Chapter Seven: Gathering Web-Based Resources

Resources for Chapter Seven:

Portals
Existing lesson plans and curriculum webs
Data and information
Images for Building Web Sites
Background for Building Web Sites
Graphical Elements for Building Web Sites
Sounds for Building Web Sites
Video Clips for Building Sites
People/communications
Online directories
Online search engines
Readability
Evaluation
Citation formatting
Copyright


Portals



Data and information

Government documents, for example: Metropolitan Areas Ranked by Population
PDF from the US Census Bureau
http://www.census.gov/population/cen2000/phc-t3/tab03.pdf
University documents, for example: Helping Kids Cope with Crisis
from Columbia University (NY)
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/01/10/help_kids.html
News media, for example: CNN
http://www.cnn.com/
Hobbyists and fans, for example: Information on Freshwater Aquariums
http://freshaquarium.about.com/mbody.htm

People/communications


Readability

Consider your learners’ reading ability. The print materials and web pages you select must make sense to your learners. You can use Microsoft Word to generate a readability index. In addition, there are several web sites that allow you to check the readability of a passage of reading. .

Reading Level Estimator
http://pt.liverpool.k12.ny.us/reading/levelestimator/estimator.htm
Fry's Readability Graph
One of the most widely used, and easy-to-use readability graphs for educators.
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/fry/fry.html
Reading Level Calculator
Here's a custom-made tool for estimating the reading level of a book, article, or Web page, based on the SMOG readability formula. This formula was first published in 1969, and it has been widely used by editors and writers ever since.
http://linda-andrews.com/readability_tool.htm
Assessing Readibility Level
The SMOG Readability Formula
http://www.sph.emory.edu/WELLNESS/reading.html
 


Evaluation

In addition to evaluating the reliability or other qualities of specific information or images found on the Web, teachers also need to evaluate the presentation of that material in terms of how useful the web site will be to the students who access it. The American Library Association has developed an “Evaluate A Web Site” checklist, which we have adapted for the use of participants in the Web Institute for Teachers.

Site Critique Checklist


Citation Formatting

if you want to ensure that your formatting is correct (as when submitting an article for publication), you should consult with the latest edition of the MLA Handbook or the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. Links to current versions and additional citation resources are provided on curriculumwebs.com

APA Style
Excerpted from the new 5th edition of the Publication Manual. The material provided covers commonly asked questions regarding how to cite electronic media.
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html
MLA Style
Using MLA style to cite and document sources.
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/cite5.html
The Columbia Guide to Online Style
Includes The Elements of Citation, Documenting Sources in the Text and Preparing the Bibliographic Material.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html


Copyright
Copyright Website
This portal provides real world, practical and relevant copyright information for anyone navigating the net.
http://www.benedict.com/
United States Copyright Office
From the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/copyright/
Copyright and Fair use
From Stanford University Libraries
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
What is Copyright Protection?
This page covers the basic definitions regarding copyrights. It has been written using the Berne Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Property (Berne Convention) as the main bibliographical source, and does not refer to the laws of any country in particular.
http://whatiscopyright.org/