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Thursday, January 8, 2004 8:37 PM Instructional Media Center Teacher Resources

KQED Updates

KQED Education Network
2601 Mariposa St.
San Francisco, CA 94110

KQED Updates is designed to inform educators about upcoming KQED TV9
programming, offer hints about using video and other media in the
classroom and provide information about other educational opportunities.
This service is a benefit for KQED School Affiliates.

You may also review the KQED Program Guides in the IMC.

Some Search Engines:

  • Open Directory Project: DMOZ
  • WebCrawler Search Engine 
  • Beaucoup Links: This site has been around for years. It continues to track, log and classify the many varieties of search engines around the globe.
  • MetaCrawler
    Using this search engine initiates simultaneous searches on Ask Jeeves, Inktomi, Fast, About, LookSmart & Overture.
  • AltaVista - try the Advanced Search using Boohlean terms to fine-tune your keywords. Click on "Advanced Search" on the Alta Vista homepage. Then click on "Terms" to learn about the Boohlean expressions to use, e.g. AND, OR, NEAR, * , or parenthesis to bracket off combinations.

Resource Distance Learning Resource Network (DLRN): This excellent WestEd site disseminates information from and for educators, administrators, policy makers, and parents interested in the effective implementation of distance education. Sections include About Distance Learning, Distance Learning Programs, News Publications, Literature Reviews, Research, and Resources. Grade Level: High School, College, Adult/Professional Content Area(s): Education (Distance Learning) [Dewey #370]

State of California Public School's Accountability Act, 1999
Academic Performance Indexes (find for any district/school)

State of California 2002 Star Test Reports

Mixed Bag

Would you like to let your students take your own tests on the internet? Try Quia Corporation's technology resource for teachers. It's not a free service. But then, like many other teachers, you may find it very worthwhile. The Quia link takes you to an informational page. From there, you can find a link to the directory of subject area tests already at Qui

 

Search Engine Watch's Reviews of Search Engines on the Web

THINK COLLEGE

The Reading Village: reading and language arts lesson plans, resources and discussion groups for teachers of all grade levels for the LA County Office of Education.

World Wide Laboratory's Bugscope: access to a scanning electron microscope for K-12 classrooms.

Learn about website design and web graphic at WebDeveloper.com sponsored by Adobe Corporation.

San Diego County Education Office's SCORE Cyberguides provide supplimentary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Designed for a classroom with one online computer. Science and Math Links are available here.

Links-By-Topic organized by our collegues at Chico High School's Library:

 


Additional resources:


American Library Association Home Page 

American Library Association Archives, hosted by the University of Illinois. 

Librarian's Guide to Internet Resources
A comprehensive guide to a variety of library resources on the Internet. 

Berkeley Public Library Bookmarks
A list of recommended Internet Sites from the Berkeley Public Library 

California Library Links
A list of recommended links. 

World Wide Web Virtual Library 

Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts: acollection of digital documents including items from American literature, English literature, and Western philosophy 

Internet Public Library
This site is a library on the Internet and includes a Youth section. 

Peter Milbury's School Library and School Librarian Web Pages
A web site that helps librarians develop their own school library web page and also has links to K-12educational resources and personal web pages of other librarians. 

LION-Librarian Information Online Network
An information resource for K-12 librarians providing an index of bookmarks, lesson plans for librarians, a ready reference page, a Young Adult Librarian's Help/Home Page, etc. 

Greater Bay Area Library Council
This site provides high tech delivery of articles to participating school librarys. 

The Librarian Yellow Pages online