Entering Rattlesnake Gulch: Searching for K12 Internet Resources   By Annette Lamb When you use the Internet, do you feel like you're entering Rattlesnake Gulch? This presentation will provide you with some ideas for getting started using Internet yourself and with your students. Explore search tools for children and adults, locate teacher resources, and identify good starting points. Learn to live in rattlesnake country!

Outcomes

Why are we entering rattlesnake gulch?

Content, Information, Communication, Tech

Collect Resources

Books, Videos, Graphics, Websites, Objects

Ask Questions

What's the learning outcome?

What kind of resources are needed?

Where can I find useful Internet resources?

Get Organized

Focus on outcome

List topic, more narrow, more broad

Create a concept map

Explore search tools

http://www.excite.com/

Research Tips

Quotes: "Stinky Cheese Man"

Pluses: "tall tales"+animals

AND: guns AND children

Try: guide, lesson, student, teacher

http://www.rcls.org/search.htm

http://yahoo.com

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/

http://www.hotbot.com/

http://www.northernlight.com/

http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm

http://www.yahooligans.com/

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

http://www.ajkids.com/

http://home.edview.com/search/

http://www.awesomelibrary.org

http://www.aol.com/netfind/kids/

http://www.onekey.com/

http://www.cochran.com/theodore/beritsbest/

http://www.webtownis.bc.ca/shakey/

http://www.studyweb.com

http://library.advanced.org/library/index.html

http://www.gsh.org

http://www.epals.com

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html

Get Crazy!

Scan a snake skin

Put your face on top of a snake

Hide a snake in kidpix

Dissect a snake & take digital pics

Reference Resources:

Research tools, helpers, Almanacs, Encyclopedias, News

http://www.iTools.com/research-it/research-it.html

http://www.bjpinchbeck.com

http://www.homeworkcentral.com

http://www.refdesk.com/index.html

http://www.phonenumbers.net/usa.htm

http://kids.infoplease.com/

http://about.com/

http://www.biography.com

http://www.usatoday.com

http://cnn.com

http://www.newspapers.com/

http://www.mapquest.com

http://www.amazon.com

Teacher Resources

Professional Resources, Lesson Plans

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/

http://www.education-world.com

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn

http://www.edweek.org/

http://schoolcity.com/

http://www.netmom.com

http://www.teachers.net/

http://www.inkspot.com/

http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.htm

http://forum.swarthmore.edu

http://www.sisweb.com/math/tables.htm

http://sciencegems.com/

http://www.ala.org/ICONN/index.html

http://web66.coled.umn.edu/schools.html

http://www.vrd.org/locator/subject.html

http://njnie.dl.stevens-tech.edu/curriculum/aska.html

http://www.askanexpert.com/

http://www.thegateway.org/

http://www.eduscapes.com/ladders/index.html

Organize Resources

Bookmarks, List of Sites, Activity, Web Page

Pick 4 good sites

Starting points, Information, Activities

Varied readability, interest

http://www.eduscapes.com/42explore/careers.htm

Make a Friend

Join with other teachers, students, classes

LEAD: Locate, Evaluate, Activate, Disseminate

 

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This workshop is a companion to the book, Building Treehouses for Learning.

This workshop contains elements from the following presentation: Technology Tools in Teaching and Learning.

Developed by Annette Lamb, 11/99