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1-Click: Download 1-Click AnswersTM for Windows and, then, Alt-Click on any word in any program on your screen for instant, accurate facts. |
| Ask for Kids! formerly known as Ask Jeeves for Kids) is a fast, easy and kid-friendly way for kids to search online. Designed to be a fun destination site focused on learning and "edu-tainment," Ask for Kids uses natural-language technology that allows kids to ask questions and perform web searches, |
| Author Yellow Pages: AuthorYellowPages.com is a searchable directory of author websites. After years of hearing from readers who wanted easy access to authors and their websites, The Book Report Network created this website where authors can list their Official and Publisher websites, as well as Fan and Press mentions that they want to share with their readers. |
| BabelFish: This site translates any block of text or web page into any language. |
| Bartlett's Familiar Quotations: A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature |
| Bells and Whistles: Bellsnwhistles.com graphics are free for your use and if you use them we ask that you PLEASE DOWNLOAD what you need! Do Not link to our graphics. Thank you for your cooperation. |
| BJ Pinchbeck Homework Helper: This site contains over 700 links to sites that will help with homework. Discovery Education provides engaging digital resources to schools and homes with the goal of making educators more effective, increasing student achievement, and connecting classrooms and families to a world of learning. |
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BrailleBug: This site was created by the American Foundation for the Blind to teach sighted children about Braille and to encourage literacy among all children. |
| Color Landform Atlas of the U.S.: Over 500 maps in 3-D, black and white, color relief, historical, horizon, planetary, and oceanic categories to name just a few. |
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Confusing Words: Contains a resource of 3210 confusing words and examples of their use. Words are grouped according to how they are often misused. |
| Dictionary.com: Dictionary.com is a multi-source dictionary search service produced by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, a leading provider of language reference products and services on the Internet. |
| Discovery Channel: More than one channel, more than one source of information. A collection of media resources for many different topics. |
| Famous Quotations: Browse for quotes by topic, by author, by type of author |
| Geographic Locator: The GNIS contains information about physical and cultural geographic features of all types in the United States, associated areas, and Antarctica, current and historical, but not including roads and highways. The database holds the Federally recognized name of each feature and defines the feature location by state, county, USGS topographic map, and geographic coordinates. |
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Google: For students who need simple tools to assist with daily tasks, what could be easier than using the Google search engine? Students can type in any equation and Google becomes a calculator. Need a definition? Type in a single word and use the link for the definition. Need an image for a mental model? Use the image search bank. |
| Internet Picture Dictionary: This is a picture dictionary for English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. It includes activities for flashcards, fill-in-the-blank, and word scramble. |
| Learn2.Com (Tutorials & Helpful Advice) |
| Library of Congress: The Library of Congress is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress. It is also the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections. |
| Marco Polo now Thinkfinity: Thinkfinity is built upon the foundations flagship education program formerly known as Verizon MarcoPolo, and the foundations comprehensive online resource for literacy, the Thinkfinity Literacy Network. |
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National Geographic: Since 1888, we've traveled the Earth, sharing its amazing stories with each new generation. The Society's Mission Programs support critical expeditions and scientific fieldwork; encourage geography education for students; promote natural and cultural conservation; and inspire audiences through new media, vibrant exhibitions, and live events. |
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Natural Reader: The Free version allows you to experience listening to your emails, web pages, reports or any text on your PC. |
| NoteStar: This online tool supports research and notetaking with the Web. Once the teacher creates research groups, students can locate web sites and take notes in a special window. NoteStar will automatically record the web address and the date. After the students complete note taking, NoteStar supports the next steps to organize ideas. NoteStar is the newest utility to assist Project Based Learning on the World Wide Web. It allows teachers to create projects for their students. Students may, then, take advantage of NoteStar's many features to collect and organize their notes. |
| Online Dictionary: Think of this web site as a search engine for words and phrases: If you have a word for which you'd like a definition or translation, we'll quickly shuttle you to the web-based dictionaries that define or translate that word. |
| Online Encyclopedia: Encyclopedia.com, the Internet's premiere free encyclopedia, provides users with more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Each article is enhanced with links to newspaper and magazine articles as well as pictures and maps - all provided by HighBeam Research. |
| Online Science Museum: Online since 1993, the Exploratorium was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World Wide Web. Our site now contains over 18 thousand award-winning Web pages exploring hundreds of different topics. |
| Press Display: On this site you can listen to your favorite newspapers whenever and wherever you decide. |
| Project Gutenberg: Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today. |
| Project Poster: This online tool guides students to create web pages. It is great to assist students in projects and presentations. All of the web pages are stored on the HPRTEC site so it is accessible at home and at school. |
| ReadPlease: ReadPlease, for Windows only, features both free and for purchase tools that can assist with text-to-speech conversions. The free version, once downloaded to the computer, can function as a simple word processor or screen reader. Any text can be copied and pasted into the ReadPlease window. Users can customize the voice, size, and color of the text. |
| Research-It!: Quick access to the best Internet tools |
| Roget's Thesaurus: Containing 35,000 synonyms and over 250,000 cross-references in an easy-to-use format, this thesaurus features succinct word definitions and an innovative hyperlinked category index. |
| Science - This site contains links to online activities and simulations to reinforce science concepts. |
| Simply Web 2000: This is a speech friendly, speech enabled accessible web browser with advanced features which allow easy navigation of complex pages by blind users. |
| Smithsonian Institution: The world's largest museum complex and research organization composed of 19 museums and 9 research centers. Visit the Smithsonian in person or online and you will see why it represents for so many the treasured icons of our past, the vibrant art of the present, and the scientific promise of the future. |
| Talking Checkbook: The Talking Checkbook is an application designed to make account managemnt and check writing accessible not only to people who have varying disabilities, but anyone who wants an easy way to write checks and balance accounts. |
| Thesaurus.com: Thesaurus.com is produced by Lexico Publishing Group, LLC, a leading provider of language reference products and services on the Internet. |
| U.S. Census Bureau: Information collected by the US Government on people, businesses and other data. |
| Voycabulary: Some students need to have additional assistance with vocabulary once they locate information and have it read to them. Using Voycabulary, any web page can be converted to a hyperlink page. Students can, then, click on any word to be linked to the definition of the word. The process does take time, but will be worthwhile for many students. |
| Webster Dictionary Search: Merriam-Webster is America's foremost publisher of language-related reference works. The company publishes a diverse array of print and electronic products. |
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| Click N Type: Click N Type is a free downloadable on-screen keyboard for anyone who cannot physically use the keyboard. The program also features word prediction, customizable formats, and multilingual capabilities. |
| Drawing for Children: is a free drawing program for children with many nice options. The best way to learn to use it is simply to use it. There is though a document describing the use of the program. |
| E-Text Reader: The E-Text Reader is designed to be a reading tool. It has a free version. You can use it for opening up and reading existing documents on your computer or you can cut and paste from any program on your computer. It is an "easy to use" reader that gives you the ability to change voices, read at any speed, and even allows you (or your students) to make notes into the document being read. Since the interface is actually a word processor, you can select and highlight text, just like you would use a highlighter in a book. |
| Free Games: Yes, these games really are free to use with no obligation. Just click on the icons below or the "Download" links to get the installer for the corresponding game. |
| Free Map Puzzles: Learn United States and World geography with Maps that Teach. Interactive maps to learn continents, countries, states, capitals, borders, physical features and cultural monuments. |
| Game Hippo: |
| Kid Genius: Free software to teach the Alphabet, Letters, Numbers, Counting, Reading and Spelling using Sound, Pictures and Video Clips. Use it at Home, Pre-school, Kindergarten, School or Educational Business. |
| Kid's Domain Downloads: Kaboose is the largest independent family focused online media company in North America and one of the top-five most visited family destinations online. |
| Learn Letters: Learn Letters teaches children to know and make the 26 letters of the alphabet. |
| Letter Sounds: Letter Sounds helps children make the first, vital connection between the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they represent. Children drag pictures to the letters that make the first sounds of the word that describes the picture. |
| Live and Learn Software: This is our current software page. It is always being updated. If you are interested in the types of programs we feature; curious about our philosophy concerning children's software; or if you are a software developer and want us to make your programs available at this site please read this page. If you just want to download children's software now, click here. |
| Guide to Reading and Grammar: Review and examples to support all questions about grammar and writing. Provides support at the word, sentence, paragraph and essay/research levels. Contains free PowerPoints. |
| Open Office: Many students have access to the Microsoft tools at school, but want to create papers and presentations at home. Now all students and computers can be equipped with word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation tools for free. |
| School Express: website furnishes a large number of free educational items. Browse the home page for links to the many available free items. |
| Talking Calculator - This site has a free talking calculator! |
| Zeb Speech - This speech recognition software allows students to talk to the computer through a microphone and have it type what they say. |
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