Additional Professional Resources

Arts and Sciences Libraries - University of Buffalo  http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/comics.html#hist
This site is a compendium full of Internet links and annotations for websites concerning comic books and graphic novels. Includes links to sites on collection development tools, recommendations for libraries, comic book history and publishers’ sites.)

Blue Web'n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/index.cfm
This is an online library of 1+ outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools). You can search by grade level (Refined Search), broad subject area (Content Areas), or specific sub-categories (Subject Area).

Classroom Connect
http://www.classroom.com/
An award-winning provider of professional development programs and online instructional materials for K-12 education. … devoted to helping teachers become better teachers by engaging them in their own learning and inspiring positive change in the classroom. Classroom Connect is part of Harcourt Education. Conferences held periodically and geographically strategically held throughout the year.

CyberSmart!    
http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/home/
Lesson Plans and Activities (grade k-8) that focus on the safe, appropriate and effective use of computers and the Internet (concepts include privacy, Internet etiquette, computer ethics and searching for and evaluating Web sites). These lessons are aligned with ISTE's National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) Performance Indicators.

Filamentality
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
It is a fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet links, and turning them into learning activities. It combines the "filament" of the Web with a learner's "mentality". Support is built-in through Mentality Tips that guide you along the way. In the end, you'll create a Web-based activity you can share with others even if you don't know anything about HTML, Web servers, or all that www-dot stuff.

International Society for Technology in Education
http://www.iste.org/
This is a nonprofit professional organization with a worldwide membership of leaders and potential leaders in educational technology. (They are) dedicated to providing leadership and service to improve teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in K–12 education and teacher education. They sponsor the National Educational Computing Conference in late June.