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Norma Thiese, Media/Technology Consultant
(Internet Searching Tools - http://www.aea1.k12.ia.us/norma/isb.html)

Academic Achievement / Blogs & Wikis / Professional Development Resources / Copyright / Authors & Literature / Professional Organizations / Style Sheets / Good Sites for Locating Information / Information Literacy Standards / Sites for Younger Children

Academic Achievement

Library Research Service: http://www.lrs.org

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Blogs & Wikis

American Association of School Librarians: http://blogs.ala.org/aasl.php

ALA Tech Source: http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/
2006/05/introducing-blogs-and-wikis-at-
lakeview-high-school.html

The Blue Skunk Blog: http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/
blue-skunk-blog/

Doug Johnson's Blog: https://dougjohnson.wikispaces.com

From the Inside Out: Sara Kelly Johns’ Views of ALA, AASL and more: http://fromtheinsideout.squarespace.com/

Gargoyles Loose in the Library: Urbana, Il. High School Library: http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/library/blog/

Joyce Valenza’s NeverEnding Search: http://schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/
1340000334.html

Kathy Schrock’s KaffeeKlatsch: http://kathyschrock.net/blog/

Library Lines K–12 Wiki: http://librarylinesk12.wikispaces.com

SLJ Blog: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/
blog/620000062.html

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Professional Development Resources

42eXplore: http://www.42explore.com/

edHelper: Graphic Organizers: http://www.edhelper.com/teachers/
graphic_organizers.htm

Educator's Reference Desk: http://www.eduref.org

From Now On: online journal by Jamie McKenzie: http://www.fromnowon.org/

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: http://discoveryschool.com/
schrockguide/

Knowledge Quest on the Web: http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsand
journals/kqweb/kqweb.htm

National Education Technology Plan: http://www.nationaledtechplan.org/
background.asp

New York Times Learning Network: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

Project-Based Learning Checklist Maker: http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/

Rubistar: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

School Library Journal: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/
index.asp

Search Engine Watch: http://searchenginewatch.com/

State Laws on the Confidentiality of Library Records: http://www.library.cmu.edu/People/
neuhaus/state_laws.html

Teacher Librarian: http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/

Technology Tips for Differentiated Instruction: http://rtecexchange.edgateway.net/cs/
rtecp/view/rtec_str/11

The Big Six: http://www.big6.com

West High School Library, Iowa City: http://www.iccsd.k12.ia.us/schools/
west/library/

Who Reads What? Celebrity Reading List: http://www.gpl.lib.me.us/wrw.htm

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Copyright

Copyright Basics: http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/circs/
circ1.html

Ten Big Myths About Copyright Explained: http://www.templetons.com/brad/
copymyths.html

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Professional Organizations

American Association of School Librarians: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/
divs/aasl/index.cfm

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE): http://www.iste.org/

Iowa Association of School Librarians Home Page: http://www.iema-ia.org

LM_NET: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/

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Style Sheets

APA Style Resources: http://www.psychwww.com/
resource/apacrib.htm

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Good Sites for Locating Information

Global Schoolhouse: http://www.gsn.org/index.html

Google News and Resources: http://www.google.com/news/

Google Search Engine: http://www.google.com/

Internet Public Library: http://www.ipl.org/

Library of Congress: http://lcweb.loc.gov/

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Information Literacy Standards

AASL Standards for the 21st Learner: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/
aasl/aaslproftools/learningstandards/
standards.cfm

Wisconsin Model Academic Standards: http://www.dpi.state.wi.us/standards/

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Sites for Younger Children

Alfy: http://www.ALFY.com/

America's Story: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

Ask Kids: http://www.ajkids.com/

Camp Silos: http://www.campsilos.org/

FirstGov for Kids: http://www.kids.gov

How Stuff Works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/

International Children's Digital Library: http://www.icdlbooks.org/

iTools: http://www.itools.com/

Kids Click: http://sunsite.Berkeley.EDU/
KidsClick!/

Kid's Search Tools: http://www.rcls.org/ksearch.htm

Librarian's Index to the Internet: http://lii.org/

Portals to the World: http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/
portals.html

WhyFiles: http://whyfiles.org/

WWW.4Kids: http://www.4Kids.org/

Yahoo Kids: http://www.yahooligans.com/

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Authors & Literature

Keystone's Elementary Language Arts Page: http://www.aea1.k12.ia.us/link
elemlanguage.html

Children's Literature Web Guide: http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/
~dkbrown/

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Keystone Area Education Agency does not control the contents of the sites listed. The currency of data, comprehensiveness, and relevancy of the information on these sites is the entire responsibility of each site's content manager.