Media Center / Typing Websites and other Links

Image Websites

Clip Art Portal (Copyright free clip art for educational use - created by K-12 students)

http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documents/clipartportal.html

Image Quest (need login & password from home or school)

http://quest.eb.com/

Phillip Martin's Clip Art (Copyright free clip art for educational use)

http://www.phillipmartin.info/clipart/homepage.htm

Research Websites

GALILEO (need password at home)
http://www.galileo.usg.edu/kids/marietta-city-k12/?Welcome

Internet Public Library (Created by Public Librarians for Kids)
http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/

Kids Sites
http://www.kidsites.com/

Pebble Go (need password at home and school)
http://www.pebblego.com/

Tips for using Microsoft Word & PowerPoint

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys

Word Shortcut Keys

Microsoft Word Cheat Sheet

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/word-2010-for-dummies-cheat-sheet.html

Microsoft PowerPoint

PowerPoint in the Classroom

http://www.actden.com/pp/

PowerPoint Cheat Sheet

http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/powerpoint-2010-for-dummies-cheat-sheet.html

Power Point Tips
http://www.scribd.com/doc/180738307/Powerpoint-Tips-ppt?secret_password=2jb632dqgu3xw9lw7cea

Typing Websites

Start here with this very quick typing test. It will give you a beginning words per minute (WPM) score.

http://www.typingtest.com/

Next, practice basic typing skills with Dance Mat Typing, a website from the BBC.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

Then, visit this website that has lots of free typing games to test your skills! Keyboard Ninja, Zombie Defender and Arrow Dance are just a few of the games available.

http://www.funtotype.com/typinggames/

Finally, visit this website for even more games and some review skills in case your fingers have forgotten where to go!

https://www.crazygames.com/t/keyboarding

Want more typing practice? Visit these websites:

Good Typing - 27 typing lessons (requires registration, but it's free) http://www.goodtyping.com/

Typing Web - Multiple typing lessons (requires registration, but it's free) http://www.typingweb.com/