Hillcrest Links - Recently Updated Pages

For Teachers

mrcalkins — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:57:37 CDT

Uploading pictures to the Internet using Google's Picasa

Click here to see the 8th Grade Yearbook photos: I will give you the username and pswd separately
Features:

Free! You just need a free Google Account
1 GB storage
Can make albums open to the public or private (require password to get in)
Cancreate slideshows of the pictures and put them in a separate web page or blog.

Go here to create a picasa account.

Blogs

Hillcrest's own blog (MovableType): Mr. Calkins' 4th Grade Class

This is primarily for plain text: lesson plans, notes, assignments, etc.
You can add images/video, but it is complicated and not very user friendly

Blogger (Google): Mr. Calkins' 7th Grade Class

Very flexible and easy to use
Easy to add text color, images, video, news, etc.

Wiki

Create a new wiki
History Happening Wiki Page
WetPaint'sWikis in Education Page
and here is something else ...

Google Pages: Create Free Web Pages!

Google Page Creator
How To Create a Class Website - this is a page I put together to show teachers how to create simple, free web class pages
Example page that I made
Here is the site that I am making for the new computer page: Hillcrest computer page

Educational Game

mrcalkins — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:35:10 CDT

Word

Puzzle

Science

Jefferson Lab

Web Design

mrcalkins — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:45:30 CDT

HTML Help

Animations

Cool Stuff

Color code generator
HTML symbols (how to make misc symbols (#&$^%...) appear on a web page

Free Images

mrcalkins — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:56:52 CST

General Images

History

	American History and Creativity
	California History

Animals, Biology

	Animals
	Animals, Insects, Reptiles, Habitats, Geology, Biology

Earth and Space

	NASA images, video, podcasts and more
	NASA image exchange
	National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration - Space, Oceans, Weather

News

mrcalkins — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:13:18 CST

Grade 5

mrcalkins — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:03:12 CST

Oceans Links

The Ocean Conservancy has a nice list with one page descriptions of wildlife. They also have some good stuff on the SF Oil spill.
Save the Bay. They havea nice page on a developed watershed curriculum.
World Wildlife Fund has a neat database, Wildfinder that lets you search an animal by name or place where it lives. It has maps ( a little slow) and images.
Kennesaw State University: Oceans. This one is a nice list of links for kids related to oceans from Kennesaw State University in Georgia (some of these are commercial).
Teaching First: Ocean Animals. This site has links to lots of good ocean sites.
Books in the Hillcrest Library: Check out the 551.46 section.

Online Research

mrcalkins — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:48:02 CST

General Search:

Ask
Ask for Kids
NetTrekker: Log in with:

ID: hillcrestabc
Password: hillcrest

KidsClick
KidSpace

Keyword:

Google

Directories:

Information Clusters:

Encyclopedias:

Wikipedia
Encyclopedia.com: Searches millions of online encyclopedia and magazine articles.

Search Engine Lists:

Choose the Best Search for your Information Need: a list of search engines organized by the kind of information you are looking for.

Home

hillcrest.library — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 09:08:07 CST

Welcome Hillcrest Students and Teachers!!

This site is a virtual library where we will be posting links on various subjects. Click on the links in the Navigation box on the left to see more.

Teachers: if you would like to create a page for your class, please email me and I will set you up as a contributor to this site:

General Links
Hillcrest Library Catalog

Creative Writing

mrcalkins — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:35:37 CST

There is no abstract available for this page revision.

Classes

mrcalkins — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:50:30 CST

The pages in this section are for teachers who want to post links for their classes. Each class can have its own sub-page. Teachers: send me an email if you are interested.