elementary+or+secondary+content



Google search engine media type="custom" key="15466908" toc =Other search engines=

[|Sweet Search] Has only websites that have been reviewed and approved by teacher, librarians and research experts. It also offers 5 niche search engines for Social Studies, Biographies, SweetSites (organized by grade and subject area), School Librarians, and Sweet Search 4 Me (for elementary school students). [|KidRex]A kid safe engine. Uses a combination of google's search safe mode and its own its own data base of filtered key words. [|Ref Seek]Does a good job having no advertisements and ads. Almost the same as other generic search engines like google up until the 3rd or 4th page where the results will be more "acedemic" [|Famboo]Another kid friend site that uses the collective good results of the more used search engines like google and yahoo. It also has a more strict family filter. [|ask kids]A kids version of ask.com. It is also divided into several sections. [|Wolfram Alpha] It is a computation search engine. If you want to search something to do with numbers, go to this site. =Presentation Tools=

[|http://animoto.com] Great way introduce or conclude a topic in an entertaining manner.

[] Great thing to use over PowerPoint. More entertaining,easy, and is not overused like PowerPoint.

[|Glogster.com] Great way to make them do a project without the hard to see and boring paper back posters.

=Lesson tools=

[] Has online lessons and possible tracking

[] Has games and interactive tools

[|Schoolastic.com] Schoolastic is a great resource for teachers.

=Blogs=

[|http://oomscholasticblog.com] Great blog that is filled with great resources and is technology and student centered.

[|http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org] This blog covers many different kinds of things. I keep track of it because it gives some random interesting things every now and then.

[|Practical Theory] This is a blog that talks about problems and possible solutions to somethings.

=Others=

[] A sight so that I do not have to worry about inappropriate ads.

[] A sight to screencast. Great way to teach a student how to do something online if you want to do it yourself.

[|Creative Commons] copyright free photos

= Student tools =

[|Facebook] Great tool that students will already know how to use. Can easily help with faster communication and much more!

[|http://animoto.com]

Great way introduce or conclude a topic in an entertaining manner.

[] Great thing to use over PowerPoint. More entertaining,easy, and is not overused like PowerPoint.

[|Glogster.com] Great way to make them do a project without the hard to see and boring paper back posters.

= Video Links =

[|Glogster]

[|Prezi]