Comics & Keyboarding Etc.
Keyboarding
NEED TO IMPROVE YOUR TYPING SKILLS? Check out any of these web sites:
http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/ - Free online touch typing programs.
http://www.powertyping.com/ - Free typing tutor online.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ - From the British Broadcasting Company - Dance Mat Typing - an introduction to touch typing with a very British accent!
http://www.typingclub.com/? This online program will assist you with learning and improving your typing speed! Practice each lesson over and over to at least get all three stars. It really doesn't take much to learn, a few minutes a day for one to two week and you will be a pro!
http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/games/typingchef.php TYPING CHEF - A typing game based on culinary vocabulary - give it a try!
http://www.freetypinggame.net/ is the premiere site to play free typing games, lessons and tests. No downloads, installations or registration required.
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games.html From Kids.com 21 different typing practice games to choose from.
GRAPHIC NOVEL - LIBRARIES IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Here's a graphic novel by a Green County Public Library about the importance of libraries in the digital age:The year is 2054, and an asteroid is heading straight toward the library. Two scientists in a nearby lab are the only ones who know. The scientists part ways—one in an effort to change a destiny written in the cosmos, the other to notify the top government officials. Is the library worth saving? Do libraries deserve to meet the same fate as the dinosaurs? Click here to read more:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151557393244802.1073741827.13333514801&type=1
The links below will take you to 3 other graphic novels to read online:
COMICS - MAKE THEM ON LINE
Visit any of these websites to learn how to make comics on line.
http://www.scholastic.com/graphix/createcomic.htm
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/comic/
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
http://www.professorgarfield.org/toon_book_reader/cartoon_maker/ottos_orange_day_cartoon_maker.html
http://www.comicmaster.org.uk/
http://www.artisancam.org.uk/flashapps/superactioncomicmaker/index.php
http://www.bcdb.com/ - Look at THE BIG CARTOON DATA BASE
http://sketchtoy.com/ - Sketch Toy is a free online drawing application that lets you share step-by-step replays of your work with friends. No sign up needed.
We have chess sets available in the library. If you need to learn how to play CHESS these web sites will help:
ROSEN'S Financial Data Base:
(available until Dec. 30th)
http://financialliteracy.rosendigital.com/
Username: foothillteen2
Password: foothillteen2
FINANCIAL SOCCER GAME:
http://www.financialsoccer.com/play/play.php
Financial Soccer is a fast-paced,
multiple-choice question game,
that tests players' knowledge of
financial management skills.
MORE SAVINGS MORE POWER:
http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110262
/saving/default.htm?tqskip1=1
How do kids earn their money and what
are their spending habits?
What do you earn? How much do
you spend? This site helps kids think
about different ways kids think
about their money.
MONEY AS YOU GROW
http://moneyasyougrow.org/
20 things kids need to know to live
financially smart lives.
MONEY STUFF - Get it! Spend it! Keep It!
http://www.sptimes.com/News/webspecials
/moneystuff/index.shtml
From the St. Petersburg Times, 35 chapters
all about money, budgets, stocks,
savings etc.
U.S.Securities & Exchange Commission's
Money Quiz
Test your $$$Smarts
http://www.sec.gov/investor/tools/quiz.htm
IN THE MIX - FINANCIAL LITERACY ON
THE MONEY
This program takes an in-depth look at
what teens need to know about money.
Experts give tips on opening a checking
and savings account and avoiding credit
card debt...a growing problem. An
economics teacher gives clear explanations
of terms such as supply and demand,
inflation, interest rates etc.
http://www.pbs.org/inthemix/shows
/show_money.html
FISCAL CLIFF LINKS:
The Simpsons & Sarah Michael
& Chris Paine from
News.com AUSTRALIA'
explains the FISCAL CLIFF:
http://tinyurl.com/b4njoft
From The Daily Nebraskan
http://tinyurl.com/byadrla
Philly.com's explains
The Fiscal Cliff
http://tinyurl.com/a8xjf72