- Making it Work
Making technology integration work at your school. All of the topics
are presented in a brief, open-ended style to make them easy to adapt
to many situations.
- Ask Dr.
Universe
http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/
Dr. Universe tackles all questions, not just science. She has a whole
campus of experts to call on, experts in just about everything. Dr.
Universe has taken it upon herself to ask those questions you've always
wondered about, but didn't ask because you didn't want to seem stupid.
Dr. Universe doesn't worry about seeming stupid, because asking those
questions is her job.
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Brain
Pop - Computer and Digital
http://www.brainpop.com/tech/
computeranddigital/
Are you curious as to how your computer works? What actually happens
when you click your mouse? What makes your printer print? Learn
all these answers using Brain Pop's animated, fun and interactive
movies.
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Build
A Snowman
http://www.frontiernet.net/~imaging/
build_a_snowman.html
This is a neat activity which promotes hand-eye coordination and
mouse skills.
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Child
Safe Searching
http://www.searchengines.com/kids/
safe_searching_engines.html
This web site stresses the importance of child-safe search engines.
Also discussed are specialized filtered search engines that may
help parents that are concerned about their children using the Internet.
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Click-N-Learn
http://www.kids-online.net/learn/c_n_l.html
Do you know what's inside your computer? Click on a photo of the
insides of a computer to learn about the parts and what each part
does. Very good site for children of all ages!
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Computer
Ergonomics for Elementary School
http://www.orosha.org/cergos/
Computer Ergonomics is about things that you can do to make working
on a computer more comfortable and better for your body. The Computer
Ergonomics for Elementary School Students (CergoS) Web site will
show you some simple and affordable ways to make sure that your
body is safe and comfortable while using a computer.
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Crayola.com
http://www.crayola.com
Crayola.com offers art and crafts projects and ideas for everyday
or rainy-day fun. Students, parents and educators will love the
art education link and lesson plans. Want to teach a fun math lesson?
Visit teacher's lesson plans and click your theme.
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CyberNetiquette
Comix
http://disney.go.com/cybersafety/
Welcome to CyberNetiquette Comix, an entertaining, interactive way
for families to learn valuable lessons about online safety. Join
classic Disney characters for adventure, fun, and online awareness
tips. Parents and children are encouraged to enjoy and discuss these
interactive fables together.
- Easy
Web Tips to Teach Children http://www.enchantedlearning.com/
Webtipsforchildren.html
Web site provides tips for teaching children about the parts of
the computer. Topics covered include computer and web basics, using
a mouse, links on the web, resizing pages and much more.
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GetTech
http://www.gettech.org
Technology is EVERYWHERE! The GET TECH KIDS can help you recognize
the technology behind the everyday things in your life. GET TECH
has fun tech stories and games for the future computer whiz in your
family.
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Internet Science
and Technology Fair (ISTF)
http://istf.ucf.edu
This site is designed to encourage teams of middle and high school
students and their teachers to explore Internet information resources.
ISTF through it partnerships have found common ground to help K-12
students realize the technical career opportunities of tomorrow.
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KidsBank.com
http://www.kidsbank.com
KidsBank offers a great tutorial that explains fundamentals of banking
to children. Children can learn all about how money is made (not
earned, actually made), how to save money, earning interest and
all they need to know about check, EFT and ATMs.
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Kids' Rules for
Online Safety
http://safekids.com/
A better strategy would be to instruct children about both the benefits
and dangers of cyberspace and for them to learn how to be "street
smart" in order to better safeguard themselves in any potentially
dangerous situation.
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Learn 2 Type
http://kids.learn2type.com/
Learn 2 Type is the leading FREE Web site that helps you master
the skills of touch-typing. Whether you're a typing expert or just
a "hunt & peck" beginner, the interactive exercises
you'll find here automatically adjust to your skill level. The better
you get, the more challenging the exercises become. You can come
and go as you please and pick up right where you left off.
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The Learning
Page
http://www.learningpage.com
Learning Page offers a huge collection of professionally produced
instructional material for parents and teachers to download and
print. For the learning readers, alphabet, decodable, and read-aloud
books are among some of the learning tools available on this site.
Lesson plans, flashcards, worksheets and much more can also be found!
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Little
Explorers
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/
Dictionary.html
Even the youngest children are fascinated with the Internet. Make
their surfing sessions educational as well as fun with Little Explorers'
online dictionary. The child simply points and clicks on a letter
and a word starting with that letter pops up. Other language formats
include Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Italian and Portuguese.
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NetSmartz
http://netsmartz.org/
The NetSmartz for Kids is committed to providing a fun, safe and
secure age-appropriate website for children of all ages. NetSmartz
for Kids is an interactive site where children learn how to be safer
on the Internet.
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TouchPaint.com
http://www.touchpaint.com
Choose a picture, pick a color and create work of art, while learning
to use your mouse!! Great for computer mouse coordination.
Suggest
a site.
Last Updated
August 17, 2005
