Student Search Engines
Structured Internet activities will limit student free surfing at school and help keep students on task and focused on an academic goal. Teachers should plan a structured lesson with specific information or tasks that students need to accomplish while on the Internet. A product (worksheet or report) should be produced by student to document work completed. Time to accomplish task on the Internet is allotted so that students are held accountable for their time. Teachers may also research and preview the best sites for information that they want students to locate and give the students the list or bookmark these sites.
Using student search engines will decrease the number of adult sites that students find in searches. Here are a few of the best:
Kids Click
The 6400 websites compiled by librarians located through this search engine
are for students and provide the reading level of the sites.
AOL School Elementary Search Portal
This is an excellent portal that provides websites chosen by educators for
grades 3-5 by grade level. There are also online tools such as encyclopedias,
dictionaries, a calculator and other research and collaboration tools.
AOL School Middle School Search Portal
This is an excellent portal that provides web sites chosen by educators by
grade level for middle school grades. There are also online tools such as
encyclopedias, dictionaries, a calculator and other research and collaboration
tools.
AOL School Primary Search Portal
This is an excellent portal that provides web sites chosen by educators by
grade level for grades K-2. There are also online tools such as encyclopedias,
dictionaries, a calculator and other research and collaboration tools.
Dayton Public Schools provides a high-quality education in a safe environment that prepares our students for success in school, work and life by providing a highly effective trained staff working each day with community resources.