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Running and Promoting the School
or
College
Resource Centre
- American Library Association
Extensive selection of ideas for promoting the library and reading among teenagers, e.g. a programme whereby teenagers read to younger children.
http://www.ala.org/teenread/
- Association of Teacher Librarians in Canada
Teacher librarian resources: articles, courses, lists,
links. CLick on Teacher Librarians. Try the article on 'Students' information
literacy needs in the 21st century.'
http://k-6educatorsca.about.com/aboutcanada/canadateachers/
- Book It!
Reading Incentive Programme to motivate children
K-6 to read. Teachers set the goals each month--which may be different
for each child. Check out the Resources page for learning how to create
a 'legacy of literacy' in children. Sponsored by Pizza Hut and available
in Malaysia.
http://www.bookitprogram.com/
- Cyberlibrarian's
Corner Not available 19 June 2007
Part of the Classroom Connect site, featuring a weekly
Five Hot Picks, e.g. educational clipart, integrating poetry and subject
teaching, classroom management. Check out the archives.
http://www.classroom.com/library/
- Internet
School Library Media Center
Click on Library Media, Needle in a Cyberstack, Elem.
Language Arts… for links to e.g. Motivational Ideas; Library Instruction;
School Library Media Day; Storytelling, Drama, Creative Dramatics, Puppetry
& Readers Theater... A highly regarded site.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/
- KQ Web
The online companion to the journal Knowledge Quest aimed at media specialists and educators concerned with school library development and services. The editor is a co-founder of NoodleTools which supplies information and software to help students in the research process.
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/kqweb.htm
- Librarians'
Index to the Internet
From the Library of California. This particular link
takes you to the Education, Librarianship and Libraries page from which
you can select your topic, e.g. Reading and Literacy yields 65 annotated
sources, with the International Reading Association near the top.
Try ESL or School Libraries.
http://lii.org/search/file/edlib
- Librarian Links
A large collection of links for school librarians covering a wide range of topics, e.g. books and reviews,teaching links for information literacy and the research process, library lesson plans, school libraries on the web, plagiarism...
http://home.gwi.net/brhs/lib.html
- Story Lady: Stories for all the ages
Why tell stories? A section for
parents and teachers and sound samples.
http://www.thestorylady.ca/
- Library Jokes
Go to KidsPage for a collection of Jokes of the Month.
http://www.multcolib.org
- Read In! 2002
Colourful and lively award-winning site with
promotion ideas, lesson plans, activities. Online interaction between
children and authors/illustrators on 16th May. Print out some Webster
B Worm bookmarks or have.
http://www.readin.org/
- School Libraries.Net
An excellent network of school librarianship sites, included in the School Library Journal's list of Best Sites for Librarians. Run by a retired school librarian and sponsored by the School of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University. Links with school libraries around the world.
http://www.school-libraries.net/
- School Libraries Online
Website of the International Association of
School Librarianship (IASL) and web version of School Library Journal.
News, reviews, articles, indexes to print journal, annotated links to
‘the best starting points’ for Internet exploration.
http://www.iasl-online.org/
- School Library
Hotspots
A Canadian site offering links to instruction, reviews, reference,
literature, recommended library sites, web awareness…
http://www.pembinatrails.ca/infozone/hotspots/
- School Library Journal
Articles, reviews, tips, links. A must for school librarians.
http://slj.reviewsnews.com/
- ThinkQuest
Basic library skills presented very attractively
by kids e.g. What is a call number?
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5002/Basic
- Young Adult Librarian’s
Help/Homepage
Journals, resources, websites for teens.
http://yahelp.suffolk.lib.ny.us/
The Internet in Teaching and Learning
including ideas for teacher-librarian collaboration
- Big Six
A well-tried information problem-solving approach in six steps enabling students to find and use information efficiently and effectively.
http://www.big6.com/
- Edsitement
Tips and tools for integrating the Internet as a standard resource. Other sections of this site provide lesson plans, a reference shelf, a subject catalogue….
http://edsitement.neh.gov/
- EdWeb
A step-by-step guide to designing worthwhile learning tasks which make use of the Internet.
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/roadmap/index.htm
- Global SchoolNet (GNS)
Home of The Global School Hose. Instructional applications of telecommunication at both primary and secondary levels: curriculum projects, tutorials, articles about using the Internet in the classroom, opportunities to communicate and collaborate with other educators...
http://gsn.org
- KidsClick!
Web search for kids by librarians—all subjects. Really attractive pages e.g. on evaluating websites. Access to 5200 sites.
http://kidsclick.com
- Multnomah County Library KidsPage
An action-packed, animated site. Special features include a scavenger hunt and other games, 'good stuff to read,' homework help
http://www.multcolib.org/kids/
- Newspapers in Education: Bangkok Post
How to use newspapers in teaching/learning English
http://www.bangkokpost.com/education/index.htm
- The
Star Online: Education
This has been revised and expanded. Newspapers
in Education is now just one of many features: News,
lessons, activities, contests, Internet tutorials.
http://thestar.com.my/education/
- Project Based Learning
Rationale, articles, resources and links for project based learning aimed at middle and secondary school teachers. After looking through the PBL Overview, click on Resources.
http://www.bie.org/pbl/
- T.H.E. Journal
Free online journal. Accessible articles, e.g. Integrating technology into a Reading Program'. Links and ideas for collaborative projects
http://www.thejournal.com
- Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology
There are two modules: Using the Web to Design Online Courses and Delivering Online Ineractive Courses with many examples for matching learning objectives to appropriate technology. From the University of Maryland and Verizon.
http://www.umuc.edu/virtualteaching/
- WWW4Teachers
Substantial section on Project Based Learning with links on Multiple Intelligences and Building Motivation. Web Worksheet Wizard for teachers, Project Poster for students.
http://4teachers.org/projectbased/
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