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Internet Picture Dictionary - pdictionary.com
Grades
3 to 12In the Classroom
Use this site as a learning center or station. Have students complete the activity individually, allowing students to better pace themselves and not rely on a partner. To show what they have learned from this site, challenge students to create an online graphic to share using Tabblo reviewed here. Reflection is always a great way to reenforce a lesson in student's minds.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Identifying High Quality Sites - CyberSmart!
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5 to 8Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Search Engines
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): search engines (62)
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Finding and Evaluating Web Sites - Houghton Mifflin
Grades
5 to 8tag(s): citations (37), search strategies (28)
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Citation Maker - Secondary - Oregon School Library Information System
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): citations (37)
In the Classroom
Have a student demonstrate how to use this tool on a projector or interactive whiteboard. Share this link on your class web page for easy use any time students have a research project. Model ethical use of resources by using it yourself to cite sources on handouts, etc.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Word Central - Merriam Webster
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): poetry (219)
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Ask a Librarian - Library of Congress
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): resources (107)
In the Classroom
Have students use this as a resource while working on a research project. Just check with your school technology policies and make sure it's acceptable to use the live chat option.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Rhyme Zone
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): shakespeare (110), thesaurus (24)
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Copyright Terms and the Public Domain - Cornell University
Grades
1 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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New York Public Library's Digital Library Collection
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): primary sources (93)
In the Classroom
Use this site to search for images that can be used in your classroom for a visual discovery activity. Select 3-5 of the more powerful images, placing them on separate slides of a PowerPoint show. Show each slide to the class for 1-2 minutes each, allowing students time to jot down what they observe, predict and infer about each image. After the class has finished with the slides, have a class discussion based on the notes that students took accompanying a replaying of the slide show. This is a great way to introduce or review a topic in a non-lecture format.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Copyright with Cyberbee - Cyberbee
Grades
2 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Educator's Reference Desk - Information Institute of Syracuse
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): professional development (164)
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Paradigm - Online Writing Assistant
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): writing (365)
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Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): artists (77), drawing (78), museums (53), painting (66)
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Dictionary of Units of Measurement - University of North Carolina
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): measurement (175)
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Citing Your Sources - Duke University
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): citations (37), plagiarism (37)
In the Classroom
This site would be useful for any teacher who assigns a research paper, regardless of the subject. Open this site on the interactive whiteboard or projector and share it with students before assigning them a research project. To insure that students are reminded of plagiarism and the importance if citing, copy this link on to any student assignment sheets that contain information about their research paper.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Eight Steps to Information Literacy
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): book reports (36)
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Encyclopedia Astronautica
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): space (222)
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Building a School Web Site - Wanda Wigglebits
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): computers (102), directions (19), tutorials (49)
In the Classroom
Share with students in a computer class, or when you would like you social studies or science classes to develop a web page for a school report or presentation. Students could use a simple web page builder like Webnode, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Search Engine Showdown - Greg R. Notess
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): computers (102), search engines (62)
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Share this with your older students before they start a research project.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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