The Misc. BUT Useful Websites
A website to help you find movies or films to go with your lessons, & also has study guides for some movies.
Website with Free homeschooling resources for VA, but can be use by anyone.
The Rudiments of Wisdom Encyclopedia/A website with cartoons to explain a little bit of everything.
Website with resources for all subjects from grades K-12th
Professor Garfield Website for all subjects. Elementary levels.
Learning with movies website
Lesson Plans, articles, & resources for all subjects.
This website concentrates more on babies, but it can be used for all ages in order to learn sign language. It
has all the types of signing. (American Sign Language/ASL is what we use in the United States, but there are many more kinds.)
This site has free online video, free sign resources, articles, and it even can direct you to where you can get into a class
within you state. There’s even a section about homeschool signing!
The Hello-World website allows children to Learn English, Spanish, French, German, Russian, Indonesian and Computers
Online. It has Free online games, songs and activities for children. When you get to the site you will see
an icon menu for each language. Click on any one and a new page opens with a menu that allows you to learn:
-The Alphabet
-Letters
-Numbers
-Colors
-Clothes
-The Calendar
-The Family
-Common Descriptions
-Verbs
-Time
-Weather
-and much more!
There is a free "Teachers' Grade Book" available that provides ideas for instruction, but you must register and
then wait up to 7 days or so for approval and a password.
OER Commons is the first comprehensive open learning network where teachers and professors (from pre-K to graduate
school) can access their colleagues’ course materials, share their own, and collaborate on affecting today’s classrooms.
It uses Web 2.0 features (tags, ratings, comments, reviews, and social networking) to create an online experience that engages
educators in sharing their best teaching and learning practices.
Thanks for send this link my way, Kelly Lee!
GetNetWise is a user empowerment campaign and Web site designed to give Internet users a user-friendly, easy-to-find,
online resource that can be found on the most popular entry points to the Internet, as well as on many of the most popular
Web sites. GetNetWise 2.0 offers tips, tutorials and other interactive tools to show users that creating a safe, secure and
positive online environment is as easy as "one click" of a mouse.
The user-friendly Web Site is aggregated into four content areas:
Keeping Children Safe Online -- A comprehensive resource on recognizing and reporting problems,
educating your kids about safe and unsafe experiences online and finding tech tools for families.
Stopping Unwanted E-mail and Spam -- This information on how to help alleviate unwanted e-mails
in your inbox includes tips, tools and instructions on how to take action if necessary.
Protecting Your Computer from Hackers and Viruses -- Learn about the risks that hackers and viruses
pose to your computer files and software. Take steps to prevent viruses from infecting your software and to keep hackers from
compromising your computer.
Keeping Your Personal Information Private -- A guide that includes tools and techniques to better
control how much personal information you share with online stores, Web sites, e-mailers and other people who may use your
computer.
