Volume 5, Issue 4 April 2015 Monthly Newsletter Welcome! Have your students tried to draw or paint with online programs? Some of our favorites include the following: Welcome to the students, teachers, and librarians of La Grange, Kentucky! We’re happy you are using Infotopia.info, Infotrek.info and Kidtopia.info for your research needs! April is National Poetry Month Picassohead http://www.picassohead.com/ Create a “Picasso-like” drawing and send it to someone via email or share it on the Picassohead Gallery. Students may become so inspired that they investigate real Picasso works of art! Other fun sketching, drawing, and painting programs include: Sketchpad https://sketch.io/sketchpad/ Artpad http://artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/ Canvastic.net http://canvastic.net/net.html Sketch Swap http://www.sketchswap.com/ Draw a sketch, submit it, and receive a sketch done by someone else. Queeky http://www.queeky.com/ Watch a video of a digital artwork as it is drawn from top to bottom. Get inspired from the artwork that has already been submitted, and start to draw and share your skills with the community. Celebrate National Poetry Month with the following resources! National Poetry Month http://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/home Poem in Your Pocket Day (April 30, 2015) http://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/poem-your-pocket-day Poetry Resources from Infotopia and Kidtopia http://www.infotopia.info/poetry.html http://www.kidtopia.info/poetry.html The Complete Works of Shakespeare (free) http://shakespeare.mit.edu/ Bartleby’s Great Books Online—Verse Bartleby’s includes free anthologies and volumes of poetry. http://www.bartleby.com/verse/ All About Free Online Newspapers in Hundreds of Languages Infotopia Newsletter April Events Earth Day—April 22, 2015 Infotopia links to 12 resources for Earth Day http://www.infotopia.info/earth_day.html National Poetry Month (see page 1) National Library Week—April 12-18, 2015 “Unlimited Possibilities @ Your Library” http://www.ala.org/conferencesevents/celebrationweeks/natlibraryweek April 2015 page 2 \ If you want to subscribe to our Infotopia newsletters, just send us an email. bell@infotopia.info Dr. Michael Bell and Carole Bell (Retired) Librarians/Teachers http://www.infotopia.info http://www.kidtopia.info http://www.infotrek.info http://www.academicindex.net http://www.teachertopia.info As you know, our web sites/search engines are free. To help support us, please “share,” “tweet,” or “like” our web sites or go to: http://www.infotopia.info/support.html Subscribe to our blog by email at: http://www.infotopiaworld.com/ Find our newsletters and presentations at: http://www.infotopia.info/newsletter.html National Mathematics Education Month http://www.learner.org/interactives/dailymath/ Subscribe to our YouTube Channel at: http://www.youtube.com/infotopiaworld Follow us on Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/infotopia Arbor Day—April 29, 2015 http://www.arborday.org/ http://www.kidtopia.info/technology.html Designed for students in grades K-3 or 4, Kidtopia has a new page of resources on technology, including the Internet, computing, robots, alternative energy sources, nuclear power, and technology projects. 2 We appreciate your feedback! Carole and Mike Bell The picture on the front page of http://www.infotopia.info changes almost every day. If you “hover” over “About Photo” at the bottom of the screen, you will see a description of each photo. Also, if you “click” on the words “About Photo,” you will go to a video or web site about the photo. What is today’s photo? Did you recognize it without reading about it? What is your favorite photo? Share ideas for future photos. We love to hear from you! Send us an email or contact us via the “Sign Up Here Button” at the top left of the Infotopia front page.
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