FOURTH GRADING PERIOD

2017.05.24

You DJ

You DJ enables you to create your own mixes from stock music, your music or you may search and mix YouTube video music. (NOTE: This site was recommended by Jacob Maretich, Class of 2017)

https://you.dj/

2017.05.23

This to That

This to That is the definitive site for what glues or adhesives to use to glue anything! (NOTE: This site was recommended by Jacob Maretich, Class of 2017)

http://www.thistothat.com/

2017.05.22

TBb 2.0

Bb 2.0 is a collaborative music and spoken word project developed by Darren Solomon from Science for Girls, and developed with contributions from users.

The videos can be played simultaneously -- the soundtracks will work together, and the mix can be adjusted with the individual volume sliders. (NOTE: Found by Jenna Shedosky, Class of 2017).

http://www.inbflat.net/12/

2017.05.19

Music Map

Music Map enables you to type a name name of an artist to find similar artists. This is a neat site found by Senior Jenna Shedosky.

http://www.music-map.com/

2017.05.09

Thingverse

Thingverse is a search engine for 3D printable models.

http://www.thingiverse.com/

2017.05.08

3D Warehouse (Sketch Up)

The 3D Warehouse is the place that you go to get models to download into your Sketch Up creation.

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/?hl=en

2017.05.04

Lego Digital Designer Model Gallery

Lego Digital Designer provides this model gallery that shows some neat and downloadable models that can be used in the LDD Application.

http://ldd.us.lego.com/en-us/gallery

2017.05.01

Google Maps 2D Driving Simulator

This is a Google Maps version of 2D Driving Simulator. You can drive around the world without gas. (NOTE: Thanks to Luke Bender (Web Design) for finding this one!)

https://framesynthesis.com/drivingsimulator/maps/

2017.04.26

The Nostalgia Machine

The Nostalgia Machine provides a live YouTube link to popular music from any year starting at 1951. This site is a really neat time travel experience. (NOTE: Credit Seth Klinger (Web Design) for finding this one).

http://thenostalgiamachine.com/

2017.04.21

The NEW Google Earth

The NEW Google Earth is a reboot and a significant upgrade to the traditional Google Earth product. The new graphics are sharper and more detailed and, the best news. you do NOT have to download the App or any files. The new version is completely Web based. (NOTE: Make sure that you are using Google Chrome.)

https://earth.google.com/web/

2017.04.20

360° Cities

360cities.net is the web’s largest collection of stunning, geo-referenced, interactive panoramic photos, created by a network of thousands of the finest panorama photographers from around the world.

https://www.360cities.net/

2017.04.19

National Geographic - What the World Eats

What the World Eats is a National Geographic Page that defines food consumption patterns in the world for the last 50 years.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/what-the-world-eats/

2017.04.10

Learn 10 Key By Touch

The 10 key pad is the group of numbers and symbols on the right side of most keyboards, it can also be a number pad with no keyboard attached. Ten key speed is measured with a Keystrokes per Hour Test.

http://official-typing-test.com/test/ten.html

2017.04.06

Art for Hub Kids

Art for Hub Kids is published by Rob, Teryn and their four kids. They love doing art together and sharing it with others via electronic publishing and YouTube videos. NOTE: You do NOT have to subscribe to this site to use the free content.

https://www.artforkidshub.com/

2017.04.05

How to Draw It

How to Draw It Now is a simplistic site published by a "reluctant" artis. These drawings do lend themselves well to "mouse art" (created on the computer with a mouse).

https://www.howtodrawit.com/

2017.04.04

Drawing Now

Drawing Now offers thousands of free how to draw lessons using easy step by step video tutorials and drawing images in detailed explanation.

https://www.drawingnow.com/

2017.04.03

50 Stars Photography

50 Stars Photography is a Weebly site that was created and maintained by a Brookfield Middle School student (Eric Hudson, Grade 5). This site has some amazing photography and imagery.

http://50-stars-photography.weebly.com/

2017.03.31

Thingverse

Thingverse is a search engine for 3D printable models.

http://www.thingiverse.com/

2017.03.30

Avatar Maker

Avatar Maker is a very powerful creator however saving is a bit tricky. If you use this editor you must take a screen shot (CTRL+PRINT SCREEN) and then open Microsoft Paint. Paste the screen shot in Paint and then crop the image that you want. Save the image as a PNG or JPG to use with another project.

http://avatarmaker.com/

2017.03.29

Typing.com (Games Page)

Typing.com provides some really great tutorials on keyboarding skills. Some are serious and very informational and educational (LESSONS) and others are just plain fun (GAMES). Choose what works well for you. (Remember we can all learn some things about keyboarding and improve our skills!)

https://www.typing.com/student/games

2017.03.28

Draw a Stickman

Draw a Stickman is a neat interactive drawing game using Flash Player to animate your creation!

http://www.drawastickman.com/

2017.03.27

Patatap

Patatap lets you make some cool sounds, beats and melodies easily online. NOTE: This site works on Google Chrome but not on Internet Explorer!

http://www.patatap.com/

THIRD GRADING PERIOD

2017.03.16

RGB Color Codes Chart

The RGB Color Codes Chart shows the three number code for all of the possible colors in a standard computer monitor that uses Red, Green and Blue colors. http://www.rapidtables.com/web/color/RGB_Color.htm

2017.03.13

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is responsible for keeping people safe on America’s roadways.

https://www.nhtsa.gov/

2017.03.09

The National

Do Not Call Registry

The National Do Not Call Registry

gives you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls.

https://www.donotcall.gov/

2017.03.08

Pixabay

Pixabay offers images and videos released free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0. You may download, modify, distribute, and use them royalty free for anything you like, even in commercial applications. Attribution is not required.

https://pixabay.com/

2017.02.10

Learn 10 Key By Touch

The 10 key pad is the group of numbers and symbols on the right side of most keyboards, it can also be a number pad with no keyboard attached. Ten key speed is measured with a Keystrokes per Hour Test.

http://official-typing-test.com/test/ten.html

2017.02.09

Game Design

Game Design has some really neat and easy to play games that encourage keyboard skills. (Thanks to Luke Bender - Grade 11 and Bryce Randall - Grade 11 for leading me to these).

http://www.gamedesign.jp/index_en.html

2017.02.02

Optics for Kids

Optics for Kids offers optical illusions that use color, light and patterns to create images that can be deceptive or misleading to our brains.

http://www.optics4kids.org/home/content/illusions/

2017.01.31

Ambient Sounds

"Ambient sounds to wash away distraction."

http://asoftmurmur.com/

2017.01.30

Akinator - The Web Genie

Akinator, the Web Genie is a really cool example of Artificial Intelligence. You think of a character and answer the Genie's questions and eventually he will tell you who you are thinking about. (Special Thanks to MacKenzie Pasquarella for this one. This originally appeared in April of 2014 and I have watched so many students still playing with this I brought it back for this school year!)

http://en.akinator.com/

2017.01.27

Thingverse

Thingverse is a search engine for 3D printable models.

http://www.thingiverse.com/

2017.01.26

Avatar Maker

Avatar Maker is a very powerful creator however saving is a bit tricky. If you use this editor you must take a screen shot (CTRL+PRINT SCREEN) and then open Microsoft Paint. Paste the screen shot in Paint and then crop the image that you want. Save the image as a PNG or JPG to use with another project.

http://avatarmaker.com/

2017.01.25

Typing.com (Games Page)

Typing.com provides some really great tutorials on keyboarding skills. Some are serious and very informational and educational (LESSONS) and others are just plain fun (GAMES). Choose what works well for you. (Remember we can all learn some things about keyboarding and improve our skills!)

https://www.typing.com/student/games

2017.01.24

Draw a Stickman

Draw a Stickman is a neat interactive drawing game using Flash Player to animate your creation!

http://www.drawastickman.com/

2017.01.23

Patatap

Patatap lets you make some cool sounds, beats and melodies easily online. NOTE: This site works on Google Chrome but not on Internet Explorer!

http://www.patatap.com/

SECOND GRADING PERIOD

2017.01.12

Great Dane Photography - Little Kids and Their Big Dogs

Little Kids and Their Big Dogs is a new book by photographer Andy Seliverstoff and showcases some wonderfule (and really cute) images. http://www.greatdane.photography/Prints/Little-Kids-and-their-Big-Dogs/

2017.01.10

National Geographic Puzzlemaker

National Geographic Puzzlemaker showcases high resolution nature photographs and makes them into electronic jigsaw puzzles.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/games/photo-puzzle-jigsaw/

2014.01.09

10 Everyday Technologies That Are Now Dying

10 Everyday Technologies That Are Now Dying is an article that defines predicted change over time.

http://www.toponlinecolleges.com/blog/2011/10-everyday-technologies-that-are-now-dying/

2017.01.12

QR Code Generator

QR Code Generator will create a Quick Reader code for your URL that can be scanned using a SMART Phone App.

https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/

2017.01.11

Tiny URL

Tiny URL also will shorten a name and can be customized.

http://tinyurl.com/

2017.01.04

Google URL Shortener

Google URL Shortening Website will take a very long Uniform Resource Locator and make it more manageable in size.

http://goo.gl/

2017.01.03

How J Say

How J Say is a free online Talking Dictionary of English Pronunciation.

http://howjsay.com/

2017.01.02 -

2016.12..22

Happy Holidays!

2016.12.21

YouTube Fair Use

Fair use is a legal doctrine that says you can reuse copyright-protected material under certain circumstances without getting permission from the copyright owner. Check out the videos below for helpful examples of fair use.

https://www.youtube.com/yt/copyright/fair-use.html

2016.12.20

Incompetech - Royalty Free Music

Incompetech Royalty Music Library provides thousands of downloadable files that can be used in educational projects and in projects uploaded to YouTube. (NOTE: Make certain that you provide appropriate credit in your project to the creator of the work!).

https://incompetech.com/music/

2016.12.19

YouTube Audio Library

Audio Library is a YouTube channel dedicated to search, catalog, sort and publish free music for commercial purposes, destined to content creators and filmmakers. Has over 900 free songs, sorted by artist, musical genre and mood.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCht8qITGkBvXKsR1Byln-wA

2016.12.16

3D Warehouse (Sketch Up)

The 3D Warehouse is the place that you go to get models to download into your Sketch Up creation.

https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/?hl=en

2016.12.15

NORAD Tracks Santa

Twenty four hours a day, 365 days a year, NORAD tracks airplanes, missiles, space launches and anything else that flies in or around the North American continent, while also completing some other very important missions. While the tradition of tracking Santa began purely by accident, NORAD continues to track Santa. We’re the only organization that has the technology, the qualifications, and the people to do it. And, we love it! NORAD is honored to be Santa’s official tracker!

http://www.noradsanta.org/

2016.12.14

North East Ohio Family Fun Christmas Light Looking Guide

Wondering where the best Christmas Light Displays in Northeast Ohio are? If so, this list is for you! From community light displays to the neighborhood houses with thousands of choreographed Christmas lights set to Music. And many are FREE!

http://northeastohiofamilyfun.com/must-see-christmas-light-displays-in-northeast-ohio/#Tru

2016.12.13

Realtor

Realtor sponsors a build your own Christmas House Light Display.

http://realtor.com/welcome/holidayhouse/

2016.11.30

Tinkercad

Tinkercad is an easy, browser-based 3D design and modeling tool for all. Tinkercad allows users to imagine anything and then design it in minutes. (NOTE: You must create an account to use this product.)

https://www.tinkercad.com/

2016.11.29

ALT Codes

ALT Codes list of alt key codes alt symbols and characters. Alt code characters table from 0-255 decimal numbers. Check how to use alt code characters to learn the use of alt codes.

http://www.alt-codes.net/

2016.11.17

Chromebook Help - Tour of Your Chromebook

Play retro games online in your browser at playretrogames.com. They provide an online emulator website and community. We support many classic systems, and add some very often. Our emulators are written using Adobe Flash technology in order to be compatible with most computers. (NOTE: Some of these may not work on Google Chrome).

http://www.playretrogames.com/

2016.11.16

Chromebook Help - Tour of Your Chromebook

Chromebook Help is a comprehensive guide to help topics about your Chromebook.

https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/6206362?hl=en&ref_topic=3406191&visit_id=undefined&rd=1

2016.11.15

Thingverse

Thingverse is a search engine for 3D printable models.

http://www.thingiverse.com/

2016.11.14

Yeggi

Yeggi is a search engine for 3D printable models.

http://www.yeggi.com/

2016.11.11

NYC Graphix - FREE Software Roundup

NYC Graphix posts a look at FREE software for 2016. For those of you who are big into computers and free this is a site worth investigation.

http://nycgraphix.com/2016/02/03/free-software-round-up-2016/

2016.11.10

Draw a Stickman

Draw a Stickman is a neat interactive drawing game using Flash Player to animate your creation!

http://www.drawastickman.com/

2016.11.09

Patatap

Patatap lets you make some cool sounds, beats and melodies easily online. NOTE: This site works on Google Chrome but not on Internet Explorer!

http://www.patatap.com/

2016.11.08

NO SCHOOL - Election Day

2016.11.07

Virtual Pumpkin Carving

Carve your own Jack'O'Lantern without all the mess. This site is labeled K-5 but big boys and girls love it too!

http://www.abcya.com/pumpkin_carving.htm

2016.11.04

Fright Geist with Google

Fright Geist pairs with Google Trends to enable you to see what the world is searching for this Halloween.

https://frightgeist.withgoogle.com/

2016.11.03

Pumpkin Gutter

Pumpkin Gutter showcases the amazing talents of Scott Cummins, Extreme Pumpkin Artist.

http://www.pumpkingutter.com/

2016.11.02

Nightmares Fear Factory

The Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada specializes in the scary. And for fun they have installed a camera in just the right place to capture the moment. This site (linked through The Weather Channel brings the faces of those brave souls who enter the house to life. P.S. This site is funny, not scary...)

http://www.weather.com/travel/nightmares-fear-factory-terrified-reactions-haunted-house-photos-20131001

2016.11.01

The Party Rock Halloween House

This guy's neighbors must hate him...

http://vimeo.com/31242700

2016.10.31

Ray Villafane Studios

Ray Villafane is an extreme artist who (every October) specializes in pumpkins!

http://villafanestudios.com/

FIRST GRADING PERIOD

2016.10.28

Random Name Picker

Random Name Picker is a free web-based tool that allows you to pick random name using Spin Wheel and Slot Machine.

http://www.randomnamepicker.net/

2016.10.27

Down Detector

Down Detector provides data on down times for servers and Internet services.

http://downdetector.com/

2016.10.26

Stock Snap

Stock Snap offers hundreds of high resolution images added weekly. All images are free from copyright restrictions.

https://stocksnap.io/

2016.10.25

Pixabay

All images and videos on Pixabay are released free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0. You may download, modify, distribute, and use them royalty free for anything you like, even in commercial applications. Attribution is not required.

https://pixabay.com/

2016.10.24

123D Catch

123D Catch is a free app that lets you create 3D scans of virtually any object.

http://www.123dapp.com/catch

2016.10.20

Random

Random offers true random numbers to anyone on the Internet.

https://www.random.org/

2016.10.19

Fright Geist with Google

Fright Geist pairs with Google Trends to enable you to see what the world is searching for this Halloween.

https://frightgeist.withgoogle.com/

2016.10.18

Pumpkin Gutter

Pumpkin Gutter showcases the amazing talents of Scott Cummins, Extreme Pumpkin Artist.

http://www.pumpkingutter.com/

2016.10.17

Virtual Pumpkin Carving

Carve your own Jack'O'Lantern without all the mess. This site is labeled K-5 but big boys and girls love it too!

http://www.abcya.com/pumpkin_carving.htm

2016.10.14

The History Channel

The History Channel - Halloween presents all things Trick or Treat with an emphasis on history and storytelling. This site uses both the written word and short video segments to tell the story.

http://www.history.com/topics/halloween

2016.10.13

Nightmares Fear Factory

The Nightmares Fear Factory in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada specializes in the scary. And for fun they have installed a camera in just the right place to capture the moment. This site (linked through The Weather Channel brings the faces of those brave souls who enter the house to life. P.S. This site is funny, not scary...)

http://www.weather.com/travel/nightmares-fear-factory-terrified-reactions-haunted-house-photos-20131001

2016.10.12

The Party Rock Halloween House

This guy's neighbors must hate him...

http://vimeo.com/31242700

2016.10.11

Ray Villafane Studios

Ray Villafane is an extreme artist who (every October) specializes in pumpkins!

http://villafanestudios.com/

20165.10.10

Sumo Paint

Sumo Paint is an online image editor, without need to install anything to your device. It's the most versatile photo editor and painting application that works in a browser. You can open and save images from your hard drive or save it to cloud

http://www.sumopaint.com/app/

2016.10.07

Edmunds

Edmunds his a very good site that provides all kinds of information and data about cars, truck, vans and other vehicles. If you drive (or you want to drive) you should see this site.

http://www.edmunds.com/

2016.10.06

Game Design

Game Design has some really neat and easy to play games that encourage keyboard skills. (Thanks to Luke Bender - Grade 11 and Bryce Randall - Grade 11 for leading me to these).

http://www.gamedesign.jp/index_en.html

2016.10.05

Jim Stewart's YouTube Channel featuring Google Sketch Up

Jim Stewart created and upload this very helpful video series teaching users how to create in Sketch Up. (Thanks to Devan Robertson - Grade 9 for leading me to these).

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPmaD9xD-rAVZNInHq-oox3XUiJLB19ua

2016.10.04

Thingverse

Thingverse is a search engine for 3D printable models.

http://www.thingiverse.com/

2016.10.03

Jnanweb

Jnanweb posts a really article with 15 tips for using YouTube more effectively.

http://jnanweb.com/2016/02/29/youtube-tricks

2016.09.30

Yeggi

Yeggi is a search engine for 3D printable models.

http://www.yeggi.com/

2016.09.29

YouTube Audio Library

Audio Library is a YouTube channel dedicated to search, catalog, sort and publish free music for commercial purposes, destined to content creators and filmmakers. Has over 900 free songs, sorted by artist, musical genre and mood.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCht8qITGkBvXKsR1Byln-wA

2016.09.28

GIF Maker

GIFMaker.me allows you to create animated gifs, slideshows, and video animations with music online freely and easily, no registration required. (Special thanks to Makenzie Heeter for this one!)

http://gifmaker.me/

2016.09.27

Google Permissions

You can see here what permissions you gave to the extensions and sites you use.

https://security.google.com/settings/security/permissions?pli=1

2016.09.26

YouTube Search History

YouTube Search History defines all of the YouTube searches that you have done under your Google Account.

https://www.youtube.com/feed/history/search_history

2016.09.23

My Google Dashboard

My Google Dashboard is an activity page that tells you about all the Google services you are using.

https://www.google.com/settings/dashboard

2016.09.22

My Google Activity

My Google Activity shows you what you have searched for on Google.

https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity

2016.09.21

Rainy Mood

Rainy Mood is the original 30 minute thunderstorm loop.

http://www.rainymood.com/

2016.09.20

Sinuous

Sinuous is a game with a single objective: avoid colliding with the red dots.You can activate a boosts by picking up the rare green dots.

http://www.sinuousgame.com/

2016.09.19

Retro Supply

Retro Supply designers, work to better themselves constantly. They love seeing unique ways of doing things and learning new techniques.

In search for something new, they've gathered a list of 25 Photoshop tutorials that can add some spunk into your vintage and retro designs.www.retrosupply.co/blogs/retrosupply-blog/48176065-25-best-retro-and-vintage-tutorials-for-photoshop

2016.09.16

Utah 3D

Utah 3d posts spherical panoramas that enable visitors to be in control of what they see.

http://www.utah3d.net/utah-travel/utah-county/sunset.html

2016.09.15

Cool Utils

Cool Utils is a free converter App that will enable you to change one filetype to another. This will (sometimes) cause a loss of formatting but does often enable text and graphics to transfer.

www.coolutils.com/Online-PDF-Converter.php

2016.09.14

The Library of Congress

The Library of Congress is the nation’s first established cultural institution and the largest library in the world, with millions of items including books, recordings, photographs, maps and manuscripts in its collections.

The Library provides Congress, the federal government and the American people with a rich, diverse and enduring source of knowledge to inform, inspire and engage them and support their intellectual and creative endeavors.

https://www.loc.gov/

2016.09.13

Teleporter

Teleporter uses Google Earth Street View imagery to enable you to teleport all around the world!

http://vispo.com/teleporter/webios/index.html

2016.09.12

Word Mark It

Word Mark It enables you to find out what a word looks like in all the available fonts on your computer.

http://wordmark.it/

2016.09.09

My Noise

Welcome to the convergence of serious audio engineering, creative sound design, and the scientific understanding of human hearing. The site you are about to enter is not just another of those soundscape websites but a serious tool oriented toward the needs of hearing professionals, sound therapists, and people interested in noise machines in general.

http://mynoise.net/

2016.09.08

Be an Engineer

Be an Engineer (sponsored by Exxon) showcases the world of engineering and what engineers do.

http://beanengineer.tumblr.com/

2016.09.07

Unsplash

Free (do whatever you want) high-resolution photos.

https://unsplash.com/

2016.09.06

Stock Snap

Stock Snap offers hundreds of high resolution images added weekly. All images are free from copyright restrictions.

https://stocksnap.io/

2016.09.05

NO SCHOOL - Labor Day

2016.09.01

Pixabay

All images and videos on Pixabay are released free of copyrights under Creative Commons CC0. You may download, modify, distribute, and use them royalty free for anything you like, even in commercial applications. Attribution is not required.

https://pixabay.com/

2016.08.31

Ambient Sounds

"Ambient sounds to wash away distraction."

http://asoftmurmur.com/

2016.08.30

Avatar Maker

Avatar Maker is a very powerful creator however saving is a bit tricky. If you use this editor you must take a screen shot (CTRL+PRINT SCREEN) and then open Microsoft Paint. Paste the screen shot in Paint and then crop the image that you want. Save the image as a PNG or JPG to use with another project.

http://avatarmaker.com/

2016.08.29

Use Your Chromebook Touchpad

Use Your Chrombook Touchpad is part of the support pages offered by Google for Chromebook. There are helpful hints and shortcuts listed for new and experienced users.

https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/1047367?hl=en

2016.08.26

Typing.com (Games Page)

Typing.com provides some really great tutorials on keyboarding skills. Some are serious and very informational and educational (LESSONS) and others are just plain fun (GAMES). Choose what works well for you. (Remember we can all learn some things about keyboarding and improve our skills!)

https://www.typing.com/student/games

2016.08.25

Draw a Stickman

Draw a Stickman is a neat interactive drawing game using Flash Player to animate your creation!

http://www.drawastickman.com/

2016.08.24

Patatap

Patatap lets you make some cool sounds, beats and melodies easily online. NOTE: This site works on Google Chrome but not on Internet Explorer!

http://www.patatap.com/