Mr. K's Links 2 Learning 4 Educators
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Welcome to L2L4ED - the newsletter for busy K-8 teachers
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This is issue # 8 of this newsletter which compiles and describes web sites
supporting a particular unit or theme, and lets you choose which will
best fit your needs. All sites listed in the newsletter can also be found
at the
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In this issue: Internet Safety
Grants
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Previous Issues:
#1 Endangered Species
#2 Millennium
#3 Solar Energy
Renewable Energy
#4 Christmas/Winter Celebrations
#5 Student sites
#6 Science Fair
#7 WebQuest/ThinkQuest and Other Interactive Resources
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Internet safety is a concern of any parent and, increasingly, of educators
faced with integrating the internet into their curriculum. Internet safety
as discussed here applies to three different categories of safety: first,
keeping a child safe from inappropriate content on the Internet, including
pornography and chat rooms; second; keeping a child safe from misleading
advertising and/or scams; and third, keeping a child safe from physical
threats as a result of internet usage. Filtering software is one means of
attempting to ensure internet safety, but it has limitations. Acceptable
use policies (AUP) at schools are a reactive method of promoting internet
safety
for children/students. Another approach to safe and responsible use of the
Internet is to extend the concept of media literacy (ML) into this area. ML
involves extending the skills of decoding, understanding, analyzing,
producing and evaluating written products to various media. ML applied to
TV might focus on how programs are constructed, the techniques producers and
advertisers use, and on how what they do is intended to influence/manipulate
you. Ideally, such knowledge makes one an intelligent consumer of media.
This issue of L2L4ED highlights several web sites that offer ML alternatives
to internet safety.
A number of the sites addressed in this issue are applicable more to parents
than to teachers, but teachers and schools could easily bring them to the
attention of parents through school programs or school web sites. As more
and more schools educate students on the positive attributes of the
internet, they are also identifying a need to educate them about the
negative aspects as well. An increasing number of schools are also
recognizing a need or a desire to help educate parents as well about both
the positive and negative aspects of internet usage.
1. WebSmartkids. A parent's guide to building children's Media Literacy
skills for the Internet. It is a place where parents can learn how to raise
media literate kids
who can use the Internet safely and productively. This site provides you
with an overview
of media literacy, hands-on activities you can do with your kids to boost
media literacy
skills for the Internet, and resources to help you keep your kids web-smart.
WebSmart Kids is an educational initiative created to help you teach your
kids to evaluate
the information they find on the web in the same way you've taught them so
many things:
model the skill, give them practice, and support them as they learn.
Teacher/Parent Resource
http://www.websmartkids.org/
2. Media Awareness Network This Web site provides parents, teachers and
librarians with practical
information and hands-on activities to help give kids the "cyber smarts"
they need to make wise and
safe online decisions. Teacher/Parent Resource
http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/webaware/home.htm
3. GetNetWise The Internet offers kids many opportunities for learning,
constructive entertainment,
and personal growth. At the same time, parents are concerned about the risks
kids face online. The challenge for parents is to educate themselves and
their children about how to use the Internet safely. GetNetWise can help. It
offers an extensive Online Safety Guide; a Tools for Families section that
includes descriptions of software for filtering content, monitoring use,
and/or limiting time on the net; tips for noting and reporting online
trouble; and
an extensive listing of children's sites. This is an extremely valuable
Parent Resource.
http://www.getnetwise.org/
4. Education World - Caught in the Web: Online Advertising Targets Kids
Online advertising is the
fastest growing marketing medium for reaching kids at school and at home.
Today, even elementary school students need to be able to analyze and
evaluate advertising without adult assistance. Included at this site are
eighteen activities for building media literacy. Gr 3-12
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson158.shtml
5. Untangling the Web: Guidelines for Researching on the World Wide Web
This site is designed to help teachers and students develop criteria by
which to evaluate Web sites for content and credibility. These guidelines
will help all those using the World Wide Web as a resource. Includes a
valuable Power Point presentation and lesson plans for teaching the content.
Grades 2-8
http://www.closeup.org/untangle.htm
6. The Police Notebook This is an omnibus site dealing with various child
safety matters, but also including extensive and valuable resources specific
to internet education and safety. Very rich site for Parents.
http://www.ou.edu/oupd/inetmenu.htm
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7. ParenTech This site is designed to educate middle school parents about
educational technology, helping them to better understand the technology
available for their children's' educational development. Among the topics
included is all aspects of internet safety. This site also offers free
Parent Resource Kits, which can be used by parents and educators, and
numerous other free resources that will help parents better understand and
support the attributes of technology in the educational process. This is an
extremely valuable site.
http://www.parentech.org/
8. CyberNetiquette Comix Internet safety for kids in online comic book form
from Disney. Nicely done in an interactive format that allows families to
read and discuss the three topics together. Grades 2-5/Parents.
http://disney.go.com/cybersafety/
9. Kids Online: Protecting Your Kids in Cyberspace This site provides
online chapter summaries of the book by the same name. The site is
intriguing, the book is invaluable. Gr 2-6/Parents
http://protectkids.com/index.html
10. America Links Up A Kids Online Teach-In is a public awareness and
education campaign sponsored by a broad-based coalition of non-profits,
education groups, and corporations concerned with providing children with a
safe and rewarding experience online. Valuable for Gr 2-6 Parents
http://www.netparents.org/
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Grants Is it time to start thinking about grants for next year? Here is a
selection of sites focusing on grants, writing proposals, etc.
11. A Proposal Writing Short Course An excellent short course covering the
entire process of gaining a grant, beginning with identifying needs and
possible sources and culminating with writing the grant proposal.
Invaluable for those inexperienced with the grant process. Teacher Resource
http://fdncenter.org/onlib/shortcourse/prop1.html
12. School Grants and Grant Resources A site providing links to resources
for those seeking to secure educational grants for
the advancement of the curriculum and technology infrastructure. Teacher
Resource
http://www.morriscatholic.org/grants.html
13. SchoolGrants This site calls itself "your one-stop site for K-12
Grant Opportunities." It includes an extensive list of Federal, State, and
Foundation grant opportunities, indexed by state and/or region. Teacher
Resource
http://www.schoolgrants.org/grant_opps.htm
14. DOE Technology Innovation Challenge Grants The Technology Innovation
Challenge Grant Program, funded by the Office of Educational Research and
Improvement, helps local communities meet the educational needs of their
students through the development of new applications and creative ways to
use technology for learning. Local communities are challenged to form
partnerships of schools districts, colleges, universities and private
businesses to accomplish their goals. These are major, multi-year grants
applying to entire school districts. Teacher Resource
http://www.ed.gov/Technology/challenge/index.html
15. Grant Foundation Links An alphabetical index of foundations offering
grants and describing their criteria for awarding them. Not all are
educational grants. Teacher Resource
http://www.granted.org/nationwide.html
16. PacBell Grants Page Finding money, writing proposals, knowing who's
doing what where: it's all a juggling act. This site lists
resources including some of the better known, more reliable resources for
getting information and expertise needed for an intelligent pursuit of grant
funding. Included in the resources are links for locating grants, for
writing grant proposals, some links to electronic and print-based
information resources; plus an assortment of tools that will, among other
things, help you make your own customized products. Teacher Resource
http://www.kn.pacbell.comm/wired/grants
17. National Foundation for the Improvement of Education NFIE provides
grants and technical assistance to teachers, education support personnel,
and higher education faculty and staff to improve student learning in the
nation's public schools. Teacher Resource
http://www.nfie.org/
18. Funding for Technology Resources A very extensive site that provides
reports, articles, strategies, Grant/Proposal Writing tips, and funding
sources for technology related educational grants. Teacher Resource
http://www.mcrel.org/resources/technologyfunding.asp
19. Technology Grants and Funding Opportunities A fantastic site for
finding up-to-date technology grant and funding opportunities and awards.
Teacher Resource
http://www.eschoolnews.com.funding
20. About.com's - Secondary Educator's Grant Writing Section A site filled
with great tips and advice for writing proposals.
Teacher Resource
http://7-12educators.about.com/education/7-12educators/msub116grantwrt.htm?o
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For AOL users:
1. <a href="http://www.websmartkids.org/">WebSmartkids</a>
2. <a href="http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng/webaware/home.htm">Media
Awareness Network</a>
3. <a href="http://www.getnetwise.org/">GetNetWise</a>
4. <a
href="http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson158.shtml">Education
World - Caught in the Web: Online Advertizing Targets Kids</a>
5. <a href="http://www.closeup.org/untangle.htm">Untangling the Web:
Guidelines for Researching on the World Wide Web</a>
6. <a href="http://www.ou.edu/oupd/inetmenu.htm">The Police Notebook</a>
7. <a href="http://www.parentech.org/">ParenTech</a>
8. <a href="http://www.disney.go.com/cybersafety/">CyberNetiquette
Comix</a>
9. <a href="http://www.protectkids.com/index.html">Kids Online: Protecting
Your Kids in Cyberspace</a>
10. <a href="http://www.netparents.org/">America Links Up</a>
11. <a href="http://fdncenter.org/onlib/shortcourse/prop1.html">A Proposal
Writing Short Course</a>
12. <a href="http://www.morriscatholic.org/grants.html">School Grants and
Grant Resources</a>
13. <a href="http://www.schoolgrants.org/grant_opps.htm">SchoolGrants</a>
14. <a href="http://www.ed.gov/Technology/challenge/index.html">DOE
Technology Innovation Challenge Grants</a>
15. <a href="http://www.granted.org/nationwide.html">Grant Foundation
Links</a>
16. <a href="http://www.kn.pacbell.comm/wired/grants">PacBell Grants
Page</a>
17. <a href="http://www.nfie.org/">National Foundation for the Improvement
of Education</a>
18. <a href="http://www.mcrel.org/resources/technologyfunding.asp">Funding
for Technology Resources</a>
19. <a href="http://www.eschoolnews.com.funding">Technology Grants and
Funding Opportunities</a>
20. <a
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