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‘Citing Sources From the World Wide Web’ keeps citations ethical
http://www.mla.org/main_stl.htm This page is from the Modern Language Association’s web site. It lists the MLA’s authorized guidelines for citing internet sources. The guidelines include fourteen…
National Association for the Education of Young Children is big on little ones
http://www.naeyc.org NAEYC is the nation’s largest organization of early childhood professionals, and its web site offers a wealth of information, news, and public policy issues…
High school students share consumer savvy
http://www.wa.gov/ago/youth Created by students at Mt. Rainier High School for the Washington state attorney general’s office, this site warns teenagers about fake product scams, get-rich-quick…
Columnist Larry Magid offers internet safety tips
http://www.safekids.com Larry Magid, author of a brochure titled “Child Safety on the Information Highway,” has created this site dedicated to the same topic. It includes…
‘Idea Box’ is chock full of projects for young kids
http://www.worldvillage.com/ideabox/index.html This site contains ideas, articles, projects, seasonal themes, and printable pages for educators of young children, such as pre-K and kindergarten teachers, parents, home…
‘The Chalkboard’ lists free school resources
http://thechalkboard.com Here you can find the latest information on free resources offered to educators by corporations. These resources include lesson plans, materials, grants, scholarships, tours,…
New digital ‘ADSL’ lines will streamline internet access
ADSL, a lightning-fast internet access technology that could make clicking through web pages as easy as flipping through a book, might be widely available to your schools by this fall.…
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia 1998
The first multimedia reference tool to link articles to topic-related sites on the internet, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia is now available in a 1998 edition. Grolier Interactive, Inc. has released two…
Get your school kicks on ‘Web66′
http://web66.umn.edu Web66 features a comprehensive list of U.S. and international school web sites. Just click on a region of the map, and you’ll receive a…
What is an eSchool?
As I’ve been crisscrossing the country in recent weeks, many friends and colleagues have asked me to fill them in on the idea of an “eSchool.” So I thought you…