This Webliography consists of web sites that, because of length considerations, could not appear in Technology for Literacy Teaching and Learning. You may wish to explore these sites for possible use in your own professional development and teaching.

Herzog Keyboarding
Information about this method of keyboarding, including using the Hub Key® and teaching the keys in alphabetical order, is found at this site.

JumpStart Typing
This site is an advertisement for a keyboarding program for students in grades 2-5.

Keyboarding: Table of Contents (Saskatchewan Education, Training and Employment)
This site presents a keyboarding curriculum for grades 6-9. The introduction presents objectives and contains much information of relevance to teaching keyboarding even at lower grade levels.

Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing: Teachers' Lounge
This site contains activity suggestions to use with students.



STORYBOARDING SITES

Acting with a Pencil
This is a helpful resource as well as a source of several styles of storyboards that you can download.

Directing the Elements: Using Storyboards to illustrate tone, mood, setting, and character
This is a lesson plan placed online by Indiana University.

Reptiles of the World Storyboard Screens
At this site you can see how one person started to plan a storyboard for an online project about desert animals.

Scene One
This site shows a storyboard for a commercial. You do not have to be a great artist to draw a storyboard. Stick figures and quick sketches that capture the essence of objects will do nicely to help students organize ideas.

Storyboarding
There is a simple storyboard form at this site that you can print to use.



SPELLING SITES

AskERIC Lesson Plans—Language Arts: Spelling
These are AskERIC spelling lesson suggestions.(See also: "Reading," "Vocabulary," and other language arts topics from the main page.)

Everyday Spelling
Students can engage in various activities to learn spelling words.



CREATE A NEWSPAPER/LETTER

The Write Site
This is an interactive journalism site for middle school students who might like to learn to work like journalists.



EZEENS

JuniorScholastic
The site contains articles and features for students, and it should suggest possible features for creating their own e-zeens.

React.com (where teens make news)
This is an electronic magazine for middle school students and up.

TeenInk
This site is written by teenagers.An online submission form is included at the site.



ACTIVITIES

Oz-TeacherNet Web Site
This Australian site permits participation in Book Raps (discussions about selected books) and gives information about a variety of other projects such as travel buddies, virtual field trips, WebQuests, and other student-oriented projects.

Mailcity Free Web-based Email
You can register for a free email account at this site.



ECARDS

Disney's Family.com D-cards
Disney offers free electronic animated and static e-cards to send for various occasions.

E-CARDS (The Nature Conservancy)
This site partially supports both The World Wildlife Fund and The Nature Conservancy through the site's content, events, and through your visits to the site.

OZNET (Australia)
This site advertises Oznet's services, but you can send shimmering e-cards of the Opera House in Sydney, Australia, from this site.

Phillip's 1-800-FLORALS
You can send virtual flowers and e-cards from this site.

WorldVillage Digital Postcards!
This site is a resource for e-cards in many categories. The "Kidz" section has e-cards, games, and other activities for elementary school students.



FORMS

Forms (Judicial Council of California)
This site has various legal forms that can be printed using Adobe Actobat Reader.

PetCentre Hospital Online Forms (Virginia)
Students can see the kind of information they would need to fill in to have pets groomed or boarded at a pet hospital.

U. S. State Department Services and Information
The "Print Passport Applications"section uses Adobe Acrobat Reader to permit you to print out a form to apply for a passport.

United Airlines
Show students how many people are making their own reservations online.



CREATIVE WRITING

The Young Author's Magazine Program Since 1984
Creative writing is encouraged at this site. Students can participate in surveys, expressing their ideas about several topics in the "Kids Say" section.