1. NC WISE OWL 2010 Student Friendly Internet Resource

2. NC Wise Owl  This website, designed by NC educators, offers resources that have been reviewed and selected to assist NC students with school assignments.  With NC LIVE, North Carolina libraries have statewide access to a rich array of electronic information including complete articles from over 16,000 newspapers, journals, magazines, and encyclopedias, and access to over 25,000 online print and audio books.

3. NC Wise Owl  Who can have a web site on the internet?  What topics can they choose?  Can we expect everything we find on the internet to be true/accurate/helpful?  Does it ever take you a long time to find what you are looking for on the Internet?  How many of you have ever done a search and ended up getting a list of sites that had nothing to do with your topic?

4. http://www.ncwiseowl.org/  NC Wise Owl Home Page  Add as a shortcut on your desktop  Look at the menu  Several resources appear on the page

5. NC Wise Owl for Teachers  Kaleidoscope-Resource For Integrating Computer/Technology Skills Into The Curriculum  eBistro-Online Resource Designed To Help Teachers Integrate Technology Into The Curriculum

6. Middle School Middle School Resources Middle School  Featured Web Sites Featured Web Sites Featured Web Sites  Carolina Clips Home Page Carolina Clips Home Page Carolina Clips Home Page  Copyright Guidelines Copyright Guidelines Copyright Guidelines  Citation Maker Citation Maker Citation Maker

7. Spanish Resources  Aula de Espanola Aula de Espanola Aula de Espanola  Cumbre Cumbre  Spanish/English Dictionary Spanish/English Dictionary Spanish/English Dictionary

8. EBSCO Data Bases Password: wiseowl  Student Research Student Research Student Research  Infotrac Infotrac  Jr. Reference Jr. Reference Jr. Reference  Newspapers Newspapers  Lands and People  Popular Science  E-Book Center  Novelist K8 Novelist K8 Novelist K8

9. Britannica  Britannica replaces Grolier encyclopedias  These items where kept Grolier databases Lands & Peoples Lands & Peoples Cumbre Cumbre Amazing Animals Amazing Animals

10. Britannica Editions Britannica Editions  Important People  Big Events  News by Students  Discover America  Video Collection  Highlights  Feature Spotlight

11. Essential Question?  What reliable resource can you use on the internet to find facts about Hispanic Heritage in America? How can I find facts about Hispanic Heritage on the Internet?

12. Feature Spotlight  Search “Hispanic Heritage in the Americas”  What kind of information would likely be found?

13. FAMOUS HISPANIC AMERICANS OF THE PAST  Conquistadors-Spanish Soliders  Juan Ponce de Leon-Governor of Puerto Rico  Hernando de Soto-Discovered the Mississippi River  Father Junipero Serra-founder of California Missions  David Glasgow Farragut-Civil War Hero  Pablo Casals-World-Famous Musician  Dennis Chavez-1 st Hispanic U.S. Senator  Desi Arnaz-Band Leader & Actor  Cesar Chavez-Led fight for migrant farm workers  Roberto Clemente-Baseball Player

14. FAMOUS HISPANIC AMERICANS OF TODAY  Joan Baez-Folk Singer  Antonia Coello Novello-1 st Hispanic U.S. Surgeon General  Henry Cisneros-Mayor of San Antonio  Katherine Davalos Ortega-Hispanic Treasurer of the U.S.  Gloria Estefan-Singer from Miami  Nancy Lopez-Female Golfer  Geraldo Rivera-Talk Show Host  Jose Canseco-Oakland A’s Baseball Player  Jose Carreras-Opera Singer  Pele-Soccer Player Search “See more Spotlights”

15. Additional CEU (Lesson Plan on Hispanic Heritage)  September 15 th thru October 15 th  Lesson Plan due Friday October 15 th  Lessons on Hispanic Heritage  http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/les son/lesson203.shtml