Jackie Carrigan
Educational Consultant
1005 Creekside Lane
Plainfield, IN 46168
jackiecarrigan@comcast.net

Accessing Information - Search engines

riceinfo.rice.edu/Internet

www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.html
Choosing the best search engine.

Great list of engines - http://bowiehigh.elpaso.k12.tx.us/srh.html

Noodletools - www.noodletools.com

Beginning sites for good links  

www.school.discovery..com/schrockguide/

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

http://ala8.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html

www.nsba.org/itte/hotlinks.html

www.thejournal.com/features/rdmap/

Reference materials - http://www.refdesk.com/

http://www.britannica.com/

http://www.govspot.com/ - not an official government site... but a good one!!

You can do it yourself! - 

http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/library/index.htm

Collaboration

Travel buddies - http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/oz-teachernet/projects/travel-buddies/

www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/article/travbud.htm

Global grocery list - http://landmark-project.com/ggl/

Global School House - http://www.gsn.org/

Discussions online

http://www.lightspan.com/common/pages/linkout5.asp?loc=lists.lightspan.com

www.liszt.com

E-mail ideas

server.remc11.k12.mi.us/~bcisd/classres/email.htm

Keypals - www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/article/penpal.htm

www.otan.dni.us/webfarm/emailproject/email.htm

http://everythingemail.net/email_school.html

Field Trips - virtual ones

http://www.childrensmuseum.org/

http://www.indyzoo.com/

http://www.field-trips.org/

Nasa field trips - http://passporttoknowledge.com/main.html

http://www.jasonproject.org/

Graphics

webclipart.miningco.com

www.clipart.com

http://www.ditto.com/

http://www.clipsahoy.com/

Copyright information - http://fairuse.stanford.edu/

History comes alive.

American Memory Collection - memory.loc.gov/ammem

Investigating and solving real-world problems

Math problems - http://forum.swarthmore.edu/elempow/

Simulations - http://www.mpt.org/learningworks/teachers/ehl/

http://www.exploratorium.edu/learning_studio/cow_eye/index.html

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Join an expedition.

http://www.globalearn.org/

Kids publishing articles on the web

www.kidnews.com

eduscapes.com/sessions/wizard/index.htm

Lesson plans

ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons

www.teachnet.com/lesson

www.microsoft.com/education

http://www.blackboard.com/

Museum building

http://eduscapes.com/web/museum/

Never a boring day!!  It's Karaoke time!

http://www.ronandowling.com/karaoke/karaoke.cgi?cmd=play&id=147

http://www.ronandowling.com/karaoke/

Online magazines, newspapers

www.cnn.com

www.usatoday.com

http://www.newspapers.com/

past issues - dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/news-ss.html

Publishing on the web or with information from the web

Filamentality - http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/

Hyperfolio

Homestead - http://www.homestead.com

Netscape Composer, etc.

Questioning the experts

www.askanexpert.com

www.switchboard.com

http://www2.1800ussearch.com/search/start.cgi?adID=1110002037

universities -----.edu

Rubrics

edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/rubrics/Rubrics_for_Web_Lessons.html

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

Staff development

http://www2.otan.dni.us/tto/

www.microsoft.com/education

Teaching tools

www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/methods/resources.html

www.puzzlemaker.com

www.freeworksheets.com

Use other languages.

http://www.travlang.com/languages/

Visit colleagues, family online

Netmeeting -  Comes with Office.

Webquests

The WebQuest Page - edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html

Xtra software, sounds, movies

www.shareware.com

www.freeware.com

www.inspiration.com

Your turn!!

Zero in on what's worthwhile.

www.discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/eval.html

http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/webeval.htm

www.realaroma.com

www.whitehouse.gov

www.whitehouse.net