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Resources on the Web
Making Choices
About TV
Hands-On, Minds-On
So You Need Help Finding
Answers...
Making
Choices About TV
www.pbs.org/kids/rtl/smartparents/
"The Smart Guide to Kids' TV" from PBS offers
suggestions for how to establish healthy television
habits.
www.pbs.org/kids/rtl/rating.html
"Guidelines for Rating Children's TV" is a
list of what to look for in children's programming--
and what to avoid.
www.action4mediaed.org/criticalview/criticalview.html
"Critical Viewing" presents simple steps toward
media literacy. Help children learn to be better consumers
of advertising, the Internet, movies, television, and
video games.
link.unctv.org/services/tvforteachers/usingtv/#parent
How do you use TV? UNCTV helps you look at your current
habits, and offers ideas for raising TV awareness with
your children. Work together to become critical viewers.
Hands-On,
Minds-On
www.pbs.org/wgbh/lions/tips/any-story-after.html
Ten tips for helping a child get the most from a story.
(You can also use them with TV shows-stories of a different
sort.)
www.pbs.org/wgbh/lions/tips/tv-videos.html
Ten easy ideas for extending what kids see on TV or
video.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/lions/tips/
Simple, everyday activities you can do with a child
to promote a learning environment outside of school
time.
Activities are a key part of extending
the power of TV. For an extensive list of good sites,
check our
pages of links.
So You Need
Help Finding Answers...
You might want to buy a child's dictionary,
thesaurus, and encyclopedia to have at home. You can
often get them on sale at bookstores. Your school or
public librarian can also help answer questions. But
for more immediate results, try the following Internet
links.
www.ipl.org
The Internet Public Library is an excellent place to
start. Each site in this vast collection is selected,
reviewed, and organized by librarians. That means you
can locate information without a hassle, and you can
trust what you find-which isn't always true on the Web.
Try the Youth and Teen sections, as well as the Science
Fair Project Resource Guide.
www.lii.org
The Librarians' Index to the Internet is another great
set of links arranged by subject. It's user-friendly,
and all sites have been reviewed for quality by a librarian.
Check out the listing of online encyclopedias and dictionaries
for quick help, or click on a topic to browse other
offerings.
lib-www.ucr.edu
Infomine is packed with useful links, including online
reference materials like dictionaries, encyclopedias,
almanacs, and more. (Click on Instructional Resources:
K-12. From there, try K-12 Reference or General Reference.)
The site is easy to get around, but you'll want plenty
of time to look.
Some search engines also list helpful
links by category. Check for words like "reference,"
"library," and "resources." These
usually take you to informational sites that answer
just about all of your trivia questions. What does the
Massachusetts flag look like? Who invented the lightbulb?
How many feet are in a mile? When is National Friendship
Week? You'll find the answers to these and other reference
questions here.
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