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Multimedia and Publishing
2nd Edition
Internet Resources
Teacher Street Classroom Software Collections include curriculum Project
Cards. To integrate the Internet with these projects using our carefully
selected, educational site links, click on the curriculum Project Card that you
are using.
 Project Card
Internet Resources
Inspiration Project Cards
Working It Out
Fun with Flowcharts
SuperPrint Deluxe Project Cards
Invention Convention
Make a Theme Quilt
Multimedia Workshop Project Cards
Permit Me to Introduce Myself
Extra Extra! Read All About What’s Going to Happen
mPOWER Project Cards
Travel Guide
Ecology
General Multimedia and Publishing Links
Have
students publish their work online at these cools sites
Inspiration Project
Card:
Working It Out
Share examples of different types of graphic organizers:
Graphic Organizer Samples
http://www.smcps.k12.md.us/mbms/writing/graphorg.html
The Graphic Organizer
http://www.graphic.org/
Inspiration Project
Card:
Fun with Flowcharts
Flowchart of a phone call.
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~pfresina/whyflowcharts.html
Flowchart symbols and design.
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~pfresina/fcsymbols.html top of page
SuperPrint Deluxe
Project Card:
Invention Convention
Learn about some interesting inventions and the people who invented them:
The Invention Dimension
http://web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.edu/org/i/invent/
National Inventors Hall of Fame
http://www.invent.org/book/index.html
Students can test their knowledge of inventions throughout history playing a fun
game at National Geographic’s Wild and Wacky Invention Game
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/inventions/
See the designs of many wacky inventors.
Wacky Patent of the Month
http://colitz.com/site/wacky.htm
SuperPrint Deluxe Project
Card:
Make a Theme Quilt
Look at a quilt made by a third graders.
PBS Quilts
http://www.pbs.org/americaquilts/classroom/index.html
Find a gallery of traditional quilt block patterns by type.
World Wide Quilting Page
http://204.249.244.10/MainQuiltingPage.html
(and QuiltBlocksPage.html)
The Museum of Florida History has a good quilt collection.
http://dhr.dos.state.fl.us/museum/quilts
View some traditional quilts and ethnic textiles at the Antique Quilts site.
http://antique-quilts.net/
Learn about Hmong Story Cloths.
http://www.lib.uci.edu/rrsc/hmong.html top of page
Multimedia Workshop
Project Card:
Permit Me to Introduce Myself
Show students examples of professional résumés:
Sample Resumes
http://www.nwsearch.com/resume.html
Distinctive Documents
http://www.distinctiveweb.com/samples.htm
Have students research the historical figure they’ve chosen at the following
sites:
The History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/
A&E Television Networks: Biography.com
http://www.biography.com top of page
Multimedia Workshop Project
Card:
Extra Extra! Read All About What’s Going to Happen
Invite students to read samples of online newspapers:
Inkspot: International Newspapers
http://inkpot.com/news/majint.html
Los Angeles Times
http://www.latimes.com/
The Vocal Point
http://bvsd.k12.co.us/cent/Newspaper/Newspaper.html
Students can find tips for making their own newspaper:
Create Your Own Newspaper
http://crayon.net/
Learn the rules of grammar and punctuation:
Elements of Style
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk/ top of page
mPOWER Project Card:
Travel Guide
Visit the site of travel expert Arthur Frommer.
http://www.frommers.com/
Read about many wonderful travel destinations.
Travel Page
http://www.travelpage.com/
Search for Travel Guides by state.
GuideHound
http://www.guidehound.com/ top of page
mPOWER Project Card:
Ecology
Learn what’s happening all over planet Earth:
Ecology Protectors Society
http://www.eco-pros.com/
Kids Do Ecology
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/nceas-web/kids/
EEK! Environmental Education for Kids
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/
Environment On-Line
http://solstice.crest.org/environment/eol/toc.html
EE-Link
http://eelink.net/ee-linkintroduction.html top of page
NOTE: Following are sites where students can submit their writing and art for
publication.
KidPub
http://www.kidpub.org/kidpub/
Publishing Center: Creative Writing for Kids
http://kidswriting.about.com/library/blank/
blpub.htm?pid=2787&cob=home
The E-Link: Electronic Elementary Magazine
http://www.inform.umd.edu/MDK-12/homepers/emag/
Online Activities for Kids
http://www.edbydesign.com/kidsact.html
The Library
http://www.planetzoom.com/Library/lib.htm
International Kids’ Space
http://www.kids-space.org/story/story.html
Little Planet Times
http://littleplanettimes.com/
Parents and Children Together Online
http://www.indiana.edu/~eric_rec/fl/pcto/menu.html
Stone Soup
http://www.stonesoup.com/
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