WEB CONNECTIONS IN THE ELEMENTARY CLASSROOM
Ellington Public Schools 2011-2012
Online Research Resources
iConn www.iconn.org
When you visit iConn, choose Individual Resources on the left side of the page.
Recommended for K-4:
Kids InfoBits
Articles, maps, almanacs, and more for young researchers. Audience: Elementary School
InfoTrac Junior Edition
Articles and curriculum-related materials selected especially for grades 6-8. Audience: Middle
School
[note: iConn lists this as middle school but I think it could be useful to 4 th grade, maybe even
3rd grade students]
Discovering Collection
Information about People, Places and Events -- history, literature, biography, science and
social studies.
Audience: Middle School and up [note: could also be useful to some 4 th grade students]
Biography In Context
Biographical profiles and images of individuals from antiquity to the present.
Educators Reference Complete
Focuses on the field of education. Articles for education professionals and parents.
Online Encyclopedias
Groiler Complete (Windermere)
[link through Windermere’s library website www.ellingtonschools.org/windlibrary ]
Encyclopedia Britannica (Crystal Lake)
Go to http://info.eb.com for helpful training, tips and tools including:
Free Learning Materials expand upon the reference materials with activities, games,
manipulatives, and interactive lessons that involve students
Database
URL
Username Password
Britannica Online School Edition K-8
www.k8.eb.com
crystallake
library
Britannica Learning Zone K-2
www.learningzone.eb.com crystallake
library
Enchanted Learning http://www.enchantedlearning.com
username for CLS: crystallake2 password: minus68
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KidSpace at the Internet Public Library 2 http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/
A database of web resources organized by library and information science specialists.
Current Events
Time For Kids http://www.timeforkids.com/
Scholastic News http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scholasticnews/index.html
Weekly Reader http://www.weeklyreader.com/subcategory/74
National Geographic Kids http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
DOGONews http://www.dogonews.com/
YoungZine http://www.youngzine.com/
GoGo News http://www.gogonews.com/
Websites
Comic Strips
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/
http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/games-tools/comic-creator-a-30237.html
Email PenPals http://www.epals.com/
This site takes pen pals to a new level. You can exchange emails with classrooms from around the
world or your class can be part of a worldwide project.
Blog Examples
Art, Music, Theater http://edublogs.org/blog-directory/directoryarts/
Elementary and Primary Classroom blogs http://edublogs.org/blog-directory/directoryelementary/
Top 50 blogs http://mastersinelementaryeducation.org/2010/top-50-blogs-by-elementary-educators/
Blog help http://help.edublogs.org/getting-started-with-edublogs/
Why Blog? http://bit.ly/pzVrhE
So Many Resources!
Kathy Schrock http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/
Richard Byrne http://www.freetech4teachers.com/p/multidiscipline-projects-with-web-tools.html
Internet4Classrooms http://www.internet4classrooms.com/index.htm
Free educational games http://www.abcya.com/
To save bookmarks that you can access from any computer, consider joining http://delicious.com
L.Garofalo 2011