[LM_NET] Hit- Websites for Internet workshop

["Monica A. Gardner" <mgbg0489@AOL.COM>]

Thank you to everyone who sent me great websites for my Internet workshop for 
elementary teachers.
Please find the list I have received so far.

Hi,
Please try
http://www.wmtps.org/eletech/

for ideas for lessons, How-To instructions, and great links!


Kathy Schrock's Web site in an excellent starting
point. Teachers can find a plethora of information and
useful sites at:

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Monica

I am slightly biased ... but I would say

www.shambles.net  ;-)

particular 5 pages being

safe searching at
http://www.shambles.net/safesearching/

ABC fridge door
http://www.shambles.net/ABC/index.htm

Thematic Topics
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/primary/

Kindergarten/Preschool
http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/Kinder/

Games
http://www.shambles.net/games/

For yourself
There is a section "About the Internet" and "Effective Internet Use" at
http://www.shambles.net/informationliteracy/

The links I recommend to teachers and librarians to get students to more relevant 
authoritative links than a regular search engine does are at 
http://home.gwi.net/brhs/kids.html Hope this helps.


http://www.trip1.org/

This site was our instructional technologist's Master's project.  He has kept it 
maintained since then for our district and others.  It has had over 500,000 
visitors so it must be useful.  He has links for reading, language arts, math, 
science, and social studies in the top left hand corner.  If you go to any of those 
subjects, then he has a large list of sites for children to visit.  They are 
numbered, so you can use it in a computer lab.  Just tell the children which number 
you want them to work on that day.
My top sites are
Multnomah County Library's Homework Center (our local public library)_
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/
KidsClick!
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
(both are collections of web sites selected by librarians for students)
and whatever periodical database you have available through your
district, local library or statewide.


www.yahooligans.com
www.starfall.com
www.counttoten.com
www.pbskids.com


A couple of my favorites are

A wonderful way to learn the states of the US
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

Discover the symphony--I use this before our 2nd and 5th graders take a
trip to the Symphony.
http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1


Top Sites for kids:
www.enchantedlearning.com

The National Park Service has plenty of links to mesh with units on
history, animal habitats, ecology, etc.  I particularly like their "Web
Rangers" site, with activities developed for three age groups:
http://www.nps.gov/webrangers/

Find dinosaurs galore at:  http://www.jpinstitute.com/index.jsp

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/siteindex/kids.html

http://www.kidsclick.org/


Top Sites for educators:
Marcopolo is a wonderful resource for teachers.  It offers links to
reviewed websites and standards-based lesson plans for teachers looking
to integrate technology into education:
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

 Monica Gardner
Library Media Specialist
Glastonbury, CT
garndnermo@glastonburyus.org




















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