Jericho Middle School Library

 About the Internet

Use Electronic Resources, Wisely, Safely, Ethically and Responsibly

Check questionable information, rumors, and hoax's you find on the Internet at:

Snopes FactCheck.org

 

What is the Internet?

• What is the Internet? (from the Jericho Middle School Library)

Internet Safety

• Materials about Internet Safety available in the Jericho Middle School Library
• Internet Safety Bibliography
• SafeTeens.com
• SafeKids.com: (Your Family's Guide to Making the Internet and Technology fun, Safe and productive This site includes a Family Contract for Online Safety: Kids' Pledge and Family Contract for Online Sagety Parents' Pledge that parents and children can discuss and sign).
• SAFE i-Educator Times February 2006 (from i SAFE America)
• i-SAFE America and i-SAFE Internet Safety Online Training for teachers
• WiredSafety includes Information for Kids, Information for Educators, and Internet Safety: Information for Parents
• GetNetWise
• Surf Swell Island: Adventures in Internet Safety (from Disney Online)
• NetSmartzKids: Activities
• Parents' Internet Monitoring Study (prepared for Cox Communications and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and NetSmartz by the Ketchum Global Research Network)
• Safe Surfing (from www.4Kids.org)
• Childnet International
• Parent's Internet Guide (from the Nassau Library System)
• Sorted: KeepYour Information Secure Online (from Childnet)
• Internet Safety for Kids
• Net Bullies.com
• Internet Super Heroes
• BlogSafety.com
• Parenting Online (booklet in PDF format from Wired Safety)
• CyberAngels.org
• ProtectKids.com
• Safe Passage Internet 101 - Chat Rooms (Media Awareness Network)
• Bibliography of Resources for Internet Safety (created by Pat Minikel and Joan Kearon)
• Web Wise for Kids
• WiredKids, the Ultimate Online Safety Project for Kids, Tweens, and Teens
• Media Awareness Network

Internet Searching

• Search Tools (from the Jericho Middle School Library's Web site)
• Great Web Sites for Kids (from ALA)
• Internet Search Tips (from the Jericho Middle School Library)
• The Boolean Machine - and interactive site by Rockwell Schrock
• Internet Search Engine Guide from the Internet Learning Tree
• Power Searching for Anyone
• Search Features Chart
• Boolean Searching
• Welcome to the Web (created by Mark Warner, this site gives you lessons on what the Internet is and how to search it)

Specific Search Engines

• Search Engines (from the JerichoMiddle School Library Web Site)
• Google - (prioritizes results based upon how many hits a site gets)
• Alta Vista - (prioritizes results based upon who bids the highest amount per hits)

Evaluating Web Sites

• Jericho Middle School Library Web Site Evaluation Form 
• Information Literacy (from November Learning)
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Middle School Criteria Web Page Evaluation Tool
• Selection Criteria: How to Tell if You Are Looking At A Great Web Site (from American Library Association Great Web Sites for Kids)
• Evaluating Quality (from the Internet Learning Tree)
• Vietnam Yesterday and Today: Evaluating Web Sites (created and maintained by Oakton Community College of Des Plaines, Iowa)
• Rubric for Evaluating Web Quests (by Bernie Dodge)
• Web Research Guide: Criteria for Evaluating Web Sites (from ClassZone -McDougal Littell)
• Multnomah County Library Homework Center: Evaluating Web Sites
• EasyWHOIS:Whois Lookup: Search Database (find out who really wrote a Web page)
• Evaluating Web Pages (from Duke University's Evaluating Resources Web site)
• Web Evaluation for Intermediate Grades (from Tammy Payton)

Bad Web Site Examples

• Save the Northwest Tree Octopus

Internet and Copyright Laws -Importance for Citing Information you find on the Internet

• iSafe I Educator Times Newsletter
• Schools, the Internet, and Copyright Law (by Nancy E. Willard)
• Do the (Copy)right Thing - the Journal (by Carol Simpson, Ed.D., J.D. - author, consultant, editor on issues of ethics, copyright, school library management)
  

Sexting

• The Phenomenon of "Sexting" Power Point presented by Mr. Gately to parents (created by Bridget Holahan - Intern, Guidance Department, Jericho Middle School)
• The Phenomenon of "Sexting" Power Point presented by Mr. Gately to students (created by Bridget Holahan - Intern, Guidance Department, Jericho Middle School)
• Safe Sexting? No Such Thing, Teens Warned (by Belinda Goldsmith)

last updated 5/10/10
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