Images for Kids
Using Pictures in Lessons
http://www.ncrtec.org/tl/camp/lessons.htm
Citing Images
http://fusion.babson.edu/html/library/pg.cfm?ID=52#images
Picsearch (Family friendly)
http://www.picsearch.com/search.cgi?color=both&anim=no&size=1p&aui=1
Kid’s Image Search Tools
http://www.kidsclick.org/psearch.html
Pics4Learning
http://pics.tech4learning.com/
Classroom Clipart
http://classroomclipart.com/
Kids Domain (icons)
http://www.kidsdomain.com/icon/
Educational Clip Art
http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm
MS Clip Art
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us
Other Sources for Images
American Memory Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amtitle.html
Barry’s Clip Art
http://www.barrysclipart.com/
Google Images
http://images.google.com/advanced_image_search?hl=en
Yahoo! Picture Gallery
http://gallery.yahoo.com/
Alta Vista Images
http://www.altavista.com/image/default
Bubl Link Catalog of Images
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/types/images.htm
Ditto
http://www.ditto.com/
(Thank you, Chris Balsano, for the list.)
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Posted in library, reference, tagged blog, edublogger, Education, library, references, vicki davis, web 2.0, websites on April 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Vicki Davis manages the Cool Cat Blog. In celebration of her 38th birthday, she compiled a list of 38 “cool” free websites.
Songbird – This is THE cool opensource alternative to iTunes and it is connected with Skreemr, the music search engine.
Timebridge – This scheduling system plugs into google calendar or outlook and lets you invite [...]
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Visuwords is a free online graphical dictionary that creates word diagrams. I entered library and it located the various meanings and associations with the word. If you hold your mouse over one of the circles it will provide the definition.
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Posted in Education, reference, tagged agatha christie, amelia earhart, anne frank, brain pop, cleopatra, Feminism, Frida Kahlo, helen keller, jane goodall, marie curie, maya angelou, oprah, Oprah Winfrey, pocahontas, queen elizabeth I, women's history, Women's suffrage on March 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Brain Pop offers free videos to celebrate Women’s History month. Check it out at http://www.brainpop.com/womenshistory/ .
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www.trendytraveler.net
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PC Magazine released a great list of 157 free software tools. Below I have pasted the beginning of the list, please visit http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2260070,00.asp for the rest.
Adobe Reader
www.adobe.com
Windows | MacOS | Linux | Mobile This simplest of Adobe’s PDF programs lets you do just about anything PDF-related (besides create new ones), including online collaboration. It includes a [...]
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Wowbrary sends an e-mail or posts to the website when your library receives new books, movies, or music. The screenshot explains the different advantages and facts about the site.
Found via www.literago.org under the Bulletins section.
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Posted in reference, tagged bargain, barnes and noble, codes, coupon codes, coupons, current codes, ge, macys, overstock.com, shopping, staples on February 2, 2008 | 3 Comments »
www.currentcodes.com
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Posted in Education, reference, tagged arthur, bob the builder, curious george, Education, education websites, kids play, parenting, pbs, websites for kids on January 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Kids Play! is a new PBS space designed for children of ages 3 to 6 to learn proper use of the computer. Kids will learn by playing games with familar characters such as Arthur, Bob the Builder, and Curious George. All of the activities revolve around standards in math, science, literacy, language development, creativity, and social studies. [...]
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The Association for Library Service to Children reviewed over 400 websites and selected 35 to add to its list of Great websites for Kids (www.ala.org/greatsites) The sites are put through a “rigorous evaluation” before added to the list. I’m glad to see that I’ve used nearly 80% of the websites for instructional purposes.
Adoption Clubhouse – www.adoptionclubhouse.org
Afro-America [...]
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Posted in POTUS 08, library, reference, school library, tagged election, election 2008, hillary clinton, library, local elections, rebecca crown library, state elections, subject guide, voting on January 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Rebecca Crown Library at Dominican University put together an Election 2008 Subject Guide. It lists non-partisan information about candidates, the election process, and other political information.
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Texting at Mall of America, originally uploaded by mstephens7.
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Posted in Interesting, anderson's bookshop, library, reference, search engine, tagged anderson's bookshop, chicago, dunlay's, dunlay's on clark, lincoln park, naperville, newport beach public library, reference, yelp on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
@ crema, originally uploaded by aaron schmidt.
The above picture meets the eyes of all who enter the Newport Beach Public Library. Yelp is a wonderful place to market the library. According to the website, Yelp is the “fun and easy way to find, review and talk about what’s great–and not so great–in your area.” I [...]
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The Library of Congress takes care of over 14 million pictures. Some of the images can now been seen on Flickr! Visitors are encouraged to post comments and help indentify people in the photographs. As of today there are 3,115 pictures posted in the following sets:
News in the 1910s
1930s-40s in Color
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