Web Watch
Reference Sites
William J. Valmont
The University of Arizona
The Web is quickly becoming the major repository of the world's information. Both professionals and amateurs have been placing very useful reference and other tools on the Internet that can serve reading and language arts teachers well. This Web Watch examines a few of the online reference sources that may enable students to expand their literacy and information-seeking skills through the use of technology.
Sites described fall under various general categories. Use the navigation bar on the left to access the categories of specific interest to you. If you choose to visit any of the sites listed by means of the links provided, a new window will open within your browser; this Web Watch posting will remain active in the original window. Note that many of the sites described receive funding support from sponsors or carry advertising. This commercial content can sometimes be distracting, and teachers and students must decide how to deal with it.
An Invitation
Sites in this Web Watch should be useful to teachers engaged in reading and language arts instruction at various grade levels. If you have found similar reference Web sites that might have an impact on literacy learning in the classroom, please send their URLs in an e-mail to wvalmont@mail.ed.arizona.edu so they can be considered for inclusion in a future Web Watch.
Author Information
Valmont is a professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Culture and Director of Technology for the College of Education at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. He can be contacted by e-mail at wvalmont@mail.ed.arizona.edu.
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Posted July 1999
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