Ed Tech @ OSU

Searching tools for kids, teens, and teachers

This search engine is good and blocks inappropriate information for kids. My only problem with this site is the refresh for the site is a little confusing but it is nice as a teacher watching students it gives an alert when students are trying to search things outside of the appropriate field.

SweetSearch is A Search Engine for Students. It searches only credible Web sites approved by Internet research experts. This one is neat as it has subject specific searches within Sweet Search. It also has a content area that allows students to explore on their own, ways to safely search the internet.

This would be a good "safe" search engine for students to use

A reliable search engine

Search engine that is kid friendly blocking things that are not appropriate for their little eyes

This blog post is a great resource for trying to find sources. It includes places to search, and how to determine if a source is credible

This resource includes both a slideshow and two video explaining how to determine credibility of sources.

This webpage provides a picture tutorial for creating a Google custom search engine. It also includes specific instructions for creating a search engine of videos for use in the classroom.

This article shows an easy to follow 7 step guide to social bookmarking! http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Social-Bookmarking

This tells you exactly what a LMS is, the future of it, the components that go into it, and the advantages of using it!

This is an LMS website that you can create an account with but the cool part about it is that it tells you everything you would ever want to know about Learning Management Systems.

The five things you NEED to look into before choosing which LMS you want to use.

Not every lesson plan looks alike, but all lesson plans share certain basic parts. This guide to LEARN NC's lesson plan template explains what we are looking for in a lesson plan and how you can make your lesson plan as usable as possible to other teachers on the web.

Take a tour of some of the best virtual field trips on the Web and learn why they are so great...... THIS IS SO COOL!

The #1 task management app used by over 11 million people globally, Any.do is free mobile and online task manager for Android, iPhone, Web and more. This is an easy way to share tasks with others, while also making quick to do lists. Educators can use this tool to organize ideas, and make quick notes.

Remix-T is online resource for educators to create engaging activities through video. Remix-T shows step by step instruction to create your own video. Students could also use this resource for assignments.

Interactive online slideshow. It uses multimedia, and has links to other resources that could be used in slideshows. It is separated in subject areas.

"mother of all search engines." Searches all places including social media and job postings

ran by librarians with a policy that won't list non-kid friendly sites, doesn't charge, and links subjects that may be controversial

Teachers provide facts about world events to help find research for scholar research products

Oklahoma State University Library Homepage. the ultimate search place for journals, article etc.