These Are a Few of Our Favorite Sites
From FETC and OSN Conferences

2005

Homework Now

http://www.homeworknow.org/

A free service of the State Library of Ohio that offers homework assistance from librarians. It features live, online professional tutors from 2:00 PM - 10:00 PM. Ask to be connected to a tutor for help with all of your homework questions.

Read This Now

http://readthisnow.org/

A free service of the State Library of Ohio that offers advice, references, information on books and authors. Help is available 24/7.

Know It Now

http://www.knowitnow.org/

A free service of the State Library of Ohio that provides information and answers questions on any topic. Help is available 24/7.

Ohio Resource Center

http://www.ohiorc.org/

A free resource for Ohio teachers. ORC enhances teaching and learning by promoting standards-based best practices in mathematics, science, and reading for Ohio schools and universities. ORC serves as a trusted source of easily accessible, peer-reviewed, high-quality, and effective resources, such as lesson plans, unit plans, assessments, images, tutorials, etc.

INFOhio

www.infohio.org

The Information Network for Ohio Schools, a virtual K-12 library. Free to all Ohio's K-12 students and teachers. Provides online newspapers, magazine journals, encyclopedias, reference materials, lesson plans, and websites for students and teachers. Also provides access to public, school, and university card catalogs throughout the state.

Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/

The Library of Congress at your fingertips. Easy-to-use catalog and search engine.

The Learning Page

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/

From the Library of Congress, The Learning Page was especially created for teachers. Over 7 million historical documents, photographs, maps, films, and audio recordings. Also includes lessons, features, activities, and suggestions for using the collections in the classroom.

America’s Library

http://americaslibrary.gov/

Part of the Library of Congress. History, biographies, and facts about America. Includes text, video, and songs.

History of Nations

http://www.historyofnations.net/

This site has a history of every nation in the world. Each country is covered by a brief essay which gives the highlights of each nation's history. All information is based on content from the US State Department with new material added.

Vocabulary University

http://www.vocabulary.com/

FREE, interactive vocabulary puzzles for grades 4-12. Vocabulary puzzles for all subject areas and SAT prep. Also includes lesson plans, calendars and thematic word lists for K-3 word walls.

MarcoPolo

http://www.marcopolo-education.org/

This site provides the highest quality Internet content and professional development to teachers and students. It features a collection of standards-based, discipline-specific educational Web sites.

AOL@School

http://www.aolatschool.com/

A FREE database of over 30,000 websites for students, teachers, and parents. Includes lesson plans, games, study kits, research, and current events. Safe, current, educationally sound.

EduHound

http://www.eduhound.com/

A Free educational directory of websites for teachers, students, and parents. Items sorted by categories. Includes all content areas, lesson plans, online activities such as WebQuests, games, tutorials, etc.

Awesome Clipart for Educators

http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/

FREE educator clipart, coloring pages, banners, backgrounds, fonts, icons, lines, worksheets and wallpaper. Part of EduHound.

Pics4Learning

http://www.pics4learning.com/

Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers.

Edheads

http://www.edheads.org/

Sponsored by the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. Edheads brings you high quality, free educational activities for your classroom. It helps students learn through educational games and activities designed to meet state and national standards.

Enchanted Learning

http://www.enchantedlearning.com

A wealth of preschool and elementary materials. Books, activities, picture dictionary, and much, much more!

BrainPop

http://www.brainpop.com/

Short movies and quizzes for social studies, science, math, English, technology, and health. Some are free; others require a membership fee.

JigZone

http://www.jigzone.com/

Free, online jigsaw puzzles; different levels of difficulty.

ABC Teach

http://www.abcteach.com/

Free printable materials: report templates, worsheets, signs, posters, flashcards, and much, much more!

Education 4 Kids

http://www.edu4kids.com/

Educational games and drill activities. Some are free; membership to the site is $10 per year for full use of activities.

Count Us In!

http://www.abc.net.au/countusin/

Great math games and activities for elementary students.

Fun Brain

http://www.funbrain.com/

Math and grammar games.