Internet Resources for Secondary Teachers

Web Searching

Google Help List of all Google tools & services. http://www.google.com/help/

Google Cheat Sheet All the Google search tips on one page http://www.google.com/help/cheatsheet.html

 

Lycos A string search site can be used to detect plagiarism by searching for a phrase that has two or three relatively unusual words in it. Search by placing the string of text inside quotation marks: “I copied this from the Internet” http://www.lycos.com/

 

Hotsheet All search engines in one place. http://hotsheet.com/

 

Google News Google News gathers stories from more than 4,500 news sources in English worldwide, and automatically arranges them to present the most relevant news first. http://news.google.com/

 

Vivisimo Search engine that returns clustered results http://vivisimo.com/

 

Kids Click! Created by a group of librarians to be a “safer” place to search. Kids Click! does not index commercial sites, sites that celebrate evil, shock or scare, or advocate violence, hatred of other groups of people, or illegal activities. There is also a nice dictionary, encyclopedia, picture, and sound search tool. The advance search option allows searches by reading level. Just for fun: Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the What does this page look like through a Librarian's Eyes? Link http://kidsclick.org/

 

Graphics

Clip Art Gallery Library of graphics from Discovery School. Choose from hundreds of original clip art pieces, including animations! http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html

FreeFoto Large collection of free photographs for private non-commercial use. http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp

Office Online Microsoft Office clip art and media. http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx

Pics4Learning Copyright friendly images for education. http://www.pics4learning.com/

Pictures of .net Photographer Fred Voetsch provides original, copyright-safe high-resolution pictures for school projects. http://www.picturesof.net

PicSearch Picture search tool. http://www.picsearch.com/

 

 

Rubrics

RubiStar Web-based tool to create rubrics. http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

Puzzle, Quiz and Test Generators

Puzzlemaker Web-based guzzle generation tool from Discovery School. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. http://puzzlemaker.com/

QuizCenter Web-based quiz builder from Discovery School. Quiz Center is a powerful tool you can use to create, administer, and grade quizzes online. Give you student's practice tests that they can do at home or at school. http://school.discovery.com/quizcenter/quizcenter.html

QuizStar Web-based quiz builder developed and maintained by Advanced Learning Technologies (ALTec), a division of the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning. http://quizstar.4teachers.org/

 

Reference Sites

Refdesk Like the reference desk. Great place to find all kinds of facts of resources. http://refdesk.com/

Topix A large Internet news site that delivers news focused on one particular subject or locality. A feature that makes this tool stand out is the ability to Search News by zip code http://www.topix.net/

Librarian's Index to the Internet Well-organized point of access for reliable, trustworthy, librarian-selected Internet resources http://lii.org/

Google Maps Dynamic, interactive maps that are draggable. You can use your mouse or the directional arrows to pan left, right, up and down to see areas that are hidden offscreen. You can also use the slider to zoom in and zoom out. http://maps.google.com/