Research+and+Information+Fluency


 * Research Tools
 * Virtual Field Trips
 * Internet Scavenger Hunts

Kids Search Tools[|Ivy's Internet Search Engine]  Including safe links for students and Internet web guides. [|Enchanted Learning]  has many resources for teachers and students [|Fact Monster] – Lots of information to research and includes, Almanac,Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Thesaurus for Students [|Kidsclick] - Web search for kids by librarians [|KidRex] – Safe Search for Kids, by Kids! [|All Safe Sites] – A Safe source for students for researching Students can apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information for research. || Internet4classrooms guide to Virtual Field Trips Whether in the classroom, or rain/snowbound over vacation time, this Virtual Field Trip Collection is a wonderful way to teach and learn about the outside world. You can travel to museums, exotic islands, and even outer space. Another great resource. 100 Incredible and Educational Virtual Tours <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">United States Botanic Gardens - This beautiful virtual tour is accompanied by some digital jigsaw puzzles. Have fun!
 * **Research Tools** || <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Top 14 Sites for Web Literacy and General Reference for Students <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> Many great websites for students to learn more about research and information fluency.
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 * **Virtual Field Trips** || <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The Beginner's Guide to Interactive Virtual Field Trips <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Virtual Field Trips Great resource from ISTE.

<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Google Art - Walk through art museums, can soom in on artwork, and navigate floor plan National Mall -The National Mall has a free App (available on iPhone and Android) with photos and the ability to create and run your own tour. The App is designed to use while visiting the Mall, but is still fun to use without visiting in person. Most of the App’s features have worked fine on my iPad 2 as well, though there have been a few glitches when I pull up the Maps feature. Smithsonian Virtual Tour - Tour the Smithsonian online in a panoramic view room by room. The Capital-The Architect’s Virtual Capitol site is complete with detailed images and text on individual rooms of the Capitol, including details like historical photos and information about artists and architects involved in the process. The White House Get an inside look of quite possibly the most famous house in the US of A. This interactive tour includes floor plans, videos, photos, and more. Virtual Field Trips - Vicki Blackwell Virtual Field Trip Resources from Simple K12 || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Internet Scavenger Hunts Examples and Resources <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|Vicki Blackwells’ Scavenger Hunts for Kids] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|Education World’s Internet ScavengerHunts] <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;"> ||
 * **Internet Scavenger Hunts** || <span style="font-family: 'verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Internet scavenger hunts are a way for students to practice problem solving, improve their reading and comprehension skills, and learn how to search the Internet.Scavenger hunts, or treasure hunts, have quickly become one of the most popular tools for teaching students how to access and use the resources and information available on the Internet. There are many reasons for the hunts' rapidly growing popularity. Among them: * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Online scavenger hunts are easy to create and the resulting interactive searches are both fun and informative for students.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">The hunts can be geared to virtually any curriculum area, simultaneously providing students with technological and subject matter knowledge.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Online scavenger hunts can be used as a whole class activity, as a team activity, or as a means of providing individual students with review or challenge activities.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Scavenger hunts can be as simple or involved as circumstances dictate. Younger students may be provided with only a few questions, along with the links or URLs necessary for finding the answers, while older students may be given only a broad topic and asked to find their own sources for obtaining necessary information.

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