Falcon School District 49



LINKS AND RESOURCES

| |Fact Checking Sites |

|Code studio login |AllSides. While not a fact-checking site, AllSides curates stories from right, center and left-leaning media |

| |so that readers can easily compare how bias influences reporting on each topic.  |

|Code Editors |Media Matters. This nonprofit and self-described liberal-leaning research center monitors and corrects |

| |conservative misinformation in the media. |

|PythonTutor - is a great, free site for people that are just beginning to learn Python because it lets them |NewsBusters. A project of the conservative Media Research Center, NewsBusters is focused on “documenting, |

|visualize the execution of the code, line by line. This also works great on Chromebooks. |exposing and neutralizing liberal media bias.” |

|Repl.it Classrooms - Repl.it is a free online code editor for a wide variety of programming languages that |Open Secrets. This nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit website run by the Center for Responsive Politics |

|works on Chromebooks. They have a Classrooms feature where you can setup different Classrooms and invite |tracks how much and where candidates get their money. |

|students to those. In the Classrooms you can create different assignments that the students can work on and |Politifact. This Pulitzer Prize winning website rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials. Run by |

|then submit back to you. You can then give them feedback on their solution. The video on the linked page gives|editors and reporters from the independent newspaper Tampa Bay Times, Politicfact features the Truth-O-Meter |

|you a quick overview of the capabilities. |that rates statements as “True,” “Mostly True,” “Half True,” “False,” and “Pants on Fire.” |

|PythonFiddle - is a simple to use web-based Python editor that works on Chromebooks. |ProPublica. This independent, nonprofit newsroom has won several Pulitzer Prizes, including the 2016 Prize for|

|PythonAnywhere Education Beta - PythonAnywhere is a free online code editor for Python that works on |Explanatory Reporting. ProPublica produces investigative journalism in the public interest. |

|Chromebooks. Their Education features are currently in beta, but you can set up a classroom, add students, |Snopes. This independent, nonpartisan website run by professional researcher and writer David Mikkelson |

|distribute assignments and monitor the progress. |researches urban legends and other rumors. It is often the first to set the facts straight on wild fake news |

|Coding |claims. |

|Made with Code - Google Projects (Yeti is Mrs. Lynn's fav!!) |The Sunlight Foundation. This nonpartisan, nonprofit organization uses public policy data-based journalism to |

|Studio by |make politics more transparent and accountable. |

|Code Academy |Washington Post Fact Checker. Although the Washington Post has a left-center bias, its checks are excellent |

|Learn the Command Line |and sourced. The bias shows up because they fact check conservative claims more than liberal ones. |

|Code HS |Fact Check. This nonpartisan, nonprofit project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of |

|Many resources from Mark Blair of DCSD |Pennsylvania monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by U.S. political players, including politicians, |

|helpGidget |TV ads, debates, interviews and news releases. |

|Bitsbox | |

|Mrs. Miller's Hour of Code page | |

|'s Learn Page - see below for good CR Middle School options |Image editing, drawing, and layout |

|Tynker(Choose grade 6+) |Photovisi free photo collages |

|Code Combat |Sketchpad - drawing |

|LightBot |Ribbet  - photo editing |

|App Lab |PicMonkey - photo editing |

|CodeBat (more text based coding games/activities) |Pixlr Express - photo editing |

|Computer Science |Tagxedo word cloud make |

|CS Basics 1 |ABCya Word Cloud |

|CS Basics 2 |Canva |

|Common Craft Tech Videos |Pixlr Editor  |

|Cambridge Computing Online course (Free) |Internet Safety |

|Google Computer Science resources |NSTeens |

|English and Vocabulary |Common Sense Media |

|Vocabahead |Holiday Fun |

|Learn English (need to create login) |Pumpkin Carving |

|Learning Chocolate |Halloween Photo Effects description for PicMonkey |

|Vocabulary |Zombie Typing |

|Fun (for the brain) |Ghostscape 2 |

|Free Rice |Music |

|Google-A-Day |Creative Commons |

| -- the most intelligent way to learn vocabulary |FreePlayMusic |

|Images and Pictures |SoundJay |

|Photos for Class (citations downloaded with image) |Royalty Free Music |

|Creative Commons (allows for reuse in most instances with citation) |Free Music Archive |

|Bing |Sound Bible (sound clips, sound bites, sound effects) |

|Google |Twisterium on SoundCloud - royalty free |

|Pics4Learning | |

|MorgueFile |Search Engines |

|WikiMedia |Bing (SafeSearch Scrict is set on school computers. Parents can set these same filters for Bing at home.) |

|Adobe color scheme wheel |Google (SafeSearch Scrict is set on school computer. Parents can set these same filters for Google at home. ) |

|List of resources to help with color |Wolfram Alpha-a computational knowledge engine. |

| |Typing and Keyboarding |

| | (includes hand position instruction - read HELP first) |

| |Dance Mat Typing (includes hand position instruction) |

| |Touch Typing (includes hand position instruction) |

| |More Keyboarding Instruction (includes hand position instruction) |

| |Keyboarding |

| |Timed Typing Test |

| |Type Man (like pac man) |

| |Keyboard Climber |

| | Keyboard Climber 2 |

| |Keyboard Ninja |

| |Hyper Spider |

| |Cups Typing |

| |Air Type |

| |Zombie Typer |

| |Should we learn to touch type? |

| |Video (stock) and other video resources |

| |Pexels free stock video |

| |WingClips stock inspirational video clips |

| |Screencastify Chrome app for recording screencasts from computer |

| |Discovery Education |

| |Film Festival Resources |

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| |Extras |

| |Incredibox |

| |WeaveSilk |

| |Pizza |

| |Get to know me wheel |

| |Seating Chart |

| |Mathigon |

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| | (team building games) |

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