Here is the list of reading sites recommended by Pat Moore [pat.moore@ntschools.net] on OZTLnet Volume 69 today.
http://www.storylineonline.net.
http://www.rif.org/kids/leadingtoreading/en/preschoolers/read.htm
http://www.ziggityzoom.com/stories.php
www.starfall.com
Try using the Copacabana Public School get smart site that is leveled into stage 1 , 2 and 3 with subject headings. They are suitable for use on a IWB. The link is http://www.copacabana-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/Get_Smart_Pages/Get_Smart.htm
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinestory.htm
http://blog.teqsmart.org/2009/05/story-time-with-really-big-books/
http://wetellstories.co.uk/stories/week3/
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/index.shtml
http://www.biguniverse.com/
http://storylineonline.net/
http://www.outpost221.com/pugwash/pugwash.htm
www.tumblebooks.com
http://www.grimmfairytales.com/en/main
http://classicfairytales.com/en/main
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories/
http://www.sac.sa.edu.au/Library/Library/Primary/literacy/fairytales.htm
http://www.kidsites.com/sites-fun/stories.htm
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Children's Search Engines
Major Children's Guides & Directories
The kid-safe directories below use human beings to filter out sites that might be considered objectionable for viewing by children.
Ask Jeeves For Kids
http://www.ajkids.com/
Ask Jeeves is a unique service where you enter a question, and Ask Jeeves tries to point you to the right web page that provides an answer. At Ask Jeeves For Kids, answers have been vetted for appropriateness. Also, if Ask Jeeves cannot answer a question, it pulls results from various search engines in its metacrawler mode. At Ask Jeeves For Kids, no site that is on the CyberPatrol block list is supposed to be listed.
KidsClick!
http://www.kidsclick.org/
Backed by librarians, KidsClick lists about 5,000 web sites in various categories.
Other Children's Search Engines
ALA Great Web Site for Kids
http://www.ala.org/greatsites
An organized directory of sites selected by members of the American Library Association using rigorous evaluation guidelines to assure high quality content, authority and "strength of character."
Awesome Library
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
Over 14,000 sites have been classified into a directory, specifically organized for teachers, students and parents. Information can be found by browsing or searching.
Diddabdoo
http://www.dibdabdoo.com/
Billed as an ad free, non-commercial directory of web sites designed for child-safe searching.
Education World
http://www.education-world.com/
Over 500,000 sites of interest to educators. Browsable or searchable, with the ability to narrow in by appropriate grade level. Launched in spring 1996.
Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/
Reference provider Information Please produces this site which provides facts and information oriented around the needs of children.
Family Source
http://www.family-source.com/
This focused crawler-based service has indexed nearly 1 million kid-friendly URLs.
FirstGov for Kids
http://www.kids.gov/
From the U.S. Federal Citizen Information Center, this directory provides links to government-related kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations, grouped by subject.
Kids Search Tools
http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm
Search a variety of kid-safe search engines from a single page.
SearchEdu.com
http://www.searchedu.com/
Index of pages built by crawling education web sites.
Teach-nology.com
http://www.teach-nology.com/
Directory of web sites for teachers and educators.
TekMom's Search Tools for Students
http://www.tekmom.com/search/
All-in-one search page for kid search sites and research resources.
ThinkQuest Library
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/
A free educational resource featuring 5,500+ websites created by students around the world as part of a competition.
Related Articles
Knock, Knock -- Yahooligans! There
eMarketer, May 16, 2003
http://www.emarketer.com/news/article.php?1002239
Yahooligans, Yahoo's web property for children, says its third most popular feature is its human-edited list of kid-safe web sites.
Sites help kids learn how to use Internet for research
San Jose Mercury News, Nov. 20, 2002
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4567315.htm
The kid-safe directories below use human beings to filter out sites that might be considered objectionable for viewing by children.
Ask Jeeves For Kids
http://www.ajkids.com/
Ask Jeeves is a unique service where you enter a question, and Ask Jeeves tries to point you to the right web page that provides an answer. At Ask Jeeves For Kids, answers have been vetted for appropriateness. Also, if Ask Jeeves cannot answer a question, it pulls results from various search engines in its metacrawler mode. At Ask Jeeves For Kids, no site that is on the CyberPatrol block list is supposed to be listed.
KidsClick!
http://www.kidsclick.org/
Backed by librarians, KidsClick lists about 5,000 web sites in various categories.
Other Children's Search Engines
ALA Great Web Site for Kids
http://www.ala.org/greatsites
An organized directory of sites selected by members of the American Library Association using rigorous evaluation guidelines to assure high quality content, authority and "strength of character."
Awesome Library
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
Over 14,000 sites have been classified into a directory, specifically organized for teachers, students and parents. Information can be found by browsing or searching.
Diddabdoo
http://www.dibdabdoo.com/
Billed as an ad free, non-commercial directory of web sites designed for child-safe searching.
Education World
http://www.education-world.com/
Over 500,000 sites of interest to educators. Browsable or searchable, with the ability to narrow in by appropriate grade level. Launched in spring 1996.
Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/
Reference provider Information Please produces this site which provides facts and information oriented around the needs of children.
Family Source
http://www.family-source.com/
This focused crawler-based service has indexed nearly 1 million kid-friendly URLs.
FirstGov for Kids
http://www.kids.gov/
From the U.S. Federal Citizen Information Center, this directory provides links to government-related kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations, grouped by subject.
Kids Search Tools
http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm
Search a variety of kid-safe search engines from a single page.
SearchEdu.com
http://www.searchedu.com/
Index of pages built by crawling education web sites.
Teach-nology.com
http://www.teach-nology.com/
Directory of web sites for teachers and educators.
TekMom's Search Tools for Students
http://www.tekmom.com/search/
All-in-one search page for kid search sites and research resources.
ThinkQuest Library
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/
A free educational resource featuring 5,500+ websites created by students around the world as part of a competition.
Related Articles
Knock, Knock -- Yahooligans! There
eMarketer, May 16, 2003
http://www.emarketer.com/news/article.php?1002239
Yahooligans, Yahoo's web property for children, says its third most popular feature is its human-edited list of kid-safe web sites.
Sites help kids learn how to use Internet for research
San Jose Mercury News, Nov. 20, 2002
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4567315.htm
How to find Copyright free photos
How to find copyright- free photos for my Wiki search:
www.internetutorials.net/choose.asp
I believe that all websites whether intended for Adults or children need to be visually attractive. In my search for images of rainforests I used the following tools (as suggested by Digital Image Magazine blog http://www.digitalimagemagazine.com/blog/featured/25-free-stock-photo-sites/ June 22nd 2008) :
Photos 8: (public domain photos)
Flickr Free Use photos: Photo sharing, no attribution necessary
Open photo: Free stock images. Use categories on the right to browse or click on search in the top bar.
Everystockphoto: This is a huge resource, currently indexing over 3 million photos! Every Stock is a search engine for free photos, and it searches many of the sites listed here. Search options allow you to specify license type. Highly recommended. http://www.everystockphoto.com/
www.internetutorials.net/choose.asp
I believe that all websites whether intended for Adults or children need to be visually attractive. In my search for images of rainforests I used the following tools (as suggested by Digital Image Magazine blog http://www.digitalimagemagazine.com/blog/featured/25-free-stock-photo-sites/ June 22nd 2008) :
Photos 8: (public domain photos)
Flickr Free Use photos: Photo sharing, no attribution necessary
Open photo: Free stock images. Use categories on the right to browse or click on search in the top bar.
Everystockphoto: This is a huge resource, currently indexing over 3 million photos! Every Stock is a search engine for free photos, and it searches many of the sites listed here. Search options allow you to specify license type. Highly recommended. http://www.everystockphoto.com/
Search Engines
This site teaches how to effectively use Search Engines and I found it very helpful.
I now understand how to complete a Boolean Search.
It talks about identifying keywords, how to conduct a Boolean Search and an implied Boolean Search, Phrase searching, Alternate Spellings, Title Searches, Domain Searches, Host Searches, URL Searches, Link Searches and more.
Another section has a tutorial on how to research companies.
I like the idea of a Meta Search Engine:
"Meta-search engines (also know as multi-threaded engines) search several major engines at once.... Meta-search engines work best with simple searches."
Dogpile searches 8 search engines and subject directories as well as newsgroups, business news, and newswires. Dogpile supports full Boolean logic and phrase searching.
Vivisimo clusters results from 8 search engines and subject directories into convenient topic categories. Use implied Boolean logic (+/-) and phrase searching.
At MetaCrawler, submit queries to 7 search engines and subject directories. Use implied Boolean logic (+/-) and phrase searching.
I now understand how to complete a Boolean Search.
It talks about identifying keywords, how to conduct a Boolean Search and an implied Boolean Search, Phrase searching, Alternate Spellings, Title Searches, Domain Searches, Host Searches, URL Searches, Link Searches and more.
Another section has a tutorial on how to research companies.
I like the idea of a Meta Search Engine:
"Meta-search engines (also know as multi-threaded engines) search several major engines at once.... Meta-search engines work best with simple searches."
Dogpile searches 8 search engines and subject directories as well as newsgroups, business news, and newswires. Dogpile supports full Boolean logic and phrase searching.
Vivisimo clusters results from 8 search engines and subject directories into convenient topic categories. Use implied Boolean logic (+/-) and phrase searching.
At MetaCrawler, submit queries to 7 search engines and subject directories. Use implied Boolean logic (+/-) and phrase searching.
Monday, September 21, 2009
A WebQuest About School Library Websites
A great introduction to school library websites.
* "Your library web page is your 2nd front door"...."It meets your students where they live, and play, and work, with 24/7, just-in-time, just-for-me support and intervention.... The effective library Web page pulls together, in one unified interface, all of a library's resources--print and electronic."
* "A good web page offers implicit instruction."
This Webquest lists great features of a school website: http://schoollibrarywebsites.wikispaces.com/
* "Your library web page is your 2nd front door"...."It meets your students where they live, and play, and work, with 24/7, just-in-time, just-for-me support and intervention.... The effective library Web page pulls together, in one unified interface, all of a library's resources--print and electronic."
* "A good web page offers implicit instruction."
This Webquest lists great features of a school website: http://schoollibrarywebsites.wikispaces.com/
Mao's Last Dancer
On the Morning Show today on Channel 7 I was moved to see the previews of an up-and-coming film entitled: Mao's Last Dancer. What an amazing and interesting autobiography, I can't wait to read the book!
"Li Cunxin is a remarkable man born of a remarkable story. He recounts his determination, perseverance, vision, courage and hard work, and in particular, the sacred family values and integrity that he learned in poverty-stricken China, which has driven him to become one of the best dancers in the world. He tells of how the sixth of seven sons born to peasants grew up worshipping Mao Zedong before defecting to the United States."
"Li Cunxin is a remarkable man born of a remarkable story. He recounts his determination, perseverance, vision, courage and hard work, and in particular, the sacred family values and integrity that he learned in poverty-stricken China, which has driven him to become one of the best dancers in the world. He tells of how the sixth of seven sons born to peasants grew up worshipping Mao Zedong before defecting to the United States."
A flyer: How to best utilise the skills of the School's Teacher Librarian
How to effectively utilise the skills of the School Librarian: An example of a flyer sent out to teachers every year from: http://aliceinfo.squarespace.com/blog/lets-work-together.html
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The mission of our School Library program is to:
• develop information-literate students
• create lifelong learners
• help teachers teach
I CAN HELP YOU BY:
• working with you to develop authentic research activities for your classes.
• coordinating information and research skills strategies with classroom curriculum.
• recommending additional resources to extend your classroom materials.
• presenting book talks about new/relevant books for your classes.
• preparing Project Pathfinders to guide your students to the best resources for your assignments.
• brainstorming project ideas, lesson strategies, and topics with you.
• providing guidance relating to the ethical use of information.
• notifying the public library of any class assignments.
YOU CAN HELP ME BY:
• notifying me as soon as possible of any planned resource-based class projects or assignments.
• meeting with me to develop/plan effective resource-based activities.
• reserving class time in the library as far in advance as possible, and notifying me as soon as possible of any schedule changes.
• understanding both the extent and limitations of the School Library’s resources and schedule.
• remaining with your students and supervising their behavior while they are in the library.
• sending no more than two students at a time to the library on a pass, unless prior arrangements have been made.
Let’s work together
to help our students
become successful lifelong learners!
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The mission of our School Library program is to:
• develop information-literate students
• create lifelong learners
• help teachers teach
I CAN HELP YOU BY:
• working with you to develop authentic research activities for your classes.
• coordinating information and research skills strategies with classroom curriculum.
• recommending additional resources to extend your classroom materials.
• presenting book talks about new/relevant books for your classes.
• preparing Project Pathfinders to guide your students to the best resources for your assignments.
• brainstorming project ideas, lesson strategies, and topics with you.
• providing guidance relating to the ethical use of information.
• notifying the public library of any class assignments.
YOU CAN HELP ME BY:
• notifying me as soon as possible of any planned resource-based class projects or assignments.
• meeting with me to develop/plan effective resource-based activities.
• reserving class time in the library as far in advance as possible, and notifying me as soon as possible of any schedule changes.
• understanding both the extent and limitations of the School Library’s resources and schedule.
• remaining with your students and supervising their behavior while they are in the library.
• sending no more than two students at a time to the library on a pass, unless prior arrangements have been made.
Let’s work together
to help our students
become successful lifelong learners!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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