Homework Help Weblist
For Students in all Grade Levels
This project was developed
as part of the Title III Technology Literacy Challenge Grant’s
Capital Region Collaboration for Technology Education
2002
Created by Tracy Standhart, Instructional Technology Mentor
standhartt@schenectady.k12.ny.us
Schenectady City School District, NY
Introduction
Looking for some help
with your homework? Check out these websites! From dictionaries to college
prep, within these sites you can find just about anything you are looking for
to help you with all kinds of homework assignments and school projects.
1. BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Helper
BJ says “If you can’t find it here, then you can’t find it!”
Created by a 10 year old in 1996, this site is updated regularly and now
contains over 700 links on various topics. I give my own personal approval to
this site for homework help. It really is helpful!
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck/index.html
2. WordCentral
Voted a best
educational website! This site allows you to quickly look up words in a virtual
dictionary, lets you build your own dictionary, and tests your knowledge of
daily buzzwords. Who ever thought a dictionary could be this fun!
http://wordcentral.com/index.html
3. The Franklin Institute's Educational Hotlists
These
hotlists are an organized list of resources about numerous topics on the
Internet that students, as well as educators may find useful. These sites have
been screened for their educational appropriateness, helping take some of the
guesswork out of the web for you.
http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/hotlists.html
4. NYS Regents Exams
Our own NYS Dept. of
Education provides a site with past regents tests. It is great for student
review of any regents’ topic. Printable tests and answers are available on this
site.
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/testing/hsregents.html
5. Fact Monster
A fun and helpful site for students that has facts on just about
anything ranging from world geography to fashion. An abundance of information
right at your fingertips! Click on Homework Center and find a variety of links
on various topics including homework skills and preparing for college or a
career.
http://www.factmonster.com/index.html
6. The Student Channel at Discovery School.com
Study tools, fun and games and learning adventures make this an
informative and fund site to help with those homework questions.
http://school.discovery.com/students/
7. KidsClick Web Search
Who do most students ask to help them with research? The school
librarian of course. This site allows students to search a site of 15
categories that have been developed by librarians.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
8. Homework Spot
HomeworkSpot.com is
a free homework information portal that features the very best K-12
homework-related sites together with engaging editorial in one high-utility,
educational spot. Pages on this site are categorized by elementary, middle
school and high school.
9. Wonder Corner
A question and answer place for curious kids. If
you're looking for Homework Help, family-friendly links, school tools, fun
trivia, young writer's tips, quote of the week, author & illustrator info,
or book reviews, you’ve come to the right place. There is even a link to email
a question to the site creators.
http://www.peak.org/~bonwritr/wonder1.htm
10. Study Guides and Strategies
These guides are
intended to be straightforward recipes on selected topics. They were
created by a professor at the University of St. Thomas. The vocabulary and
concepts use the junior high level as its’ foundation and contain translations
in many different languages.
http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/
11. Homework Help
This site was
created by a web hosting business as a community service project. Just click on
the link you are interested in and away you go!
http://www.thwww.com/mrwizard/homework.htm
12. High School Hub
The High School Hub
is a noncommercial-learning portal with excellent free educational resources
for high school students.
http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm
Teacher Notes
Process
Students can use this weblist as a resource tool for
assistance in homework in virtually any subject area. It can be used as an
Internet resource or as a handout to students of teachers who do not have
web-posting capabilities.
NYS Learning Standards and the National Technology Educational Standards
NYS
Learning Standards
Math, Science, Technology
Standard 2: Information Systems Students will access, generate, process,
and transfer information using appropriate technologies
Health, Physical Education and Home Economics
Standard 3: Resource Management Students will understand
and be able to manage their personal and community resources
English Language Arts
Standard 1: Language for Information and
Understanding Students will listen, speak, read, and write for information
and understanding. As listeners and readers, students will collect data, facts,
and ideas; discover relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and use
knowledge generated from oral, written, and electronically produced texts. As
speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language that follows the
accepted conventions of the English language to acquire, interpret, apply, and
transmit information.
Standard 3: Language for Critical
Analysis and Evaluation
Students will listen, speak, read, and write for critical analysis and
evaluation. As listeners and readers, students will analyze experiences, ideas,
information, and issues presented by others using a variety of established
criteria. As speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language that
follows the accepted conventions of the English language to present, from a
variety of perspectives, their opinions and judgments on experiences, ideas,
information and issues.
National Technology Educational Standards for
Students
- Basic operations and concepts
- Students
demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation
of technology systems.
- Students
are proficient in the use of technology.
- Social, ethical, and human
issues
- Students
understand the ethical, cultural, and societal issues related to
technology.
- Students
practice responsible use of technology systems, information, and
software.
- Students
develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong
learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity.
- Technology productivity tools
- Students use technology tools to enhance learning, increase productivity, and promote creativity.
- Technology research tools
- Students
use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a
variety of sources.
- Students evaluate and select new information resources and technological innovations based on the appropriateness for specific tasks.
- Technology problem-solving
and decision-making tools
- Students
use technology resources for solving problems and making informed
decisions.
- Students
employ technology in the development of strategies for solving problems
in the real world.
Credits and References
School Icons - http://www.schoolicons.com/eng/
Graphics by Mama Estes- http://www.geocities.com/~kittyestes/Graphics/graphics.html
