Secondary Resources

Safety in the Age of Technology

The Internet can be a wonderful resource for students but that access can also pose hazards. That's why it's important to be aware of what your children see and hear on the Internet, who they meet, and what they share about themselves online. Just like any safety issue, it's wise to talk with your children about your concerns, take advantage of resources to protect them, and keep a close eye on their activities. Below are sites that offer information and resources to help in this on-going effort to stay aware and safe.

• FTC Kids Online : Chatting with kids about being online
• ConnectSafely: Internet safety and civility
• FBI: A parent's guide to Internet safety
• Stop Bullying Now : Information for adults and youth
• Digital Citizenship: Curriculum to empower students to use the Internet safely, responsibly, and effectively.
• NetSmartz : Educating, engaging and empowering students with information about safety using the Internet.

• Portrait Illustration Maker: Create a custom avatar
• Tagxedo: Word clouds with shapes
• WordItOut: Build word clouds
• Wordle: Create word clouds

• Web Search Strategies in Plain English: Watch this brief video for helpful search tips.
• EasyBib: Choose MLA style to cite websites
• EasyWhoIs: Type in the domain name to find a website publisher
• Checking External Links with AltaVista: Type link: in the search box and then add the URL of the website you want to research

• ISTE Standards for Students
• ITSE Standards for Educators

• Internet Public Library: Includes a subjects collection, a ready reference section and special collections such as the POTUS collection on U.S. Presidents.
• Bartleby: A page with links to the Columbia Encyclopedia, Roget's Thesaurus, the American Heritage Dictionary, Barttleby's quotations, Gray's Anatomy, the King James Bible and other excellent resources.
• target="_blank"Great Websites for Kids: A resource page of links to websites on a large range of subjects.

• Calisphere: Primary source images from the University of California
• Clip Art, Photos, Video Clips and Sound Clips
• : Access search services for works
• Pics4Learning: Thousands of images donated by photographers
• Public Domain, Copyright Free Media: Images for student use
• Science Photo Library: Teacher Access Only
• Wikimedia Commons: Database of freely usable images

• keybr.com: Interactive, keyboarding practice page that allows the user to print out a chart of statistics
• Touch Typing Instruction: Provides instruction, tutorials, games and tests
• Touch Typing Lessons: Games, lessons and tests
• Typing Games: Spacebar Invaders, Outer Space Fleet and more
• Typing Tests: One to five minute timed tests
• WMP Typing Test with adjusted speed

• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
• Calculation Nation (Use Guest Pass)
• Create a Graph
• Junior High Math Interactives
• http://math.com/
• http://www.mathpower.com/
• Khan Academy

• CIA World FactBook: Information on history, people, government, geography and more.
• National Archives and Records Administration: Archive of primary sources
• Interactive Timeline: Create a timeline online
• Today in History: The Library of Congress historic facts highlighted
• U.S. World Maps and Puzzles

• Diagraming Sentences: Practice Diagraming Sentences
• Interactive Venn Diagram: Compare any two items
• Interactive Persuasion Map: Map out arguments for a persuasive essay or debate
• http://www.funbrain.com/funbrain/grammar/: Grammar Gorilla Game

• Earthweek.com: A digital weekly diary of the planet
• Encyclopedia of Life: A collaborative, ongoing effort to organize information about all the species on earth
• FOSSWeb: Interactive activities, a newsletter, and other great projects and resources.
• Periodic Table: A visual interpretation of the Periodic Table of the Elements
• Science Made Simple
• Khan Academy

• Study Guides and Strategies
• Homework Help
• http://www.how-to-study.com/
• Infoplease
• Answers.com
• Awesome Stories
• Dictionary.com