Day 2 - Resources

Phonological Awareness and Phonics

• Starfall
• Starfall Printed Materials
• ABC Fast Phonics

Searching the Internet

• Four NETS for Better Searching
• Google Custom Search
• Google Searching Basics
• Specialized Search Engines
• Google Classroom Posters
• Google Special Searches
• Choose the Best Search Engine for Your Information Need
• Custom Google search - Example
• Google Search Story, create you own here.

Internet Safety

• NetSmarz
• CyberSmart
• Get Net Wise
• Childnet
• Digizen.org
• Setting an Internet Policy

Evaluating Websites

• Website Evaluation Webquest (grades 9-12)
• Kathy Schrock - Critical Evaluation Information
• Website Evaluation and Internet Planning Guide
• CyberSmart lessons (scroll down to Evaluating Websites)
• ABC's of Website Evaluation
• Finding and Evaluating Websites

Finding Great Sites...start here

• Cool Cat Teacher Blog
• ALA: Best Websites for Teaching and Learning
• Ask a Tech Teacher: Great Websites

Twitter

• Twitter.com
• Twitter: In Plain English (Common Craft video)
• Twitter 101
• Over 100 Ideas for using Twitter in the Classroom
• More Ideas...Teaching With Twitter
• Who to follow in Education

Graphic Organizers

• Teacherview shape books
• EduPlace Shapebooks
• Eduplace Graphic Organizers

WebQuests

• Webquest.org
• Webquest Videos
• WebQuest Collections
• Creating a WebQuest: It's Easier Than You Think
• Adapting and Enhancing Existing WebQuests
• FOCUS: Five Rules for Writing a Great WebQuest - article by Bernie Dodge
• WebQuest Taskonomy: A Taxonomy of Tasks
• The Webquest Design Process