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INTERNET SAFETY
Dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families by providing the trustworthy information, education, and independent voice they need to thrive in a world of media and technology.
NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) that provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline. The program is designed for children ages 5-17, parents and guardians, educators, and law enforcement. With resources such as videos, games, activity cards, and presentations, NetSmartz entertains while it educates.
NSTeens.org was created through a partnership between Sprint® and the Internet safety experts at NetSmartz® Workshop, a program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC). NSTeens resources empower tweens (children ages 8 - 12) to make safer online choices through lessons taught in a series of animated videos highlighting the Internet-related adventures of a diverse cast of teenagers.
SafeTeens.com is a place for teens and their parents to learn safe, civil and responsible use of the Internet. It’s operated by technology journalist Larry Magid who also operates SafeKids.com and is co-director of ConnectSafely.org
LITERACY RESOURCES
AdLit.org is a national multimedia project offering information and resources to the parents and educators of struggling adolescent readers and writers.
International Children's Digital Library - Supports literacy by making the best in children's literature available online free of charge by building a digital libary of books from around the world.
FOR ESL LEARNERS:
This project of The Internet TESL Journal (iteslj.org) has thousands of contributions by many teachers. This website includes quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help students learn English as a Second Language (ESL).
Colorín Colorado is a national multimedia project that offers a wealth of bilingual, research-based information, activities, and advice for educators and families of English language learners (ELLs). Colorín Colorado is an educational service of WETA, the flagship public broadcasting station in the nation's capital, and receives major funding from the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association. © Copyright 2017 WETA Public Broadcasting.
English Language Learner Audio Books
This audio book site is designed especially for English Language Learners. The site contains many books, short stories, radio plays, songs and non-fictions texts. Users may choose listening speeds, and there are different readiness levels to choose from.
This site gives ESL students the opportunity to practice both conversation and academic English through audio clips. It also includes vocabulary links and quizzes.
LINGO HUT - Learn a foreign language on-line for free!
News in Levels - Sign up for this site and read 2 articles a day to help build your English vocabulary.