6 compelling reasons to use Internet

Posted by Vishal Jain

| September 8, 2008

Real Time Data	Original Source Documents

Earthquakes Virtual Phases of the Moon National Atlas World Atlas Google Maps FlightTracker Ships TerraServer EarthKam Earth Observatory EarthKams Tundra Cam II Virtual Earth Google Earth Flash Earth Google Moon Google Mars Mars Rovers Worldwide Alert 270 to Win Peter Russell’s World Clock	Library of Congress American Memory Project Our Documents American Rhetoric NASA U.S. Historical Census Data Pioneer Online Library Fountain Hughes Interview WPA: 1936 to 1938 Utah’s Veteran History Project Utah Historical Newspapers EASE History Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Cylindar Preservation Project United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Kiddie Records


Teaching/Learning Resources	Interactives/Simulations

180 Technology Tips Doc Cop Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Year Quia PuzzleMaker FunBrain Best of History Web Sites KidsClick! 100 Interactive Educational Games Starfall Guide to Grammar and Writing Citation Machine I Know That Personal Educational Press 4Teachers.org The Teacher List Intervention Central Internet 4 Classrooms Scholastic Teacher Tools Story Telling in the Classroom NY Times Learning Page Storyline Online The Futures Channel Tools for Teachers UEN UTIPS SURWEB My Brochure Maker My Album Maker My Postcard Maker My Newsletter Maker My Card Maker Blurb Gliffy Google Educator Webquests.Org Librivox TILT TV ITC:Integrating Technlogy and Curriculum Scratch Zoho (2.0 Applications) Free Reading	Powers of 10x How Stuff Works Color in Motion Exploring Geometric Solids Illuminations Activities National Library of Virtual Manipulatives Science Netlinks Tools ReadWriteThink Resources National Geographic Xpedition Hall ArtsEdge:Look, Listen, Learn UEN K-2 Interactives UEN 3-6 Interactives UEN: 7-12 Interactives The Artist’s Toolkit Earthviewer Try Science Planet 10 Solar System Simulator Tessellations Create a Graph TerraFly Jigzone EdHeads The Global Stock Market Game Biology in Motion Professor Garfield Interactive USA NASA Kids Club Google Lit Trips Enjoyment of Music: Online Tutor


Collaboration	Publishing/Participating

ePals Taking It Global UNIWIKI Our Stories J8 Summit Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections Classroom Exchange Pitsco’s Ask an Expert SpellBee	ThinkQuest Alphabet Utah Our Beautiful Earth SURWEB my.uen Think.Com Mabry Middle School The Museum of Underwater Archaeology


The Future…

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