Top Ten Library Links for Teachers

I. Here are some Internet sites that address the issue of learning with technology:
1.Tutorials that teach information literacy skills:
http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/into/issues.htm
2. Information portals that offer a wide variety of resources:
School Library Information Portal at http://www.www.cla.ca/slip/ and Awesome Library at http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
3. Education resource centres that work with teacher-librarian programs and have links to new literacies:
UBC's Language Education Resource Centre at http://www.lerc.educ.ubc.ca/LERC/
4. Interactive websites that offer curriculum guides and lesson plans at The Teacher's Corner Lesson Plans at http://theteacherscorner.net/resources/websites.htm

II. Webquests
Whitehorse Elementary school in the Yukon Territory offers many Web links, ideas for themes, and webquests. Check out the site at http://www.yes.net.yk.ca/schools/wes/webquest_collection.html
b. http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

III. Interactive Teaching Resources
1. Virtual Museums
a. Virtual Library Museum Pages has links to museums Web sites around the world http://icom.museum/vlmp/ or Virtual Museum of Canada http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/English/index_flash.html
2. On-Line Atlases
a. National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/maps/
The Atlas of Canada: http://atlas.gc.ca/english/index/html

IV. On-Line Reference Tools
a. Factmonster: http://www.factmonster.com/index.html
b. Awesome Library: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
c. Bartleby.com: http://bartleby.com/

V. Author Resources
Many authors have their own websites, but here are databases that provide information and resources on children's authors:
a. The Canadian Children's Book Centre: http://www.bookcentre.ca/
b. The reading Room: http://sldirectory.com/libsf/booksf/kidsbooks.html
c. Carol Hurst's Children Literature Site: http://www.arolhurst.com/index.html
d. Teaching Books: http://www.teachingbooks.net/

VI. OnLine Learning Environments
a. Interpersonal Sharing, e.g. electronic keypals: htpp://iecc.org or global classroom exchanges: htpp://www.epals.com/projects
b. Information Collection and Analysis, e.g. international challenge games: www.globalschoolhouse.org/project/gg/index.cfm ,multicultural calendar: http://www.kidlink.org/?KIDPROJ/MCC/, or virtual field trips: http://www.uen.org/utahlinks/tours
c. Problem Solving Activities, e.g. WebQuests, travel buddy projects: http://flatstanley.enoreo.on.ca/

VII. Fostering Children's Online Critical Literacy
a. Authenticating Online Information-Elementary
Sesame Street: http://www.sesamestreet.com/
Blue's Clues: www.nickjr.com/home/shows /blue/index.html
Surfing Safely on the Internet: http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/proj/surf/surfless.htm
The Internet Detective: http://soig.ac.uk/desire/internet-detective.html
Quality Information Checklist: http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm
Jim Kaoun's Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages: http://www.library.cornell.edu/onlinuris/ref/webcrit.html
b. Autheticating Online Information-Intermediate
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/overheads/crime/policeman_psa.cfm
c. Web Site Spoofs: http://www.thehammer.ca/ (pokes fun of Canadian and international news)
http://www.dhmo.org/ (site selling the benefits of the chemical H2O)
http://www.lakelandschools.org/EDTECH/webdetechtor/SaveThePacificNorthwestTreeOctopus.htm d. "Reading" Advertising: http://www.adbusters.org/spoofads/

VIII. Research
a. Research Quest: Becoming Information Literate (model developed by BC Teacher-Librarian Association and adopted by Ministry of Education in 2001): http://gladstone.vsb.bc.ca/library/research1.htm

IX. Reading Strategies

X. Promoting Reading
a. Booktalks: http://nancykeane.com/booktalks
Read*Write*Think: http://www.readwritethink.org/
The Literacy Web: http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/