Websites

Home @http://www.mediaconverter.org/index.php A website that converts YouTube videos to different formats, like .mov which play movies in quicktime. At home you can find the YouTube video, copy the address into the Conversion jet flash, burn it to a CD or if it is a small file upload it to your server with elocker (then remove it to the Guest Desktop the next day). It also  converts other types of files.
 * Convert YouTube Videos**

Free Technology for Teachers This is a blog written by a teacher from South Paris, Maine. It is "a review of free technology resources and how teachers can use them.

 **PowerPoint Presentaions**  @http://www.pppst.com/ This site has hundreds of Power Point presentations that can be downloaded by teachers to use in the classroom. The bulk of the presentations are best suited for use in elementary school and middle school settings. There are presentations for almost every subject area and school theme. The topics range from geography to dealing with school bullying. Each subject has links to resources and games relating to the topics. It also has stories that are read and more.

 **Online Training Library**  @http://www.lynda.com  @http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/index.asp lynda.com is an award-winning provider of educational materials, including the Online Training Library which includes such subjects as blogging, podcasts, databases, Microsoft Office, digital photography, Web design, digital video, and many others. For Login and Password information refer to the email sent 10/8/2008 to westgatestaff. The district has licenses for five accounts that can be used at the same time. If you cannot login, try the next set of logins and passwords.

@http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/quizzes/ @http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/preview/harcourt_language/grammar_park.html @http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/adventure/ @http://www.kwarp.com/portfolio/grammarninja.html
 * Grammar Games Websites**

@http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/ Ever print a web page only to find your printout is full of ads, empty space and other junk you don't want? PrintWhatYouLike is a free web page editor that gives you control of how web pages look when printed.
 * Print What You Like**

@http://ldd.lego.com/ This freeware for OS X combines design and creativity while creating with LEGO Digital Designer. The program lets you build with LEGO bricks on your computer through templates or free design.
 * Lego Digital Designer**

@http://teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.com/2008/02/free-boardmaker-boards-and-activities.html Resources and ideas for teachers of learners with severe, profound, intensive, significant, complex or multiple special needs. Has free Boardmaker Boards, activities and tutorials.
 * Free Boardmaker Boards**

@http://www.bankjr.com/ Enter the classroom, choose your level and learn about banking. The elementary level covers Money Basics to Business 101. It also includes online quizzes.
 * Bank Jr.**

@http://www.amnh.org/ology/ [|OLogy] is a section of the [|American Museum of Natural History's website] for kids. On the [|OLogy website] students can explore a variety of science topics including the earth, marine biology, and water. Students can also learn about reptiles and watch a [|live lizard and snake cam]. If you're looking for some hands-on student projects OLogy has ideas and directions for those too.
 * Ology - Science topics**

@http://www.studystack.com/ Study and play with data online as flashcards, hangman game, crossword puzzle, matching, word search, or word scramble.
 * Flash Card Websites**

@http://quizlet.com/ Give your students a study tool that's both powerful and fun, encouraging them to learn. Share study materials online with your classes, or generate photocopy-ready flashcards for in-class distribution. Host a group where your students can create and discuss study materials for your class. Notify students by email when you've posted new study materials, and receive messages back from them. See what other teachers are teaching at your grade level and in your subject area.

[] Free software for learning letters of the alphabet, learning phonics, letter sounds, and learning to read. Free online US maps, world maps, maps of Europe, puzzle maps of the US, Europe, Africa, Asia and many more.
 * Owl and Mouse Free Educational Software**

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Courses for Kids
[] Programs are designed for children ages 5 through 12, developed by leading e-learning vendors and qualified instructional designers, and reviewed by members of our Advisory Board and Quality Assurance teams. Schools can incorporate our tested online courses into their curriculum; teachers can work with their students on specific skills; and children can access the self-paced programs independently. Our programs are designed to engage children at the level where they can perform successfully. The English Language courses only work with Internet Explorer.

Law focused Educational Site
@http://www.texaslre.org/onlinegames.html This site has interactive games – The Bill of Rights, Constitution Relay, American Symbols, Preamble Scramble, Declaration Clarification, Branches of the Federal Government and more.

eThemes
@http://ethemes.missouri.edu/ eThemes is your source for content-rich, kid-safe online resources that will help enhance your teaching and save you time. eThemes provides **free, fast access** to over 2,500 collections of websites, on topics ranging from Aerodynamics to Zebras and everything in between!

Thinkfinity
@http://thinkfinity.org/home.aspx Thinkfinity.org makes it easy for educators to enhance their classroom instruction with lesson plans, interactive activities and other online resources. All of Thinkfinity.org's 55,000 standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive tools and reference materials are reviewed by the nation's leading education organizations to ensure that content is accurate, up-to-date, unbiased and appropriate for students. It is is the cornerstone of Verizon Foundation's literacy, education and technology initiatives.

Free PDF to Word Converter
@http://www.scannedpdftoword.com/ This website lets you convert a scanned pdf to a Word document. You upload the document, enter your email and send. You receive an email, the email has links to advertisements, but if you scroll to the last link that will bring you to a webpage to download your document. Click to download your document and open it in Word. You may loose some of the formatting, but you can now edit the document.

IXL Math
@http://www.ixl.com/ This website has math practice activities for grades PreK - 8. There is an option to have the question read to the student. The student submits their answer. If it is incorrect they can click on Explanation for how to solve the problem.

**Sheppard Software**
[] Designed educational software and online games with these goals: 1) To add sound and visual effects to make learning fun and more memorable. 2) To design games with many difficulty levels so that players will continue to be challenged no matter how far they progress. 3) To provide games that will exercise players' brains. If you scroll down to the bottom there is a list of recommended activities for each level.