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NetSmartz Workshop - National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
Grades
K to 12
tag(s): internet safety (113), safety (69)
In the Classroom
If you know you will be using the Internet during class or assigning it for outside work, consider sharing some of the safety lessons ahead of time using a projector, especially with elementary and middle school students. Secondary English, information literacy, or computer teachers should consider requiring teens to report on an Internet safety topic as a research project as you are trying to both teach and USE research skills. This site could be a good topic-finder and starting point.Provide a link on your teacher web page to give parents a resource for talking about Internet safety with their children at home. Bookmark this site on a classroom computer for students to visit when they have free time.
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Google Guide - Google
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): stock market (10), weather (161)
In the Classroom
Show your students how to quickly find definitions and do simple math problems in an instant!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ways ESL/EFL Teachers Can Use Google.com - Charles Kelley
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): search strategies (22)
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Show your high school students doing research how to use these search features to save time.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Blog Basics for the Classroom - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): blogs (65)
In the Classroom
You could use this step by step as the framework for a self-directed or "buddy" professional development project. Share it with your principal or professional development coordinator. USe the strategies and ideas here to start a blog for your class or for each student. Don't miss suggestions for a Teacher as Blogger so you can model blogging, too.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Podcasting Legal Guide - Creative Commons
Grades
6 to 12In the Classroom
If your class is set to "publish" their recorded exploits, working through this site with them would be a great introduction to the "rules of the road" for journalists in general.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Dr. Watson
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1 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Search Engines
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): search engines (49)
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Smarter Surfing - Sree Sreenivasan
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): search strategies (22)
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Finding Information on the Internet - UC Berkeley
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): search strategies (22)
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HTML for Kids - Jill Jeffers Goodell
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): design (80)
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The Internet and Children - What Works? - NTIA
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1 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Microsoft Security and Privacy - Microsoft
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): internet safety (113), Microsoft (80), worms (5)
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Find a Wi-Fi Location - JiWire
Grades
6 to 12Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Internet Blocking in Public Schools- A Study on Internet Access - Electronic Freedom Foundation
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Welcome to the Web - Teaching Ideas
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1 to 12tag(s): tutorials (54)
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Assistive Technology Basics - Understood.org
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): resources (88), Special Needs (56)
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Accessibility Guide for Microsoft Products - Microsoft
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1 to 12tag(s): Microsoft (80)
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NSF Classroom Resources - National Science Foundation
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): antarctica (30), arctic (40), biomes (112), chemicals (41), computers (109), cultures (145), earth (186), engineering (126), environment (246), fractions (157), geometric shapes (135), numbers (119), origami (15), planets (112), robotics (23), space (216), symmetry (27)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site as a reference site for finding further material. Under each subject find a varity of formats from forums and articles, to videos, interactives, podcasts, experiments and more. Some of the resources on this site may lead to a starting point for individual or group projects. Use parts of this site at a center. Share this site with staff (especially new teachers) and parents looking to extend science and math activities at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Building a School Web Site - Wanda Wigglebits
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): computers (109), directions (12), tutorials (54)
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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History of the World Wide Web
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1 to 12tag(s): internet safety (113)
In the Classroom
This site could be used to supplement a class about technology, or a class on the history of communication. If assigning research projects, this would be a great reference to provide for students. Note: the site seems to be under a lot of construction, so verify that it is in working order before providing it to students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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