Catching Slippery Eels - managing websites as resources
Outline
Objectives:
Collecting websites
Websites are everywhere but how do you find the particular ones that are age and content appropriate for your needs?
Free places:
Search engines:
Google, Teoma, Kids Click! and other search engines Search.com,
Other schools websites or catalogues:
(websites) PL Duffy Resource Centre, Palmerston Primary School, Australian International School Hong Kong
(catalogues) AISHK
Other databases:
EdNA online - Australian
Country Area schools project - Australian
Blue Web'n update
Shambles
Homework centre - American
Museums and Libraries
Subscription options
SCIS
Links Plus
Encyclopedia Britannica
Special
Trackstar
Trackstar wizard
Other resources
Professional Journals
newspapers
recommendations
e-journal and websites - iasl , asla (nsw), school library journal
Activity 1. Do you have other places - please share - go to this space Activity 1
Lost webpages?? go to the wayback machine
Storing and managing websites
This will be a small group discussion where each group will discuss one of the management options below using webnote.
Activity 2 Go to the following link to make notes on the advantages and disadvantages of each of the following: Slippery Eels
Combinations
Activity 3: Explore with your group some possible combinations add them to the scrivlet note pad @ http://scrivlet.com/edit.php?hash=2136510478
Some options:
Trackstar in catalogues - go to AISHK and search for 'red dog'.
class act portal
filamentality links in catalogue / web portal
pathfinders for students combined with print resources linked to where? see Scotch College
Ethics? Legal areas?
What about copyright?
Is what you are doing legal?
Caching websites - grey area - is it OK for schools to capture a website if they have terrible online access?
Have a look here and see if you can find the answers Legal Database,
Evaluation
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