The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has set up an information resource concerning the Swine Flu outbreak. You can find daily updated statistics, reports, travel notices, advice and precautions we all can take.
This is the most reliable source of information on the Swine Flu and goes beyond the media headlines, take a look and stay informed.
The International Children’s Digital Library (ICDL) is a non-profit online library of children’s books. It has over 3800 books available in 53 different languages! The books come from all over the world providing insight into different cultures and are great fun for children and adults alike.
International Children's Digital Library
The site is easy to use, kid friendly and the pages of digital books appear as they would in print, complete with the original illustrations. Have a browse around and you’ll find some great stories!
Are you a teacher? Are you concerned about literacy issues? Thinking about volunteering to teach or tutor adult literacy? Thinkfinity is the perfect place for you!
This site offers free lesson plans and materials for teachers and tutors. For students, there are games and activities as well as homework help and other resources. If you want to become a literacy volunteer, there are tools here to help you prepare yourself for the valuable work you’ll be doing.
The site is colorful, well-organized and chock full of great information and resources. Students, teachers, parents and potential volunteers really should visit and discover the rich content offered by this outstanding site.
Searchme.com presents a different way to search the Internet. When you carry out a search, rather than being presented with a list of websites, you actually get to see an image preview of what the web page looks like before you open it, along with a brief summary.
It’s very quick to scroll through multiple web pages to find the one you want saving time. When searching, icons appear with intuitive suggestions to narrow your search.
Searchme
Searches are compatible with most social networking applications so you can easily share websites of interest with friends. ‘Stacks’ of web pages can also be saved for later. Check it out!
School will be out soon and you’re looking at a whole summer with kids at loose ends! What to do?!?!? There’s always summer camp…
The Advocate has a list of 28 summer programs, both educational and recreational, that will take place in the Baton Rouge Area — everything from baseball to cheerleading, to educational enhancement. It’s all there.
But you’d better get your homework done now if you want your children to have a great summer (and stay out of your hair in the process). These programs are popular and can fill up quickly! Check out summer camps in BR today and avoid the summertime blues.
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