KEY LINKS

CAREER LINKS:

• Actuarial Science (beanactuary.org) – this link connects you to a great career that combines math, computer science, and statistics.  “Wherever there is risk, there are opportunities for actuaries.”

• Business Career Pathway link (inroads.org) – this site was created “to develop and place talented underserved youth in business and industry, and prepare them for corporate and community leadership”

• CT Women’s Education and Legal Fund (givegreater.cfgnh.org) – opportunities for women in CT

• Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (Education and Career Portion of ieee.org) – IEEE offers a wide range of learning, career enhancement, and employment opportunities within the engineering sciences, research, and other technology areas.

• Mathematical Association of America (maa.org) – “One of the benefits of studying mathematics is the variety of career paths it provides. Mathematics provides careers as diverse as teaching, computer science, actuary, and finance.”

• Occupational Outlook Handbook (stats.bls.gov) – US Site tracking data and predictions about Career Paths; Search your desired career and plan ahead!

• STEM Careers Portal (stemcareerscoalition.org) -  resource features career profiles, challenges, activities, virtual field trips, and more 

CREATIVE COMMONS SITES:

These sites are created to give people a place to communicate that they are fine with their work being used by others.  Images, sound, or any other online resource that is not on a creative commons site cannot be used without permission.  Here are some sample commons sites or use a google search to find what you are looking for online.

• ClipArt (openclipart.org) – snippets of art being shared for your use

• FreeSound (freesound.org) – sounds that are available for your use without copyright worries

• Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org) – images, sound, and other resources

GREAT READING:

• Computational Fairy Tales (computationaltales.blogspot.com) – happy computer science stories

• Computer History (computersciencelab.com) – An illustrated history of computers

• Flatland (geom.uiuc.edu/~banchoff) – A Geometry Classic

• Google Scholar (scholar.google.com) – access research articles to “Stand on the shoulder of giants.”

• IBM100 (ibm.com/history/personal-computer) – Origins of computer science based on IBM’s perspective

• Unsolved Problems in Mathematics (mathworld.wolfram.com) – a collection of problems waiting a solution

• Women in Math and Science (agnesscott.edu) – A timeline of women in mathematics

MOOCS (Massive Open Online Courses):

• 600 Free Online Programming CS Courses (medium.freecodecamp.org)

• Crash Courses on Computer Science Basics (Miss Philbin YouTube Channel)

• Free online cyber-security courses (cyberaces.org) – this is an “online course that teaches the core concepts needed to assess, and protect information security systems”

• HTML Tutorials (w3schools.com) – place to write and test code

• The Recurse Center (recurse.com) – “free, self-directed, educational retreat for people who want to get better at programming, whether they’ve been coding for three decades or three months”

TOOLS TO CREATE: (check these out or… do a google search for what you want to find!)

• Animaker (animaker.com) – online animation video making software – thank you to Team 8’s Zoe H for finding!

• Animoto (animoto.com) – Turn still images into a video, add text and modify

• Audacity (audacityteam.org) – Edit sound files; requires a download

• Canva (canva.com) – Create flyers and beautiful combinations of images

• ClipChamp (clipchamp.com) – Video editor; free and clear to use – thank you Michaela M for finding this!

• Desmos (desmos.com) – Free. Beautiful. Math.  There is a plotter, several investigation tools, and more fabulous surprises.

• EdPuzzle (edpuzzle.com) – Create videos with questions and answers for an audience; nice editing capability

• Google Books NGram Viewer (books.google.com) – Search books over hundreds of years for word and/or name appearances

• Glyphicons (icons.getbootstrap.com) - small, clean icons that are free to use 

• Google Search Commands (support.google.com) – You can communicate more directly to google if you use more than words!

• Interactivate (shodor.org/interactivate) – Interactive tools to create using math and science

• Latex to HTML Conversion Tool (codecogs.com) – Change equation to latex for html

• MindMeister (mindmeister.com) – Create flowcharts and manage projects; online tool is free and easy to use to coordinate moving many people in one direction starting with a “Mind Map” and ending with a deliverable

• Online Audio Converter (online-audio-converter.com) – edit sound files

• Padlet (padlet.com) – group think/posting site – ask a question and collect people’s thoughts in a unique way

• Piskel (piskelapp.com) – create and/or animate images at the pixel level

• Pixlr (pixlr.com) – picture editing software to edit and add special effects to an image; the download is worth it

• PowToon (powtoon.com) – create animated videos and presentations

• Screen-Cast-O-Matic (screencast-o-matic.com) – create a video of something you are doing on your computer; requires a download

• StoryBoard That (storyboardthat.com) – use this neat environment to plan out stories, websites, or apps

• Tagul (tagul.com) – create interesting word clouds

• Twine (twinery.org) – text-based language, create interactive nonlinear stories

• Unsplash (unsplash.com) - images that are free to use and easy to download 

• Venngage (venngage.com) – create infographics with your own images; has a ton of templates!

• Vimeo (vimeo.com) – video editing online; no download required

TOOLS TO DO RESEARCH:

• ACM Tech News (technews.acm.org) – “Timely information for IT professionals”

• Google Scholar (scholar.google.com) – access research articles to “Stand on the shoulder of giants.”

• Google Search Commands (support.google.com) – you can communicate more directly to google if you use more than words!

• Math Vocabulary (steinhardt.nyu.edu) in different languages

• NPR Tech News (NPR.org) – National Public Radio Tech Segment

• Science Daily (sciencedaily.com) – Latest research news in science, technology, engineering and math

WEST HARTFORD LINKS:

• Bell schedule at Conard: click here

• Calendar for 2022-23 School Year – see key dates for our year

• Conard Main Page (conard.whps.org) – starting place for key information for Conard

• Conard Locker Plans for First Floor and Second/Third Floor

• Ideas for Access to Technology at Home: click here for local resources

• WHPS Email Basics (WHPS Google Help Site) – getting your email up and running

• WHPS Main Page (whps.org) – central site for West Hartford Public Schools