.wtvi.com/teks/

Scaffolds and Organizers

Concept Mapping Homepage http://www.to.utwente.nl/user/ism/lanzing/cm_home.htm

Graphic Organizer Index http://www.graphic.org/goindex.html

Graphic Organizers http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1grorg.htm

K-W-L-H Technigue http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr1kwlh.htm

SCORE Graphic Organizers http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm

Project-Based Learning

Challenge 2000 Multimedia Project: Project-Based Learning with Multimedia http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/

Project-based Learning Scoring Rubric http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/PBLGuide/MMrubric.htm

Project Based Learning Checklists http://www.4teachers.org/projectbased/checklist.shtml

Project Approach http://www.project-approach.com/

The School Web page as an instructional tool--Best Practice

Peter Milbury's School Librarian Web Pages http://wombat.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~pmilbury/lib.html

School Libraries and Librarians on the Web: Online Models for Effective K-12 Internet Use http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~pmilbury/ten.html

Palmerston Resource Centre (Australia) http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au/library/resource_centremain.htm

Innovative Internet Applications in Libraries http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/innovate.html

LION, an Information Resource for K-12 School Librarians http://www.libertynet.org/~lion/lion.html

Debbie Abilock's Nueva School Library Home Page http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/overview.html

Heritage Middle School (Alice Yucht) http://members.home.net/hmslibrary/

Winona Middle School Media/Technology Program http://wms.luminet.net/wmstechnology/index.html

Linda Bertland's Stetson Middle School Library http://www.voicenet.com/~bertland/index.html

Lawrence High School Library http://library.lhs.usd497.org/

Emanj: Library Links http://www.emanj.org/liblinks.html

Booktalks: Quick and Simple http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/rundlett/booktalks/book_d.html

Mt. Laurel Hartford's School Library Without Walls http://www.voicenet.com/~srussell/

New Haven Public Schools http://www.nhps.net/main/

Virtual Library: Taft High (Joni Rathbun) http://www.lincolncity.org/schools/library/

The Big Six (St. Agnes) http://garfield.st-agnes.org/library/projects/template.html

Big Six Organizer http://www.standrews.austin.tx.us/library/

Marathon Middle/High School Media Center Information Gateway http://www.monroe.k12.fl.us/mhs/media/media.htm

Innovative Internet Applications in Libraries http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/innovate.html

Squires Elementary School Library (KY) http://www.squires.fayette.k12.ky.us/library/library.htm

Mt. Airy Elementary School Library (WA) http://mte.anacortes.k12.wa.us/wx/s.exe

Multnomah County Library http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/

For more examples check the list in Library Stuff

Help in preparing that yellow brick road!

HomeMaker for Librarians from San Diego State http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/libmkr/

Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians http://bones.med.ohio-state.edu/eric/papers/primer/webdocs.html

Library Clip Art Collection http://www.netins.net/showcase/meyers/library_clipart/clipart.html

Net Mechanic (for checking links) http://www.netmechanic.com/

Writing Webpages with Wesley http://www.wtvi.com/html/

Library Tools

Best Information on the Net: Librarianship http://www.sau.edu/CWIS/Internet/Wild/Library/libindex.htm

LibraryLand http://www.rcls.org/libland/

Vendors Lists http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/pubr.html

ACQWeb (for acquisitions)http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/acqs.html

Catalogers Oasis (Massachusetts Institute of Technology http://purl.oclc.org/net/oasis

MARC Standards (Library of Congress) http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/

MARC Field Guides (Princeton University) http://infoshare1.princeton.edu/katmandu/marc/guidtoc.html

Citing Sources

MLA Home Page http://www.mla.org

Debbie Abilock's Nueva School Research Page http://www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/research/research.html

Classroom Connect http://www.classroom.net/classroom/CitingNetResources.html

Indiana Dept. of Education http://doe.state.in.us/LearningResources/cybercite

Pitsco http://www.pitsco.com/p/cite.html

APA Guide: Xli http://www.uvm.edu/~xli/reference/apa.html

http://www.uvm.edu/~ncrane/estyles

William Paterson College http://www.wilpaterson.edu/wpcpages/library/citing.html

Copyright

U.S. Copyright Office http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/disted/

Groton Public Schools Copyright Implementation Manual Online http://groton.k12.ct.us/mts/egtoc.htm

Web Page Evaluation

Valenza WebQuest on Evaluating Websites evalwebteach.html

California Velcro Crop(Ken Umbach) http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html

Women and AIDS http://147.129.1.10/library/research/AIDSFACTS.htm

The Onion: America's Finest News Source http://theonion.com/

Evaluating Internet Information: Kathi Vanderbilt's Links http://www.mindspring.com/~klv/eval.html

ALA 700+ Great Sites, Collection Criteria http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/criteria.html

Bookmarks for P. Tjomsland http://www.kalama.com/~zimba/integration.htm

Evaluating Web Resources (Widener) http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webeval.htm

Evaluation of Resources on the Internet http://www.hi.is/~anne/webeval.html

California's Velcro Crop Under Challenge http://members.unlimited.net/~kumbach/velcro.html

Critical Evaluation Surveys http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/eval.htm

Florida Atlantic University How to Evaluate Internet Resources http://www.fau.edu/library/evaluate.htm

WWW Cyberguide Ratings for Content Evaluation http://www.cyberbee.com/guide1.html

Evaluating the Quality of Internet Information Sources http://itech1.coe.uga.edu/faculty/gwilkinson/criteria.html

Evaluation Rubrics for Websites http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/edu/evaltr.htm

Evaluating Internet Based Information http://www.lme.mankato.msus.edu/class/629/Cred.html

Evaluating Quality on the Net http://www.tiac.net/users/hope/findqual.html

Evaluating Websites: Criteria and Tools http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/webeval.html

Ed's Oasis Evaluation Guidelines http://www.edsoasis.org/guide2.html

ICYouSee Guide to Critical Thinking About What You See on the Web (Ithaca College)

http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/hott.html

QUICK: The Quality Information Checklist http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm

Information Validity (Harry Willems) http://www.sekls.lib.ks.us/staff/willems/li98vlid.html

Takoma Park Maryland WWW Evaluation Guide http://cityoftakomapark.org/library/children/eval.html

Teaching Zack to Think (Alan November) http://www.anovember.com/articles/zack.html

Thinking Critically about WWW Resources http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/instruct/web/critical.htm

True, But Little Known Facts About Women with AIDS http://147.129.1.10/library/research/AIDSFACTS.htm

Clones-R-Us http://www.d-b.net/dti/

Using the Internet for School Reports (Boston Public Library) http://www.bpl.org/WWW/KIDS/Evaluate.html

Professional Development

Building a School Website http://www.wigglebits.com/

Creating a Web-Based Lesson http://www.khsd.k12.ca.us/district/instruct/technology/workshops/weblesson/default.htm

Cyberlibrarians' Rest Stop (tutorials) http://www.angelfire.com/in/virtuallibrarian/

CyberPilot's License http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~burniske/cpl/

Digital Toolbox http://www.lib.calpoly.edu/toolbox/

ICONnect http://www.ala.org/ICONN/index.html

ICYouSee: A Guide to the World Wide Web (Ithaca College) http://www.ithaca.edu/library/Training/ICYouSee.html

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (check out the slide shows!) http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/

LM_NET on the World Wide Web http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/

Scout Toolkit http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/scout/toolkit/

Seven Steps Toward Better Searching http://edweb.sdsu.edu/WebQuest/searching/sevensteps.html

Mining Company Guide to Web Search http://websearch.miningco.com/

Module Maker (McKenzie) http://fromnowon.org/module.html

OnRamp to the Information Highway http://members.home.net/dbrear/index.html

The Spider's Apprentice http://www.monash.com/spidap.html

Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools and Technique http://www.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htm

How to Teach the Internet http://www.unl.edu/websat/teach.html

BCK2SKOL http://kelim.jct.ac.il/b2s/

Search Engine Watch http://www.searchenginewatch.com

Surf School http://www.surfschool.com

Learn the Net http://www.learnthenet.com

Oregon Public Education Network: Oregon School Library Information System http://www.open.k12.or.us/portal/librarians/lpsearch.html

TeachersFirst Professional Resources Matrix http://www.teachersfirst.com/prof.htm

webTeacher - http://www.webteacher.org/

Teaching Library Internet Workshops (Berkeley) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

Tips and Tricks for Searching the Net http://www.tiac.net/users/hope/tips/

Workshops on Integrating Internet Resources into the Curriculum: http://www.peotone.will.k12.il.us/fs/learning_activities.html

Finding Information on the Internet (Berkeley) http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

Finding a Listserv/Mailing List

Educational Mailing Lists for Teachers http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/resources/listserv.html

Diane Kovacs Directory of Scholarly and Professional Discussion Lists http://www.n2h2.com/KOVACS/

K-12 Newsletters http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/caservices/k12-news/index.html

Listservs and Newsgroups http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/comatt/nwsgrps.html

TileNet: Finding Listserv Discussion Groups http://www.tile.net/listserv

Liszt: The Mailing List Directory http://www.liszt.com/

Sources for Lesson Plans

Armadillo's K-12 Resources http://chico.rice.edu/armadillo/Rice/Resources/reshome.html

AskEric http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/

Blue Web'n http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn

Connected Teacher (Classroom Connect) http://www.connectedteacher.com/lessonplans/lessonplans.asp

GEM http://www.thegateway.org/

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/

MCREL http://www.mcrel.org/connect/lesson.html

New York Times Teacher Connection http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/index.html

Nick Nacks: Online Resources http://www1.minn.net/~schubert/Lessons.html

Pitsco’s Launch to Lesson Plans http://www.pitsco.com/p/lesson.html

Sharpe's Site http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/

Teach With Movies: A New Tool for Parents and Teachers http://teachwithmovies.org/

See more lesson plan sites: tealinks.html

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