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Let's start with: When should you use the Internet?

• http://www.ozline.com/learning/thinking.html

• http://www.ozline.com/learning/theory.html 

• http://www.ozline.com/sessions/intro.au.html  

Search Engines, Tools and Strategies: Make the most of your time online 

Start with our tour of the Search Engines and strategies  by Marianne Purdie

For students:- 

• The Quality Information Checklist- checking information on a website 
  http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm
  
• KidsClick! Worlds of web searching
  http://www.worldsofsearching.org/ 
  
• Student Guide to Searching the Web
  http://www.gis.net/~peacewp/ 
  
• Searching the Internet worksheets
  http://www.ttsd.k12.or.us/District/curriculum/elem/internet/internet2.html 

• Finding data on the Internet
  http://nilesonline.com/data/ 
  
• Finding Information on the Internet - A Tutorial
  http://lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html  
  
• Seven Steps to Better Searching
  http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/searching/sevensteps.html
   
• Searching the Web - strategies
  http://numa.niti.org/enc/contents.htm 
  
• Internet Search Tools and Techniques
  http://www.ouc.bc.ca/libr/connect96/search.htm 
  
• Types of Search Tools and Engines
  http://www.peotone.will.k12.il.us/media/searching.html 
  
• Web Searching Tips
  http://www.searchenginewatch.com/facts/index.html

Search Engines:

• Choose the best search Engine for your Needs
  www.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.html
  
• Specialised Search Engines
  http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/searching/specialized.html 
  
• Search Engine Showdown: The users guide to search engines
  http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/
  
• Full Library Search Engine
  http://library.geelongcollege.vic.edu.au:81/metamarc/library.htm
  
• Fact Monster 
  http://www.factmonster.com/index.html
  
• Proteacher
  http://www.proteacher.com/
  
• Find Published Articles
  http://www.findarticles.com
  
• Directories of Australian Information
  http://www.uq.edu.au/jrn/ozguide/
  
  
  

 Using Project Search Engines

• Filamentality:  www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil
  Click on Registry

Pull down the menu to "Filamentality" then enter search term.

• Blue Web’n www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/index.html#table

• GEM – simple search: database of Internet and computer activities and websites. http://www.thegateway.org/simple1.html
  

 Internet Projects

• Oz-Teachernet Projects: Book Raps, Global Youth Forums, SAIL Project, Travel Buddies, Project Atmosphere, Virtual Field Trips, WebQuests and Online Forums.
  http://rite.ed.qut.edu.au/oz-teachernet/

•  Montage Projects are very popular and include Math Web, Monsters, Seals, Seven Wonders and dozens of other Internet projects. http://www.montage.edu.au/

•  Education Network Australia:  www.edna.edu.au/EdNA/  

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

• Oz Projects: http://www.ozprojects.net.au/

• Global Learning and the Environment (GLOBE) is a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment.
  http://globe.fsl.noaa.gov/ 

• Project Based Learning
  http://www.millennaire.com/pbl.html
  
  

 Other Great Sites

• Ed Helper
  http://www.edhelper.com 

• ThinkQuest 2000 
  http://www.thinkquest.org/index.shtml 

• Useful Resources
  http://www.acon.com.au/~infov/resources.htm

• Middle School Internet Projects
  http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~jobrown/ms.html

• Tammy’s Technology Tips for Teachers
  www.essdack.org/tips/index.html

• Connecting Students: Internet Ready Activities and Lesson Plans
  www.teleport.com/~dleahy/

• Kathy Schrocks Famous Site
  http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

• Teachers First – A Storehouse of ideas and projects
  www.teachersfirst.com/index.htm

• Teaching with the Web
  http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/teaching.htm

•  Loogootee: Introducing the Internet: Great overview
  http://www.siec.k12.in.us/west/edu/wwwdo/index.html

•  Classroom Connect: award winning site
  http://www.classroom.com/home.asp

• Treasure Island Activities 
  http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/treasure/setframe.htm 

• Australian History Links 
  http://www.ozemail.com.au/~rchaffer/
  
  

• Lesson Plans and other Computer Activities
  http://www.mississippi.net/~lamarelm/technolo.htm 

• Real Life Maths - Beenleigh SS
  http://www.beenleigss.qld.edu.au/reallife/reallife1.html 

• Lessons for ClarisWorks, KidPix, and/or Word.
  http://www.mississippi.net/~lamarelm/technolo.htm

• There are dozens of lesson plans here, and most of them integrate the
  Internet with the curriculum.
  http://etc.davis.k12.ut.us/lessons.htm

• Software Educational Downloads
  http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/
  

Theme Websites

• Gander’s Academy: websites in themes
  http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/themes.html

• Curriculum Links
  http://www.s95.schdist43.bc.ca:8000/district/home.htm 

• Sunshine Online for year pre to 4 http://www.sunshine.aust.com/
  

• Track Star – Internet activities organised in themes
  http://scrtec.org/track/

• ICONnect Favourite K-12 Websites
  www.ala.org/ICONN/kcfavorites.html

• Pathfinder: http://golum.riv.csu.edu.au/~lhay/pathfinder/index.html  

• Oz-Edweb: http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/mrlaneis/ 

• Kids Click - Great topic finder for Kids
  http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ 

Internet Activities: Knowledge Acquisition to Higher Order Thinking

Make your own Internet projects  

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

• Web and Flow: www.web-and-flow.com  

• Creating Web Based Lessons: templates
  www.esc20.net/techserv/projects    

  See an example of each type of Activity:

• Six Paths to China
  www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/index.html  

• Thinking Through Linking: Examples of Activities
  www.ozline.com/learning/thinking.html

• Australian Activities
  http://www.occ.act.edu.au/home/itpd/webquests/matrix.htm 
  
  
  Hotlists

• A Hotlist of Internet Activities:
  http://pomo.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listwebintems.html  

• China on the Net www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/hotlist.html  

•  A Hotlist of Rainforest Activities:  
  www.web-and-flow.com/members/jcarr/forest/hotlist.htm  

• Explore the Net: An activity for students
  www.web-and-flow.com/members/jcarr/web/hotlist.htm
  
  

Knowledge Hunts

• A Hunt about Treasure Hunts (for teachers): http://pomo.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/hunttreasurejo.html   
   

Subject Samplers

• My China
  www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/sampler.html

• Oceans Sampler: for Years 1-4
  http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/samoceansja.html
  
  

Concept Builders

• Searching for China – Religious Leader
  www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/China/religion.html  
  

• No Fear o’ Eras
  www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/art2/eras/byzantine.html
  

• Fantasy Vs Science Fiction
  www.web-and-flow.com/members/mchapple//builder.htm
  
  
  

WebQuests: Open ended inquiries

• A WebQuest about Australian WebQuests http://www.teachucom.com.au/workshop_resources/J_Clark/WebQuest/WQonWQ.htm  

• A Matrix of Australian Examples
  http://www.occ.act.edu.au/home/itpd/webquests/matrix.htm

• Online News WebQuest
  http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/EDTEC572/f96projects/final/online/wq.htm