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='''English'''=
=English=


== Literacy ==
== Literacy ==
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== Science ==
== Science ==


{|
Interactive solar system exploration. Has a low bandwidth version (US Gov). [http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/]
|-

! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! copyrights
National Science Digital Library collections by topic (primarily National Science foundation, hard to determine copyright issues). [http://nsdl.org/browse/?GEM_cat=true]
|-

| [http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/ Sci01]
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cool Science (mostly Biology) (not free). [http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/]
| ''undetermined''

| Interactive solar system exploration. Has a low bandwidth version (US Gov)
Smithsonian for students (Science and Nature) (not free). [http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/explore_by_topic/science_nature.htm]
| [[english]]

| ''free''?
"My first garden" (not free). [http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden/basics/index.html]
|-
| [http://nsdl.org/browse/?GEM_cat=true Sci02]
US Geo. Survey - biology (US Gov). [http://biology.usgs.gov/features/learningrm/lr_learn.html]
| ''undetermined''

| National Science Digital Library collections by topic (primarily National Science foundation)
Whyfiles - Science behind the news (not free). [http://whyfiles.org/]
| [[english]]

| ''unable to determine''
Exploratorium - Children's digital museum (not free). [http://portal.unesco.org]
|-
| [http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/ Sci03]
| ''undetermined''
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cool Science (mostly Biology)
| [[english]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
| [http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/explore_by_topic/science_nature.htm Sci04]
| ''undeteremined''
| Smithsonian for students (Science and Nature)
| [[english]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
| [http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden/basics/index.html Sci05]
| ''undeteremined''
| "My first garden"
| [[english]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
| [http://biology.usgs.gov/features/learningrm/lr_learn.html Sci06]
| ''undeteremined''
| US Geo. Survey - biology (US Gov)
| [[english]]
| ''free''?
|-
| [http://whyfiles.org/ Sci07]
| ''undeteremined''
| Whyfiles - Science behind the news
| [[english]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
| [http://portal.unesco.org Sci08]
| ''undetermined''
| UNESCO Exploratorium - Children's digital museum
| [[english]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
|}


== Art ==
== Art ==
Open Directory Showcase for Kids Art (free?). [http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/Arts/Showcases_for_Kids'_Art/]


{|
Kids art site (not free). [http://accessarts.org/ArtKids/ArtTeacher/]
|-

! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! copyrights
International Child Art foundation resources (not free). [http://www.icaf.org/resources/]
|-

| [http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/Arts/Showcases_for_Kids'_Art/ Art01]
Metropolitan museum of art resources (not free). [http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_online_resourc.asp]
| ''various''

| Open Directory Showcase for Kids Art
Classical archives - 7300 classical midis (not free). [http://www.classicalarchives.com/]
| [[english]]
| ''free?''
|-
| [http://accessarts.org/ArtKids/ArtTeacher/ Art02]
| child x-y
| Kids art site
| [[english]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
| [http://www.icaf.org/resources/ Art03]
| ''undetermined''
| International Child Art foundation resources
| [[english]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
| [http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_online_resourc.asp Art04]
| ''undetermined''
| Metropolitan museum of art resources
| [[english]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
| [http://www.classicalarchives.com/ Art05]
| ''various''
| Classical archives - 7300 classical midis
| [[english]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
|}


== History ==
== History ==


{|
Social Studies for Kids - History links (not free). [http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/worldhistorygeneral.htm]
|-
! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! copyrights
|-
| [http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/worldhistorygeneral.htm Hist01]
| child x-y
| Social Studies for Kids - History links
| [[english]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
| [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list Hist02]
| ''undetermined''
| UNESCO World Heritage Sites List
| [[english]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
|}


=Português=
UNESCO World Heritage Sites List (not free). [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list]


{|
='''Português'''=
|-
! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! copyrights
|-
| [http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/International/Portugu%c3%aas/Atividades_Escolares/ Misc04]
| ''various''
| Open Directory, Educational activities
| [[portuguese]]
| '''--mostly not free--'''
|-
| [http://www.dmoz.org/World/Portugu%c3%aas/Artes/ Art06]
| ''various''
| Open Directory, Art links
| [[portuguese]]
| '''--mostly not free--'''
|-
| [http://br.syvum.com Stu06]
| K-12+
| Syvum Learning, comprehensive educational site, resources k-12 and beyond
| [[portuguese]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
| [http://www.dominiopublico.gov.br Misc05]
| search
| Brazilian Public Domain (Dominio Publico) Search
| [[portuguese]]
|
|-
| [http://www.mre.gov.br/ Misc06]
| ''undetermined''
| Brazilian External Relations Ministry (with texts and images from Brazil)
| [[portuguese]]
|
|-
| [http://www.mma.gov.br/ingles/cgmi/cantoave/canto.html# Sci09]
| ''undetermined''
| Brazilian birds (Brazilian govt)
| [[portuguese]], [[french]], [[english]]
|
|-
|}


=Español=
Open Directory, Educational activities (mostly not free).
[http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/International/Portugu%c3%aas/Atividades_Escolares/]


{|
Open Directory, Art links (mostly not free).
|-
[http://www.dmoz.org/World/Portugu%c3%aas/Artes/]
! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! copyrights
|-
| [http://www.syvum.es/ Stu07]
| K-12+
| Syvum Education Portal
| [[spanish]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
| [http://portal.unesco.org/es Misc07]
| ''undtermined''
| UNESCO portal
| [[spanish]]
| '''--not free?--'''
|-
| [http://photobank.unesco.org/exec/search.htm?lang=es Img06]
| ''all''
| UNESCO Fotobanco
| [[spanish]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
| [http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kidspan/home.htm Hea09]
| ''undetermined''
| National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (US Gov)
| [[spanish]]
| ''free?''
|-
| [http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/International/Espa%c3%b1ol/Actividades_escolares/ Misc08]
| ''undetermined''
| Open Directory School activities
| [[spanish]]
| '''--mostly not free--'''
|-
| [http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden_sp/basics/index.html Sci10]
| child x-y
| Mi primer jardin
| [[spanish]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
| [http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/En_Espanol.html Sci11]
| ''undtermined''
| NASA Interactive solar system exploration (US Gov)
| [[spanish]]
| ''free?''
|-
| [http://coleccion.educ.ar/coleccion/CD7/index.html Misc09]
| ''various''
| A CD titled "Activities with Free Software" (''Actividades con Software Libre'') with subjects ranging mathematics, language, drawing and transportation/road-sign codes
| [[spanish]]
| free
|-
| [http://www.arrayaneduca.cl/ Misc10]
| ''various''
| A Chilean publisher with text subjects in math, science, language, and social science
| [[spanish]]
| CC licensing
|-
| [http://www.storyplace.org/sp/storyplace.asp Lit07]
| child x-y
| Story Place (US local Gov.)
| [[spanish]]
| ''free?''
|-
| [http://www.educar.org Misc11]
| ''various''
| Great site in Spanish with lesson plans, articles, and forums for teachers
| [[spanish]]
| NC license
|-
| [http://coleccion.educ.ar/ Misc15]
| K-12
| Collection of several CD's published by [http://www.educ.ar educ.ar]
| [[spanish]]
| ''NC / undetermined''?
|-
| [http://coleccion.educ.ar/coleccion/CD4/contenidos/recursos/bancos-de-imagenes/imag_educar.html Img07]
| child x-y
| Collection of schooler images
| [[spanish]]
| ''NC / undetermined''?
|-
| [http://www.indiana.edu/~clacs/CAMVA/scamva.html Img08]
| ''undtermined''
| Central American and Mexican Video archive<br />''(es - needs to be checked by a Spanish speaker)''
| [[spanish]]?
| '''--not free--'''
|-
| [http://kidshealth.org/kid/en_espanol/ Hea09]
| child x-y
| kidshealth.org
| [[spanish]]
| '''--not free--'''
|-
|}


=Arabic (اللغة العربية)=
Syvum Learning, comprehensive educational site, resources k-12 and beyond (not free) [br.syvum.com].


{|
Brazilian Public Domain (Dominio Publico) Search [www.dominiopublico.gov.br]
|-

! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! copyrights
Brazilian External Relations Ministry (with texts and images from Brazil) [http://www.mre.gov.br/]
|-

| [http://typo38.unesco.org/ar/unesco-home.html UNK01]
Brazilian birds (Portugues, Francais, English. Brazilian govt) [http://www.mma.gov.br/ingles/cgmi/cantoave/canto.html#]
| ''undetermined''

| UNESCO
='''Español'''=
| [[arabic]]

| '''--not free--'''
Syvum Education Portal (not free) [http://www.syvum.es/]
|-

| [http://www.jsd.k12.ca.us/bf/bflibrary/Arabkid.htm Misc12]
UNESCO (not free?) [http://portal.unesco.org/es].
| K-12 portal

| Arabic Kids Sites (US local)
UNESCO Fotobanco (not free) [http://photobank.unesco.org/exec/search.htm?lang=es]
| [[arabic]]

| free linking to non-free probably
National Institute of
|-
Environmental Health Sciences (US Gov) [http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kidspan/home.htm]
| [http://www.arabo.com/links/,200,230,199,200,199,202/,199,225,216,221,225/ Misc12]

| ''undetermined''
Open Directory School activities (mostly not free) [http://dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/International/Espa%c3%b1ol/Actividades_escolares/]
| More Arabic Kids Sites

| [[arabic]]
Mi primer jardin (not free). [http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/firstgarden_sp/basics/index.html]
| '''non-free/commercial''

|-
NASA Interactive solar system exploration (US Gov). [http://www.nasa.gov/about/highlights/En_Espanol.html]
| [http://www.tps.edu.ee/nastik/ar-en/ Lit08]

| ''undetermined''
A CD titled "Activities with Free Software" (''Actividades con Software Libre'') with subjects ranging mathematics, language, drawing and transportation/road-sign codes. [http://coleccion.educ.ar/coleccion/CD7/index.html]
| القاموس. Arabic to English (and English to Arabic dictionary)

| [[arabic]]
A Chilean publisher with text subjects in math, science, language, and social science (uses CC licensing). [http://www.arrayaneduca.cl/]
| ''not free? university''

|-
Story Place (US local Gov.) [http://www.storyplace.org/sp/storyplace.asp]
|}

Great site in Spanish with lesson plans, articles, and forums for teachers (NC license). [http://www.educar.org]

Actually this is part of a collection of several CD's published by [http://www.educ.ar educ.ar] that apparently holds the copyrights... License information unavailable. [http://coleccion.educ.ar/coleccion/CD4/contenidos/recursos/bancos-de-imagenes/imag_educar.html]

Central American and Mexican Video archive (not free) (es - needs to be checked by a Spanish speaker)[http://www.indiana.edu/~clacs/CAMVA/scamva.html]

kidshealth.org (not free) [http://kidshealth.org/kid/en_espanol/]

='''Arabic (اللغة العربية)'''=

UNESCO (not free) [http://typo38.unesco.org/ar/unesco-home.html].

Arabic Kids Sites (US local, free linking to non-free probably) [http://www.jsd.k12.ca.us/bf/bflibrary/Arabkid.htm]

More Arabic Kids Sites (non-free/commercial) [http://www.arabo.com/links/,200,230,199,200,199,202/,199,225,216,221,225/]

القاموس. Arabic to English (and English to Arabic dictionary) (not free? university) [http://www.tps.edu.ee/nastik/ar-en/]




==Open Directory Resources==
==Open Directory Resources==


{|
Open Directory - Educational Institutions [http://dmoz.org/World/Arabic/%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85/%d9%85%d8%a4%d8%b3%d9%91%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%aa_%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%8a%d9%91%d8%a9/]
|-

! Site !! Audience !! Content !! Lang(s) !! copyrights
Open Directory - Languages [http://dmoz.org/World/Arabic/%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85/%d9%84%d8%ba%d8%a7%d8%aa/]
|-

Open Directory - Lesson plans [http://dmoz.org/World/Arabic/%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85/%d9%86%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%a6%d8%ad_%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9/]
| [http://dmoz.org/World/Arabic/%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85/%d9%85%d8%a4%d8%b3%d9%91%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%aa_%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%8a%d9%91%d8%a9/ Misc13]
| Ed.Inst. portal
| Open Directory - Educational Institutions
| [[arabic]]
|
|-
| [http://dmoz.org/World/Arabic/%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85/%d9%84%d8%ba%d8%a7%d8%aa/ Misc14]
| ''portal''
| Open Directory - Languages
| [[arabic]]
|
|-
| [http://dmoz.org/World/Arabic/%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%85/%d9%86%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%a6%d8%ad_%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d8%b1%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9/ Tea03]
| Open Directory - Lesson plans
| [[arabic]]
|
|-
|}




Revision as of 17:28, 27 March 2007

The intent of this page is to gather references and source of content that can be used to demo the XO around.

Currently, the constraints are:

  • In english (the intended targets are Nigeria and Rwanda)
  • In spanish (the intended targets are Argentina and Uruguay).
  • In portuguese (the intended target is Brazil)
  • Open - compatible Creative Commons licenses are: CC-Attribution Non-commercial (by-nc) & CC-Attribution (by)
  • Subjects (in descending priorities) literacy, math, health, great images, geography/science/landmarks/art/history


English

Literacy

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
Lit01a
Lit01b 		child x-y Translation Dictionary for Children
Replacement images can be found here: 		various => various unknown
Lit02 child x-y Contains many books in full-text english unknown
Lit03 child? x-y Kennesaw resources for learning Spanish english => spanish --not free--
Lit04 child x-y Charlotte and Mecklenberg countries children's library english -free?-
Lit05 child x-y Introduction from English to French english => french --not free--
Lit06 child x-y Introduction from English to Spanish english => spanish --not free--

Math

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
Mat01 parents Some simple math exercises geared toward parents trying to informally teach their youngish children. english
Mat02 parents? Some simple math exercises geared toward parents trying to informally teach their youngish children. english
Mat03 adolescent? An online graphing tool. (US Gov) english
Mat04 adolescent? Math problems, fun for kids. For some reason they seemed to be Italy themed. (US Gov) english
Mat05 teachers NSA Collected learning units. Aside from some mention of U.S. currency, thoroughly appropriate lessons in mathematics english
Mat06 child x-y? Football/Soccer related math activities for kids english

Health

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
Hea01 children The milk matters campaign! (Some decent kids materials, re: calcium, brushing teeth.) english
Hea02 undetermined NiH curriculum supplements. Needs to be parsed extensively, there are some amazing interactive activities. Deserves more examination. english
Hea03 children National Institute of Environmental Health Science (US Gov) english
Hea04 child x-y Smallstep Nutrition (US Gov) english
Hea05 child x-y US Food and Drug Administration for kids (US Gov) english
Hea06 child x-y Kids' Health english --not free--
Hea07 child x-y MyPyramid.gov food pyramid (US Gov) english
Hea08 undetermined BAM! Body and Mind. Lessons on disease, nutrition and fitness (US Gov) english

Great Images

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
Img01 all A UNESCO collection of images --not free--
Img02 all National geographic photos '--not free--
Img03 all Corbis - Royalty free images apparently, the site claims you can use them "any way you want." free?
Img04 all Tech4Learning images claimed free license
Img05 all More royalty free images (from images.com) free

Other

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
Oth01 undetermined New Zealand Digital Library english --not free--
Oth02 undetermined Digital Librarian, massive compendium of "librarian's choice" links english --not free--
Oth03 undetermined UNESCO -not free-?

Misc Resources

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
Misc01 portal Federal Resources for Educational Excellence. Primarily a portal to free educational resources, often to US Gov't sites english gen. free license
Misc02 parents (& child?) The helping your child series, from the US Dept. of Ed. Its good stuff, though directed to adults instead of kids. Still, easy enough to understand, and fun enough to include? english
Misc03 teachers? Almost certainly free, electronic classrooms from Los Angeles Country Dept. of Ed. Good stuff. Direct link to the classrooms english -free'?

For Students

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
Stud01 portal Syvum - Education portal english --not free--
Stud02 child x-y Eduplace.com international english, others? --not free--
Stud03 child x-y PBS Kids english --not free--
Stud04 child x-y Getty Foundation for kids (includes whyville and other games) english --not free--
Stud05 child x-y UMich Internet public lib kidspace english --not free--

For Teachers

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
Tea01 teacher Scholastic (not free), however we're in talks to receive some of their content english --not free--
Tea02 teacher Teaching Ideas. Decent site, lots of (primarily lesson plans) with what appear to be an excellent collection of activities english NC license

Geography

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
Geo01 undetermined Huge collection of maps, nearly 15,000 from numerous historical periods english? NC license
Geo02 undetermined Geography from the Smithsonian institution english --not free--
Geo03 undetermined World Flags english --not free--
Geo04 undetermined Nat'l Geographic Map Machine english --not free--
Geo05 undetermined UN Maps english --not free--
Geo06 undetermined Perry-Castaneda maps (UTexas) english probably not free

Science

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
Sci01 undetermined Interactive solar system exploration. Has a low bandwidth version (US Gov) english free?
Sci02 undetermined National Science Digital Library collections by topic (primarily National Science foundation) english unable to determine
Sci03 undetermined Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cool Science (mostly Biology) english --not free--
Sci04 undeteremined Smithsonian for students (Science and Nature) english --not free--
Sci05 undeteremined "My first garden" english --not free--
Sci06 undeteremined US Geo. Survey - biology (US Gov) english free?
Sci07 undeteremined Whyfiles - Science behind the news english --not free--
Sci08 undetermined UNESCO Exploratorium - Children's digital museum english --not free--

Art

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
Art01 various Open Directory Showcase for Kids Art english free?
Art02 child x-y Kids art site english --not free--
Art03 undetermined International Child Art foundation resources english --not free--
Art04 undetermined Metropolitan museum of art resources english --not free--
Art05 various Classical archives - 7300 classical midis english --not free--

History

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
Hist01 child x-y Social Studies for Kids - History links english --not free--
Hist02 undetermined UNESCO World Heritage Sites List english --not free--

Português

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
Misc04 various Open Directory, Educational activities portuguese --mostly not free--
Art06 various Open Directory, Art links portuguese --mostly not free--
Stu06 K-12+ Syvum Learning, comprehensive educational site, resources k-12 and beyond portuguese --not free--
Misc05 search Brazilian Public Domain (Dominio Publico) Search portuguese
Misc06 undetermined Brazilian External Relations Ministry (with texts and images from Brazil) portuguese
Sci09 undetermined Brazilian birds (Brazilian govt) portuguese, french, english

Español

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
Stu07 K-12+ Syvum Education Portal spanish --not free--
Misc07 undtermined UNESCO portal spanish --not free?--
Img06 all UNESCO Fotobanco spanish --not free--
Hea09 undetermined National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (US Gov) spanish free?
Misc08 undetermined Open Directory School activities spanish --mostly not free--
Sci10 child x-y Mi primer jardin spanish --not free--
Sci11 undtermined NASA Interactive solar system exploration (US Gov) spanish free?
Misc09 various A CD titled "Activities with Free Software" (Actividades con Software Libre) with subjects ranging mathematics, language, drawing and transportation/road-sign codes spanish free
Misc10 various A Chilean publisher with text subjects in math, science, language, and social science spanish CC licensing
Lit07 child x-y Story Place (US local Gov.) spanish free?
Misc11 various Great site in Spanish with lesson plans, articles, and forums for teachers spanish NC license
Misc15 K-12 Collection of several CD's published by educ.ar spanish NC / undetermined?
Img07 child x-y Collection of schooler images spanish NC / undetermined?
Img08 undtermined Central American and Mexican Video archive
(es - needs to be checked by a Spanish speaker) 		spanish? --not free--
Hea09 child x-y kidshealth.org spanish --not free--

Arabic (اللغة العربية)

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
UNK01 undetermined UNESCO arabic --not free--
Misc12 K-12 portal Arabic Kids Sites (US local) arabic free linking to non-free probably
Misc12 undetermined More Arabic Kids Sites arabic 'non-free/commercial
Lit08 undetermined القاموس. Arabic to English (and English to Arabic dictionary) arabic not free? university


Open Directory Resources

Site Audience Content Lang(s) copyrights
Misc13 Ed.Inst. portal Open Directory - Educational Institutions arabic
Misc14 portal Open Directory - Languages arabic
Tea03 Open Directory - Lesson plans arabic
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