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Digital Literacy - Internet - Reference Sites

Page history last edited by Teachesict 11 years, 10 months ago

BACK TO DIGITAL LITERACY HOMEPAGE

 

Browse the lists below to find resources to help you deliver this section of #digitalstudies

Resources are not added in any order; however, to make it easier to find something that you can use in the classroom, each column can be sorted by simply clicking on the top row.

 

Resource Type Example lesson? Name or related to Cost / additional resources Description from resource Description of how resource can be used  If this resource is originally yours please add your twitter ID here Added to wiki by:
Website   Everything Explained Free

Just about everything you could think of and then some, explained in this massive reference encyclopedia of information.

A little bit like wikipedia - very easy to use

   @teachesict
App   Real World Statistics Free Worldometers is run by an international team of developers, researchers, and volunteers with the goal of making world statistics available in a thought-provoking and time relevant format to a wide audience around the world. We have no political, governmental, or corporate affiliation. Worldometers is cited as a source in over 500 published books, in more than 130 professional journal articles, and in over 130 Wikipedia pages. The website is considered a formidable educational tool and it is shown in classrooms around the world. Worldometers was recently voted as one of the best free reference websites by the American Library Association (ALA).   @worldometers @teachesict
Website   Internet Archive Digital Library Free The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others. In late 1999, the organization started to grow to include more well-rounded collections. Now the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web pages in our collections, and provides specialized services for adaptive reading and information access for the blind and other persons with disabilities.  Massive archive of online texts - really useful resource if you don't want your pupils to just 'google it'   @teachesict
Videos   British Pathé News Articles 1896 - 1976 Free British Pathé is one of the oldest media companies in the world. Their roots lie in 1890s Paris where their founder, Charles Pathé, pioneered the development of the moving image. They were established in London in 1902, and by 1910 were producing their famous bi-weekly newsreel the Pathé Gazette. After the First World War they started producing various Cinemagazines as well. By 1930 they were producing the Gazette, the Pathetone Weekly, the Pathé Pictorial and Eve's Film Review, covering entertainment, culture and womens' issues. By the time Pathé finally stopped producing the cinema newsreel in 1970 they had accumulated 3500 hours of filmed history amounting to over 90,000 individual items. Results for the search "computer" @BritishPathe @teachesict
Website   British Newspaper Archive £79.95 p.a

News Articles - read about national events, as well as issues of local and regional importance. News articles are your window into daily life in historical Britain.

Family Notices - search for your family's birth, marriage and death notices plus related announcements including engagements, anniversaries, birthdays and congratulations.

Letters - read letters to the editor written by the newspaper's readers, including illuminating contemporary debates, aspirations and anxieties.

Obituaries view a wealth of contemporary information on the lives of notable individuals and ancestors.

Advertisements - these include classifieds, shipping notices and appointments..Illustrations - see photographs, engravings, graphics, maps and editorial cartoons.

Project that will take 10 years.  First phase is digitising papers from 1800 to 1900 - Brilliant resource for finding first hand articles.

 

Results for the search "Charles Babbage"

 @BNArchive @teachesict

 

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