Blog 6:Safe Search Engines

As a teacher, my first priority is the students in my classrrom. I am constantly looking for ways to make things easier and fun and still maintain the educational aspect of it. One of our go to these days is the internet and as such it is highly imperative to teach students how to navigate this tool safely. This particular presentation gave me some neat ideas and student friendly sites that can used without any worries of inappropriate sites popping up.

Below are some amazing resources, easy to use by teachers and parents minus the stress of students seeing inappropriate things or topics not intended for young ones. A brief description has been provided for a few to give viewers an idea.

http://sp.askkids.com/docs/askkids/ - Ask Kids is a search engine designed exclusively for young people ages 6 to 12. It's a free, safe, fun way for kids and their parents to quickly and easily research school topics like science, math, geography, language arts, and history in a search environment that's safer and more age appropriate.

http://www.kidzsearch.com

http://www.instagrok.com/

https://www.raz-kids.com/

KidRex is a fun and safe search for kids, by kids!

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2013/01/5-safe-search-engines-for-kids.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fJ92f7uD7g - VideoANT Awesome cloud -based information management tool, that enables users to collect, highlight, access and shares a variety of information on a variety of devices.