Technology

Library Links

Beals Library Catalog
Beals Libguide ...
Hundreds of activities for students and staff.
OPS Databases
Prodigy Math

Resource Links

ABCYA
BeFunky.Com
Turn your photos into incredible artwork with one click. Apply special photo effects and save back to your desktop. * - It's Free * - No registration required
Blabberize.com
Must sign up, but it is free. You will need an email account.
Children's Learning Network
Free educational Websites For the young, and the young at heart. Totally Free Children's Learning Network
Citation Machine
Use this to create MLA citiation for sources.
EasyBib.com
Use this site to cite your resources.
Fact Monster
Infomation Please Almanac
Good Search - Search Engine
Good Search Search Engine
Jokes by Kids
Clean, funny jokes by kids, for kids. To reveal the funny endings, move your mouse over the green "Show Punchline" buttons. Have some kids jokes to share? Submit a written joke here or upload a video joke here. ~~ Barbara J. Feldman
KidRex - Search Engine
Google powered safe search site for kids
Kid's Vid
Linoit.com
lino is a free sticky & canvas service that requires nothing but a Web browser. - Free, but need to create an account.
NeSA practise activities
Newspapers
Omaha Public Library
Pics4Learning.com
Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students.
Prezis.com
Create online presentations
Safe Search for Kids
Google powered safe search for kids
School Tube
Place to share educational videos.
Scribble Maps
Mark up a Google map.
Shahi - A Visual Dictionary
Shelfari
Create a virtual shelf to show off your books, see what your friends are reading and discover new books
Smithsonian Virtual Field Trip
The comprehensive virtual tour allows the visitor to take a virtual, self-guided, room-by-room walking tour of the whole museum.
Storybird.com
Create a story using pictures and you text.
Student Dictionary
Merriam - Webster Student Dictionary
Tagxedo
Tag Cloud with Styles
Test Anxiety Tips
Tiki-Toki.com
Web-based timeline software. Free, but must register. Upgrades available.
Visuwords
Online site for visual dictionary and thesaurus.
Vocaroo.com
Record your voice and be able to save it and import to iTunes or on your webpage.
Voki.com
Create a character and let it speak what you type or record. Pick the voice.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia Encyclopedia
Wikipedia for Kids
Search Wikipedia Simple Edition for Kids with SafeSearch
Wordle
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery.

Homework Helper

Omaha Public Library Homework Help.

This free service allows students with a Library card to connect to an expert tutor every day from 2 to 9 p.m. Live Homework Help® is easy to use. Students simply go to the Library’s website omahapubliclibrary.org, click on “You’ve Got Homework” and then enter grade level and subject.

Khan Academy – Thousands of short videos created by Salman Khan to explain math concepts from simple to advanced. Useful to students of all levels.