Volume 2, Issue 5

May 1, 2012 Monthly Newsletter

Check out our latest Popular Topics on Infotopia.info that have been requested by teachers for use by their students.

http://www.infotopia.info/popular_topics.html

Among others, these topics include:

The Holocaust

Hispanic Biographies

Texas History

Decades of U. S. History

Climate Change/Global Warming

Earth Day

Do you have a “Hot Topic” that you need us to include? Let us know at bell@infotopia.info

Recommended Copyright Web Sites

http://www.copyrightkids.org/

http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf

http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/zoomcomic.html

http://www.ncwiseowl.org/zones/copyright/students.html

http://www.copyright.gov/

Videos on Copyright

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lElsZd3511o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiq42O6rhW4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UWaQK5Wbvs&feature=relmfu

Questions to Ask • What is fair use? • What can I legally use in a report,

presentation, or movie for my students? • How can I make sure that my work is

copyrighted? • Where can I get graphics and sound files

that are in the public domain? • Do my students understand the basics of

copyright?

Love to travel during the summer? Explore the best places on the web to make sure that your trip is an adventure, not a nightmare. And then, take some time for yourself! See you next month!

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CIA World FactBook Need a great web site for researching countries, flags, and regional maps of the world? You can also do comparisons of countries for 63 fields in six of the nine Factbook categories.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

DropBox

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Great Apps for your iPad

Dropbox

iBooks

Kindle

Simple Solitaire

Calculator for your iPad

WebMD

Google Earth

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