Free Online Resources
Purchased Resources Available Online
Print Resources
Equipment Resources
General Technology Knowledge
100
A FREE .com website that allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint
100
This .edu database provides searchable full text articles for a collection of scholarly journals, magazines, and encyclopedias.
What is GALILEO
100
This is where the Adult Literature section is located in the media center.
What is the teacher’s workroom
100
A brand of portable, battery powered, word-processing keyboards available for student check out
What is an AlphaSmart
100
A software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web
What is a web browser
200
A FREE .net website that produces a visual depiction (word cloud) of user-generated words
What is Wordle.net
200
Video-on-Demand server preloaded with educational programs.
What is SAFARI Montage
200
The period of time reference materials are checked out to students from the media center.
What is one night
200
An electronic device for playing and recording digital audio files that is available in the media center
What is a MP3 player/recorder
200
A contraction of the term web log is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary
What is a blog
300
A popular bookmark website where users can collect and manage bookmarks (internet favorites), and even share them
What is Del.icio.us
300
This web site offers an encyclopedia, dictionary, atlas, homework help
What is World Book
300
LOC on the spine label of a book stands for this section of the media center.
What is the local collection
300
A small, affordable video camcorder available as a classroom set
What is a Flip Camera
300
A free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' 140 character or less updates
What is Twitter
400
A FREE .com website that produces interactive posters made by users from images, text, music and video.
What is glogster.com
400
An Internet search engine especially designed for K-12 schools
What is NetTrekker
400
A star or peach sticker on the side of a book in the media center means this.
What is it is part of the reading incentive program.
400
A student response system using wireless connectivity. It gives instructors and students immediate feedback from the entire class.
What is the Classroom Performance System (CPS) also known as ‘clickers’
400
A website that allows multiple users to create, modify and organize web page content in a collaborative manner.
What is a wiki
500
A FREE .com that provides a site to talk about and share your images, documents, and videos.
500
An internet web-based program that allows tracking, analysis, and reporting of standardized student test scores
What is TestTrax
500
This is the name of the online search catalog used to find resources in the media center.
What is Destiny
500
A brand of a desktop visual presenter that is a special video camera designed to display documents and 3-D objects on a plasma screen, television, projector, or monitor and available for staff check out
What is an Elmo document camera
500
URL is an abbreviation of this.
What is Uniform Resource Locator