Transcript Best of the Best

Best of the Best
Websites for Grades 4-6
June 2006
Before Exploring the Internet
Students and Teachers Need to Explore:
• Cybernet Safety
• Copyright Issues and
• Information Literacy
Developing Information Literacy
Deconstructing Web Pages
http://www.mediaawareness.ca/english/resources/special_initiatives/wa
_resources/wa_shared/tipsheets/deconstructing_webp
ages.cfm
Media Awareness network has several games. Jo Cool
or Jo Fool for Kids targets 6-8 graders.
http://www.mediaawareness.ca/english/games/index.cfm
Student Safety
From PBS- Students take a “safety test” online
and get their web license if they are successful
http://pbskids.org/license/
Free Internet safety lessons from CyberSmart are
grouped by grade level with printable
worksheets
http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/lesson_plan
s/
Copyright and Fair use in the
Classroom
Copyright with Cyberbee
Goes through an interactive presentation that
answers questions about copyright and fair use
in a kid-friendly manner
http://www.cyberbee.com/copyrt.html
Fair Use Guidelines for Educational
Multimedia
http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eccumc/copyright/guid
esum.html
Permission For Use Templates
Teacher Permission Template- submit online
http://www.landmarkproject.com/permission1.php
Student Permission Template- submit online
http://www.landmarkproject.com/permission_student.php
General Internet Resources
The Scholastic network- “one stop” resource for teachers
http://teacher.scholastic.com/index.htm
PBS Teacher Source- lesson and resources specific to grade and subject
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
Blue WebN’ Learning Sites Library
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Teachers First Content Matrix
http://www.teachersfirst.com/matrix.cfm
Technology Advancing Student Knowledge- Internet links and classroom activities
organized by topic and grade level
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/task/
Education World
http://www.educationworld.com/
Teachers Who Share on the Web
Laura Candler’s Teaching Resources
http://home.att.net/~teaching/
Kids Konnect- alphabetized lists of Internet resources
http://www.kidskonnect.com/AlphabetizedList.html
Teacher’s Desk for Grades 5 and 6
http://www.teachersdesk.org/
5/6 Connections Websites
http://www.expage.com/page/connectionwebsites
Finding Age Appropriate Material
KidsClick- Provides alphabetical lists of websites by topic and
gives reading level of the materials
http://www.expage.com/page/connectionwebsites
Ivy’s Internet Search Engine Resources
http://www.ivyjoy.com/rayne/search.html
DMOZ Open Directory Project- human categorized list of sites
http://dmoz.com/
Fact Monster- like an almanac for kids
http://www.factmonster.com/
Tedious Teacher Tools
Personal Educational Press
http://www.factmonster.com/
Discovery School- You have to register but it’s free
http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html
Teacher Tools and Templates from Education-World- scroll to the very bottom for teacher tools and
templates
http://www.educationworld.com/
Math Worksheet Creator
http://www.aplusmath.com/Worksheets/index.html
Outline Maps
http://www.stjernberg.com/maps/mapguide.htm
Bulletin Board “Hang-ups”
http://www.teachersfirst.com/hangups.html
Project Based Learning Checklists
http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/