Educational Hotlinks for Middle School People
 
Activities and Lessons from Art Wolinksky For information literacy and online safety http://www.wiredsafety.org/wiredlearning/toc.html Approaches to Information and Communication Literacy Good overview of the field for teachers, with ample resources and links http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic72.htm ATT Knowledge Network Explorer Wired Learning: 21st Century Literacies - information, cultural, visual, and media literacy http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/ Basic Internet Searching Seminar Basic 3-step tutorial with practice exercises http://searchengineshowdown.com/strat/basicsearch.html Big6 A very popular information literacy model http://big6.com/ Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need Guide to search tools for different purposes. Very useful. http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html copyrightchart Copyright and fair use guidelines for teachers and students http://www.mediafestival.org/chartshort.html Cornell Note Taking System Tutorial http://www.jarnot.com/twiki/pub/Public/CornellNoteTakingSystem/notes.pdf CSPD Comics Informative, well-regarded comic book covering copyright and fair use guidelines from the Duke Univ. School of Law http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/index Critical Evaluation of a Web Page -- Lesson Plan Grades 6-8...from the master, Kathy Schrock http://kathyschrock.net/eval/index.htm CTAP IV Information Literacy Great resources for teachers and students: questioning, searching, note-taking, writing, and publishing to name just a few http://www.ctap4.org/infolit/index.htm Doing Research Tutorial Good interactive, gamelike tutorial on basics of doing effective searches, from the Univ. of Illinois-Chicago http://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/reference/services/tutorials/DoingResearch.shtml# Evaluating Web Pages Activities, guidelines, and sample pages to evaluate http://www.sdst.org/shs/library//evaluating.html Florida Information Literacy Descriptors Scope and sequence of skills http://www.fldoe.org/bii/Library_Media/pdf/section_1.pdf Four Nets for Better Searching Simple and well-regarded 4-step tutorial on basic searching http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm How To Take Notes Online Nice tutorial on how to use the online notetaking tool, Notestar http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=196604204 IMSA 21st Century Information Fluency Project Complete online program with lesson plans, projects, and interactive Web tools for students. Great! http://21cif.imsa.edu/ Info. Tech. Literacy Curriculum Alignment Resources for Wisconsin Set of tech. info. literacy skills to conduct curriculum alignment and planning http://www.waunakee.k12.wi.us/DPI_Standards/worksheets.htm Information Literacy A teacher portal providing access to a comprehensive collection of resources on this topic. Very extensive and well organized. http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/presentations/fetc2004/infolit.html Information Literacy Guidebook - Mounds View Public Schools Scope and sequence of info literacy skills, grade-by-grade http://www.moundsviewschools.org/curriculum/media.asp Information Skills Competencies - N. Carolina Skills and integration strategies, by grade http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/information/scos/ In2Edu Teacher resources, lesson plans, themes, units http://www.in2edu.com/downloads/index.htm KnightCite Bilbliography Composer The best online bibliography maker (APA, MLA, and Chicago) http://Webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun (Vocabulary Building for K-12 and ESL students) 6 different interactive word games with thousands of variations http://www.vocabulary.co.il/ Lesson Plans at LibraryInstruction.com Interesting short collection of library and information skills lessons at various grade levels http://www.libraryinstruction.com/lessons.html Library Media Curriculum From Hanover County, VA. Click on Library Media Curriculum http://hcps2.hanover.k12.va.us/instruction/media/default.htm LibraryThing: Catalog your books online Make a catlog of your own books online, connect with others' collections, link to book sites, tagging, blogging...cool http://www.librarything.com/down.php Media Awareness Network Media and information literacy, from Canada http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm mynoteIT Take notes online, search your own and notes of others, share them, create groups, collaborate, maintain a calendar. Very practical organizing tool. www.mynoteit.com NY State Information Literacy Curriculum Full k-12 scope and sequence with many lesson plans http://on-course.us/ PowerPoint Presentations to Support Curriculum Integration Eight excellent presentations on topics related to student research projects from the S. Carolina Dept. of Education. Also includes a great curriculum guide. http://ed.sc.gov/agency/offices/tech/ms/lms/page1360.html Primary Source Materials Resources Great collections of links to the best primary resources along with much information on how to use primary resources effectively in teaching. http://www.cdpheritage.org/educator/cdp/resources.html RADCAB Nice, simple website outlining the steps for online information evaluation http://www.radcab.com/ Reading for Information The Trash-N-Treasure Method of Teaching Note-Taking (Grades 3 - 12) http://www.big6.com/showarticle.php?id=45 research.htm Research project guide for middle school students http://www.ri.net/schools/East_Greenwich/research.html Research Paper Organizer Interactive, online guide to planning, researching, and writing a research paper for MS and HS students. Very well organized. http://library.sasaustin.org/paperOrganizerUS.php Resources for Information Literacy User-friendly self-paced tutorials from the Univ. of Albany (NY) http://library.albany.edu/usered/faculty/infolit.html Rockwell Schrock's Boolean Machine Simple and effective graphic to understand the differences between the Boolean search terms of "and" "or" and "not". http://kathyschrock.net/rbs3k/boolean/ Six Common Methods for Taking Notes Great summary of most used methods for taking notes http://backpack.blackboard.com/NoteTakingTutorial.aspx S.O.S. for Information Literacy Lesson plans for information literacy collected by Syracuse University http://www.informationliteracy.org/default.php Study Guides and Strategies Basic guides and strategies in 15 areas. http://www.studygs.net Study Skills A basic guide for students http://www.educationatlas.com/study-skills.html Study Skills Extensive study skills guidance and links to study resources, from Trinity College in Texas, easily adaptable http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/library/study/study.htm Study Skills Great set of study skills materials created for community college students, easily adaptable by teachers for middle schoolers http://www.rio.maricopa.edu/distance_learning/tutorials/study Textbook Study Strategy--Academic Support How to gain information effectively from textbook reading, from Cuesta Community College http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/600INDEX.HTM TRAILS Tool for Real-time Assessment of Information Literacy Skills http://www.trails-9.org/ Virtual Middle School Library Great collection of online resources for MS students, their parents, and teachers http://www.sldirectory.com/virtual.htmlhttp://www.wiredsafety.org/wiredlearning/toc.htmlhttp://eduscapes.com/tap/topic72.htmhttp://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/http://searchengineshowdown.com/strat/basicsearch.htmlhttp://big6.comhttp://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.htmlhttp://www.mediafestival.org/chartshort.htmlhttp://www.jarnot.com/twiki/pub/Public/CornellNoteTakingSystem/notes.pdfhttp://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/indexhttp://kathyschrock.net/eval/index.htmhttp://www.ctap4.org/infolit/index.htmhttp://www.uic.edu/depts/lib/reference/services/tutorials/DoingResearch.shtml#http://www.sdst.org/shs/library//evaluating.htmlhttp://www.fldoe.org/bii/Library_Media/pdf/section_1.pdfhttp://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htmhttp://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php?articleID=196604204http://21cif.imsa.eduhttp://www.waunakee.k12.wi.us/DPI_Standards/worksheets.htmhttp://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/presentations/fetc2004/infolit.htmlhttp://www.moundsviewschools.org/curriculum/media.asphttp://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/information/scos/http://www.in2edu.com/downloads/index.htmhttp://Webapps.calvin.edu/knightcitehttp://www.vocabulary.co.ilhttp://www.libraryinstruction.com/lessons.htmlhttp://hcps2.hanover.k12.va.us/instruction/media/default.htmhttp://www.librarything.com/down.phphttp://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfmhttp://www.mynoteit.comhttp://on-course.ushttp://ed.sc.gov/agency/offices/tech/ms/lms/page1360.htmlhttp://www.cdpheritage.org/educator/cdp/resources.htmlhttp://www.radcab.comhttp://www.big6.com/showarticle.php?id=45http://www.ri.net/schools/East_Greenwich/research.htmlhttp://library.sasaustin.org/paperOrganizerUS.phphttp://library.albany.edu/usered/faculty/infolit.htmlhttp://kathyschrock.net/rbs3k/boolean/http://backpack.blackboard.com/NoteTakingTutorial.aspxhttp://www.informationliteracy.org/default.phphttp://www.studygs.nethttp://www.educationatlas.com/study-skills.htmlhttp://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/library/study/study.htmhttp://www.rio.maricopa.edu/distance_learning/tutorials/studyhttp://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/600INDEX.HTMhttp://www.trails-9.orghttp://www.sldirectory.com/virtual.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0shapeimage_3_link_1shapeimage_3_link_2shapeimage_3_link_3shapeimage_3_link_4shapeimage_3_link_5shapeimage_3_link_6shapeimage_3_link_7shapeimage_3_link_8shapeimage_3_link_9shapeimage_3_link_10shapeimage_3_link_11shapeimage_3_link_12shapeimage_3_link_13shapeimage_3_link_14shapeimage_3_link_15shapeimage_3_link_16shapeimage_3_link_17shapeimage_3_link_18shapeimage_3_link_19shapeimage_3_link_20shapeimage_3_link_21shapeimage_3_link_22shapeimage_3_link_23shapeimage_3_link_24shapeimage_3_link_25shapeimage_3_link_26shapeimage_3_link_27shapeimage_3_link_28shapeimage_3_link_29shapeimage_3_link_30shapeimage_3_link_31shapeimage_3_link_32shapeimage_3_link_33shapeimage_3_link_34shapeimage_3_link_35shapeimage_3_link_36shapeimage_3_link_37shapeimage_3_link_38shapeimage_3_link_39shapeimage_3_link_40shapeimage_3_link_41shapeimage_3_link_42shapeimage_3_link_43shapeimage_3_link_44shapeimage_3_link_45shapeimage_3_link_46
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