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Cross Curricular Websites http://www.thinkfinity.org/ []
 * [|http://www.enchantedLearning.com/Home.html__**
 * http://wonderopolis.org/**
 * http://www.netsmartzkids.org/rbs/index.htm**
 * http://www.thinkquest.org/en/**

http://www.worldmathsday.com http://www.americanmathchallenge.com/
 * Excellent Motivational Annual Math Challenges**

 __[|www.starfall.com]__  __[|www.pbskids.com]__  __[]__  __[]__  [|http://bookadventure.com/Literacy sites K-2 **

__[|www.janbrett.com]__ __[|www.onemorestory.com]__ __[|http://www.geocities.com/~teddarnold/hiflyguy.html]__
 * Author websites **

Channel 13's EdVideo [|http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/itv�232� Use password Ly3Ry5KGvC and then create an account || Exploring the Possibilities of Learning on the Internet

**The Internet provides opportunities for students to read, explore, interact with, and respond to multimedia texts from around the world.**


 * [|International Children’s Digital Library] (diversity, understanding culture’s influence in literature)
 * [|National Geographic for Kids]
 * [|Mythic Journeys]
 * Planet Oz [|Animal Myths and Legends]
 * [|Create a Graph] - National Center of Statistics
 * [|Interactive Math Dictionary] for Kids
 * [|Pathways to Freedom]: The Underground Railroad
 * [|GA Super Readers]


 * The Internet invites students to compose, think critically, collaborate, and create peace**
 * [|Global Schoolhouse Projects]
 * [|Global Virtual Classroom] - [|Different Countries, Different People, Same Dreams]
 * [|Global Story Trains]
 * [|Never-Ending Stories] from Writer’s Window
 * [|Children's Encyclopedia of Woman]
 * [|WikiJunior Information Texts]
 * [|Student Created Document Based Questions]


 * The Internet enables teachers to collaborate and share ideas across classrooms.**
 * [|Mary Kreul's 4th grade classroom]
 * [|Susan Silverman's Webfolio]

**Reciprocal Teaching Strategies** The following links can be used to support similar and different types of online reading strategies. First, there is the 21st Century Information Fluency site that provides [|micromodules and search challenges] around a number of strategies as well as a series of wizard tools for [|searching], [|evaluating], and [|citing online sources]. Another extremely comprehensive support tool is the newly released online [|Strategy Tutor] created by CAST, and funded by the Carnegie Corporation. You have to login the first time you use it, but then it leads you to a supported process for doing online research (framed in reciprocal teaching strategies).


 * Searching Information Portal Sites For Kids: **
 * Ask for Kids []
 * Kidsclick Search Engine []
 * Kids.net.au []
 * Fact Monster []
 * First Gov Kid's Portal []
 * Enchanted Learning Site [|http://www.enchantedlearning.com]
 * Free Clip Art for Kids []
 * Free Photos for Kids []
 * International Children's Digital Library []
 * Yahooligans?? [|http://www.yahooligans.com]

[|WordPress] Create a blog WikiSpaces+Help Teachers http://www.wikispaces.com/help+Teachers
 * Creating Blogs & Wikis **

**Examples of Use of blogs and wikis** [|Jefferson Bear] [|National Park Wiki] The work of Boling, Castek, and Zawolinski

**Searching** [|Internet Word Search Challenge]

**Internet Workshop:**
 * Effective Instructional Models **

>> Share strategies for how you moved around the website to locate your facts.
 * Locate and bookmark websites.
 * Develop an “information problem” to solve using the sites with a partner.
 * Complete during the week.
 * Students share new insights and reading strategies in a workshop session.
 * Examples:
 * **Elementary: Reading Informational Hypertext** - [|Enchanted Learning] and the [|Little Explorers Picture Dictionary]- Problem: Locate two interesting facts about an animal that lives in the desert.
 * **Middle School: Exploring Dog Sled Racing from Multiple Perspectives** - A. [|Veterinary Center for the Iditarod], B. [|Racing for the Grave], and C. [|Is The Iditarod for the Dogs?] Problem: Distinguish fact from opinion as you read across 3 texts about dogsled racing. Share strategies for how you evaluated each author’s purpose and stance.
 * **High School: Exploring the American Memory Database of Primary Sources** - Problem: Compare and contrast the original draft of FDR’s speech from the [|American Memory website] with the final audio. Share strategies for how you located the three primary sources in the database.


 * Internet Project:**
 * Work with another class on a common learning activity or problem to solve
 * Contribute products or data to a common site and then analyze, reflect, compare, and respond
 * Students and teachers communicate about the topic using a range of online communication tools
 * Examples:
 * **Elementary Language Arts/Math**: [|Monster Exchange Project] - Product/Data include written (and revised) directions and art; Communication Tools include Email, Chat Rooms, and Discussion Boards
 * **Elementary Literature**: [|Cinderella Around the World Project] - Product/Data includes graphic organizers, tables, charts, drawings, poems, story adaptations, etc.; Communication Tools include Email, Inspiration, and Digital Art Software
 * **Secondary Science**: [|CIESE Engineering and Science Projects] - One example is the [|Global Water Sampling Project] - Data/Products (from water samples in 20 countries include measures of variables such as temperature, Ph level, phosphates, bacteria, etc. Students analyze patterns and exchange theories; Communication Tools: Email (Ask-An-Expert), Discussion Boards, and Excel Spreadsheets
 * **Secondary Humanities**: [|Global SchoolNet's Doors to Diplomacy Project] - Data/Product include a synthesis of primary source documents, case studies & data in student generated websites; Communication Tools include Instant message, digital cameras, email, web design software, Flash, imovie, etc.

>> What is special about your favorite author? Use the Internet to find out the special things about your favorite author. How does your author use these special things in his/her stories? Prepare a presentation to convince others to read books by your author. Include three books and a quiz for others to complete. >> Choose a human body system to learn about and a question about that body system that is important to understand. Prepare a presentation that teaches others about both the body system and the question you picked. Include both a report to read, an online game, and a 10-item test. >> Explore state and national data sets such as those at Kids Count Data Center and The National Center for Educational Statistics. Identify an important problem and use NCES Graph it to illustrate it. Then use the Internet to research solutions. Write a letter to your state legislators identifying the problem and proposing your solution. Include your graph(s) and document your solution.
 * Internet Inquiry:**
 * Question - The most important, least taught, element
 * Search
 * Critical evaluation - More important with the Internet
 * Synthesize - We construct texts as we read online
 * Communicate - New tools, new skills, and new audiences
 * Examples:
 * **Elementary: Integrating the Internet with Children's Literature**
 * Author examples include: [|Jan Brett], [|Eric Carle,] [|Patricia Polacco], and [|Katherine Paterson]
 * **Middle School: Human Body Systems - Know It and Teach It**
 * Websites include [|BBC Interactive Body], [|STC Human Body Student Site], and [|KidsHealth Human Body Systems Videos]
 * **Secondary: Interdisciplinary - Make the World a Better Place**
 * Websites include [|Kids Count Data Center] and [|NCES Create-A-Graph]