Copyright Manuals and Information
Copyright and Fair Use <http://fairuse.stanford.edu/>
Stanford University LibrariesCopyright Implementation Manual <http://groton.k12.ct.us/mts/egtoc.htm>
The Copyright Implementation Manual (CIM) was produced to aid in complying with the Groton Public Schools Copyright Policy. Copyright law is complex, constantly evolving, and open to a wide range of legal interpretation; it's the goal of CIM to provide teachers, librarians, and students with clear instructions on the permissible uses of copyrighted materials.Copyright Quickguide <http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/quickguide.htm>
Indiana University Purdue University IndianapolisThe Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use <http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html>
Fair Use of Copyrighted Works <http://www.cetus.org/fairindex.html>
[From CETUS–Consortium for Educational Technology in University Systems]Legal Issues—Internet Use in School: Copyright <http://responsiblenetizen.org/onlinedocs/pdf/srui/chapters/part3/chapterIII9.pdf>
U.S. Copyright Office <http://www.loc.gov/copyright>
U.S. Copyright Office Information Circulars and Form Letters <http://www.loc.gov/copyright/circs/>
The UT System Crash Course in Copyright <http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm>
Copyright WebQuests
The Copyright WebQuest <http://www.edsupport.cc/mguhlin/artifacts/consulting/copyright/>
Music Copyright WebQuest <http://www.edgerton.k12.wi.us/ms/Webquest/>
Music Downloads and Copyright
How to avoid copyright law infringement with digital media <http://support.uits.iu.edu/scripts/ose.cgi?http://kb.indiana.edu/data/ahmf.ose.help?osecat=secpol>
APA Style Electronic References<http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html>
Advice note: Citing Online Sources <http://www.quinion.com/words/articles/citation.htm>
BibBuilder 1.3 <http://jerz.setonhill.edu/writing/academic/bib_builder/index.html>
Free MLA-Style Bibliography BuilderCitation Machine <http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm.php>
The Columbia Guide to Online Style<http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html>
NoodleTools <http://www.noodletools.com/>
NoodleTools is a suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and professionals with their online research. From selecting a search engine and finding some relevant sources, to citing those sources in MLA or APA style, NoodleTools makes online research easier!
NoodleBib—The MLA and APA Bibliography Composer <http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/index.php>Notestar—A Project Based Learning Research Tool <http://notestar.4teachers.org/index.php3>
Online! Citation Styles <http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html>
Using Modern Language Association Format <http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html>
What Is MLA Style? <http://www.mla.org/style/sources.htm>
Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers <http://www.virtualsalt.com/antiplag.htm>
Essay Verification Engine <http://www.canexus.com/eve/index.shtml>
Internet Paper Mills <http://www.coastal.edu/library//pubs/mills2.html>
TechNotes Teaching Tip: Thinking and Talking About Plagiarism <http://bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/techtiparchive/ttip102401.htm>
Turnitin <http://www.turnitin.com/static/home.html>
[Database and search resource to check the originality of student papers; not free]
ALA | American Library Association <http://www.ala.org/>
[Vast compendium of resources for families, teachers, librarians, readers, and researchers; some notable pages on site follow:]
Booklists & Book Awards (Young Adult Library Services Association) <http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/booklistsbook.htm>
Great Web Sites for Kids <http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/greatwebsites/greatwebsiteskids.htm>
Literary and Related Awards <http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds/literaryrelated.htm>
Teen Reading <http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenreading.htm>ASCD <http://www.ascd.org/>
Founded in 1943, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) is an international, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that represents 160,000 educators from more than 135 countries and more than 60 affiliates...
[Publications, professional development, education topics, more]AwesomeLibrary <http://www.awesomelibrary.org/>
Awesome Library organizes the Web with 24,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.Banknotes.com <http://www.banknotes.com/images.htm>
Gallery of thousands of images of banknotes world-wide [images not working as of May 3, 2004]BBC Schools <http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/>
BBC Education GCSE Hotlinks <http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/hotlinks/>
[Curriculum review sites based on preparing for U.K. testing]Bibliomania <http://www.bibliomania.com/>
Free online literature [Public domain literature and reference works]Creating Web-based Lessons <http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/>
WebQuests & Other Internet Projects
[organized by grade level and subject area]CyberDewey <http://www.anthus.com/CyberDewey/CyberDewey.html>
A Hotlist of Internet Sites organized using Dewey Decimal Classification codesDiscovery Channel School <http://www.school.discovery.com/>
Links, TV show tie-ins, teaching tools, activities, lesson plans, games, science fair help, etc.EDSITEment <http://edsitement.neh.gov/>
Welcome to EDSITEment, The Best of the Humanities on the Web from the National Endowment for the Humanities in partnership with the National Trust for the Humanities, and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. This educational partnership brings online humanities resources from some of the world's great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities directly to your classroom.
[with the following areas of concentration: Art & Culture; Literature & Language Arts; Foreign Languages; History & Social Studies]Education Index <http://www.educationindex.com/>
[A]n annotated guide to the best education-related sites on the Web. They're sorted by subject and lifestage, so you can find what you're looking for quickly and easily.EducationWorld <http://www.education-world.com/>
Web site contains: Comprehensive guide to all new content at Education World; Timely lesson plans and activities to engage students in active learning; Reports of new and interesting curriculum projects across the grades; Highlighting new and notable books that every teacher should know about and every school library should have; Issues and resources for administrators and the educators they work with; Tips, facts, and tools specifically for educators and their unique financial needs; Concise and informative reviews of some of the best educational sites on the internet; An award, presented weekly, to one school from across the United States that exhibits an outstanding Internet Web site.
Education World Teacher Tools and Templates <http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/index.shtml>Educator's Reference Desk <http://www.eduref.org/>
The Educator's Reference Desk provides access to the following resources:
Resource Collection—Links to over 3000 resources on a variety of educational issues.[...]
Lesson Plans—The Lesson Plan Collection contains more than 2000 unique lesson plans which were written and submitted by teachers from all over the United States.
Question Archive—A collection of over 200 responses to popular questions on the practice, theory, and research of education.[...]
ERIC Database The ERIC database, the world's largest source of education information, contains more than one million abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice.[...]ERIC—Educational Resources Information Center <http://eric.ed.gov/>
ERIC is a national information system funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to provide access to education literature and resources.ESPN Baseball Stat search <http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/statistics>
The ExplorerTM <http://explorer.scrtec.org/explorer/>
[A] collection of educational resources (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, student created materials ...) for K–12 mathematics and science education. You may browse through mathematics and science education curricula (we plan to expand to other curricula) or conduct searches that focus on specific interests.
[Link not working when tested on May 3, 2004]FREE—Federal Resources for Educational Excellence <http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html>
More than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to make hundreds of Federally supported teaching and learning resources easier to find. The result of that work is the FREE web site.Free Worksheets <http://www.freeworksheets.com/>
What's Free? 6300+ Free Worksheets, Seasonal Activity Pages, Daily Treasure Hunt, Download 6 Units, 30 Reading Books, Funtime Activities, Make Awards, Math Generator, GamesThe Gateway to Educational Materials <http://eg2.ischool.washington.edu/>
The Gateway to Educational MaterialsSM is a Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.The Global SchoolNet Foundation <http://gsn.org/index.html>
[Many areas of interest to K–12 parents, teachers, and students; access to many collaborative projects, useful mailing lists]Google Groups <http://groups.google.com/>
Usenet discussion forums including Deja.comInformation Please: Online Dictionary, Internet Encylopedia, Atlas, & Almanac <http://www.infoplease.com/>
InTech 2000 Forum <http://intech2000.miamisci.org/>
This project is a collaboration of the Florida Department of Education's Division of Human Resources and the Miami Museum of Science. <http://www.miamisci.org/>
Browse the Sunshine State Standards for related URLs and ideas in each subject: Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Foreign Languages, Health/P.E., The ArtsThe Internet Public Library Kidspace <http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/>
[Contains:] Reference, The World, Computers/Internet, Health & Nutrition, Reading Zone, Math & Science, Art & Music, Sports & Recreation, Fun Stuff, Teachers & Parents
[See also:] Internet Public Library <http://www.ipl.org/>iTools <http://www.itools.com/>
Quick access to the best Internet toolsKids Click <http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/>
Web search for kids by librariansLibrary Spot <http://www.libraryspot.com/>
a free virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research informationLightspan <http://www.lightspan.com/>
The Lightspan Network is the source for standards-based, online curriculum and resources for K–8 classrooms. Available exclusively to subscribers, The Lightspan Network offers your school a complete Internet solution, including instructional resources, full customer support, professional-development services, and extension to the home.
[Free 30-day trial]Lives, the Biography Resource <http://amillionlives.com/>
[According to site, no longer maintained; a new site due in late 2004]Mr Donn's Pages <http://members.aol.com/donnandlee/SiteIndex.html>
Free Lesson Plans, Activities & Resources [social studies, ancient world, world history, U.S. history, language arts]National Science Foundation Information for Educators <http://www.nsf.gov/home/faculty/start.htm>
The National Science Foundation supports many programs for educators at all levels, in both formal and informal educational settings...New York City Board of Education Home Instruction <http://schools.nycenet.edu/d75/his/shack/index.html>
[student resources]PacificBell Knowledge Network Explorer <http://www.bluewebn.com/>
[Access to many areas of education interest, including:]
Blue Web'n <http://www.bluewebn.com/wired/bluewebn/index.cfm>
online library of 1800+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format
Filamentality <http://www.bluewebn.com/wired/fil/>
Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet links, and turning them into learning activities.Refdesk <http://www.refdesk.com/>
[Portal to many useful areas; easy to use; put together by Bob Drudge, father of Matt Drudge.]Scholastic <http://www.scholastic.com/>
[Lesson Plans, online activities, teacher class pages, teaching strategies, and much more]Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators <http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/>
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.Six Seconds Emotional Intelligence Network <http://www.6seconds.org/>
Teaching Tools from Discovery.com <http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html>
Puzzlemaker, Worksheet Generator, Quiz Center, Vocabulary Quiz Whiz, Instant Glossary Builder, Clip ArtThe Tech-Connected Teacher <http://www.esu5.org/techteacher/>
online resources for the classroom teacherWorld Factbook <http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html>
[CIA country profiles, including population data, some history, geographical descriptions, maps, flags]Dictionaries
Brewer's Phrase & Fable <http://www.bibliomania.com/> [Under Reference in links to left of page]
On-line Dictionaries <http://www.yourdictionary.com/>
[many languages; thesaurus; courses; glossaries]Syracuse University Library Dictionaries and Encyclopedias online <http://libwww.syr.edu/research/refshelf/dictency.htm>
[Contains links to:]
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Thesauri & Pronunciations, Etymologies, Quotations, Other Language DictionariesAmerican Sign Language
A Basic Dictionary of ASL Terms <http://www.masterstech-home.com/ASLDict.html>
American Sign Language Browser <http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm>
Maps
MapBlast! <http://www.mapblast.com/>
MapQuest <http://www.mapquest.com/>
[street maps, airport terminal maps, national parks, scenic drives, topographic maps, world atlas, road atlas; driving directions; city information]U.S. Census Bureau Tiger Map Server Browser <http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse-tbl/>
This mapping engine uses 1998 TIGER/Line® data and 1990 Decennial Census data.TerraServer <http://www.terraserver.com/>
[Images from the U.S. Geological Survey, current events, and much more]Quotations
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations <http://www.bartleby.com/100/>
Quoteland <http://www.quoteland.com/>