Online Resources
by Cindy Beattie
February 12, 2009
There are many online resources that are available to our students and staff through AEA13. Students are able to do research at EBSCO, SIRS Research and World Book. And online video tutorials are available for many different programs through Atomic Learning. Students may access these web sites at school and at home. A special username and password are needed to access these web sites. You can call your child's school to obtain this log on information.
A link to these web sites is provided below:
| Resource | Description | Link (click to go to web site) |
| AccuWeather | Current conditions and 5-day forecast summary for your zip code |
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| AP Images |
Images, graphics, audio, text and publicity photos for US News, International News, Financial News and Sports |
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| Atomic Learning | Quick answers in the form of video tutorials to ‘How do I do that?’ questions for the latest Mac and PC programs |  |
| Clipart.com | Clipart for every occasion |  |
| Discovery Education Streaming |
Formerly United Streaming, this teachers only site has access to videos they can download on many curricular subjects. (see media specialist for special code to log in first time) |
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| EBSCO | EBSCO Host is the world’s foremost premium research database service |  |
| SIRS Research | SIRS Knowledge Source allows students to research the leading issues in the world today |  |
| World Book Online |
Students have access to the World Book Encyclopedia web site. They can view the world book through three portals – Kids (Elementary), Student (Middle School), Advanced (High School and College). Spanish speakers and students of Spanish have access to Estudiantil Hallazgos, World Book’s intermediate Spanish-language encyclopedia. Embedded throughout the World Book web site is access to World Book Dictionary and World Book Atlas. |
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