3.1 Ratio of Students to Computer

That's Not a Drinking Fountain
http://www.ncrtec.org/tl/digi/onecomp

How to Thrive -- Not Just Survive -- in a One-Computer Classroom
http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech092.shtml

3.2 Monitoring Usage

Usage Updates (9 Rules for Safe Use by Susan Brooks-Young)
members.tripod.com/sjbrooks_young/ninerules.pdf

Acceptable Use Policies: A Handbook
www.pen.k12.va.us/go/VDOE/Technology/AUP/home.shtml

ALA’s CIPA Web Site - Info About the Children's Internet Protection Act
www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/advocacy/federallegislation/cipa/index.cfm
(If necessary, click this link twice to see the content page.)

Internet Usage Updates, Usage and Population Statistics
www.internetworldstats.com

Kid-safe Search Engines
Ask For Kids www.ajkids.com
Yahooligans www.yahooligans.com

SafeKids.Com Kids’ Pledge www.safekids.com/contract_kid.htm

Teachers' Guide
www.theteachersguide.com/Internetsafety.html

3.3 Standards

Education World: National & State Standards by Category
www.education-world.com/standards

McREL
www.mcrel.org/standards

The National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)
cnets.iste.org

National Science Education Standards
www.nsta.org/publications/nses.aspx

National Standards for United States History
www.education-world.com/standards/national/soc_sci

Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
www.nctm.org/standards

Washington State's Essential Academic Learning Requirements
www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/EALR_GLE.aspx

3.4 Is it True?

Department of Atmospheric Sciences (DAS), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/def.rxml

Critical Evaluation of a Web Site
Elementary: school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalelem.html
Middle: school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalmidd.html
Secondary: school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalhigh.html

Critical Evaluation Survey: Virtual Tours
school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/eval.html

Developing Critical Thinking Skills on the Net
scasl.wordpress.com/2007/03/08/teaching-zack-to-think-developing-critical-thinking-skills-on-the-net-alan-november
Also provides good food for thought.

RefDesk.com
www.refdesk.com

Teaching Zack to Think
www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/handouts/internet/teaching_zack.cfm

3.5 Learning Assessment

Ready Made Rubrics
www.rubrics4teachers.com

Rubrics Library
www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6364.html

Technology in the Classroom: Games or Learning Tools?
www.education-world.com/a_issues/issues195.shtml

The Ten Stages to Web-Use Nirvana (You may have to scroll down the page to see the article.)
ozline.com/writings/10stages.php

3.6 Your Connection to the Web

Tramline's Field Trips Site
www.tramline.com

Permission Slip (for younger students)
www.tramline.com/vft/PermissionSlip.pdf

3.7 Integrating Virtual Field Trips into Your Classroom

3.8 Notes From the Field

3.9 Examples & Tools

Examples of how educators are using Virtual Field Trips in their classrooms.

Very Basic Field Trip Log
www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/wftgr4-6_log.html

Sample Field Trip Log (You can use this as a template and adapt it for your trips.)
www.watersheds.org/kids/triplog.htm

Virtual Field Trip Guidelines, by Walter McKenzie
surfaquarium.com/IT/vftguide.htm

Following are some tools you may use in conjunction with Virtual Field Trips.

Field Notebook for Geology Trip
www.laep.org/target/technology/secondary/griffith/vft/VirtualFieldTrip/FNPurposeOfAFieldNotebook.htm

Virtual Field Trip Diary Examples
www.learnz.org.nz/highlights08

3.10 Virtual Field Trips and Homeschooling

Homeschool.com
www.homeschool.com

Homeschool World
www.home-school.com

Oceans Field Trip
www.tramline.com/sci/oceank

3.11 Rainforest Field Trip Lesson Plan

Rainforest Field Trip
http://www.tramline.com/sci/rainforest

http://www.laep.org/target/technology/secondary/griffith/vft/VirtualFieldTrip/FNPurposeOfAFieldNotebook.htm