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Collected by: Miramonte High School

Archived since: Dec, 2008

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This listing, collected by the Miramonte High School journalism 1 class 2008-09, reflects websites that teens frequent for help with assignments and for learning.

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Title: Animal Diversity Web

URL: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html

Description: Everybody has a favorite animal, and wants to know more about them. the animal diversity web has tons of detailed information about different species of animals. Students can use it for reports, or just to learn for fun.

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Title: Yahoo! Answers

URL: http://answers.yahoo.com/

Description: This is a site where people can ask questions, and other people can respond with the answer. Teens today use this site for anything from makeup tips, to homework help, to ideas for their next birthday party. It really represents what modern teens have questions about.

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Title: Citation Machine

URL: http://citationmachine.net/

Description: This website helps students easily created bibliographies for any school projects that may require them. You can enter information on a book, website, or any other source and Citation Machine will correctly cite the source. Many student find this to be extremely helpful in easily creating a correct bibliography.

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Title: Dictionary.com

URL: http://dictionary.reference.com/

Description: Oftentimes there are words that teenagers don't understand the meaning of. Dictionary.com is a quick and easy solution. The website also has a thesaurus and a newly added translator.

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Title: Dictionary.com

URL: http://dictionary.reference.com/translate

Description: The online dictionary’s website translator is a helpful tool for student’s language homework. Teenagers in language classes often don’t know a few words of what they need to complete their homework for their language classes. Dictionary.com’s translator is a simple way to find out a word or sentence that is needed to complete a report or assignment.

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Title: Drivers Education

URL: http://driversed.com/

Description: DriversEd.com and other similar websites provide a quick and easy education for future drivers trying to get their permit.

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Title: Wikipedia - Biology

URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology

Description: This article on Biology is helpful to teens, for Biology is a course that many High School students take. Although some teachers are skeptical about the editing of Wikipedia pages and faulty information, this particular page offers a lot of interesting and helpful information to students.

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Title: Wikipedia - Timeline of the French Revolution

URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_French_Revolution

Description: Many students use Wikipedia to find information for research reports. This specific entry gives a timeline of events in the French Revolution. This is a subject that students often have to research.

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Title: Blackboard Academic Suite

URL: http://miramonte.acalanes.k12.ca.us/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp

Description: Blackboard is a website that schools from all around the country use to let teachers and students communicate while they are away from the classroom. Students use the website to check their homework assignments and to submit assignments. Teachers use the website to post documents, grades, and homework assignments. Blackboard is like an electronic agenda that students can access from home in case the "forget" to write their homework down in class.

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Title: Yahoo! Music - Internet, Radio, Music Videos, Artists, Interviews and Performances

URL: http://new.music.yahoo.com/

Description: Yahoo! Music is an archive of music of all genres. This is popular with teens because they can browse their favorite videos for free and watch exclusive interviews with their favorite artists. They can also buy songs for their MP3 player.

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Title: BBC News

URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Description: BBC News gives the news from a perspective that most American teens don't usually see. A non-domestic view, a lot of the news deals with world problems rather than mostly domestic problems.

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Title: Yahoo News

URL: http://news.yahoo.com/

Description: This is a great site for teenagers to view the news of the day and it helps them to understand the information especially if they are members of yahoo. Yahoo gives information very quickly and is one of the most reliable sources for a person who wants to learn about the information of the day.

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Title: No Fear Shakespeare

URL: http://nfs.sparknotes.com/

Description: When reading Shakespeare in English, often students are confused by the archaic language used in his plays. No Fear Shakespeare offers a modern translation of Shakespeare plays, and places it side-to-side with the original text.

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Title: Classzone-World Of Chemistry

URL: http://www.classzone.com/cz/books/woc_07/book_home.htm?state=CA

Description: Classzone is a website that students can take pretests on. Although it contains many various subjects. The most popular is science. According to the textbook you use, the website has quizzes according to that textbook and what chapter you need to be quizzed on. This reflects teen culture because our school life is very stressful and anything to make it easier is something we use.

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Title: Cliff Notes

URL: http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/

Description: Free academic help with many subjects at school, ranging from literature, language, history, science, and math. This site is popular for students to find quick summaries or explanations for lessons they learn in school.

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Title: CNN

URL: http://www.cnn.com/

Description: CNN is a website that gives teens world news. It is also a tv broadcast and displays the same information as seen on tv. Many teens who are interested in the news use this site when they miss the news or are already online.

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Title: Africa: News & Videos about Africa-- CNN.com

URL: http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/archive/

Description: CNN is a news site that helps many catch up on current events, especially the Africa page. At the moment, Africa is always in the news, and teens have become interested in helping the people in war torn countries. This site give new and interesting information that gives a new sense of sympathy to teens.

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Title: Free Translation and Professional Translation Services from SDL

URL: http://www.freetranslation.com/

Description: When teenagers have questions about how to phrase something in french or Spanish, they can type it into the translator. It's a simple, quick and free tool that answers homework questions without a hassle.

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Title: IMDB

URL: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0830515/

Description: Often teens will use the Internet movie database to look up new movies that they want to see. I recently used this website to research the latest James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, to see if i could solve some unanswered questions i had after seeing it. Kids will also look up the movies they have seen a thousand times to find out more interesting tidbits and trivia that most people don't know.

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Title: Invisible Children

URL: http://www.invisiblechildren.com/home.php

Description: The Invisible Children website is for an organization which aids children in Uganda. After Uganda ’s current president, Yoweri Museveni, took control, a group of northern fighters called the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) lead by Joseph Kony, have terrorized the citizens of Uganda and abducted more than 60,000 children to fill their army. Invisible Children is a nonprofit organization started by three young filmmakers who traveled to Uganda and ended up finding out about how the children there are affected by the fighting. Many schools across America have Invisible Children clubs and the organization’s roadies travel around to different schools showing their main documentary, Invisible Children: The Rough Cut, which can be purchased or seen on youtube.com in various parts.

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Title: Noodletools

URL: http://www.noodletools.com/

Description: Noodletools has several software tools aimed to help teachers and students. One of the tools featured is NoodleBib, which automatically creates bibliographies based on the information entered. Many students use NoodleBib to create a bibliography for projects requiring citations.

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Title: Seventh Sanctum

URL: http://www.seventhsanctum.com/

Description: This site gives ideas for people who are stuck while writing. Many teens get stuck while attempting to write essays or stories for class. Some ambitious kids need ideas for the next plot twist in their novels. The site consists of many generators that spit out unusual and often ridiculous but inspiring ideas. There are generators for characters, names, settings, organizations, and interesting scenarios.

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Title: Snopes

URL: http://www.snopes.com/

Description: The TV show Mythbusters is very popular for the way they dispel—or confirm—urban legends. Snopes is basically Mythbusters for the web. Tons of information is available, encompassing subjects such as the War on Terror and Hurricane Katrina, as well as a variety of e-mail scams, and more. For any rumors/myths teens want to check out, Snopes is the place to do it.

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Title: Spanish to English Dictionary|Translation|Translator

URL: http://www.spanishdict.com/

Description: The online Spanish dictionary is a reference center that is used daily by students learning Spanish. Its simple format makes learning new Spanish words effortless. Simply type in a Spanish or English word that you need translated and it will not only tell you the word, but also a bunch of other ways the word is used and its verb form. This online form of a Spanish-English dictionary shows that our teen population is just too lazy to go through a real dictionary and instead get the translation within seconds.

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Title: Sparknotes

URL: http://www.sparknotes.com/

Description: Many students use spark notes as an alternative to reading a boring novel in their class. Spark notes simplifies the text into modern common language and gives the reader or student only the necessary facts without other ideas that aren't significant within the story.

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Title: The Hunger Site

URL: http://www.thehungersite.com/

Description: The Hunger Site is an innovative website that helps fight against hunger in third world countries. Teens can simply click a button on the website, and by doing so, they donate the value of 1.1 cups of food to the hungry, simply by clicking.

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Title: Urban Dictionary: hip hop

URL: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hip+hop

Description: Urban Dictionary is a website that contains a lot of slang terms of phrases used by teens of 2008. Teens can add words and update definitions of words. Website viewers can rate definitions and comment on definitions that other people posted.

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Title: New and used car inventory, vehicle specifications, sell your car

URL: http://www.vehix.com//default.aspx

Description: Vehix.com is an online site where people can sell and buy new and used cars. One can also research cars using the many helpful tools located on the site. It is representative to teen culture because it is very helpful to teens looking to buy their first car.

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