Oodles+of+Googles

Selecting Quality Websites:
>> || || >> |||| || >> ||< ||> [|Gadgets] powered by Google ||
 * Google all appropriate words to closely find what you are looking for.
 * Use search parameters.... +, -, ""
 * Include words like: activity, interactive, web 2.0, online, free, educational "grade 2"
 * Try tips from the Google search tip poster, and teach them to your students one at at time
 * Start from where other teachers left off...
 * [|Mrs. Mobley's games]
 * [|Good Spirit School Division's site]
 * [|Elementary SMARTboard lessons]
 * [|Great K-3 SMARTboard sites]
 * Or - use this custom search engine to search the Web for SMARTboard lessons!
 * = [|SMARTBoard Lesson Search Engine] ||
 * AND, Don't forget yourself! The best PD can be when you have time to learn.
 * [|The Smartboard Lessons Podcast]
 * [|The Differentiated Instruction Podcast]

When do you get kids to search the Internet?

 * They are doing an inquiry project.
 * Consider starting at [|Infotrac's Kids InfoBits] rather than Google for research. You can teach your students visual literacy skills prior to using Kids Infobits as well. [[image:http://wjbgrade3.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://wjbgrade3.wikispaces.com/file/view/Kids_Infobits.doc"]] [|Kids_Infobits.doc]


 * They need to find graphics or audio for representing what they know
 * Consider using Google Images rather than plain old Google when searching for pictures
 * Let them take their SMART notebook camera with them on the Web.
 * Consider providing multiple starting places or using different search engines

When do you provide the link?

 * You are showing an examplar
 * You've found a site that gives the students practice time on a particular skill

This could be a document you provide to students electronically that they can click out from Example || Smart Notebook File Example || Classroom Webpage Example ||
 * Microsoft Word
 * [[image:http://wjbgrade3.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://wjbgrade3.wikispaces.com/file/view/K-Grade+1_Links.doc"]] [|K-Grade 1_Links.doc] || [[image:http://wjbgrade3.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://wjbgrade3.wikispaces.com/file/view/Oodles+of+Googles+workshop.notebook"]] [|Oodles of Googles workshop.notebook] || Mrs. L's Grade 3 Wiki ||

Websites mentioned today:
[|Teachers Love SMARTboards] Michelle Morely's SMARTboard Wiki [|Mrs. Mobley's Kindergarten SMARTboard lessons and games.] [|Google for Educators] [|Google SMARTBoard Lesson Search] [|Tequipment's Educator Resource] [|National Film Board] [|ClassTools] [|Great K-3 SMARTBoard Sites] [|Storyline Online] [|National Geographic Kids] [|Virtual Science Lab] [|Science Up Close] [|Jan Brett Home Page] [|Web 2.0 in education] [|100 web 2.0 sites] [|Scholastic Online Activities and Interactive Games] [|Magnetic Poetry] [|Wade Rolles from King George Community School's Resource Page]