Sunday, November 2, 2008

Golden Rule Days - Get Online for Homework Help During School Days

I compile a reference list for my godson every year before school starts and thought I'd pass this along in case anyone else could use it. I definitely make sure my popup blocker is on. I haven't had any problems but poetry.com used to have a lot of ads.

http://aliscot.com/bigdog/ Big Dog Grammar
http://www.icdlbooks.org/ International Children's Digital Library
http://www.kidsclik.org/ Created for kids by librarians
http://www.google.com/Top/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Reference_Tools/ Google reference tools directory
http://www.teachingtips.com/blog/2008/07/07/100-unbelievably-useful-reference-sites-youve-never-heard-of/ All sorts of teaching/education related info and links
http://www.ipl.org/ Internet Public Library
www.icnl.org/knowledge/library/Index.php Searchable legal documents
http://www.poetry.com/ Claims to be most comprehensive list of everything about poets and poetry
http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/ 7700 pages from Libraries in 146 countries
http://www.archive.org/ Internet Wayback Machine
http://www.f/ English, encyclopedia, literature, etc.
http://www.refdesk.com/ Almanac, dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.
http://www.reference.com/ There are definitely popups and ads for dating services on this site
http://www.nationmaster.com/ Where stats come alive is the tag line. Real potpourri of information
http://www.statemaster.com/ Where stats come alive for States.
http://www.chichi.com/ If you don't know, ask a group who will go out and get back an answer for you
http://www.m-w.com/ Merriam webster online
http://www.worldstart.com/ Sells products but offers free computer tips and sites to check out. You can get a daily mail or view their information in an rss viewer
http://portableapps.com/apps/education/stellarium_portable Portable planetarium for jump drives

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