Resources

Introduction | Resources

Information Center Program Guide

IC Program Guide (pdf file)

Lesson Plans

Educational Units and Lesson Plans - Links to a variety of lesson plan and web search engines.

Gateway to G.E.M. Educational Materials - The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) is the key to one-stop, any-stop access to thousands of high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet! GEM is a project of the U.S. Department of Education's National Library of Education and is a special project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology. NEA is a member of the GEM Consortium.

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Web Resources


The Super 3 (The Big 6 for Early Childhood)
Applying the Big6™ Skills, Information Literacy Standards, and ISTE NETS to Internet Research
The Big6 Skills Information Problem-Solving Approach

Resource Based Learning
Booklist - includes Reference Books Bulletin
School Library Journal Online
The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

California Instructional Technology Clearing House
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VideoTeleConferencing Activities

Pacific Bell Education First Videoconference Adventures
(http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/adventures.html)

Pacific Bell Videoconferencing Directory
(http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/directory.html)

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Activities

THE JASON PROJECT (http://www.jason.org/)

WebQuests - This site is designed to serve as a resource to those who are using the WebQuest model to teach with the web. By pointing to excellent examples and collecting materials developed to communicate the idea, all of us experimenting with WebQuests will be able to learn from each other.

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Professional Organizations

American Library Association - The American Library Association (ALA) is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with members in academic, public, school, government, and special libraries. Melvil Dewey, Justin Winsor, C. A. Cutter, Samuel S. Green, James L. Whitney, Fred B. Perkins, and Thomas W. Bicknell founded it in 1876. As of August 31, 2000, the ALA had 61,103 members, with members in the U.S., Canada, and over 115 other countries. Approximately 93% of those 61,000+ members are personal members, and the rest are organizational or corporate.

American Association of School Librarians - The mission of the American Association of School Librarians is to advocate excellence, facilitate change, and develop leaders in the school library media field.

International Association of School Librarians - The mission of the International Association of School Librarianship(IASL) is to provide an international forum for those people interested in promoting effective school library media programs as viable instruments in the educational process. IASL also provides guidance and advice for the development of school library programs and the school library profession. IASL works in cooperation with other professional associations and agencies.

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For Information Specialists

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