FETC 2005 Presentation
School Library Media Web Sites: The Good,
The Bad and The Ugly
Resources that can Help You Create/Maintain
Your School Library Media Center Web Page
School Library
Media Center Web Sites Highlighted in FETC Presentation
Neil Armstrong Elementary School
http://armstrong-library.blogspot.com/
Coxsackie-Athens High School
http://www.coxsackie-athens.library-blogs.net/
Hunterdon Central High School
http://central.hcrhs.k12.nj.us/imc/
Northfield Mount Hermon School
http://nmhlibrary.typepad.com/
Marathon Middle/High School
http://www.monroe.k12.fl.us/mhs/media/default.htm
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Tools
to Help You Create/Design Your Web Site
Beginners guide to HTML: How to make your first web page
http://webdeveloper.com/html/beginners_html.html
Classroom clip art
http://classroomclipart.com
Discovery Channel School clip Art
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html -
Great collection of original artwork you can use on your web pages.
Fisher, J. D. & Hill, A. (2001). Showcase your Library via
a Home page. Retrieved January, 2005 from http://www.macul.org/newsletter/2001/march2001/library.html
Gordaneer , L. (2004). MLISSA speaker series: Children as designers
of web portal architecture. Marginal librarian, 12.1. Retrieved
January 23, 2004 from
http://www.gslis.mcgill.ca/marginal/speakerseries.htm
Homemaker for libraries
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/libmkr/
HTML goodies: the Basics
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/basics.html
Intro to web design
http://www.wdvl.com/WebRef/Help/Begin.html
Joseph, Linda C. (2002). Web Construction. Retrieved January,
2005 from
http://www.cyberbee.com/schoolpage/school.html
Warlick, David. (2002). Put your website to work. Technology and
Learning. Retrieved January 2005 from
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/09/website.html
A WebQuest about School Library Websites by Joyce
Valenza
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/evallib.html
Web Monkey
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/ -
Tutorials and software downloads to help with web pages.
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Tools
to Help You Enhance Your Web Site
Brainy Quote of the day
www.brainyquote.com
Bravenet: Web Tools
http://www.bravenet.com/
FreeFind
http://www.freefind.com
IASL/Concord School Library Web Page Awards: Selection
criteria
http://www.iasl-slo.org/web_criteria.html
Information Architecture for the Web: Web Development
for Schools and Libraries
http://eduscapes.com/arch/archschool.html
Web Pasties
http://www.webpasties.com/
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Blogs
Blogwithoutalibrary.net
http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links.html
Weblogg-ed
http://www.weblogg-ed.com/
Technorati
http://www.technorati.com
Educational Bloggers Network
http://teachingandlearning.blogspot.com/2004/10/educational-bloggers-network.html
EdTech Archives
http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~edweb
WWWEDU's archives
http://www.gsn.org/gsh/lists/wwwedu.html
Infomine
http://infomine.ucr.edu/
Technology-mediated learning weblogs
http://168.144.129.112/blogs.htm
Library stuff (This is a blog.)
http://www.librarystuff.net
Curling, C. (2004). A Closer look at Weblogs.
http://www.llrx.com/columns/notes46.htm
Blogs for Libraries
http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=767
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General Curricular Links for Teachers
Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/ -
Includes Kathy Schrock's Guide to the Internet for Educators.
MARCO POLO
http://marcopolo.worldcom.com/
Teacher Tools
http://www.pwcs.edu/i-tech/Teachertools.htm -
From Prince William County Schools
Eduscapes
http://eduscapes.com
How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com
I keep bookmarks
http://www.ikeepbookmarks.com/home.asp
New York Times Navigator
http://tech.nytimes.com/top/news/technology/cybertimesnavigator/index.html
Your homework.com: An innovative approach for excellence
in education
http://www.yourhomework.com/
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General Curricular Links for Students
Citation Machine
http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm.php
Multnomah County Library Homework Center
http://www.multcolib.org/homework/ -
Provides information on a variety of topics to help students with
their homework.
Noodletools
http://www.noodletools.com/
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Subject Specific Curricular Links
English/Language Arts
RhymeZone
http://www.rhymezone.com/ -
Rhyming dictionary and thesaurus and much more!
The National Steinbeck Center
http://www.steinbeck.org/MainFrame.html
Children's Literature Web Guide
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
Monarch Notes
http://www.studyworld.com
Purdue's Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
SparkNotes
http://www.sparknotes.com -
SparkNotes has more than 1.75 million books in print. In addition
to the texts, it provides study guides, and other research tools.
Math
A+ Math
http://www.aplusmath.com/ -
Designed to help students with their math skills interactively.
Webmath
http://www.webmath.com/
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html -
Unique interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials,
mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-8
emphasis). This library was created with an NSF grant.
Calculator.com
http://www.calculator.com -
Online calculators for all types of projects.
Science
Sci Central
http://www.scicentral.com/ -
Gateway to science research news
IPL: Science Fair Project Guide
http://ipl.si.umich.edu/youth/projectguide/
Exploratorium
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ -
Science museum
American Museum of Natural History
http://www.amnh.org/
Net Frog: Interactive Frog Dissection
http://curry.edschool.Virginia.edu/go/frog
Periodic Table of Elements
http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm -
Interactive Periodic Table of Elements from Los Alamos Labs
Social Studies
White House for Kids
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ -
Includes historical information, biographies of presidents, virtual
tours and much more.
America's Story
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Countries of the World
http://www.theodora.com/wfb/
Flags of all Countries
http://www.theodora.com/flags/flags.html
National Geographic for Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
Web Sites with Useful Information (and Images)
for "Decades" Reports
American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov/ -
American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating
to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers
more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections
America's Story from America's Library
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi - "Jump
back in time" takes you to different eras in American history.
AlternaTime
http://www2.canisius.edu/~emeryg/time.html -
A collection of timelines on the web collected by George Emery,
a librarian at Canisius College,
who has been collecting timelines on the Internet since 1993.
History of Fashion
http://www.vintageblues.com/history_main.htm
- Fashions from 1900 - 1990
History Timelines
http://history.searchbeat.com/
Decades.com
http://www.decades.com/
This site is a private venture, dedicated to the following goals:
- make history easily accessible
- enrich history by filling the vacuum in which it is typically
found
- make history more personal to you, our visitor, by relating
it to your own areas of interest.
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General Reference Resources on the Internet
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.
Best Free Reference Web Sites 2003
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/mars/marspubs/marsbestref2003.htm from
RUSA (Reference and User Services Assoc.) Machine-Assisted Reference
Section (MARS)
Library Spot
http://www.libraryspot.com -
A free virtual library resource center for educators and students,
librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about
anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information.
Librarians' Index to the Internet (LII)
http://www.lii.org - The
mission of Librarians' Index to the Internet is to provide a well-organized
point of access for reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet
resources, serving California, the nation, and the world. Sites featured
on LibrarySpot.com are hand-selected and reviewed by our editorial
team for their exceptional quality, content and utility.
Refdesk.com
http://www.refdesk.com -
From its plain but crowded home page, you can gain quick access to
online dictionaries, encyclopedias, and myriad other reference sources:
the day's leading news stories, popular search engines, and more.
Think of it as Yahoo! crossed with your local librarian. (PC Magazine,
3/25/03)
SUNLINK
http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu -
SUNLINK is Florida's K-12 public school union catalog, a shared database
of materials in Florida K-12 library media centers. SUNLINK also
has a lot of great resources for SLMSs, such as weed of the month,
link of the week, and lots of other useful information.
Virtual Ref Desk project
http://vrd.askvrd.org/index.asp? -
The Virtual Reference Desk™ Project is dedicated to the
advancement of digital reference and the successful creation
and operation of human-mediated, Internet-based information services.
Connects AskA Experts with users.
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Ready Reference
Bartleby.com
http://www.bartleby.com/ -
The preeminent Internet publisher of contemporary reference works,
Bartleby.com is the most comprehensive reference publisher on the
web, meeting the needs of students, educators, and the intellectually
curious.
Encarta
http://encarta.msn.com/ -
An encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas and homework helper all in one.
Basic product is free. Premium service is available for a fee.
Fact Monster
http://www.factmonster.com/index.html -
This site is sponsored by Information Please. It contains an almanac,
an atlas, a dictionary and an encyclopedia.
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Biography Resources
Biography.com
http://www.biography.com -
Provides biographies for 25,000 of the greatest people.
Dead People Server
http://www.dpsinfo.com/dps/index.html -
Helps you answer the question.. " I wonder if _________ died?" Includes
the date for birth, death (if deceased) and other details about death
rumors, links to the Internet Movie Database, etc.
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Geographical Resources
National Geographic Society Maps
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/
U.S. Geological Survey
http://www.usgs.gov/ -
Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and
living resources, natural hazards, and the environment.
UT Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps
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Government Documents
Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
Congressional Directory
http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/107_pictorial/index.html
First Gov Adults
http://www.firstgov.gov
GPO Access
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/ -
A service of the U. S. Government printing office.
THOMAS: Legislative information on the Internet
http://thomas.loc.gov/
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