edc920session9

Critical Evaluation ofOnline Information : 

Critical Evaluation ofOnline Information Session 9 This workshop islicensed under a Creative Commons License.

What to Expect : 

What to Expect Finishing with “website evaluation” Invisible Web Free Educational Resources for teachers

Filtering : 

Filtering Internet content filtering is a process by which requests for sites on the Internet are inspected and then allowed or denied based upon a selected set of filtering criteria. No filtering system is infallible.

Filtering Companies: : 

Filtering Companies: CyberNanny CyberSitter SafeSearch StaySafeOnline NetNanny

NetSmartz : 

NetSmartz The NetSmartz online materials provide a learning experience that children will enjoy and understand. These fun activities teach children what to watch out for online. Click on the link below to explore the animated activities that provide fun and interesting approaches to developing safe-surfing habits on the Internet (K-12). Tutorial http://www.netsmartz.org/

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Why can’t I play those games?

Fortunately… : 

Fortunately… More than half of American families with teenagers use filters to limit access to potentially harmful content online. But both teens and parents believe that teens do things on the internet that their parents would not approve of. Read more here. http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/152/report_display.asp

Site selection : 

Site selection www.whitehouse.com www.whitehouse.gov

Google SafeSearch : 

Google SafeSearch

Yahoo SafeSearch Filter : 

Yahoo SafeSearch Filter

Monitoring : 

Monitoring System administrators may review files and communications at any time to maintain system integrity and insure that users are using the system responsibly.

Synchron-eyes : 

Synchron-eyes

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Would you like a Big Brother?

Not really the end… : 

Not really the end… This completes the section on “Critical Evaluation of Online Resources.” Now we will discuss how to find free educational resources online.

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THE “INVISIBLE WEB” Click for Suggested Reading http://websearch.about.com/od/invisibleweb/a/invisible_web.htm

Did You Know… : 

Did You Know… That the majority of the Web is “invisible” to most search engines. That no one has a good handle on the magnitude of the Invisible Web. That much of the Invisible Web is of great value to educators & students.

So What? : 

So What? Would you intentionally exclude large chunks of the Library of Congress’s 19 million documents from your searches? How about the US Census Bureau? How about health and medical databases? Many newspapers?

What is the "Invisible Web"? : 

What is the "Invisible Web"? “Visible Web" general search engine/directory results “Invisible Web" what you cannot retrieve ("see") in the search results and other links contained in these types of tools 500 times larger than the ‘Visible Web’

How to Find the Invisible Web : 

How to Find the Invisible Web You can find, but usually not access “searchable databases” in the course of routine searching in most general web directories. To locate “searchable databases”, search a subject term and the word "database".

Why Are Some Pages Invisible? : 

Why Are Some Pages Invisible? All sites requiring a password or login are closed to search engine spiders because they require typing something spiders cannot "know."

Online Reading (skim it) : 

Online Reading (skim it) “The Deep Web: Surfacing Hidden Value” by Michael K. Bergman http://www.press.umich.edu/jep/07-01/bergman.html or http://brightplanet.com/technology/deepweb.asp (This contains some very technical parts, so just skim or scan it for salient points.)

Here is one quick and simple place to find a checklist for classroom integration: : 

Here is one quick and simple place to find a checklist for classroom integration: CHECKLIST http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm

Finding FreeEducationalResources on theWeb for Teachers : 

Finding FreeEducationalResources on theWeb for Teachers

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Click Here

Education Index : 

Education Index

FREE EBOOKS : 

FREE EBOOKS Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/ Ibiblio.org http://ibiblio.org/collection/ Digital Book Index http://www.digitalbookindex.org/about.htm

www.education-world.com : 

www.education-world.com

www.eduref.org/ : 

www.eduref.org/

Typical (and Great) Invisible Web Resource (click for link) : 

Typical (and Great) Invisible Web Resource (click for link)

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/ : 

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/

The Internet Public Library : 

The Internet Public Library

Another Cool Map Example : 

Another Cool Map Example

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LIBRARIAN'S INDEX TO THE INTERNET Click here?

Other Invisible Web Recovery Sites : 

Other Invisible Web Recovery Sites Each one of these images is hotlinked.

Don’t Forget Portals… : 

Don’t Forget Portals… http://www.homeworkspot.com/ http://www.awesomelibrary.org/ http://www.about.com/

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More Resources for Teachers

Reference Materials : 

Reference Materials Encyclopedia - Britannica Dictionary - Your Dictionary or OneLook Phone Book/yellow pages - AnyWho Acronym Finder – Acronym Finder RefDesk

Specialized data collections : 

Specialized data collections MultiMedia collections: AtomFilms - made for the web movies Find Sounds - a site dedicated to finding sounds Awesome Clip Art for Kids – family friendly free clip art

Education Specific- Sites : 

Education Specific- Sites Ed Helper - Lesson Plans - Worksheets - Teacher's Lesson Plans - WebQuests - Primary Teacher Resources - and many other resources... Sites for Teachers - reference link source for all types of eductional content for teachers. Ed Hound - THE magazines prescreened directory of over 20,000 educational links

Education Specific - Students : 

Education Specific - Students

“How to” sites : 

“How to” sites How stuff works - hundreds of quick lessons on a wide variety of topics Atomic Learning - instant video tutorials on software use (some free – some for subscription). Wanna Learn - Over 350 categories of free, online tutorials, guides and instructionally oriented Websites. eHow - 1500 solutions to common problems Technology Tutorials found on the Web - resource page full of links to online tutorials.

“Invisible Web”Search Tools : 

“Invisible Web”Search Tools Beaucoup - access to 2500+ free information databases Complete Planet - This site contains 103,000 search sites organized into more than 4,000 subject headings. Researchville -enter search once to query over 100 databases

Web Portals : 

Web Portals Portals to the World - listing of country web sites News Directory - listing of news sources from around the world. Newspapers of the World – headlines from around the world

Statistics : 

Statistics FedStats - statistical info from the Federal Government - economic, population, health info can be tracked. Infonation - database that allows students to compare up-to-date statistics for UN member countries. States and Capitals - comprehensive listing of statisitcal information about our 50 states. Statistics.com – courses and a Browse for data resource

Other specialized tools : 

Other specialized tools World Atlas - maps and outlines of countries and regions of the world Terra Server - Aerial Photos of much of the U.S. Amazon Book Text Search- full text search of 120,000 books Easton’s English online - great set of links to teacher materials.

Spanish Oriented Sites : 

Spanish Oriented Sites People who need resources on books in Spanish or on: Hispanic/Latino people and cultures can visit: Barahona Center

Barahona Center : 

Barahona Center A searchable database of recommended books for children and adolescents published worldwide; More than 12,000 in-print books in Spanish; More than 1,000 recommended books in English about Hispanic/Latino people and cultures; and Resources with high-quality art, writing, presentation, and appeal.

VIRTUAL MUSEUMS : 

VIRTUAL MUSEUMS Registry of worldwide museums

Best Museum Site Winners : 

Best Museum Site Winners 1997-Exploratorium 1998-The Museum of Modern Art 1999-Walker Art Center 2002-The Sport of Life and Death 2003-Theban Mapping Project 2004-Conservation Central, the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park 2005-U.K. Science Museum’s “Making the Modern World” 2005-Best Online Exhibition-Indianapolis Museum of Art’s Cycles: African Life Through Art

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Next Session “Attack of the Blogs”