Computer Links & Teacher Websites
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CAREER EXPLORER – This is a resource available only to students of the Cazenovia Central School District. In order to access this Website, students will need to obtain a password from their school guidance counselor.
Bridges Career Explorer – This is an excellent source of information concerning a tremendous number of career opportunities. It is suitable for both high school and middle school students. Parents may also find this Website extremely interesting.
MediaConnect – (Free) – Videos, Sound, Online streaming for Staff
References
- Dictionary & Thesaurus
- Fact Monster – Online Encyclopedia
- Library Databases (Logins can be obtained from your Librarian)
Searching
- Google Advanced Search – Gives you many more options when searching
- SweetSearch – all search results are evaluated by research experts
Open Source Images
- MorgueFile provides free photos with license to remix. The MorgueFile photo collection contains thousands of images that anyone can use for free in academic or commercial presentations.
- The World Images Kiosk hosted by San Jose State University offers more than 75,000 images that teachers and students can use in their academic projects.
- Google Images – in order to use open source images you must select “search tools” and select Usage Rights and select labeled for reuse.
Sites of Interest
- Animal Planet – Animal Planet lets you explore cat breeds, dog breeds, wild animals and pets. Get exclusive photos and video, play games and more!
- Khan Academy – Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics and more.
- How Stuff Works – HowStuffWorks explains thousands of topics, from engines to lock-picking to ESP, with video and illustrations so you can learn how everything works.
- NASA Quest – NASA Quest Challenges are FREE Web-based, interactive explorations designed to engage students in authentic scientific and engineering processes.
- Scholastic Kids – Sign in to the online website for kids about books, reading, authors, games. Kids connect to books through online friends in their community profiles.
- Code Academy – Codeacademy is an online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in six different programming languages like Python, PHP, jQuery, JavaScript an dRuby, as well as markup languages including HTML and CSS.
- Digital Citizenship – Teaches teens digital citizenship through student-directed, media-rich activities that tackle real-world dilemmas. Teens learn from peers’ experiences then create collaborative projects that voice their ideas for making smart choices online.
