¨ Supervise your child. Keep the computer in a family area, rather than a bedroom.
¨ Know who publishes websites. Websites that end with gov or edu are best. If the site ends with org or com, look it over for quality.
¨ Don’t rely on wikipedia.org. It can be a great starting place, but anyone can edit a Wikipedia site. The links at the bottom of Wikipedia entries are often more reliable than the entry itself.
Some learning sites to check out:
¨ www.factmonster.com--infromation about for any school subject.
¨ http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/index.html--Find information about the US government.
¨ www.billnye.com--Search for science information.
¨ http://english-zone.com/index.php--Find help with language arts homework.
¨ www.onlinenewspapers.com--Access newspapers from all over the world.
Reprinted with permission from Copyright© 2008, The Parent Institute
Other websites students can use for research include:
| Source | Website | Description |
| Kids Click | www.kidsclick.org | Search engine developed for kids by librarians |
| Scholastic News Online | www.scholastic.com/scholasticnews | Search for news |
| ABC News for Kids | http://www.abc-directory.com | Allows search by category |
| Time for Kids | www.timeforkids.com/tfk | News articles |
| Yahooligans! News | www.kids.yahoo.com | Search engine at the top of the page (Beware lots of fun kid stuff) |
| New York Times Learning Network | www.nytimes.com/learning | Search for news by subject or key word |
| Kids Post (Washington Post) | www.washingtonpost.com | Search for news articles |
| National Geographic Kids News | www.kids.nationalgeographic.com | Search function, stories, photos |
| News Flash Five PBS Kids | http://pbskids.org/newsflashfive/ | News archives (no info on main page-click on Archives) |
| Internet Public Library for Kids | http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/ | The Internet Public Library is a public library for world wide web |
| CNN Student News | http://www.cnn.com/studentnews | CNN news website. Includes videos and news articles |