Happy Surfing!

 

http://www.animatedgifs.com/ This site has same great graphics.  Most are free but some are not.

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/info/curriculum/ Montgomery County is revising their curriculum standards. Interesting information.

http://school.discovery.com/ Wonderful graphics and resources. Can be tricky to navigate and slow to load.

http://gifsnow.com Free graphics and animations without all the run around.

http://filamentality.com/ Will hold your hand and walk you through using the web more effectively.

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html The ultimate guide and resource.

http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html Another good place to start!

http://www.flamingtext.com/ Great for headings.

http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/littlekids/literacy_inst_connections.htm Great plans, links and information.

http://www.inspiration.com/ If  your school doesn't have and use Inspiration, it should!!

http://surfnetkids.com/ Great place for kid friendly surfing.  Especially good for monthly topics and theme units.

http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/ Lots of interesting things for young astronauts in training!

http://enchantedlearning.com This is a great site for children's "research" materials.  There are lots and lots of links and pictures.

http://jthruska.com/design/ A very interesting site for school technology information. Can be tricky to use; click on the arrow keys in Hardware Configuration for some inspiring pictures of computer arrangements that work and don't work.

http://www.mont.lib.md.us Lots and lots of literature information.

http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/ An html tutorial that's not too complicated.  It definitely helps to edit your html source and give each of your pages its own name.

http://readinglady.com/ More literature information and resources.

http://dogpile.com Forget yahoo!  this site is unbelievalbe!  I've yet to be disappointed in their top 5 picks!

http://northernlight.com Another fantastic search engine.

http://abcteach.com This is a great site for ideas and teacher resources.

http://coolmath.com A very fun site!  I've found useful activities for a wide range of skill and interest levels.

http://zoobooks.com Lots of animal noises and information.

http://animationfactory.com Even thought they have tons of freebies, I went ahead and payed $40.00 to join for a year.  I'm so glad I did!  Almost all the graphics on this site came from animationfactory.com!  A one year membership entitles you to download any and all links you want and then use them forever!

http://netidentity.com $54.00 got this site registered and housed for me for a year.  That price includes e-mail service.  A site without e-mail is $44.00.  I was pleasently surprised how quickly and easily I got registered and started.