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Plagiarism I Iden Plagiarism 2 Prevent

Clip Art

       

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Wikis

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Preschool / Primary Sites 

Enchanted Learning

Worksheets, teacher resources
Little Explorers Pict Dic Dictionary in English + 8 languages + phonetic
Zoom School Information by subjects. Gr 1-3
abcteach Printable activities, crafts, teacher tools.
Uptoten     (Canada) Click: Up to Ten Kids, then: Cards or Boowa & Quala. Games, songs, and email for kids. Also:Spanish + French
Kids CBC  (Canada) Paint, coloring, seasons, memory lessons
Little Fingers Games Online games + free Mac downloads
Between the Lions - PBS Games, stories, print-outs - beginning readers.

Spanish

Primera Escuela  Spanish site for beginning readers
Fun/Pre-School Sites
BBC Fun & Games  Variety of games - from Britain
Preschool Games  AOL  Educational games from AOL
This is Daniel Cook  Explore Daniel's world
Sesame St Podcasts  Vocabulary - One podcast a week
Panwapa from Sesame St   Social Networking Site - Geography
Jitterbug Music for Hip Kids  Variety of songs for pre-school age kids

Primary Sites

First Palette - Crafts  Art/Craft projects for ages 2-12 
Ziggity Zoom Best Sites  A collection of sites for young children
KOL Homework Help Jr  K-2 sites from AOL
Children's U of Manchester  Find a site  Science/History/Literacy/Art
Do to Learn  Activities for Special Ed students - age 3-8
Help Kidz Learn Special Ed and ages 2-6. Mouse, piano, sign. *

Math Is Fun

 Visual demos of math concepts + games

Primary Games Arena   Educational Games   ages 1-8    from UK
Poplit Station  Literacy instruction through pop media. -Canada

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                Finding Clip Art  

Check terms of use for each site, and assume copyright restrictions apply

To download images: Right-click image/Save Image As/Save In/Click:Save button

Education Clip Art/Photos

MS Office Clip Art & Media  (use MS download) http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/images/
Classroom Clip Art  (Photos)    (Right-Click image) http://classroomclipart.com/ 
Pics 4 Learning        (Photos) http://www.pics4learning.com/ 
Pageworks Toonland Animation (Kitty Roach) http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/ani1.html 
Pageworks Kids Fun Works      (also see links) http://users.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/zkids.html 

General Clip Art/Photos

Ditto.com   Search        (Click "Images", then search)    http://ditto.com 
Alta Vista   Search        (Click "Images", then search)  http://altavista.com
GoGraph  http://gograph.com/ 
Barry's Clip Art http://www.barrysclipart.com 

Additional Resources - Clip Art/Photos

Amazing Picture Machine    (Sites for kids/history) http://www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm 
Time                                  (Recent news photos) http://www.time.com/time/potw 

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Plagiarism  

Identification

Papermills

Ivy Essays http://www.ivyessays.com/ 
Cheating 101 - Kimbel Library  (Coastal Carolina U) http://www.coastal.edu/library/presentations/papermil.html 

Identification Tools

Google Search Engine http://www.google.com/ 
Turnitin    (Fee based) http://www.turnitin.com/static/index.html

Additional Resources

PAMS Plagiarism WebQuest http://teachers.pasd.k12.pa.us/ms/library/PAMS_Plagiarism_WebQuest_rev2.htm
You Quote It, You Note It!  Tutorial    High School http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/ 
Plagiarism Advice-Elem See notes/cite http://www.openc.k12.or.us/citeintro/elementary/takenotes/takenotes02.html
Owl Online Writing Lab Purdue See Avoiding  Plagiarism http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/1/
Dalhousie U      (Designing Assignments) http://plagiarism.dal.ca/Faculty%20Resources/Designing_Assignment.php 
Plagiarism http://www.plagiarism.org

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Plagiarism 2 - Prevention  

Plagiarism / Note-Taking

Writing Tutorial Services at Indiana U http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html
OWL ( Purdue University ) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_quotprsum.html

Citation

Easybib www.easybib.com
Citation Machine http://citationmachine.net/

How to Avoid Plagiarism

OWL -  Tips to avoid plagiarism 9-12 http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/1/

Create Assignments / Information Literacy

 Big6 Kids Tutorials (Research Tutorials at 3 levels) http://www.big6.com/kids/index.htm
Big 6 - Worksheets        (Information Literacy) http://www.squires.fayette.k12.ky.us/library/research/prntouts.htm

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Blogs           

Blogs to Explore

Blogs in Plain English  - Commoncraft http://commoncraft.com/blogs
Personal-Photos   Chicago http://ps-chicagodailyphoto.blogspot.com
   Political  Daily Kos            (liberal) http://www.dailykos.com
   Politcal   Daniel Drezner   (conserv)   http://drezner.foreignpolicy.com
News         BBC Sport News (World) http://bbc.co.uk/sport
   Tech      Mashable            (Cisco) http://mashable.com
Finance     Motley Fool http://www.fool.com
   Teen      Style Rookie http://tavi-thenewgirlintown.blogspot.com
Teacher    Cool Cat Teacher Blog http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com
Teacher    Ed Tech Guy http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com
Class        The Wocket Spot  http://thewocketspot.edublogs.org/
Class        Mr. Peltz           (4th grade) http://npeltz.edublogs.org
Kasiisi Project & School (Kibale, Africa) http://kasiisiproject.blogspot.com/
Weblogg-ed   http://weblogg-ed.com
Moving Forward   (Great Ed Blog List) http://movingforward.wikispaces.com/Blogs
Blogs and Info Links http://bloggersblog.com/statistics

Create a Blog

Blogger  Click:Tutorial (use 2nd email address) http://blogger.com 
Blog Your World-wiki Blog resources http://www.edsupport.cc/mguhlin/share/index.php?n=Work.Blog

School Blogs

Weblogg-ed     Blogging in schools  http://weblogg-ed.com 
 EduBlog       OR      Kidblog  http://edublogs.org    OR     http://kidblog.org/home.php
WhiteBoard Blog http://whiteboardblog.co.uk
Best Social Studies Sites* (blogroll) http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/11/02/the-best-social-studies-websites-2008/
Weblogs in the Classroom - Austrailia http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/weblogs/ 
SchoolNet Global  Global blogs  for kids.  See :Global Curriculum     http://schoolnetglobal.com
Search Topics   http://topix.net/news/blogs 
IASL   (International Asso School Librarianship) http://www.iasl-online.org/
Facebook    (University or High School specific) http://www.facebook.com/about.php 

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Web 2.0

 

Grazing for Digital Natives   List of Web 2.0 applications + sites http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/web20tools 
Webtools4u2use                See sidebar for links http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/ 
Webtools for Educators     Resources + ed sites + tools http://webtoolsforeducators.pbworks.com/ 
Tech Connect http://techconnect.wikispaces.com/Tools+and+Tips+to+Maximize+Skills 
21st Century Edtech      Newest tools + tech tools + subject list http://21centuryedtech.wikispaces.com/ 
Moving Forward                Model 21st C schools + Goals + links http://movingforward.wikispaces.com/21st+century+skills 
Social Networking - Conferencing
Making Curriculum Pop http://mcpopmb.ning.com
Twitter              
Twitter Experience http://www.twitterexperience.com/
Share More - Twitter - MGuhlin http://mguhlin.wikispaces.com/writings_twitterexperience

 

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RSS Agregator-NewsReader

 

RSS in Plain English - by Commoncraft http://commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english 
Google Reader            Explore blogs, Find new blogs http://www.google.com/reader
Bloglines Top Blogs http://www.bloglines.com/topblogs 
Teachers Inc Blog http://teachersinc.blogspot.com 
Weblogg-ed       Classroom blogs / Practices http://www.weblogg-ed.com 
Cool Cat Teacher Blog http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com/ 

Related Sites

ALLRSS            Find Feeds by Topic http://allrss.com/rssfeeds.html  
Weather RSS http://www.rssweather.com 
RSS Calendar    Share your calendar online http://www.rsscalendar.com 

 

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Wikis   

Wikis are part of the Read/Write Web. They are structured as online databases, and contain collections of information organized by topic. Content can be added to or changed by the reader. Wikis can also be password protected.
Wikis in Plain English  -  Commoncraft http://commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english 
WIKIpedia    Online collaborative encyclopedia  http://www.wikipedia.org/
Cool Tools for Schools http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com
NROC     Click:Hippocampus for free courses http://www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/
Creative Web Tools for and By Kids  Click "For Teachers" http://weewebwonders.pbworks.com/ 
Webtools4u2use Wiki   Library Tutorials, etc /Go down entire page http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/Wikis#The Wiki Way 
Educational Wikis  How to Use wikis +Samples  http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis 

Other Wikis to Explore

Moving Forward Wikis   List + Links   http://movingforward.wikispaces.com/Wikis 
Teachers First -Wiki Walk Through  http://www.teachersfirst.com/content/wiki/ 

Create a Wiki

Peanut Butter Wiki http://www.pbwiki.com/
Wikispaces  http://www.wikispaces.com/

 

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VideoCasts

 

Teacher Tube Student videos, + teacher resources
School Tube Education videos
TeachersTV British site. Training for teachers.

 

 

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PodCasts  

 

 

Podcast Alley Find podcasts
Grammar Girl Quick and dirty grammar tips
Juice   (formerly iIpodder) Tool to download podcasts

 

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M. Winiecki, Media Instructor,  March, 2010   mailto:mwiniben@yahoo.com