Interactive, On-line Projects

NickNacks: Learning Together Around the World

http://www1.minn.net:80/~schubert/NickNacks.html

Netspedition

http://sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk/netspedition

Journey North

http://www.cyber24.com/htm/3_152.html

http://www.ties.k12.mn.us/~jnorth/jn-info.html

Fall 96- the first annual "symbolic monarch butterfly migration" will be launched in collaboration with Museo del Nino and museums across North America.

Surfin' the Sahara

http://www.cyber24.com/htm/3_97.html

Odyssey in Egypt

http://www.scriptorium.org/Odyssey/1997form.html

Jason Project

Has a new project every year

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/JASON/HTML/GET_INVOLVED_home.html

This year's project : Jason VIII Journey From the Center of the Earth

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/JASON/HTML/EXPEDITIONS_JASON_8_home.html

NASA K-12 Internet Initiative: Online Interactive Projects

http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/interactive/index.html

HyperHistory Online Project

http://www.hyperhistory.com/

Eco-Adventures

http://adventureonline.com/eco/index.html

Eco-Adventures are student led expeditions focused on ecology, geography and world cultures. Eco-Adventures connect your classroom with our student explorers as they discover first-hand the real treasures of our fragile planet.

MathMagic

http://forum.swarthmore.edu/mathmagic/

A K-12 project aimed at providing students mathematical challenges while pairing them up with partners from across the continent and the world.

Teachnet.Com KeyPals

Classroom-to-Classroom Connection

http://www.teachnet.com/pals.html

CNIDR K - 12 Mailing Lists

http://k12.cnidr.org/k12-lists/lists.html

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections

http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/

Literature Sites

Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators

http://www.scbwi.org

SCBWI is dedicated to serving the people who write, illustrate, or share a vital interest in children's literature.

Children's Literature Web Guide

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html

This site is a K12 Librarian's dream. From Children's Books Online to Storyteller's resources to Children's Book Publishers and so much more, this site provides comprehensive links to children's literature of all genres. Also included are links to publishers, awards (Canadian and American),Conferences... over 25 categories in all.

The Great Books of Western Civilization

http://www.ilinks.net/~lnoles/grtbks.html

This site is a one page site that explains the "Great Books Program" at Mercer University. Its philosophy is provide a careful study program in the primary texts of Western thought and belief. From Aeschilles to Albert Camus, Homer to Freud, herein lies links to the authors as well as to online sources of their texts.

The Children's Literature Sampler

http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~estes/estes.html

A source of information about books and related materials for children through grade 8. Its purpose is to serve as a resource for students enrolled in the youth services concentration at UTK and inservice personnel in classrooms and libraries throughout the region.

Child ren's Bestsellers

http://www.bookwire.com/pw/bsl/childrens/current.childrens.html

The Reading Rainbow Home Page

http://www.pbs.org/readingrainbow/index.html

Tales of Wonder

Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World

http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~darsie/tales.html

Curriculum and Content Areas

Going Home: A Journey to the Heart of the Learning Process by Karen Work Richardson

http://www.pacificrim.net/~mckenzie/jan96/journey.html

Lesson Plans

http://ericir.syr.edu

Ask Eric's new page contains lesson plans for all areas of curriculum.

Mega Math - complete lesson plans of some math concepts

http://www.c3.lanl.gov/mega-math/menu.html

Math: Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

http://www.capecod.net/Wixon/math.htm

Science On-Line

http://www.cea.berkeley.edu/Education/sol/sol_toolkits.html

Science Resource Toolkits

The Surfin' Librarian Department - The Teacher Floor

http://204.225.221.7/csm/libraryt.htm

Links to curricular sites

A Chronology of US Historical Documents

http://www.law.uoknor.edu/ushist.html

Here is a one page site which provides a link to US Historical Documents that are on the web. Also you will find all the historic flags the US has had, and you can also find each state's current flag.

CyberKids and CyberTeens

http://cyberkids.com/

http://www.usa.net/~pitsco/pitsco/ask.html

TH E' Lectric Learning Web

http://www.chaos.com/learn/index.html

World News Flashed from the Web

http://cbcc.bcwan.net/%7Ebpemery/95-96pages/Donnelly/newslinks.html

Current events from CNN, Time, Newsweek, Boston Globe, NY Times, USA Today, Associated Press, Reuters

Curriculum Standards Sites

http://www.ed.gov/G2K/standard.html

Student Activities Guide

http://wms.luminet.net/training/student_activities.html

Tips for Using the Internet

http://wms.luminet.net/training/maryalice/guidelines.html

UBS For Kids ONLINE

http://www.univbkstr.com/kids/sitemap/

This site map is designed for children, teachers, and parents to help them navigate the World Wide Web. It includes curricular areas, such as science and literature.

Library Media Specialist URLs

LIBJOBS archives

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/cgi-bin/ifla-lwgate/LIBJOBS/archives/

Digital Libraries Resources

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/II/diglib.htm

Copyright Resources

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/II/cpyright.htm

Colour Training Page

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/I/training/colour/colour.htm

Citing Electronic Documents

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/I/training/citation/citing.htm

Quotes about Libraries and Librarianship

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/I/humour/author.htm

IFLA Listserv and Lists Page

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/I/training/listserv/lists.htm

Metadata Page

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/II/metadata.htm

Library abd Information Science General Resources

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/II/libdoc.htm

Cataloguing Internet Resources

http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/ifla/II/catalog.htm

Librarians at the Gate

http://www.cio.com/WebMaster/090196_librarians.html

The American Library Association

http://www.ala.org/

Bu ilding Digital Libraries on the Web

http://www.texshare.edu/TexShareServices/Professional/digital.html

Library and Information Science (Library of Congress)

http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/library/

K - 5 CyberTrail

http://ernie.wmht.org/trail/mainlink.htm

Each stop along the CyberTrail includes a description of a Web site, and an explanation of why the site is a good example of an effective use of the Internet in K-5 education. Each stop also includes a direct link to the featured site.

Best Information on the Net (Where the Wild Things Are)

http://www.sau.edu/CWIS/Internet/Wild/index.htm

BCK2SKOL Home Page

http://web.csd.sc.edu/bck2skol.html

A tutorial on Internet skills written by Ellen Chamberlain (an LMS)

Library and Information Science (Library of Congress)

http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/library/

The LM_NET Web Page

http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/

A comprehensive site for Library/Media Specialists which contains archives of topics discussed on the LISTSERV

Connections +

http://www.mcrel.org/connect/plus/

Connections+ consists of Internet resources--lesson plans, activities, curriculum resources--linked with the corresponding subject-area content standards. Also included are other links to assist teachers who use the Internet in the classroom, such as a direct link to the Lycos search engine.

School Liberian Links

http://www.yab.com:80/~cyberian/

School Library Hotspots

http://www.mbnet.mb.ca/~mstimson/text/hotspots.html

MARC Records:telnet to dra.com

Librarians 'Site du Jour'

http://sashimi.wwa.com

CyberStacks

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/

Classroom Connect

http://www.wentworth.com/classroom/wired.html

Library Media Curriculum

http://k12.colostate.edu/ais/platte/goodson/media.html

Librarians Information Online Network

http://www.libertynet.org/~lion/lion.html

Librarians as Internet Resource Providers

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/libweb/netguides.html

The Internet Advocate

http://silver.ucs.indiana.edu/~lchampel/netadv.htm

Peter Milbury's School Library and School Librarians Web Pages

http://wombat.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~pmilbury/lib.html

The Big Six Skills

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/edfirst/bigsix/bigsix.html

The SUCCEED Model for Independent Learning

http://calvin.stemnet.nf.ca/~acrawfor/lcr2b.html

A learning skills plan for Resource-based Learning

BIGSIX@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU

http://tile.net/LISTSERV/bigsix.html

This Web Site allows you to join the LISTSERV with a click of the mouse.

Wilson Launches "HEADLINE NEWS" Web Service For Librarians

http://www.hwwilson.com/libnews.html

"Hot Flashes/Library News" is now available free on Wilson Web, the H. W. Wilson World Wide Web site. Brief announcements, position changes, breaking news, book awards, and other kinds of news of interest to the library community will be posted on Wilson Web.

Multidisciplinary WWW Subject Directories for Scholars

http://info.lib.uh.edu/wsub.htm

This selective guide is intended to help scholars access multidisciplinary, subject oriented, Web-based directories to Internet resources. It primarily covers directories that have been created by academic libraries.

Cyberlibrarians: Look to the Librarians

http://www.internetworld.com/1996/08/cyberlib.html

Help Build Success Stories

http://www.intac.com/~kgs/success/successcover.html

Internet Reference Success Stories, Volume III--tales of real librarians using the Internet to answer questions.

Cyberschool Magazine

http://www.cyberschoolmag.com

There are education-related and academic articles, opinions, and editorials. The Surfin' Librarian dept. has thousands of links to on-line books for downloading, lesson plans, education resources, libraries, museums and databases, as well as on-line schools and universities, all assembled in one easy-to-navigate environment.

The Digital Librarian

http://www.servtech.com/public/mvail/home.html

67 subjects and links for them

The Reference CyberLibrarian

http://www.cs.uh.edu/~clifton/cyberlib.html

Describes the role of the cyberlibrarian and explores the issue of when to use the Internet, the Library, and the Librarian.

Reference Sites

THOMAS: Legislative Information on the Internet

http://thomas.loc.gov/

Library of Congress World Wide Web Home Page

http://marvel.loc.gov/

Citing the Sites: Beyond the MLA Handbook

http://falcon.eku.edu/honors/beyond-mla/#citing_sites

On-line Dictionaries

http://www.bucknell.edu/~rbeard/diction.html

Hypertext Webster Dictionary

http://c.gp.cs.cmu.edu:5103/prog/webster/

Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

http://www2.thesaurus.com/thesaurus/

The FREE Internet Encyclopedia

http://clever.net/cam/encyclopedia.html

Kidopedia

http://www.citybeach.wa.edu.au/mailarchive14/msg00003.html

The ILC Glossary of Internet Terms

http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html

Charm Net Learning

http://www.charm.net/learning.html

Books, tutorials and hints for the Internet

Kevin's Internet Encyclopedia

http://duke.usask.ca/~lowey/encyclopedia/

Multimedia Information

http://viswiz.gmd.de/MultimediaInfo/

This site covers resources of all kinds.

CyberStacks

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/

Library Reference Center

http://www.epnet.com/lrc.html

Read your favorite library journals on-line.

K - 12 Reference Center

gopher://nwoca7.nwoca.ohio.gov:70/11gopher_root%3A%5B_reference%5D

The Internet Public Library Reference Center

http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/ref/

LION Reading Room

http://www.libertynet.org/~lion/reading-room.html

The Quotations Page

http://www.starlingtech.com/quotes/

BABEL: A Glossary of Computer Related Abbreviations and Acronyms

http://www.access.digex.net/~ikind/babel96b.html

A Listing of Acronyms, Abbreviations and Definitions found in E-Mail

http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/staff/amato/AC/main.html

The Unofficial Smilies Dictionary

gopher://vega.lib.ncsu.edu:70/00/library/reference/dictionaries/smilies

Museums

CyberSchool Magazine presents Museums

http://204.225.221.7/csm/museum0.htm

Virtual Galleries

http://www.pacificrim.net/~mckenzie/jan96/galleries.html

Virtual Museums

http://www.pacificrim.net/~mckenzie/jan96/museums.html

The Smithsonian Institute

http://www.si.edu/

The Franklin Institute Science Museum Online Exhibits

http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/virtual/vir-summ.html

American Museum of Natural History

http://www.amnh.org/

Zoological Society of San Diego and Exploratorium

http://www.sandiegozoo.org/

The Computer Museum

http://www.net.org/gateway/index.html

The National Portrait Gallery

http://www.npg.si.edu/

Internet Issues

When the BOOK? When the Net?

http://www.pacificrim.net/~mckenzie/when.html

Librarians and teachers should consider which resources will net more quality information for a student. Often, when it involves history or complex issues, garnering research from books is a superior resource.

The Threat of State Censorship Bills

http://www.aclu.org/issues/cyber/stbills.html

24 Hours of Democracy: Janet Murray

http://arlo.wilsonhs.pps.k12.or.us/24essay.html

Discussion of censorship issues on the Internet

Equity of Resources

http://www.pluggedin.org/fcc.html

Questions 6-25 apply specifically to Schools/Libraries

From Now On

http://www.pacificrim.net/~mckenzie

Editorials written by Jamie McKenzie concerning issues and controversy about the Internet

Info-Glut, Info-Garbage and Info-Treasure (May '96)

Culling the Net: A Lesson on the Dark Side

http://www.pacificrim.net/~mckenzie/culling.html

"When you don't know what you don't know, it is difficult to determine what it is you need to explore or what you can safely throw away."

Privacy in an Age of Data

http://www.ora.com/people/staff/stevet/netfuture/1996/current_issue.html

CYBERSPACE LAW FOR NON-LAWYERS

http://www-law.lib.uchicago.edu/faculty/nonlawyers.html

To subscribe to Cyberspace Law send a message to LISTPROC-REQUEST@COUNSEL.COM

with the command Subscribe CYBERSPACE-LAW <first name lastname>

Topic: PRIVACY AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT

Topic: FAIR USE

Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources

http://www.ucla.edu/campus/computing/bruinonline/trainers/critical.html

by Esther Grassian, UCLA College Library

To contact the author, send mail to ecz5esg@mys.oac.ucla.edu

10 Big Myths about copyright explained

http://www.clari.net/brad/copymyths.html

Evaluating the Impact of Technology:The Less Simple Answer

http://www.pacificrim.net/~mckenzie/jan96/reply.html

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Last Updated:December1, 1996