Computer Skills Testing Help

Search Engines/Reference

• Babel Fish- useful tool for translating up to 150 words at a time to or from English to Spanish, German, French, Chinese, Italian, Japanese, Korean, or Portugese. Be careful, though! Babel Fish does not account for grammar, idioms, or syntax; it's better for translating one word or short phrases
• Biography.com enables students to learn about over 25,000 of the greatest lives, past and present
• Citation Machine- Select the type of information resource you would like to cite from the list on the left, and click it. Complete the Web form that appears with information from your resource. Click Make Citation to generate standard MLA & APA citations. If your resource is not included in the list, or if you have any questions about proper formatting, consult one of the style guides or your local librarian.
• Dictionary.com - find the definition in a flash!
• Encarta Encyclopedia- links for the encyclopedia, a dictionary, and an atlas
• Find Sounds- does exactly as the title indicates
• Futures4Kids- online tool for setting up graduate plans
• Google- simply the best and largest search engine today
• Google Image Seach - Google's search engine for images
• Homework Helper by 14 year-old B.J. Pinchbeck helps students access resources to help enrich their own learning
• Info Please- an almanac, atlas, dictionary and encylopedia
• NC Wise Owl- Super resourse for the classroom teacher.
• Search Engines for Young Students was written by Julie Coiro to help guide learners and their teachers through the maze of child-friendly search engines
• Virtual Reference Library- Great source of reference materials online. Just click on the topic and find all the related materials.
• World Almanac for Kids - Cool stuff about animals, the environment, inventions, nations, populations, space, sports, etc.
• Yahooligans- Yahoo's search engine for kids

News

• Crayon- customized web newpaper created just for you everyday
• CNN NewsStories are current news stories accompanied by a range of multimedia interactive activities (video clip, sound clips, read text online) to build reading comprehension skills for older students
• New York Times Learning Network- designed for Grades 3 and up, it includes news summaries, a daily quiz, science questions, student letters to the editor, a crossword puzzle, ask a reporter and lesson plan archive. Articles contain links to vocabulary and geography "knowledge tools" to build background while reading.
• Scholastic NewsZone, Weekly Reader & Time for Kids are wonderful reading materials for students reading in the content areas

 

 

 

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