BHCSD   Bunker Hill High School      Meissner Junior High School    Wolf Ridge Educational Center

Web Cams

http://www.zolaenterprises.com/livewebcams.htm

Plagiarism

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html - what plagiarism is and how to recognize it and avoid it.

All about plagiarism: http://www.plagiarism.org/

Research Tips

Choose the Best Search Engine for your purpose - http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.html

Using the Internet for Research - http://www.teachervision.com/tv/curriculum/researchcenter/leuwebresearch_guide.html

 www.awesomelibrary.org - The Awesome Library organizes the Web with 15,000 carefully reviewed resources,  including the top 5 percent in education. 

http://www.libraryspot.com/ - LibrarySpot.com features links to specialized libraries (including film, government, law, and medical), an extensive reference desk (encyclopedias, almanacs, dictionaries, genealogy, public records, style guides, and more), and a reading room (books, newspapers, magazines, journals, and speeches). The site also spotlights current events; national projects and exhibits; science projects; and lists, facts, and statistics 

Citing Web References

APA Reference: http://www.apa.org/journals/webref.html
Information on citing web references:
http://www.yahooligans.com/tg/citation.html

 

Searching on the Internet

 

How Search Engines Work – http://www.monash.com/spidap4.html

Guide to different types of search engines - http://www.zdnet.com/searchiq/

 Choose the Best Search Engine for your purpose - http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.html

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

Internet Surfing Tutorial - www.2learn.ca/research/search.html

 

Evaluating web sites

http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/srutledg/goodsites8.html

http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/eval.htm

http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/index.html

http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/srutledg/goodsites8.html

http://www.tammypayton.net/courses/print/evalweb2.shtml

http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/index.html

http://www.askjeeves.com/main/metaanswer.asp?metaEngine=directhit&origin=0&MetaURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Elibrary%2Ecornell%2Eedu%2Fokuref%2Fresearch%2Fwebcrit%2Ehtml&qCategory=nerd&metaTopic=Five+criteria+for+evaluating+Web+pages&ItemOrdinal=3&logQID=3921AF406A48D411B19200A0C9FC762A

 

Censoring the Internet

 Internet Filter - http://www.cyberpatrol.com/

 http://www.microweb.com/pepsite/Software/filters.html – Parental Control/Internet Safety Products

 A free internet filter - http://www.turnercom.com/if/

 

Search engines for kids

Kids Search Tools - http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm
http://www.zdnet.com/searchiq/subjects/family/index.html – an index of different kid-safe search engines
Search engine included: http://www.studyweb.com/
Internet Public Library for Teens: http://www.ipl.org/teen/
Guide to web references: http://www.libraryspot.com/
Search multiple child safe search engines from this page - http://www.ivyjoy.com/rayne/kidssearch.html

Categorized into helpful subcategories, this directory and search engine help kids find what they're looking for on the Net.  http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!

Try out this children's version of the metasearch engine that allows users to ask real English questions and find sites with the answers.
http://www.ajkids.com/

"A complete safe-surfing kit and collection of information for parents. This site lays out the rules, the risks, the products and the issues."
http://www.safekids.com/

 

Communication with parents

http://www.funbrain.com/ -

http://www.schoolnotes.com/ - post notes, etc…

 

Portfolio Samples

A Sample of Student work on the internet

http://www.kent.wednet.edu/KSD/DE/st_proj/elevator/index.html

 

Web Page Construction

http://www.webmonkey.com/kids/ 

Browsers

 

Managing your Favorites - http://home.cnet.com/internet/0-3774-8-2832644-5.html?tag=st.int.3774-8-2832644-1.txt.3774-8-2832644-5

Customizing Your Browser (Internet Explorer) - http://home.cnet.com/internet/0-3774-8-2832644-3.html?tag=st.int.3774-8-2832644-5.SUBDIR.3774-8-2832644-3

 50 ways to tweak your browser - http://home.cnet.com/internet/0-3774-8-2832644-1.html

 

Email pals/keypals

http://www.epals.com/

Ask Questions of Experts

http://www.askme.com/
http://www.askanexpert.com/
http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/
http://www.ajkids.com/