Student and Teacher Social Networking Possibiliites

Begin the conversation on the following blogs and wikis.

Students

• Student Bloggers http://studentbloggers.org/
  

• Word Press for Student Learning http://wordpress.com/tag/student-learning/
  

Teachers

• Cool Cat Teacher Blog http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/
  

• Edu Blog http://edublogs.org/

• PBS Teacher Wikis http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/wikis/

• PB Wiki for Educatorshttp://pbwiki.com/education.wiki
  

• Teacher Lingo http://teacherlingo.com/

• Wiki Spaces for Teachers http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers
  

A YA Web 2.0 and Social Networking Possibility

Library Youth and Teen Services 2.0 http://libraryyouth.ning.com/ creates a forum for YA librarians and their patrons to discuss current Web 2.0 and Web 3D technologies. You may peruse discussions from My Space, Teen Ink, gaming, children's literature, etc. An interactive map on the main page links participants from across the country. You may join in the conversation as a new member.

Global Schoolnet - a collaboration toolkit

Move curriculum projects beyond the classroom and the school and join global education and collaboration via http://www.globalschoolnet.org/gsncenter/

The program incorporates a number of collaborative tools including bookmarking, document sharing, chat tools, web accessibility tools, animation, photoshares,and web publishing. Many of these tools are free.

Develop international partnerships which allow students to collaborate world wide on projects.

Basic membership is free. Super collaborative membership is $45.00.

Post A Review

Share what you loved about what you've read. Write a review for the books you are reading now and post them here. Everyone loves to find out what books shouldn't be missed on their reading list, give your opinion and let them know.

Include in your review:

Your Name:

Your Grade:

Title of the Book:

Author:

What did you like about the book?

Is there anything about the book that could be better?

Rate the book:

***** Fantastic Read - Not to be missed

**** Great Read - Can't put it down, but probably wouldn't read it again

*** Good story but there are some elements missing to the story

** Okay but you won't remember it 15 minutes after you've finished

* Not really worth reading unless your bored and stuck in an airport

Students Teaching Teachers

I came across this website called Generation Yes-Youth and Educators Succeeding. http://www.genyes.com/



Students gain the opportunity to train teachers on implementing technology into the curriculum. This supports student interaction with the learning process. (Web 2.0 student participation, hint--hint)

Government

Federal Election Commission http://www.fec.gov/

SmartVoter http://www.smartvoter.org/

California Legislative Analyst's Office http://www.lao.ca.gov/

California Voter Foundation http://www.calvoter.org/

Center for Responsive Politics - Political Action Committees http://www.crp.org/pacs/

White House http://www.whitehouse.gov/

Supreme Court Home Page http://www.supremecourtus.gov/index.html

Senate http://www.senate.gov/

House of Representatives http://www.house.gov/

US Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/

Political Science Links http://7-12educators.about.com/msub62historypoli.htm

Economics

Hoover's Online: Company Information http://www.hoovers.com/free/

Stock Maven -- find a list of industrials, transports, and utilities by symbol and name. There are also links to the company histories and company web sites. http://www.stockmaven.com/industrials.htm

Barchart.com - Top 100 Stocks http://www2.barchart.com/sectors.asp?sort=2&sec=top~100~stocks.sec

NASDAQ Stock Market Home Page http://www.nasdaq.com/

New York Stock Exchange http://www.nyse.com/

CNN Money http://money.cnn.com/

California Budget and Expenditures:
California Department of Finance http://www.dof.ca.gov/default.asp

Legislative Analyst's Office http://www.lao.ca.gov/

California Budget Project http://www.cbp.org/index.html

Navigate the World

STUDY GEOGRAPHY

Finding Your Way with a Map and a Compass http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/factsheets/fs03501.html

Internet Geography http://www.geography.learnontheinternet.co.uk/

Rethinking Schools Map Quiz http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html

Library of Congress - Geography and Map Reading Room http://www.loc.gov/rr/geogmap/

Social Studies/Geography links http://7-12educators.about.com/msub62historygeo.htm

National Geographic Xpeditions http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/

Science Fair Ideas

What are some ideas that you have for your Science Fair project?

Did you find any from the web sites given on the previous post that you would like to pursue?

Post a comment responding to the questions above.

History of the United States of America

Library of Congress: American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/

American Cultural History 1930-1939 http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade30.html

Cold War Policies 1945-1991 http://history.acusd.edu/gen/20th/coldwar0.html

CNN - Cold War http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/guides/about.site/

Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs - Walter P. Reuther Library http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/

Making of America -- Cornell University - Primary Sources http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/moa/

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum http://www.ushmm.org/

American History Online and History Reference Center are both exhaustive sites and are geared for secondary school students or higher both can be accessed for free through the San Diego Public Library and probably through other libraries as well. Joanne 7/10/08

The History Guide - Resources for Historians (web site with links to resources geared to high school and college history students, including primary documents and resources for teachers) http://www.historyguide.org/resources.html

History of the World

The Ancient Greek World http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/index.html

Renaissance - Learner.org http://www.learner.org/exhibits/renaissance/

eHistory at Ohio State University http://ehistory.osu.edu/

EyeWitness to History http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/

The World War I Document Archive http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/

Internet Modern History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook.html

Rutgers University Site Organized by Period http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/research_guides/history/texts_by_period.shtml

Labour and Business History - International Directory of Web Sites http://www.iisg.nl/~w3vl/

China on the Net http://www.kn.att.com/wired/China/hotlist.html

CIA - The World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

The History Place (Extensive list of links on a variety of U.S. and World history topics)
http://www.historyplace.com

History resources (Extensive list of history resources, from educationindex.com, listed alphabetically) http://www.educationindex.com/history/

The History Guide - Resources for Historians (web site with links to resources geared to high school and college history students, including primary documents and resources for teachers) http://www.historyguide.org/resources.html

Science Fair

Participating in this year's Science Fair? Here are some links that will help you narrow your topic and create an experiment.

Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/

Discovery School Science Fair Central http://school.discovery.com/sciencefaircentral/

California State Science Fair http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/

IPL: Science Fair Project Resource Guide http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/projectguide/

Physics

Physics Central http://www.physicscentral.com/

"Einstein's Legacy" (Brief background on Einstein's theories, from the University of Illinois web site)
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/NumRel/EinsteinLegacy.html

General Science

San Diego Zoo http://www.sandiegozoo.org/

Women in Science http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/4000WS.html

Create A Graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/

Levels of Organization http://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/science/sciber00/7th/cells/sciber/levelorg.htm

Science Master (Features "learning gallery" links to a variety of scientific, mathematical and related areas, including space, earth, life, physical science and technology) http://www.monkeytime.com/sciencemaster/galleries/galleries.php

Earth Sciences

Explore the vastness of the Earth.




Exploring the Environment http://www.cotf.edu/ete/

Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/Maps/Los_Angeles.html

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/

SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography http://www.sio.ucsd.edu/

US Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution http://www.whoi.edu/

NASA Home Page http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/nasa_gen/index.html

Earth from Space http://www.earthfromspace.si.edu/default.asp

Human

NATOMY

Human Body Structure http://training.seer.cancer.gov/module_anatomy/unit1_1_body_structure.html

Digestive System http://www.innerbody.com/image/digeov.html

Words, Words, Words

The following links are a collection of online dictionaries and thesauri. The resource, Information Please, also contains an encyclopedia and almanac.

Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary and Thesaurus http://www.m-w.com/

Information Please -- Reference site that has access to an encyclopedia, almanac, dictionary and more.http://www.infoplease.com/index.html

Rhyme Zone - Definitions, Synonyms, Antonyms, and more http://www.rhymezone.com/

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, is a collection of over 50,000 article entries, 40,000 bibliographic citations, and over 80,000 cross- reference entries. http://www.bartleby.com/65/

Preparing Your Bibliography

How to do a MLA-style works cited page: kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/mlastyle.htm

OWL (Online Writing Lab) - MLA Citations http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html

A Checklist for Papers in MLA Form http://www.aug.edu/writing_center/docs/mla.htm

Noodle Tools - Citations, Plagiarism http://noodletools.com/

It's Elemental My Dear Watson

ChemiCool: Periodic Table of Elements http://chemicool.com/

Chemical Elements.com -- An Interactive Periodic Table of Elements http://www.chemicalelements.com/

Biology

The Biology Project -- University of Arizona http://www.biology.arizona.edu/

Biomodel 3 - Proteins http://biomodel.uah.es/en/model3/index.htm

World Index of Molecular Visualization Resources http://molvis.sdsc.edu/visres/index.html

Cells Alive http://www.cellsalive.com/

The Smallest Page on the Web http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/wimsmall/x_smal1.html