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International School Library Month, October 2011
Site of the Week (Sponsored and selected by LinksPlus)
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Site of the Week
Sponsored and selected by LinksPlus [Providers of website directories K-12 online and MARC format].
Dr. L. Anne Clyde was the IASL Webmaster from 1995 to her untimely passing on 18 September 2005. Each week or so, Anne selected a different Internet site to be her "Site of the Week".
Paul Pledger of LinksPlus will continue to support this informal initiative of Anne Clyde through the selection of interesting sites that continue to address Anne's original criteria. This being sites that may be related in some way to school libraries or the work of teacher librarians, or they may be interesting examples of a particular kind of resource, or they may be topical or related to a current event
Dr L. Anne Clyde, IASL Webmaster, 1995-2005
Site of the Week
- WWF Wildlife Trade (January 2012)
Past Sites of the Week
- Your official gateway to Singapore (January 2012)
- documentary.net -- Watch free documentaries online (January 2012)
- Digital ID -- 21st century citizenship (January 2012)
- School Library Advocacy (December 2011)
- Just Imagine -- Reviews and book guides (December 2011)
- Secrets of the Parthenon (November 2011)
- Ergonomics for schools (November 2011)
- Thematic mapping -- Visual display of statistics. (November 2011)
- Nipponia -- a quarterly Web magazine that introduces modern Japan to people all over the world. (October 2011)
- Cooking for kids (October 2011)
- Free fun group games (August 2011)
- Educational videos, games and lessons (July 2011)
- Disease detectives (July 2011)
- Apple in education -- Learning with an iPad (May 2011)
- Directory of Open Access Journals (May 2011)
- Cool Reads - Books for 10 to 15 year old readers by 10 to 15 year old reviewers (April 2011)
- The Children's Laureate (April 2011)
- BBC World Music (March 2011)
- RADCAB - Steps for online information evaluation (February 2011)
- Own your space--keep yourself and your staff safe online - Digital Book for teens by Linda McCarthy (February 2011)
- Safer Internet Day - International focus on 8 February (February 2011)
- Ethics guide - Animal ethics (January 2011)
- Aluka - Building a digital library of scholarly resources from and about Africa (January 2011)
- ArtsAlive.ca Dance - Engaging and interactive educational resources, videos, games, learning tools and a wealth of information designed to build your understanding of and appreciation for dance.(January 2011)
- International Year of Forests - United Nations (January 2011)
- Wolfram|Alpha - the world's first and only computational knowledge engine (December 2010)
- The Clothes Line - Resources for exploring cotton production and the textile industry (November 2010)
- Word list generator - Practice and build sounding out and word-form recognition (November 2010)
- Research Skills - State Library of Victoria (October 2010)
- The Environmental Food Crisis - An interactive e-book(October 2010)
- Times Spelling Bee (October 2010)
- Wikipedia: Researching with Wikipedia October 2010)
- Smart History -- A multimedia web-book about art and art history (September 2010)
- Harry Potter's World (September 2010)
- Diffen - Compare, contrast and find the difference between any two things! (September 2010)
- MIT Open Courseware - Massachusetts Institute of Technology website has free and open online high school course materials. (August 2010)
- Library of Congress - For Teachers..Bringing the power of primary sources into the classroom (July 2010)
- Global Climate Change - NASA's eyes on the Earth (July 2010)
- Children's Poetry Archive - search by title, theme or poet. Also features sound bytes! (July 2010)
- World Digital Library - access to significant primary materials from cultures around the world, including manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs and architectural drawings. (June 2010)
- Twelve canoes - artistic, cultural and educational context, the stories, art and environment of the Yolngu people who live around the Arafura swamp in north-eastern Arnhem Land. (June 2010)
- International Year of Astronomy (June 2010)
- Welcome to the Science of... - A collaboration with London�s world renowned Science Museum (May 2010)
- Improve Encyclopedia - The largest collection of resources for improvisation theater on the web. (May 2010)
- Official London 2012 education programme-- Resources, ideas and opportunities to help you make the most of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games (May 2010)
- Read Write Think -- Resources for reading and language arts (April 2010)
- elibrary: Natural disaster and extreme weather -- Searchable information centre (April 2010)
- School library self evaluation frameworks -- From Teachernet (March 2010)
- Great structure of the World -- Since 1994 (March 2010)
- Cybersmart -- Activities, resources and practical advice to safely enjoy the online world (February 2010)
- Wikieducator on Chemistry -- Chemistry resources donated by Jim Hebden (January 2010)
- 300 women who changed the world -- Encyclopaedia Britannica (December 2009)
- Educational use of digital storytelling -- University of Houston (December 2009)
- WatchKnow -- Videos for kids to learn from (December 2009)
- Boolify -- A model for teaching Boolean Search contruction (November 2009)
- Asia Kids Society -- (November 2009)
- Alternative energy (National Geographic) -- (November 2009)
- World Almanac for Kids -- (September 2009)
- Tate Tales -- Pupils are encouraged to write a story inspired by a painting or sculpture (September 2009)
- Society of Neuroscience -- the brain and nervous system (August 2009)
- Safety Centre -- interactive activities for young people on safety (August 2009)
- Quest Atlantis -- 3D multi-user environment to immerse students in real world activities (August 2009)
- Power League -- Fun ways to stimulate discussion on a topic (August 2009)
- Opposing Views -- Debates, news and expert opinion (July 2009)
- Extreme Science -- Earth Science, Technology, Animal Kingdom, Space Science (July 2009)
- The Great Kindness Challenge -- August 8 is a day devoted to performing as many acts of kindness as possible (July 2009)
- Every Journey Matters -- Encouraging students to think about sustainable transport (June 2009)
- Eureka National Children's Museum -- Interactive literacy and numeracy activities (June 2009)
- Neo K 12 -- Educational videos and lessons for K-12 school kids(June 2009)
- Earthquakes for kids (June 2009)
- Darwin 200 -- Celebrating Charles Darwin's bicententary (June 2009)
- Crimes of war: Educator's guide -- Human Rights Education Associates (May 2009)
- Bibme -- A fully automated bibliography maker(May 2009)
- NZ Maths -- New Zealand Maths resources(May 2009)
- Green Facts -- Scientific facts on agriculture & development. (April 2009)
- Medline Plus -- Sports injuries. (April 2009)
- Toyota children's web site -- How cars are manufactured and why eco-cars are important. (April 2009)
- childstress.com -- Tips for children on how to handle stress. (March 2009)
- Save Venice -- Saving the art works and architecture of Venice. (March 2009)
- Wordle -- Wordle is a tool for creating 'word clouds' from text that the user provides. (March 2009)
- Tate Modern - Global Cities -- the changing faces of ten dynamic international cities (March 2009)
- The Children's University of Manchester -- Learn all about nouns and how to use them (March 2009)
- Show.me.uk -- Science and technology projects from the UK's museums and galleries (February 2009)
- Food Detectives -- Games to teach children about bacteria and safe food handling (February 2009)
- ScienceNOW -- features daily items about Science news (February 2009)
- Measuring 21st-century skills from eSchool News(January 2009)
- Web tools for you to use (January 2009)
- Interactive Science & Engineering -- For 9 to 11 year olds (January 2009)
- Save the Tasmania Devil -- The Tasmanian devil, the largest living marsupial carnivore, earned its common name because of its blood-curdling nocturnal screams (January 2009)
- Save animals -- International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) (December 2008)
- Rainforest activities -- British Council web site (December 2008)
- Destination Machu Picchu -- A virtual tour and travel guide (December 2008)
Last updated January 2012 (KSB)