• Demonstrate advanced skills with Explorer and FireFox
• Describe the impact on search results of using the advanced search features in Google
• Find and evaluate websites according to the Ida B. AWARE evaluation form criteria

Group 1:  Demonstrate how to add, rename and delete a favorite / bookmark.
Group 2:  Demonstrate how to organize favorites / bookmarks by rearranging them or putting them into folders.
Group 3:  Describe what an Internet history is before demonstrating how to find it, and how to delete it in both Explorer and Mozilla.
Group 4:  Describe what cookies and temp files are before demonstrating how to delete them in both Explorer and Mozilla.

  B.  Sorting Through the Internet

• Advanced Search
• 4 NETS - Bernie Dodge
• 4 NETS Worksheet 
• Google Advanced Search 
• Google Power Searching Tutorial 

• Search Engines
• Ask 
• Bing 
• Yahoo 
• Blekko - returns only reliable sources

• Meta search engines
• Mamma 
• Dogpile 
• Clusty 
• Info 
• MetaCrawler 

• Directories
• dmoz Open Directory Project 
• Yahoo Directory 

• Search Engine / Directory Blends
• Info: blends a meta search engine with a directory
• About: blends a regular search engine with a directory

• Children's search engines
• Sweet Search 
• Yahoo Kids 
• Ask Kids 
• Red Zebra - specifically for young learners
• ZAC - Zone for Autistic Children

• Children's Directories
• Awesome Library 
• KidsClick

• The invisible web - databases
• Complete Planet 

  C.  Social Bookmarking

• What is social bookmarking? (Delicious social bookmarking in Plain English - Lee Lefever on the Commoncraft Show)
• Social Bookmarking Sites
• iKeepBookmarks 
• Delicious

  D.  Sites to Help with Finding Quality Educational Media

• CommonSense.org 
• Discovery Education 
• Superkids.com 
• Learning Village.com 
• Educational Software Reviews Directory.net
• Kids infoBits - Elementary
• Opposing Viewpoints in Context - Secondary

• Why do we need to evaluate? Teaching Zack to Think  (review) - Alan November
• How do you know it's a good site to use? 
• Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask - UC Berkeley
• You have to B. A.W.A.R.E.
• Ida B. A.W.A.R.E. template
• Ida B. AWARE grading checklist 
• Martin Luther King 
• Is filtering the answer? 
• Filtered search engines / directories
• Filtered websites: YouTube Education 
• School site filters
• Setting Software-based Filter Strength
• On the Browser
• Internet Explorer: Tools - Internet Options - Content
• Mozilla Firefox 
• On the Search Engine
• Google Advanced Search - Search Settings
• Bing- Preferences
• Operating System Content Filters - Windows 7 

• Information Literacy: Search Skills - Choose the Best Search For Your Information Needs - Noodle Tools 
• Authentic Assessment Resources - University of Wisconsin Stout
• Understanding Rubrics - Heidi Goodrich Andrade
• Students Score - Cynthia Harris-Fredrick (you may have to scroll down to see the article)

  1.  Here's my version of the Insects PPT. If you like, revise and resubmit this assignment, then describe three differences you found that you hadn't considered or realized when creating your own, or that intrigued you. Describe how the three things changed your thinking and would be reflected in your future teaching.

  2.  Finish the Ida B. AWARE Assignment using the template. Be sure to use the grading checklist to ensure you've completed all aspects of the assignment correctly.

  3.  Assessment Readings - Assessment

  4.  Digital Images: Pick one of the following Learning & Leading With Technology articles: 

• Digital Images in the Language Arts Classroom 
• Digital Images in the History Classroom 
• Digital Images in the Science Classroom 
• Digital Images in Math 
• Using Digital Images to Engage Young Learners