links.episd.org & Search Engines

The links.episd.org URL is one of the most popular pages in the EPISD web server, and very frequently the "default" home page of teachers, students and parents who have spent time browsing it and have learned it's value.

The 2-3 hour session covers the main features of this page. It includes the kid-safe browsers and the search engine tutorials, and covers many of the 300+ sites filled with teacher resources and practical classroom projects and lessons available via the drop-down menus. The list below contains some of the all time favorites:

American Memory, Dave's ESL Cafe, Dragonfly TV, Enchanted Learning, FirstGov, GEM, Global Schoolhouse, Holocaust Resources, HPR-TEC, Kathy Schrock, Lesson Plans, Marco Polo, MamaMedia, Math Links, Newseum, NOVA, PBS Kids, QuestGarden, Read Write Think, RubiStar, SBC BlueWeb, Science Links, SCORE, TALON, Teacher Source, Technology: ALTEC, TENET, ThinkQuest, WebQuest, Wikipedia and Xpeditions

The Contact Alan Hodson if there are five or more candidates for this class. This is an excellent "new to the Internet" or "brush-up" class.