6. INTERNET USE
HOW CAN CHILDREN USE INTERNET TO LEARN?
Valuable Educational Tools
Educational
Games
Reading &
Writing
Connection
to the World
Many
Resources
9. Limits for Children
•Limit time on the computer and video games
• Select educational games that are age appropriate
• Involve children in decision making
10. INTERNET SAFETY
Don’t give out this information online:
Your last name
Your phone number
Where you live
Where you go to school
11. Tips for Parents
Parents need to be aware that through MySpace children can
gain access to the following:
Risks Involved
Gang
Information
Inappropriate/
Violent videos
Sexual
Predators
12. Tips for Parents
Parents need to teach your children the following
Never List Online
Full Name
Home Address
Phone Numbers
Passwords
Calling Card Number
Social Security Number
Parents’ Names
Mothers Maiden Name
Parents Place of work
When/Where they will be
13. Safe Internet Sites
Some of the safe internet sites for children
Kids Click http://www.kidsclick.org/
Internet Public Library- http://www.ipl.org/
Info.Please http://www.infoplease.com/
Family.com http://family.go.com/
Fact Monster http://www.factmonster.com/
Think Quest Library- http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/think.library
Pandia Kids & Teens- http://pandia.com/kids/
Awesome Library http://www.awesomelibrary.org/student.html
Kaboosehttp://www.kaboose.com/
Fun Brainhttp://www.funbrain.com/
Net Smartz
http://www.netsmartz.org/index.aspx
Search Engines
GoGooligans- http://www.lures.info/childrens_search/gogooligans.htm
Yahooligans - http://yahooligans.com
Ask Kids http://www.askkids.com/
Quintara Kids -http://www.askkids.com/
Tek Momhttp://www.tekmom.com/search/
15. Resources for all subject areas
INTERNET SAFETY
http://www.wordle.net/
Math
http://www.bubbl.us/
Mathwire
http://www.readthewords.com/
Leon’s Math Movies
Digital Filling Cabinet
Virtual Math Manipulatives
Visuwords
Save the Words (Older Students) Create a Graph
Elementary Math Activities
School Tube
Math Games
Language Arts
Math Is Fun - Mathionaire
Free Reading
Math Playground
Gotta Keep Reading Video
Science
Kid Blog
Science Clips
Game Goo
Foss Science
Read*Write*Think
Science Powerpoints
Free Rice
Science Interactive
Cyber Sleuth Kids
I know that
Brain Boosters
Kids Know It
Try Science
19. World Book for Kids www.worldbookonline.com/kids/Home
Online resource for kids. It includes an encyclopedia, dictionary,
atlas, homework help, study aids, and curriculum guides.
21. Culture Gram http://online.culturegrams.com/index.php
SFSD Library Portal - access Culture Grams
online research resource for learning about the culture of countries
information is written in kid friendly language
photos, videos, interviews, famous people, flags, recipes and graphs and
tables comparing country data.
Hawthorne students used this site to do research projects on their
heritage.
22. BrainPOP - www.brainpop.com
Animated Science, Health, Technology, Math, Social Studies, Arts
& Music and English movies, quizzes, activity pages and school
homework help for K-12 kids.
(Subscription Required)
24. Fun School - funschool.kaboose.com
Funschool offers:
free online educational games
for elementary school kids
printable activities
coloring pages and crafts that
will help kids learn.
25. The Kidz Page www.thekidzpage.com/learninggames/index.htm
A variety of online learning games.
jigsaw puzzles
math and number games
word games
picture games
memory games
logic puzzles
sudoku
26. E-learning for kids - www.e-learningforkids.org/
Created by a global nonprofit foundation
Dedicated to free and fun online learning for kids of all ages.
(math, science, reading, health and life skills)
Available in English, Dutch, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
28. Starfall - www.starfall.com
free website that focuses on teaching kids to read with phonics.
lots of exciting phonics games and interactive books. (Preschool – 1st
grade)
30. Kids Know It - www.pbskids.com
Free online educational learning network for kids.
Over 500 educational games focusing on science and social
31. Khan Academy
http://www.khanacademy.org/
over 2400 free videos from arithmetic to physics, finance and more.
goal is to accelerate learning for students of all ages.
help learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace and has
practice exercises
35. 4. Teachers and
students share
information
without printing.
5. Teachers can edit
while students are
writing.
6.Teacher use
websites to list
homework
38. i-Pad Apps
Teacher Tools
Prezi
*TED
*Khan Academy
Pages
Noteability
Google Drive
Remember the Milk - Free
Dragon Dictation - Free or paid version
Splashtop 2
ENL
Trav Talk-have to record the phrases
Word Lens-not free- translates words on a
page to other languages
*ESL express- words frequently confused
*Irregular verbs for English, IELTS…
*WordLens- Translates print into other
languages through camera- $5 per language
*Basic English hello-hello The essentials
page is free
panoramic photo app
Reading/High Frequency
words/Vocabulary/Grammar
Jumbled Sent 3, (1&2 also)
*Build a word Express
*Phototouch Sightwords
Cimo Spelling Sight(lite)
*Bitsboards
ScribblePress- make own books
SparkleFish
*Storybots
National Geographic Weird but true!
Idioms
Root Words
iSentence ($)
PP vowels
EF High Flyers
Alligator Apps: Little Writer (also little reader or speller
($)), Sentence Maker, *Comparative
Adjectives, Emotions, *Lingo Arcade
Grasshopper Apps are great too! Kindergarten.com
flashcards- food, animals, nouns
*Picture Dictionary Free
*Bluster
*Free book companies: reading A-Z
(leveled), storychimes,Magic Ink, TabTale, Aesop Apps
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40. PARENT UNIVERSITY LINKS
https://parenttech.shutterfly.com/ - videos and tutorials
https://parenttech.wikispaces.com/ - Parent University
website
http://parentingclasses.wikispaces.com/home
- Parent University wiki and ning for higher level parents.
http://parentalinvolvement.ning.com/
- Parent Involvement for student achievement
http://multiculturalmosaic.ning.com/
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