Book+Study+Readings


 * Required Readings**
 * [|Teaching Zack to Think] - Alan November
 * [|How to Bring Our Schools Out of the 20th Century] - TIME Magazine


 * Website Credibility**
 * [|Bogus Web Sites]
 * [|A WebQuest about Evaluating Web Sites] - Joyce Valencia
 * [|Evaluating Websites] - University of Central Florida
 * [|Evaluating Web Sites] - University of Maryland
 * [|Website Evaluation] - Greeley West High School (Jean Speer has provided these sources on her library page for student use. Students can access them by going to the Greeley West home page, selecting the West Library link, scrolling down to Resources, and clicking on Website Evaluation.)
 * [|The Word on Wikipedia] - MSNBC.com


 * Internet Projects -** Some of these may require registration, but all (or most--I could not check every single one!) are free.
 * [|Global SchoolNet's Internet Projects Registry]
 * [|Collaborative Internet Projects]
 * [|Canada's SchoolNet Grassroots Program Search]
 * [|NASA Interactive Internet Projects]
 * [|Global Virtual Classroom Clubhouse]
 * [|ePals]


 * Start a Blog** ([|Our demo blog])
 * [|21Classes] - Host and manage blogs for you and your students. Free for up to 50 students (2 MB capacity each) or $8.95 per month for up to 100 students (25 MB capacity each).
 * [|Blogger] - Free blogs for anyone
 * [|Edublogs] - Free blogs specifically for educators. ([|Feature list])
 * [|LiveJournal] - Free blogs for anyone
 * [|Tumblr] - Not a full-blown blog, but a [|tumblelog]. Great for short, frequent posts. Free!
 * [|TypePad] - Not free, but plenty of great features that make it worth the money if you want to take your blog to the next level.
 * [|Vox] - Free blogs for anyone.
 * [|WordPress] - Free blogs for anyone


 * Start a Wiki** (Our wiki demo page and the outline of our mini-session on blogs and wikis)
 * [|PBwiki] - Offers resources for educators, including a [|2-page PDF with common educator questions].
 * [|Wetpaint]
 * [|Wikia] - A few more features and a little more sophisticated
 * Wikispaces - Offers [|ad-free wikis for educators]


 * Other Links & Resources**
 * [|"Did you know?" (YouTube video)]
 * [|"I did not know you could do THAT with free web tools!" (YouTube video)]
 * [|TeachDigital]
 * GWHS Teacher Tools Page


 * Supplemental Readings**
 * [|30 Kids or the World] - Christian Adams Long
 * [|Albert Einstein and the Policing of Wikipedia] - [|Wesley Fryer]
 * [|What Skills are Needed in a "Participatory Culture"] - Doug Johnson
 * [|Wikipedia Survives Research Test] - [|BBC News]
 * [|Wikipedia Study Fatally Flawed] - [|BBC News]
 * [|Wikis in the Classroom]

See the Internet Study Schedule