Web Tools

APA Electronic Reference Formats - From the American Psychological Association, directions and examples on how to cite web sites, quote from sites, cite specific documents from a web site, plus how to cite other electronic databases.

Kathy Schrock's Guide - Survey for student analysis of web sites for elementary, middle, and high school students plus several articles to assist teachers in developing their own critical evaluation skills.

Urban Legends on the Internet - Truth about current urban legends including netlore. Categories provided to aid searching.

All the Web - Search engine sometimes finds those other don't.

Google - Search engine now with subject directory feature.

Librarian's Index to the Internet - Subject directory evaluated, annotated, and compiled by public librarians.

Filamentality - "a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning activities."

Teaching with Internet - From Dr. Sheila Gersh, many resources to help teachers integrate the Internet into teaching; among them are sites on Internet basics, developing webquests, and more subject and lesson plan links.

Technology in the Classroom - From Education World, includes links to even more resources for: ethics & etiquette, evaluating technology, treasure hunts and webquests, and virtual field trips.

Webquest Page - "A resource to those who are using the WebQuest model to teach with the web." Definitions, additional links, plus examples.

Working the Web for Education - Article written by Tom March presents both the why and the how of using the Web in the classroom as well as links to web sites that illustrate the points of the article.