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The number of resources for teachers on the web is growing at a tremendous rate – lesson plans, activities, ideas, thematic units, and web sites of other web sites.
 * Web Sites for Teachers **

Please choose at least three general teacher web sites and evaluate them. A list of sites has been provided to you, but you may go “off list” too as well.

When evaluating a web site, consider ease of navigation of the site, type of content, grade level appropriateness, links, quality of the information and general impressions.

**Search Engines for Children**

As educators, we want children to use the web as a resource, but we also want them to be safe, focused, and productive when searching.

Please review at least three search engines for children. A list has been provided, but you are welcome to find sites of your own.

When reviewing the search engine, consider types of hits returned, readability level, content, ease of use. Try searching for the same topic on different sites and see what is returned. Make sure that you read the “About Us” section if there is one and read about specific search tips for each site.

**Internet Safety Sites** Please take a look at three of the internet safety websites posted below. We will discuss them next time we meet.

NetSmartz http://www.netsmartz.org/

CyberSmart Curriculum http://www.cybersmart.org/home/

WebWise Kids http://www.webwisekids.org/

Safe Kids Worldwide http://www.safekids.org/

Kids Safety on the Net http://www.ou.edu/oupd/kidsafe/start.htm

The Children’s Partnership http://www.childrenspartnership.org The Bully Academy

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**Interesting...**

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[] **Internet Safety** __Julie's Journey__ http://www.netsmartz.org/stories/julie.htm Tracking Teresa []

A Lesson in Personal Safety [] Learning Lab - Professor Garfield [] **VARK - What kind of learner are you?**

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**The importance of critical thinking...**

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**Blog response #1** In class today we discussed the Massachusetts Instructional Technology Standards. Write a comment in the discussion section above including the following. • Summarize the technology standards for your grade level (K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12) • Give your reaction to the standards – are they appropriate? Not demanding enough? Too demanding? Support your opinion.
 * OR** If you are currently teaching...

• Describe how well these standards are being addressed in your district/school/classroom

• Does your district have its own technology benchmarks or goals?

• How would teachers in your district know about these benchmarks?

• How could your district/school help teachers to meet these standards?