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=Media Websites worth a second look!= (Note: These sites are for Media Coordinators not necessarily students. Always check out a website first before sharing it with students.) http://www.trails-9.org/ TRAILS is a knowledge assessment with multiple-choice questions targeting a variety of information literacy skills based on sixth and ninth grade standards. This Web-based system was developed to provide an easily accessible and flexible tool for library media specialists and teachers to identify strengths and weaknesses in the information-seeking skills of their students. http://docsouth.unc.edu/csr/ The Colonial and State Records of NC has been an extraordinary resource for students on NC history for over hundred years. The series includes documents and materials from throughout the country and from several European repositories covering the earliest days of NC’s settlement by Europeans through the ratification of the United States Constitution. http://www.answers.com/ You can look up answers to questions. Contains today’s highlights, video clips, today in history, today’s birthdays, and word of the day. http://www.refdesk.com/ Wow! This site has it all. Sections include: in the news, site of the day, thought of the day, random quote, today’s pictures, search resources, trivia, weather, top reference tools, and more. http://www.loc.gov/index.html As the online rolodex of the Library of Congress, this site houses numerous reference materials, digitized collections, films—basically any content you’d ever want to find. The Library of Congress is the only library in the United States that contains everything ever published in the country, so if you’re stuck trying to find something, chances are the Library of Congress will have it.  http://www.facthound.com/ FactHound is an innovative new Web portal designed to provide students with the most accurate and current resources available on the Internet. Students can visit www.FactHound.com and search by book ID number, title, keyword, or ISBN for additional information. FactHound will fetch a list of approved and recommended Web sites matching the search criteria. http://www.quia.com/ Quia offers the Web's most extensive collection of educational tools and templates. With Quia, you can create 16 types of educational games and activities, quizzes with eight different question types, surveys, Web pages, and much, much more! Cost $49. http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/course/ Link provided by accompany literature book. It has genre study, active reading practice, selection web resources, reading on your own, and games and quizzes. You need to know what textbook the students use. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2003/grade6/read.htm This is a selection of stories with questions to answer. http://www.gamequarium.com/ Lots of activities. Charlotte’s Web, puzzles, 100th day and much more. This is a page with links to other sites. http://www.aaamath.com/ Sorted by grade level. Any things you would want to know or practice about Math. http://www.copyrightkids.org/ What is copyright, copyright basics and FAQS, and copyright challenge quiz. http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf Drag your mouse over students and they raise their hand to ask questions about copyright. [|www.librarycopyright.net]. This is a free service offered by ALA’s Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP). http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~jdarnell/webq/#Introduction Web quest called Multimedia guidelines for students http://www.mcduffie.k12.ga.us/webpages/tmsmediacenter/dewey.cfm Teaching the Dewey Decimal system – a guide for library media specialists. Lots of links. http://www.quia.com/rr/191890.html Library Millionaire game http://www.ccsd.edu/bardonia/Library/index.htm Really cool media page—look at your media page on your web site—how do you compare? (It has a lot of outside links that we can not post but still provides some new ideas.) http://www.thrall.org/ Another WOW media page. http://thrall.org/readingplan/ Request a reading plan—this sounds like a great idea that could be added your web page on your school page. http://www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/gr5web/c5r/book_cube_instructions.htm Making a book cube. http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/wchorror.htm Real life examples of works cited problems and how to get a bad grade on your works cited list. http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/lms.htm The School Librarians page—seemed interesting and I recognized some of the web sites as familiar. http://www.libraryspot.com/ General information live podcast daily almanac http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Information_Literacy Lesson plans from Educators Reference desk. http://www.webquest.org/index.php Searching for the perfect web quest. http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/cardboard/board/b/big6/ Big Six Skills http://teams.lacoe.edu/teachers/index.asp Library/Reference –one topic mentions librarians index to Internet. http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson261.shtml Lesson plans for teaching library science.  http://www.libraryinstruction.com/lessons.html Lesson plans for teaching library skills.  http://bccb.lis.uiuc.edu/ The Bulletin: The center for children’s books  http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html The Children’s literature web guide  http://members.visi.net/~jfelker/ The Horn Book and Beyond http://www.school-libraries.org/resources/professional.html Professional Organizations and Associations  http://www.prosserschools.org/krv/library/main_pages/lessons_backup.htm Weekly lessons in the library  [ The Ultimate library link page