TasLearnEducation Links for Tasmanian Teachers
Useful sites

Reference

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS
Qwiki
This online information source gives you both an image presentation and a voice that reads the information to you. Even includes many Tasmanian schools. TIP: After typing a subsequent search topic you may need to click in the search box to enable the list of entries to be displayed.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Visual Dictionary
Explore by themes, or enter a word, choose the resulting term in IMAGES, then click GO TO. Alternatively, explore using the Themes. Unfortunately the resulting images are embossed with the website url.

SEARCHING
Encyclopedia.com
Search over 100 encyclopedias and dictionaries.

ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS 

5 Free Online Encyclopedias Suitable for Kids
-Simple English Wikipedia
- Yahoo Kids
- Fact Monster
- Kids.Net.Au
- Library of Congress: America's Library

ONLINE DICTIONARIES
Snappy Words
Free visual online dictionary.


GENERAL EDUCATIONAL WEBSITES
Online sources  of educational resources
With the EdNA website closing down they have kindly provided a list of sites that are alternative sources of educational resources and information for Australian education.

REFERENCE
DifferenceBetween.com
Browse or look up pairs of terms to be distinguished, eg competence and competency.

ONLINE TIME INFO
Qlock
Quickly see what time it is anywhere in the world.


 

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