Resources

Subject Sites    Web Authoring Guides

Subject Sites

Web resources are an enhancement to a library's print collection.    The same evaluation criteria used for print and non-print materials should also be used for Internet sites.  As with print sources, links should be selected for their accuracy, authority, currency and objectivity. 

Make sure that you preview the site and check out all the links before linking it to your web page

The following are sites where you will find some excellent resources for your home page
ALA's 700+ Great Sites - this site is maintained by the Great Sites Committee of ALA
Big Chalk - you can search this mega site by grade level or resources for teachers, students and librarians
Educational Planet - this directory has some excellent sites
KidsClick - this site is maintained by the librarians at Ramapo Catskills Library System
Franklin Institutes Hotlists - these are links to sites arranged by subject
Education Place - K-8 resources from Houghton Mifflin
Blue Web'N - this site has some of the best resources on the web and you can search by subject, content or grade level
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators- this is a categorized list of sites to enhance your curriculum

You should also check out journals such as Classroom Connect, School Library Journal, The Book Report, Multimedia Schools and NEA magazines for useful sites.  Look at other school librarians' web pages because they have many excellent curriculum links.

Try to avoid commercial sites (.com) when selecting sites because these are filled with advertisements and may links to objectionable sites.  Look for educational sites, those ending with edu. gov. or org.

Web Authoring Guides
During this workshop you will use FrontPage to create your web page.  These sites will answer questions about FrontPage, help you learn HTML, and give you information on graphics and web page design issues
John Galt's Tools - this is an excellent tutorial on FrontPage
Microsoft FrontPage - tour of this web-authoring program
ReallyBig.com- largest directory of web building resources on the Internet
The Idiot's guide to creating a home page - step by step guides for creating a home page
Introduction to Creating Web Pages - this site contains links for web pages including clip art, copyright, html and web page design
Netscape Composer - this site will teach you the basic of using Netscape Composer to create a web page
Downloading Web Pages - this site gives step-by-step instructions on transferring your web files to a file server; it even includes links to FTP software
IconEdit2 - this is an icon editing tool

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