Online Encyclopedias

DK Learning

Academic Kids

Smithsonian for Kids

Kiddle

Explora - from EBSCO Host

Safe Places to Get Pictures

Pics4Learning

Photos For Class

Freepik

Coding Websites

Code.org

Tynker

Scratch

CodeMonkey

Hour of Code - leveled coding activities

Swift (for iPads only)

Code Wizard website - lists the above and several other apps and websites for teaching coding, along with teacher guides.

Unplugged Coding Activities - these do not require a computer to complete

Digital Citizenship & Online Presence Page

Video about Digital Citizenship for 4th and up: LINK

Website Evaluation:

When researching on the Internet, students need to know how to evaluate whether a website will be appropriate for use in their gathering of information. Here are some websites that discuss ways to evaluate a website:

Oklahoma School Librarians Website

Cornell University Library

Try your new knowledge to evaluate these websites:

http://www.tulsaschools.org/

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

http://www.dhmo.org/

http://www.whiskers2tailspetcare.com/