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General Search Directories Name/Link Pros Cons About www.about.com Category database created by human experts. Very good information from gurus on topic. Level of expertise and experience of guides varied. Check their bios to find out about individual guides. Lots of pop up ads. If you use Mozilla as your browser, you can block this. DMOZ www.dmoz.com Large directory both human and computer edited No advertising Great Kids and Teens Section Fully Supports Freedom of Speech LookSmart www.looksmart.com Well-organized categories. Tracks category choices Organized by humans Family Friendly, no pornography within their listing Lots of "paid for placement" which makes results confusing Yahoo www.yahoo.com Well organized categories Organized by humans Check out my favorite Newspaper Category Fully Supports Freedom of Speech Lots of ads  Specific Education Directories Teacher’s First www.teachersfirst.com For teachers by teachers Check out the Content Matrix, Hot Topics and Featured Sites Very Small, Not a search engine, but a database.   Internet Public Library www.ipl.org Quality assurance Well organized  Small, Not a search engine, but a database  Directories Just for Kids Internet Public Library for Teens Quality assurance Relevant to kids and teens  No search, just category browsing Uncle Sam for Kids http://www.win.org/library /matls/govdocs/kids.htm One stop curriculum shopping Excellent for Social Studies Not a search engine, but collection of resources Search Engines Alltheweb www.alltheweb.com Excellent advanced searching, many ways to include and exclude information. Searches the most of the Internet. Special Science searching sections. Alta Vista www.av.com Audio, Video and Image search Language search Translation Advanced Search Features  Key Word Search is very basic and often gives random results.  Google www.google.com  Ranks search by number of other sites linking to your response.     I'm Feeling Lucky Tools To Watch Kartoo www.kartoo.com Graphic search tool that shows contextual relationships, unique and interesting. Potentially the way of the future. Confusing at first Vivisimo www.vivisimo.com Organized results into smaller like categories. Limited in scope.

Web Page Evaluation Example of Pages to Use in Evaluation Student Lesson Plan on Evaluating Web Pages Coalition to Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide Homepage HotAIR - Feline Reactions to Bearded Men Mike the Headless Chicken Gallery of Hoax Websites - Check here for examples to share with teachers and students. Resources to Use in the Classroom Is the Internet a Web of Deceit? - New York Times Learning Network lesson plan. Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask - Tutorial from UC Berkeley Evaluating Web Sites - From Cornell University, simple steps and resources. Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Critical Evaluation Surveys and Resources - The Critical Evaluation Surveys are a great way to get students involved in the process of evaluating web sites. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly: or, Why It's a Good Idea to Evaluate Web Sources - Interesting examples, useful criteria and practical suggestions can be found on this site from New Mexico State University. Evaluating Website Content - General Resources Evaluating Resources - HomeworkSpot.com Feature - General evaluation suggestions. AASL's Information Power - The Nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning Online Tools Whois - Look up who own web addresses. Advanced Search on All The Web - Lets you find out what other sites are linking to the website. Search Engine Watch - Great for finding out how search engines work and what rankings mean. Hoax Kill - Website where you can research all those email and Internet hoaxes and forwards. Arin's Whois - Look up IP addresses and other address information. To Use with Students BrainPOP's movies on Online Safety, Internet Searching and the Internet - Great introductions for lessons on Internet literacy. WYSIWYG - Lesson plan for 6-9 grade students on website evaluation. Evaluating, Selecting and Citing Information - Flash based presentation and online tutorial. CyberSmart Curriculum - for students in k-8 grades. Useful for mini lessons. The Quality Information Checklist - Highlights the 8 ways of checking a website's content. Interesting and well designed for students, includes a quiz where students can check their knowledge. Evaluating Web Sites: Teacher Page - Teacher page for the webquest below. Evaluating Web Sites - A webquest for 9-12 grade students. Evaluating Web Sites WebQuest- Another webquest, appropriate for middle school student CyberGuide - Jo Cool or Jo Fool - Flash based quiz and tutorial on Internet Literacy. CyberPigs - Cyber Sense and Nonsense and Privacy Playground - Two interactive games from the Media Awareness Network. Copyright Resources Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines - One stop shopping for copyright and fair use information. Brad Templeton's Brief Intro to Copyright Copyrght: Ethical and Legal Issues - A presentation from the National Media Market 2002 Education World's Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use - A five part series on Copyright including Fair Use and District Liability Hall Davidson's Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use - Includes a quiz and easy to understand information Kindergarten Copyright - You are never to young to learn the rules Copyright in the Classroom: A Workshop for Educators Copyright 101 - Published by Technology and Learning Magazine A Brief Intro to Copyright Yahooligan's Citing Resources Guide - Easy to use and designed for k-8th grade students. Online's Citing Sources - MLA, APA and Chicago Style for citing resources Resources for Students SLATE - Citation Machine - Put in the relevant information and you get a citation. Landmark's Citation Machine - Another web based citation creator. Noodle Tools - Free resource where you can create citations and more.

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