This page provides links to media literacy Web sites and to sites devoted to kids as volunteers, activists, and heroes.

Media Literacy Links:

• Media Awareness Network: http://www.media-awareness.ca/eng
• Center for Media Literacy: http://www.medialit.org
• The Media Channel Classroom: http://www.mediachannel.org/classroom
• New Mexico Media Literacy Project: http://www.nmmlp.org
• Media Literacy Review: http://interact.uoregon.edu/medialit/mlr/home/index.html
• Priime Tiime Today: http://www.primett.org
• Just Think Foundation: http://www.justthink.org
• Meridian: A Middle School Computer Technologies Journal: http://www.ncsu.edu/meridian
• Media Literacy (an article published by the Social Studies School Service): http://catalog.socialstudies.com/c/@fSpOUEB2IsMkw/Pages/article.html?article@medialiteracy
• Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators, Internet Information: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/yp/iypabout.html
• Evaluating Web Pages: Links to Examples of Various Concepts: http://www2.widener.edu/Wolfgram-Memorial-Library/webevaluation/examples.htm
• Thinking Critically About World Wide Web Resources: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm
• Evaluating Internet Research Sources: http://www.virtualsalt.com/evalu8it.htm
• Evaluation of Internet Information: http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/~techman/eval.html
• Searching with Alta Vista: http://socialstudies.com/c/@Pvmqcv1O7OPxU/Pages/article.html?article@howtosearch
• Hints for Searching the Internet: http://www.connectedteacher.com/tips/searchhints.asp
• Citing Internet Sources: http://connectedteacher.classroom.com/newsletter/citeintres.asp
• Selection Criteria: How to Tell if You’re Looking at a Great Web Site: http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/criteria.html
• Choosing the Best Search for Your Purpose: http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/adviceengine.html
• Search Engines: What they Are, How They Work, and Practical Suggestions for Getting the Most Out of Them: http://webreference.com/content/search
• Search Engine Watch: http://searchenginewatch.com

Kids and teenagers are doing some amazing things out there. Here are some links to sites with examples of positive ways in which young people are helping in their communities and the world:

• Amazing Kids: http://www.amazing-kids.org/kids.html
• Kids Korp: http://www.kidskorps.org
• Free the Children: http://www.freethechildren.org
• Kids Care: http://www.kidscare.org/kidscare/index.htm