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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

Vale: Dr L. Anne Clyde

Site of the Week

• MIT Open Courseware - Massachusetts Institute of Technology website has free and open online high school course materials. (August 2010)

Past Sites of the Week

• 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)
• Read Write Think -- Practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction (November 2008)
• Human Development Reports -- A United Nations Development Project (November 2008)
• Great Barr School -- A specialist Science school (November 2008)
• Google Sky -- as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope (October 2008)
• Futurelab -- Innovation in education (October 2008)
• Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling -- University of Houston(October 2008)
• Eduspace -- European Earth Observation website(October 2008)
• Calfornia Digital Library -- University of California(September 2008)
• Cyclone Nargis -- A deadly natural disaster (September 2008)
• The Complete Review -- A literary saloon & site of review (September 2008)
• KQED Education -- Public media for Northern Carolina (August 2008)
• World Savvy: Think beyond your borders -- Educate & engage youth in community & world affairs (August 2008)
• My and my movie -- Make your own films (August 2008)
• International Olympic Committee -- Official site of the Olympic Movement (July 2008)
• 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics -- Learn about the 2008 Summer Olympic Games (July 2008)
• TRintuition -- Online tools to build and share multimedia projects (July 2008)
• MRQE -- Online directory of movie reviews (July 2008)
• Globalis -- Interactive world map on impact of human society on the ecosystems (June 2008)
• GeoGebra -- Dynamic Geometry, Algebra and Calculus for Schools (June 2008)
• Blogging Libraries Wiki -- Links to Library Blogs (June 2008)
• Oxfam's Cool Planet -- Index for over 70 countries (May 2008)
• Teaching for Information Literacy (May 2008)
• Planet Earth -- Earth Sciences and the future of planet Earth. (April 2008)
• International Year of the Reef -- IYOR is a worldwide campaign to raise awareness about the value and important of coral reefs. (April 2008)
• Adolescent Literacy -- Resources for parents and educators of kids grades 4-12. (March 2008)
• International Year of the Potato -- United Nations International Year of the Potato 2008. (March 2008)
• International Year of Sanitation -- The General Assembly of the United Nations declared 2008 as an International Year of Sanitation (IYS). (February 2008)
• Biology 4 Kids -- This site for kids provides basic biology and life science information. (February 2008)
• Learning 2.0 -- Explore and expand your knowledge of the Internet and Web 2.0 (February 2008)
• Kid's Health -- Information for kids about health issues (January 2008)
• ReadPlus Reviews -- Brief children and young adult book reviews (July 2007)
• Earth from Space -- Satellite images of conditions and events on the Earth. (June 2007)
• Oregon School Library Information Systems -- Online advice to support students. (June 2007)
• Hot Math -- This site offers student activities, linking maths to other school subjects or to students' experiences. (May 2007)
• International Polar Year -- March 2007 to March 2009 (May 2007)
• Year of the Dolphin -- The UN Convention on Migratory Species and the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society have declared 2007 the Year of the Dolphin (April 2007)
• eSchool News Online - News and information on ICT integration. (January 2007)
• Wonderville - Fun Science activities for kids. (December 2006)
• Film Education - for teachers mainly in the UK and Ireland, but of interest to all film and media studies. (December 2006)
• Film Education - for teachers mainly in the UK and Ireland, but of interest to all film and media studies.
• Global Footprints - information about environmental sustainability. (November 2006)
• Water Aid - international non-government organisation dedicated to the provision of safe domestic water, sanitation and hygiene education. (November 2006)
• Time for Kids -- Information about various countries.(October 2006)
• World Tales -- SBS World Tales features twenty animated films based on traditional stories from around the world. (October 2006)
• Finding information on the Internet: A Tutorial -- University of California Library at Berkeley (October 2006)
• Picturing words: The power of book illustration -- Simthsonian Institution Libraries (September 2006)
• Information management resource kit -- provides a free 31-lesson module on the creation of digital libraries for librarians (September 2006)
• International Children's Digital Library (August 2006)
• Literature Map -- allows the user to find similar authors. Enter the name of writers, poets and authors to bring up a relationship map. The closer two writers are, the more likely someone will like both of them (August 2006)
• Mozart 2006 -- Austria's official website marking Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 250th birthday (August 2006)
• Play music -- A site designed to spark children's interest in music (August 2006)
• Wetlands: Ramsar Database Service -- This database provides information and links related to RAMSAR wetland sites around the globe (August 2006)
• The e-Skeletons Project -- study of human and primate comparative anatomy (July 2006)
• OWL at Purdue University -- offers advice on academic writing, proofreading, technical and scientific writing, research, citation and lots more (June 2006)

Last updated 26 August 2010 (KSB)