Educational Sites
The Harcourt Brace site is harcourtschool.com (Math password is McLeod / Reading password is Farr / Social Studies password is Berson ) You only need a password the first time you log in.Tutor.com is a free live homework help site available via the Norwalk Public Library website. Available from 3-8 p.m. daily.
Fun and educational websites that kids just love are funbrain.com and funschool.com
Need some math exercises? Go to superkids.com for a trove of games, puzzles and exercises or visit aaamath.com or aplusmath.com.
For the younger set visit sesameworkshop.org.
Other great sites for elementary students include www.candystand.com, www.kidsplanet.org and www.pbskids.com.
Try www.scholastic.com and www.timeforkids.com for educational, current events learning.
Online encyclopedias are at grolier.com and encarta.com
Other fun and educational sites to try:
Sites for Parents
The Harcourt Brace (our math, reading, social studies curriculum) site is harcourtschool.com.
A great place for info on family-happenings in our area is kidsevents.com.
Try these other useful site
Sites for Teachers
Two great resources for teachers are teachersfirst.com and teach-nology.com.
To learn about classes offered by the Teacher Technology Training Institute (TTTI) visit norwalkttti.org.
This site has a treasure trove of useful links sitesforteachers.com.
Learn about and access the high-quality, standards-based lesson plans, student
activities, reviewed Web sites and other resources at marcopolo-education.org.
Bring your students to eduplace.com for some curriculum strengthening activities.
See what other Norwalk teachers' websites are like at teacherstech.org.
Teachers will love cyberbee.com for internet scavenger hunts, curriculum ideas and much more.
Norwalk Public School Related Sites
The site for the Norwalk Public Schools is norwalkpublicschools.org.
The Norwalk Education Foundation website is norwalkeducation.org.
Find out about the Teacher Technology Training Institute at norwalkttti.org.
The Norwalk Public Library website is norwalklib.org
The site for the City of Norwalk is norwalkct.org.
Search Engines
One of the best search engines around is google.com.
A great new graphic-based search engine is kartoo.com. Try it!
A kid-friendly place to begin a search is yahooligans.com.
Have a question? Askjeeves.com probably has an answer.
Safe and Smart Computing
The Federal Trade Commission has published a document called Safe at Any Speed: How to Stay Safe Online if You Use High-Speed Internet Access.(requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). You can access the FTC site at ftc.gov.
Norwalk Community College has published a document called the Secure Computing Initiative which lists links to free software to help keep your computer safe from malicious Internet-based intrusions, including free virus, firewall, and spyware protection. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).