Chapter 6

Cybersitters and Filters- Electronic Ways to control what students see


This chapter discusses software that allows you to control controversial information from your students. There are a number of them out there and this chapter helps you gain an understanding of the criteria to evaluate them.

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Access control software vendors

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Surfwatch

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CyberSitter || NetNanny

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Bess

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Net Shepherd

Resources

Internal Parental Control

WorldWide Web Consortium Site

A dozen reasons why schools ahould avoid filtering

Internet blocking and controlling software from Yahoo

Chapter 7

Finding Resources on the Web


Finding information on the Internet can be a time consuming and frustrating task if you are not aware of strategies to use to efficiently gather the information you need. This chapter provides you with information on using search engines, structuring your queries for optimum returns and interpreting the search reusults.
 

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Webcrawler

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Lycos

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Infoseek

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Altavista

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Open Text

Open text 's power search

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Excite

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Hotbot

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Yahoo's list of search engines

Search.com

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Yahoo || Books about the Internet

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Yahooligans

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Whole Internet Catalog || TradeWave Galaxy

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Magellan

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Point Communications

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The Virtual Library

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Education World

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Encyclopedias || The CIA World Factbook

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Knowledge Adventure Encyclopedia

Britannica Online || List of online dictionaries

Hypertext Webster Interface || List of Quotation sites

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Bartlett's Quotations || List of online thesauri

Roget's Internet Thesaurus || Lycos

Yahoo's Image Surfer

Finding People on the Web

Yahoo People Search || Who Where || Four 11

Lists of current e-mail address locator services

Usenet FAQ || Dejanews

Chapter 8

What's a Good Educational Web Site?


This chapter discusees the characteristics of a good educational site. The discussion is along categories that effect the use of the site in educational settings. Issues such as technical reliability, content validity and accuracy and evaluation criteria for you to use in assessing the usability of a site in your classroom.
 

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Robert Miller's Homepage

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NBC || Harvard

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Seussville Web Page

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WebReview || Magellan's education page

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Lycos Top 5% - Education Section

The Net || Blue Pages

Chapter 9

Resources for Elementary Education


This chapter provides you withinformation about a number of excellent websites that you can readily incorporate into your curriculum. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list and is only an introduction to the variety of resources available to you.

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WebMuseum Paris

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Leonardo da Vinci Museum || Quiz for Kids and Parents

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ARTSEDGE Student Area

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A World of Readers || The Children's Literature Web Guide

Author Author || Crayon

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Mega-Mathematics! || Ask Dr. Math

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Arithmetic Classroom Materials Web

Teachers helping teachers

NASA Homepage

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Live from the Hubble Space Telescope

CNN's Weather Page

The Natural History Museum in London

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The Nanoworld Homepage

Earth Science Site of the Week || The WHY Files

The Electronic Zoo || Volcano World

Hurricane: Storm Science

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The White House for Kids

POTUS Web - Presidents of the United States

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Walk Through Time || Expo

Mapmaker, Mapmaker,Make me a map

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The Color Landform Atlas of the United States

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Time Life Photo Gallery || Cool School Tools

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Berit's Best Sites for Children

Ned's Surfing Site for Kids


Web supplement created by Siva Kumari.
Last updated 5.17.97