INTERNET
SURFING
(Please
remember that the Internet is a dynamic beast.
These sites may change at any time.)
Resources
audio,
video, music for all your projects and just for fun!
Web 2.0 applications for on-line creativity ... useful
for home and school
Career
Research
www.nymentor.edu
www.hesc.com
www.mapping-your-future.org
www.ed.gov/thinkcollege/early/students/students.htm
www.myroad.com Career tests and research
http://ruready.utah.edu/RUReady/front/index.jsp get
ready for college, especially math
Free Templates
www.online-stopwatch.com not
really a "template, but a great tool!
http://office.microsoft.com/templates/default.aspx
HP
http://www.hp.com/sbso/productivity/office/index.html
PowerPoint
Templates http://www.websiteestates.com/education/templatesindex.html
Puzzle
Maker http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
Newsletters
http://www.free-newslettertemplates.com/newsletter_templates.html
scroll down to the bottom to download the free package)
Databases
http://www.mwcsk12.org/library/databases.html
MWCS databases for home and school use (replace databases with
normal to get into)
www.jmap.org Regents review and old
exams
www.cerfinfo.com includes child safe k-12 URL’s selected by teachers and
arranged by subject area user /account name:
madridelem or madridhigh password:
silboces
"Wayback
Machine," an archive showing what the page looked like in the past
News
www.northcountryguide.com
http://www.northcountrynow.com/
http://www.cnn.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/
www.goodnewsblog.com
My
Yahoo! www.my.yahoo.com
you can customize your news
Finding
People Online (the web already knows a lot about YOU!!
)
Any
who www.anywho.com find person/or business.
Reverse phone # to person, address
Who
where?
www.whowhere.lycos.com (also
a great search engine!)
Genealogy
Resources
Ancestory.com
www.ancestory.com
Genealogy.com
www.genealogy.com
Mapping
/Global Information Systems
www.terraserver.com
Go to search click on USGS, then click on your desired destination.
http://earth.google.com/ The best
http://maps.google.com/ better than
www.mapquest.com
The
virtual Tourist www.vtourist.com
Live
web cams
AfriCam
www.africam.com
live cams in different geographic areas, climates etc.
EarthCam
www.earthcam.com
http://www.locogringo.com/Upload/akumal-beach-cam.html my vacation home
Online
Language Translators
Alta
Vista World Translation http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Free
Translation
www.freetranslation.com
www.free-translator.com
http://translation2paralink.com
www.worldlingo.com/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html
http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html
Web
Phones
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype
( www.sykpe.com is
blocked in school)
Creative Time Users
http://museum.toshiba.co.jp/index_3.html Toshiba's online science
museum. See cool new technology.
www.animoto.com
http://goanimate.com/ Multi-media creation
with free software online
www.thefreesite.comThere's
something for everyone. No Postage/shipping either! (blocked at school
www.haptek.com Example: Virtual Friend
3 *gift cards & create a person who talks & sings to add to your own web
page
Browsers
( Microsoft's Internet Explorer is not the only
internet browser available)
http://www.mozilla.org/ Do
you surf with Firefox? Be hip!
http://www.google.com/chrome
Expected to steal the market share of Explorer
http://www.opera.com/
http://www.apple.com/safari/
(MAC platform only)
Fun, Games & Crafts on the Web
http://nobelprize.org/educational_games/ educational games from the
Nobel Peace, Chem, Lit, etc givers
http://thetoymaker.com/ Create
your own gifts from paper and a printer
www.sodaplay.com physics – design-strings-shapes-construction.
http://www.residentassistant.com/games/icebreakers.htmIce
breaker games for college students...award-winning student created site
The Yuckiest Site on the
Internet - The science behind barfing, belching and blackheads, with
similar kid-appealing investigations
www.worth1000.com
Publish
your own book
Make real postage stamps from your pictures and drawings
http://photo.stamps.com/ great gift idea
Rent a prom dress or a great designer date outfit
http://onenightaffair.com/
See
how things work
www.howstuffworks.com
Everyday
Mysteries by the Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/
Learn
a skill
http://movies.atomiclearning.com/k12/home
Plan
a menu
http://kraftfoods.com/kf
Download
free software- www.download.com,
www.jumbo.com
Track
storms www.weather.com
www.wunderground.com
Purchase
books www.amazon.com
www.barnesandnobel.com
Send
multimedia greetings www.egreetings.com ,
www.americangreetings.com
,
Make
cool stuff with your printer
Brother Printers
Epson's creative site to use lots of their ink! http://cp.c-ij.com/english/3D-papercraft/
,
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/activityCenterHome?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&jumpid=ex_r602_go/madebyme
, www.hp.com/go/getcreative6
on-line
photo albums
http://www.funtigo.com
www.snapfish.com
www.shutterfly.com
www.photonet.com Kodak's site
Search
Engines
Quick
Search: Just type the name of what
you are looking for, then a space, then a question mark.
Watch
out for "Googlebombs" ("talentless hack" miserable failure"
for example)
Awesome
Library www.awesomelibrary.org
Fact
Monster www.factmonster.com
Homework
Planet www.homeworkplanet.com
Kid
Info www.kidinfo.com or
www.kidsconnect.com
Tek
Mom www.tekmom.com
Grokker
www.groxis.com interesting graphic interface
displays results
Fast
Search www.alltheweb.com
very comprehensive, from Norway
www.searchedu.com
educational updates
www.google.com
www.about.com
The
Arts
http://www.broadway.com/
http://www.ottawa.com/
http://www.ticketmaster.com/
Health/Nutrition/Physical
Education
www.shapeup.org
www.cdc.gov
Center
for Disease Control. See the latest
hoaxes, travel section, Health Topics
www.medlineplus.gov
Learn more about your
prescription. 11 million articles
on health
Radio/TV
Stations/audio players
www.ncpr.org
www.yahoo.broadcast.com
www.listen.com
www.mp3.com
Antivirus/Personal
Firewall
includes virus definitions and hoaxes
www.mcafee.com
Teach Yourself Technology
Portal to tutorials
Photoshop2 minute videos on
toolbar use
http://bluepelicanjava.com/photoShop/tools.htm
Interactive
white board lessons already made
www.prometheanworld.com
www.smarttech.com
Save Money
Plan a Trip
How to cut electricity bills
http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/
http://couponmom.com/ easy to use
Affordable Europe
Free resources for all levels of education
www.pbs.org/teachers