Below are a number of great sites and resources. Some are specific to our class and others are just generally useful and interesting. This list will grow as the year goes on…

General Reference Links
Typing Links
Games
Tutorials
HTML Resources
Credible Sources of Information

General Reference Links

Web Research Guide - Guide for conducting research on the internet.
Improve your Vocabulary - Great blog entry on learning more vocabulary words using the internet as reference.

Typing Links

Alfa Typing - A number of fun, challenging typing games.
Freetypinggame.net - A variety of typing games with varying difficulty levels.
Typing Pal - Typing exercises that test you on different sets of letters
Super Hyper Spider Typer - A very popular typing game. Type your words before the spider eats the lizard!
Dance Mat Typing - Dance Mat typing game from the BBC
Keybr.com - Online keyboard that tracks your keystrokes and lets you type words of your choosing.
Words - Another typing game that measures speed and accuracy. See if you can get a high score!
Bubbles Game - Type the right letters to pop the bubbles.
Home Row Pac Man - Practice the homerow keys with pac man.

Educational Games

Stateris - Play tetris with U.S. states instead of blocks!
Free Rice - Vocabulary quiz game that donates 20 grains of rice for every correct answer. Help end world hunger!!
Launchball - Launchball. You all are masters of this game, but I would encourage you to develop your own
levels!
Fun School - A number of great games can be found at this website. This is the source of the lizard typing game.
Fun Brain - Similar to Fun School, many great games at this website.
LineRider - Create a track that a man on a sled will follow. Get creative!
Bobtends - Great game involving a metal ball and gravity.
Chat Noir - Try to box in the cat!
Treasure Box - Take a crazy adventure following a red ball.
Factory Balls - Replicate the balls using the tools provided.
Escape the Room Games - Try to escape the room in each one of these games. New ones are posted all the time!
Word Connect - A combination of tetris and scrabble. Very challenging and a lot of fun!
Games for the Brain - Fun and challenging variety of games

Tutorials

PowerPoint Tutorial - Great PowerPoint resource. Use this as a reference guide if you forgot anything PowerPoint related.
MS Word Tutorials - Lots of tutorials for Microsoft Word.
MS Excel Tutorials and Activities - Lots of great Excel activities here for many grade levels. Challenge yourself and try the activities for the high school grade level!

HTML Resources

Practice Pad - This page allows you to practice HTML and see the results instantly. Scroll down until you see the text box.
Practice Writer - Another HTML practice utility that you can use to test your HTML skills.
Hexadecimal Color Codes - Use this website to find the color code you want to use on your page.

Credible Sources of Information

The Washington Post - Reliable newspaper that you can access online. Also has local DC news.
The New York Times - Great newspaper for online reading!