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Bibliography citations

MLA Citation Generator
Help for making a Bibliography

http://www.palomar.edu/dsps/actc/mla/mlabook.html
Son of Citation Machine
Help for making a Bibliography

http://citationmachine.net/

Famous People

Kings Park ES Biographies

http://www.fcps.edu/KingsParkES/technology/bios/index.htm
Biography of Famous Leaders

http://gardenofpraise.com/leaders.htm
Explorer Biographies

http://www.42explore2.com/explorers2.htm
More Biographies of Important Americans

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/index.htm
Fact Monster Biographies

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0855207.html

Photo Story 3

Photo Story 3 Tutorial
Videos and PDF format

http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory.htm
Photo Story 3 Download
Available free to MS Windows users

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=92755126-a008-49b3-b3f4-6f33852af9c1&DisplayLang=en

Rubrics

Rubrics for Teachers
A complete guide for educational rubrics

http://www.rubrics4teachers.com/archive.php
Writing Rubric Generator
The online teacher resource

http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/writing/
Rubistar
Create Rubrics for your Project-Based Learning Activities

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

Images

Kitzu
Digital kits of pictures for education

http://kitzu.org/
Pics4Learning
Copyright-friendly images for teachers and students

http://www.pics4learning.com/
EduPic Graphical Resource
Teacher designed free image resource for teachers and their students

http://edupic.net/
Public Domain Pictures
Royalty free stock photos. All pictures are free for commercial and personal use.

http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/
ARKive
A unique collection of thousands of videos, images and fact-files illustrating the world's species

http://www.arkive.org/

Internet Research

Awesome Library for Kids
Search by School Subject

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/student.html
KidsClick!
Web search site for kids organized and updated by librarians across the country.

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/kidsclick!
Fact Monster
All kinds of information for kids! It has an atlas, an almanac, a dictionary, and an encyclopedia.

http://www.factmonster.com
Yahoo! Kids
Good reference site for research

http://kids.yahoo.com/learn
Ask Kids
Type in questions to find facts and do research

http://www.askforkids.com/
Famous Americans
Famous Virginians on this site

http://www.educationalsynthesis.org/famamer/
SearchMe!
Search the Web and then create and share your own 'stacks' of results!

http://www.searchme.com/
AltaVista
Use 'Family Filter' to designate specific sites for student research

http://www.altavista.com/

Kidspiration Resources

Free Kidspiration Resources
Inspiration resources too! Great list of links from Sidney City Schools in Ohio

http://www.sidney.k12.oh.us/Grants_Workshops/Kids_InspirationResources08.pdf
Learning to use Kidspiration in Your Classroom
Graphics and explanations on getting started

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/kidspiration2_toolbar.htm
Kidspiration Templates
Language Arts, Math, Social Studies and Science templates for Kidspiration k-5 from Rockingham County, Va website

http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/kidspiration.htm
Kidspiration Webinars
Past and future events -some recorded

https://inspiration.webex.com/mw0305l/mywebex/default.do?siteurl=inspiration
Kidspiration Download
Free 30 day trial

http://www.inspiration.com/Kidspiration
Kidspiration3 Tutorials

http://www.inspiration.com/videos/Kidspiration
Kidspiration Examples and Lessons
From Kidspiration site

http://www.inspiration.com/Examples/Kidspiration
Kidspiration Case Studies
And Success Stories

http://www.inspiration.com/Success-Stories/Kidspiration

Internet Safety and Copyright

iSafe Inc.
Great resource for e-Safety Education

http://www.isafe.org/
iLearn Online
Internet Safety for educators, parents, students, and more

http://ilearn.isafe.org/
Virginia Guidelines and Resources for Internet Safety in Schools
Virginia Department of Education Internet Safety Guidelines

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/Technology/OET/internet-safety-guidelines.shtml
The Copyright Site
Fair Use simply explained

http://www.thecopyrightsite.org/fairuse.html
Fair Use Harbor
Guidelines for Educators

http://www.stfrancis.edu/content/cid/copyrightbay/fairuse.htm
Digital Citizenship
Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship

http://digitalcitizenship.net/Nine_Elements.html