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300 Incredible Things for Kids on the Internet
by Ken Leebow

Parents hear all the time about what a great resource the Internet is, but it's often tough to know where to start. Searching for information to help with homework often yields more garbage than useful material, and there's always the risk of stumbling across something offensive while online. 300 Incredible Things for Kids on the Internet provides 300 starting points for parents and kids who want to explore the Internet together, safely and constructively.

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Tips & Tools
Technology Buzzwords for Students
Are you confused by all the computer jargon? Click on a buzzwords to get a definition!

All About Computers
The Ultimate Computer Source
The Ultimate Computer Source, the ultimate educational resource for the world of computing. Inside you'll find all the info you ever wanted to know about computers, for both people new to computers, and for advanced users too.

Surf Safely!
Child Safety on the Information Highway
Learn the rules of the road and stay safe!

Hot Property
How Computer Viruses Work
In this edition of How Stuff Works you will learn about viruses -- both "traditional" viruses and the newer e-mail viruses -- so that you can learn how they work and also understand how to protect yourself. Viruses in general are on the wane, but occasionally a person finds a new way to create one and that's when they make the news!

Cool Tools Spotlight
Google Language Tool
Translate Web pages into a selection of languages.

A Focus On Spreadsheets
School Spreadsheet Safari
Do you want to learn about spreadsheets? In this website you’ll learn about the history of spreadsheets, how to use them, and vocabulary. You will find out how spreadsheets can be used in a variety of school subjects and how they can help you organize information and practice skills.

Lesson Plans

• Apple Learning Interchange
  Lesson plans and resources for educators, designed to integrate technology into the classroom curriculum.

• Ask Eric Virtual Library
  A personalized Internet-based service providing education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents, and anyone interested in education throughout the United States and the world.

• Giving Net Safety Lessons as Kids Grow
  A special tech report from USA Today online.

• Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections
  Teachers and classes link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pal and project exchanges. Provided by St. Olaf College.

• LessonPlansPage.com
  The Lesson Plans Page was developed to assist educators of all types.  Elementary school teachers get lesson plans that are ready to use in their classrooms.  College students get great example lesson plans or ideas to base their own lesson plans on.  Home schoolers can get lesson plans to use at home and parents can get ideas for educational activities to use with their children. 

• New York Times Archived Lesson Plans
  The archive contains hundreds of free lesson plans for grades 6-12. You may perform a keyword search to retrieve a lesson, browse the archive by subject, or scroll down the page to view the most recently published lessons.

• Technology Web Quests
  Technology and Internet web quests from edHelper.com.

• What's on the Web?
  A starting point for teachers who want to integrate the Internet into their curricula.

Family Fun

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Wendy Hogan

Kids' Turn Central Computers & Online Help

The purpose of Kids' Turn Central is to give youth a safe place to talk, share and learn. It's the kids turn to participate and build a site they want.

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