Standards

American Association of School Librarians

Skills for 21st Century Learners

National Educational Technology Standards

NETS

enGauge 21st Centory Skills

Literacy for the Digital Age

Dearborn Public Schools Scope and Sequence

Dearborn Destiny

Assessment

Some media and information literacy assessment tools from Alan November

Jeopardy and Final Jeopardy Templates

Online and Digital Resources

21st Century Learning Environments = Digital Resources for Teachers

A PowerPoint presentation by Barb Fardell, Office of Educational Technology, Michigan Department of Education, from the October 26 2007 MBEA conference.

Animoto - Teacher controlled site where students create videos.

Cyberbullying

Resources from

Greg Martin,

Lenawee ISD

Cyberbullying:  the act of using camera phones, IMs, email, web sites or other technologies to threaten, scare, isolate, humiliate or hurt others. Victims often feel they have no refuge because cyberbullying knows no boundaries of place or time, and can be done remotely and anonymously.   For more information on how to stop these unacceptable practices, check out these sites:

Cyberbully

Fight Crime:  Cyberbullying

Cyberbullying Statistics Statistics and Tips

Cyberbullying Worksheets & Student Activities

Intellectual Freedom

Resources

Teaching and Learning resources on intellectual freedom from PBS:

grades K-3   Arthur:  The Scare Your Pants Off Club  Free speech, both sides of a story

grades 3-8  The Democracy Project  How does government affect me? 

grades 3-8  WayBack: Stand Up for Your Rights Civil rights, suffrage, school segragation

grades 3-12 Covering the News Media Themed activities that change every month

grades 6-12 Freedom 16-part series on the history of freedom in the United States

grades 6-12 Constitutional Controversies  Interdisciplinary activities explore legal rights

grades 6-12  Thomas Jefferson Classroom activities aligned with the Ken Burns film

grades 7-12  FRONTLINE   Freedom of the press around the world

grades 9-12 Edward R. Murrow Media rights and responsibilities

grades 9-12  Culture Shock The arts, freedom of expression, values, and censorship

grades 9-12 Citizen Journalism A lesson plan Internet communication responsibilities

grades 9-12  Confidentiality and Privacy A lesson plan on anaonymous sources

grades 9-12 The Supreme Court 4-part series on the history and influence of the court

Video Streaming

Teachers Domain - free video on all subjects

United Streaming through RESA

NetTrekker Info

Access

Registration

User Profile

Great Web Sites for Kids!

Language Arts Genre Activities

Click Here for elementary language arts GLCE genre support activities created by district elementary media specialists.

Math and Science Support

Click here for Everyday Math support materials

Click here for McGraw-Hill science support titles

Math in LIterature - All ages

Online interactive math assessments - quizzes, puzzles and games from Shodor.

National Science Digital Library - interactive site!

The Physics Front

Digital Library for Earth System Education

The eSkeleton Project

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

Teachers Domain - FREE video streaming!

Social Studies

Constitution Day Resources:

A History of Independence Day

The Bill of Rights Institute

Wonderful resources from David Hale, Social Studies Consultant at Wayne RESA

Click here for digitized primary sources from the University of Northern Iowa.

Here's a list of trade books that align with state Social Studies themes.

Need information on Islamic holidays and traditions?  Try Access Islam,

from Resources for the Global Classroom, an Educational Broadcasting Corporation site with classroom support material on Islamic holidays, traditions and cultures for students in grades 4 - 8.

Black History - Music audio clips

Mobilizing for Middle School

Support materials for Middle School Language Arts:

• genre definitions
• titles by genre with Lexile ratings
• genre bookmarks
• Readers Theater resources

Library

of

Congress

Resources

Need information on, well, almost anything? 

Check out these resources from the

• Library of Congress!
• American Memory   Primary sources
• THOMAS  Federal legislatiom
• Today in History Daily historical events

Literacy Resources

Great web sites that offer literacy instruction and reading advocacy support:

• Guys Read!  Jon Sczieska
• Young Adult Reading Lists by Genres
• Books for Boys
• KidsRead
• State and Regional Folktales
• Readers' Theater
• Voice of Youth Advocates

Sound Effects

Public domain sound effects for PowerPoint or multi-media presentations

• A1 Free Sound Effects
• Partners in Rhyme
• WavSource

Author Resources

• Pronouncing Dictionary Author's Names
• Baldwin Project (public domain books)
• The Biography Channel offers teacher's guides, interactive exhibits, streaming video, and background information on significant personalities from throughout world history.  Check out their new  "Biography of the Month" feature!

Policies & Procedures

Quick links to media center operatiion policies and procedures:

• DVD's and video
• Opening and Closing Policy
• Materials Reconsideration Request
• Media Specialists Job Specifications

Professional Development

• 21st Century Learning
• Boys and Books
• Copyright
• Folk Tales
• Media Centers Work
• Media Specialists Work
• Dealing with 21st Century Learners
• Visual Literacy

Copyright

Bibliographic Citation

A free online bibliographic citation composer

Bibliographic citations - elem and middle school

A fun middle school site on bibliographic citations

An online APA tutorial

MLA citations

University of Oregon comprehensive site

Plagiarism

Plagiarism Checker - an online resource

Students need to know about the rules for Plagiarism.  Click on "students" to look at a unit designed by Dearborn media specialist, Cindy Alvarado.