Web Smarts

How do you search for stuff on the Web? And once you find it, how do you know if it’s true? These sites offer search savvy, plus guides to building your own web site and staying streetwise on the information highway.

Chat Abbreviations
What’s that on your IM screen? Look it up in this alphabetical list of chat abbreviations and find out if your friends need to hear from you right now now, or if they can ttyl.

Evaluating Web Sites
How can you tell if a web site is any good? Look for it's purpose, authority, objectivity, appropriateness, relevance, currency, responsibility, clarity and accessilbility. And beware of bogus sites and hoaxes.

ICYou See: T is for Thinking
ICYSee is a self-guided tour and training page that addresses some rock-bottom questions. Questions like: how do you search for stuff? And once you find it, how do you know if the info is true? And just how good a research tool is the Web, anyway?

Internet Resources: Email Information
Click here for information on email services and free email on the Internet.

Social Networking Sites: Safety Tips for Tweens and Teens
You’ve heard about people who were stalked by someone they met online, had their identity stolen, or their computer hacked. Whatever space you choose for your socializing online, be smart and follow these good-sense guidelines.

Teen Safety on the Internet
Get streetwise! You can take advantage of the great things about the Internet while avoiding most of its pitfalls. This site clues you in about situations on the web—and in chat rooms, e-mail, and newsgroups—that can compromise your privacy, put you or your family at financial risk, or just plain creep you out.

Web Page Design: Internet Public Library
Find backgrounds, icons, animations, and other stuff for fixing up your web page.

Webmonkey
Webmonkey is a free public resource for web developers. You’ll find tutorials and articles written by web designers and programmers.

Wikispaces
Create a wiki to share with families, friends, teams, fan clubs, and more. Public wikis are free, but the site charges a fee for private and ad-free wikis.

Revised 5/5/2009

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