Internet+Resources

Essential Question: How are Internet resources effectively and efficiently located and organized?
• Learners will gain knowledge about using search engines to locate Internet information for classroom use that meets diverse learner needs.

• Learners will organize Internet resources using browser bookmarking features and will also become familiar with Web-based bookmarking tools.

• Learners will become acquainted with several tools that find classroom resources.

• Learners will determine how to use Internet safety resources in their classrooms.


 * Sign-in, Connectivity & Session Starter**

**[|Free Technology for Teachers Blog] (Richard Byrne at Oxford Hills)**

 * [|Wicked Decent Learning Podcast] (Jeff Bailey at Mt. Valley and Dan Ryder at Mt. Blue)**


 * [|Telstar Music & Art Teacher Blogs]**

=Effective Internet Searches=

[|Google] [|Boolean Search on the Internet: A Primer in Boolean Logic] [|Boolify] [|http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.html] [|Four NETS for Better Searching] [|Meta-Search Engines] [|Clusty] [|Major Search Engines & Directories] [|Specialized Search Engines and Directories] Visual Search Engines: [|Kart00] [|SearchMe] [|Quintura]

=**Seeking Out Information**=


 * [|TeacherRated.com]** is a free resource website created by teachers for teachers. Using TeacherRated.com, educators quickly locate the very best teaching tools, lesson plans, reference websites and student activities available online because resources are suggested, rated and reviewed by teachers.





[|Filamentality]

[|TRACKSTAR]

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**Online Classroom Environments [| http://region6.mainelearns.org/onlineclassenviron.html]**

 * Reliability**


 * Who Do You Trust?** **http://learninginmaineresources.wikispaces.com/Trust**

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= **Internet Safety** =

eThemes Internet Safety http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00000652.shtml**
= Reflection and Putting into Practice =
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