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http://www.thegateway.org/ http://www.mondotimes.com/2/topics/2/news/1 www.acer.edu.au
Australian News Indexes www.nla.gov.au www.anzwers.com.au http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/skills/ruralmanagement/m8infoquick.html
International News Indexes www.looksmart.com www.yahoo.com.au www.webwombat.com.au www.newsindex.com
The Age - Education
http://www.theage.com.au/edage/index.html
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Published by The Age On-line for upper secondary students, the site allows users
to read about, and become involved in, current affairs issues. Victorian
emphasis.
The Australian: Schools
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/schools/
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The national daily provides links to useful websites on topics in the news,
quizzes on current affairs and information on creating school online newspapers
using the 'iNK online virtual newsroom'.
BTN: Behind the news
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/
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This news and current affairs program for upper primary and lower secondary
students accompanies the eponymous television program. There are excellent
activities.
CNNfyi.com: News for students
http://fyi.cnn.com/fyi/index.html
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CNN journalists have worked with teachers to prepare the day's news in an
attractive format for use in schools. While the emphasis is largely American,
there is also good coverage of world news of general interest
News for kids
http://www.headlinespot.com/for/kids/
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Acting as a gateway to a number of news services for kids, this American site
includes the top stories of the day from services such as ABC and CBC, news
written by kids and stories grouped according to categories.
The New York Times leaning network
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html
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Designed specifically for students, this online format of a major American
newspaper provides access for students to news summaries and expanded articles
written in straightforward language.
The pencil news
http://www.msnbc.com/local/pencilnews/
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This attractively presented news service for students has an American bias. It
includes useful collections of news items on a particular topic.
Time for kids
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
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Attractively presented online news source for primary children, with simply
worded lead stories with explanations. Excellent 'virtual tour' of countries in
the news.
Yahooligans! News
http://www.yahooligans.com/content/news/
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News items on selected topics are collected here from various media agencies
such as CNN. The world news view tends to be limited and somewhat parochial but
there is good coverage of broader issues.
The ABC online
http://www.abc.net.au/
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From this site users can obtain programming details for the national
broadcaster's radio and television shows as well as current news stories. There
are also nine 'gateways' to specialist ABC sites.
The Age
http://www.theage.com.au/
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As well as daily news and the normal features of a metropolitan newspaper, 'The
Age' carries audio clips such as the sound of whales.
The Australian online
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/
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The national daily has teacher and student sections. For students there are
quizzes, sections on publishing 'The Australian' and information on creating
school online newspapers using the 'iNK online virtual newsroom'.
News.com
http://www.news.com.au/
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This home page of News Corporation provides access to top stories of the day's
news, world, national and state. Schools will find the current news facility
useful.
NIE - The school zone
http://archive.nandotimes.com/prof/edsvc/teach/
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NIE (News in Education) is an American resource for teachers that combines the
use of newspaper and the Internet in the classroom.
Reuters news agency
http://www.reuters.com/home.jhtml
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This comprehensive online news service covers the major world stories
immediately. News items are archived by date and time, reflect events on every
continent and are immediately accessible.
The Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/
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The site of the Sydney Morning Herald gives the latest news under categories
including: News, Sport, Business and Technology. Photos are available on
specific items.
OTHER NEWSPAPERS ONLINE
The Canberra times
http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/home.asp (MS - US)
Canberra's online daily newspaper deals with local issues predominantly, with
some access to general world news.
The Courier-Mail
http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/ (UP - US)
The online version of the Queensland daily newspaper includes major local,
national and interstate news headlines with links to the expanded articles.
The Earth Times
http://www.earthtimes.org/ (MS - US; T)
This daily edition of the online newspaper offers 'In-Depth Coverage of the
Global War Against Terrorism, Poverty, Discrimination and Pollution'. It is a
nonpartisan newspaper that deals with the 'human environment and such
interrelated concerns.
Search terms used: News services; Newspapers; Mass media
Joint venture Microsoft and PBL (Channel Nine, many newspapers, TV and radio) http://ninemsn.com.au
MacquarieNet
http://www.macquarienet.com.au/login
MacquarieNet is the largest Australian online reference service containing
Australian and international reference works and daily news feeds from
Australia’s leading news source provider, AAP. The Curriculum Exchange includes
free subscription for all Education Queensland schools and teachers to
MacquarieNet. Queensland schools have free access to this service from all
school computers with Internet access. Also, Queensland teachers will have free
access from their home computers. If you need further information about this,
consult your school's teacher-librarian, contact
AccessEd at (07) 3421 6473 or email
Curriculum.Exchange@qed.qld.gov.au
· News items from Australia's major news service provider, AAP News, are archived from 01.08.1996 into 'a massive [searchable] database coded with Key Learning Areas and Themes from the Australian school curriculum'. Search results return items in order of recency. Select 'AAP News' from 'In collection' for simple and advanced searches.
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Under 'For Teachers - Lesson plans':
Mass Media(MS - US) This lesson aims to introduce students to the concept of
the media and to some of the issues related to the media in our society.
Reading the paper (UP-LS) This lesson analyses a newspaper article.
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Education Network Australia (EdNA)
http://www.edna.edu.au/
EdNA is an Australian network of education services. The site is organised
around Australian curriculum, its tools are free to Australian educators and it
is funded by the bodies responsible for education provision in Australia – all
Australian governments. It is a network in several senses. EdNA Online is a
website pointing to thousands of resources identified and contributed by
Australian educators. It is a searchable database of annotated resources and
services, identified and contributed by educators.
Australian Government online directories- state, federal, department and agency sites http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/ http://www.pm.gov.au/links.html http://www.coraweb.com.au/government.htm
http://gold.directory.gov.au http://www.fed.gov.au/KSP/
Consumers online-Govt. departments- http://www.consumersonline.gov.au/content/links_government.asp
Sites by category, includes govt., media, commerce http://netlinks.slq.qld.gov.au/
Business and finance web directories http://www.anzwers.com.au www.aussie.com.au http://www.asic.gov.au
Time magazine www.pathfinder.com/time
Encyclopaedia www.encyclopedia.com www.encarta.msn.com
Internet site libraries http://link.bubl.ac.uk/reference http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu
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