Overview
Today's workshop will focus on developing searching strategies for locating information on the Internet, how to recognize plagiarism, assessment strategies and tools and looking at implementation strategies unique for the technology classroom. Additionally, you will identify the web project to be highlighted in your web site.

Activity 1: Using Email with Students

• Cooperative Group Assignments
   
• Acceptable Use Policy Example
  • Hoboken Public School District Technology Plan 2004-2007
  • Assessing Your Students' Understanding of the Do's and Don'ts

Activity 2: Searching the Internet for Information

• eHat for Group Activity 
   
• Internet Search Tools
  • Search Engine: Google
  • Meta-Search Engine: Vivisimo
  • Subject Guide: Kathy Schrock's Guide
  • Directory: Librarians' Index to the Internet
     
• CIESE Recommended Internet Search Tools
  • Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need

Activity 3: Selecting the Best Informational Resource

• eHat Program for Group Activity
   
• Activity 2: Selecting the Best Informational Resource
  • CIESE Recommended Internet Search Tools ((Answers))

Activity 4: Recognizing Plagiarism

• Sites Used for Checking Plagiarism
  • Google's Advanced Search
  • Plagiarism.org
  • Turnitin
     
• Citing Internet Resources: How to cite this page
  • Official Websites
    • American Psychological Association's Guide (APA)
    • Modern Language Association (MLA)
  • Various Guides
    • Noodletools
    • Columbia University Press's Guide (MLA & APA styles)
    • B. Davis Schwarz Memorial Library' Guide (APA, Turabian, MLA, Chicago, & AMA styles)
       
• Sites Used to Plagiarize
  • Other People's Papers
  • Academic Term Papers
  • Realpapers.com

Assessment Strategies & Tools

• Assessment Strategies
  • CIESE Assessment Strategies
  • Assessment Strategies and Definitions
     
• Digital Portfolios
  • Electronic Portfolios: A New Idea in Assessment - Brief summary of the topic.
  • Sample Digital Portfolios
     
• Rubrics
  • Rubistar Rubrics
  • Teach-nology Rubrics
  • More info on Assessment Strategies

Technology Implementation Plan

• Technology Implementation Plan Online Development Guide

Internet tools and Educational Resources

• Subject-related resources
  • NASA's Center for Distance Learning
  • Web-related Resources, Tools, and Strategies for Students with Mild Disabilities
  • Proyectos en español
     
• Ready to Use Lesson Plans
  • Blue Web'n
  • SCORE Online Resources
     
• Puzzles, Quizzes, & Games
  • QuizStar
  • Web Worksheet Wizard
  • DiscoverySchool Teaching Tools
  • Scholastic Teacher Toolkit
     
• Reproducibles and Printables
  • Teachervision Graphic Organizers
  • Houghton Mifflin Graphic Organizers
  • Education World
  • Printable Maps
  • The Print Zone
  • ABC Teach

Internet Safety Information

• Searching Tools
  • Yahooligans
  • Ask Jeeves for Kids
  • Altavista with the Family Filter
  • Tekmom: Search Tools for students
     
• Resources
  • Internet Safety: CIESE list of resources for students and teachers
  • Student Safety On the Internet: This site has tutorials for teens, parents, and teachers concerning student safety.
  • Internet Safety for Schools: Here's a quick guide to finding the solution that's right for your school's Internet safety needs.
  • Stay Safe Online: MSN provides tips for all ages on Internet safety. You can access additional links for detailed information about online security and privacy.
  • Safety On the Information Highway: From Safeteens.com, this site suggests important things for teenagers to know about the Internet.
  • Iggey and Rasper's Internet Safety Game: Younger kids can use this site to find tips, advice, and suggestions to make their online experience fun and productive.
  • Parent's Guide to the Internet: Hosted by the US Department of Education
  • www.getnetwise.com: Tools for families offering ideas for Internet filters, setting time limits for students, etc.
  • Librarian's Guide to Cyberspace for Parents and Kids: Hosted by the American Library Association (ALA)
  • Safe Kids Home Page: "Tips, advice and suggestions to make your family's online experience fun and productive."
  • Safe Teens Home Page: Teen safety advice for the Internet

Internet Searching Tools & Tutorials

• Yahoo!'s list of Search Engines (one for every topic)
• Learn the Net.com: Online Tutorials for Finding Information
• University of California, Berkley: Online Tutorial for Their 5 Types of Recommended Search Tools
• University at Albany Libraries
  • Searching Tools Tutorial
  • Guide to Selecting the appropriate search tool (Neat, check it out)
• Search Engine Watch: Everything and anything you want to know and might want to know about search engines
• The Invisible Web

Boolean Logic

• University at Albany Libraries: Boolean Searching the Internet
• Search Engine Watch
  • Search Engine Math
  • Search Engine Features for Searchers

Plagiarism Resources

• Articles
  • Article about plagiarism in a high school in Kansas & Follow-up story RECOMMENDED
  • "Plagiarism: IT-Enabled Tools for Deceit?" Great article published by the Syllabus Magazine.
  • Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers
  • Plagiarism and the Web
• Lessons & Guides
  • Plagiarized.com - an Instructor's Guide to Internet Plagiarism
  • An Antidote to Plagiarism - Lesson plan guiding student research
  • About.com's Lessons on Plagiarism
• Online Plagiarism-detection tools
  • Turnitin.com
  • copycatch
  • Essay Verification Engine

Related Links

• New Jersey Core Curriculum Standards
• Hoboken Public Schools Online
  • Hoboken Public School District Technology Plan 2004-2007
• ISTE National Educational Technology Standards
• Research Publications and Papers
  • CIESE Online Publications