Teaching and the Internet
Class resource page
Handy
Sites:
Evaluate a Link:
http://bigredhair.com/robots/index.html
Try Truncating:
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/teachers/classroom_activities.html
Deep
Web Diving:
Digital Librarian,
Direct Search,
or Infomine.
Subject
Specific Databases:
NASAKids
or Sea
World Animal Information Database.
Sample
Research Problems:
1. You would like to
know how much the population of Denver has increased over the last ten
years.
2. You would like to
know the ferry schedule between New York City and Staten Island.
3. You would like to
have any information about live volcanoes in the USA.
4. You would like to
know the top exports of the Philippines.
5. You would like to
know the life expectancy of a panda bear.
Boolean
Operators:
Boolean Searching
The Boolean Machine
Site Evaluation Sites:
Easy
Whois?
Wayback
Machine