Link to Sam Rayburn ISD's Accelerated Reader testing site.

a place to search for books for which tests have been written

a place to recommend a book to have an AR test created

Books and magazines for students with print disabilties

Fantasy & Adventure Stories:  fairy tales, tall tales, Aesop's fables, nursery rhymes, holiday stories, parables,

Books and magazines for students with print disabilities (blindness, dyslexia, dysgraphia, convergence insufficiency or some other type of visual disability which inhibits a person effectively reading print because of physical, perceptual, developmental, cognitive or learning disability).

An interactive video for student participation.

username:  samrayburn

password:  brainpop

Note:  to access the free BrainPOP Educators section, you will need to go through a short online registration process where you crete your own username/password and then activate it through the e-mail you receive.

Some movies/quizzes are available in Spanish at http://www.es.brainpop.com

username:  samrayburnsch

password:  Ktwelve

This site also includes Enciclopedia Juvenil & Gran Enciclopedia Planeta

Individual username and password required for login

This site includes at least 100 Spanish videos.

username:  sres

password:  rebels

This site also has EBSCOhost Espanol.

username:  srisd

password:  iv2008

Sept 1 - May 21

Purpose:  Braum's Book Buddy is a reading incentive program for students in Gr 1-5 created as an effort to promote a positive attitude in children and a lifetime love of reading.  Students receive a Braum's coupon after he/she has read six books.  Readers can earn up to 6 free Braum's treats (Single Dip Sundaes, Single Dip Ice Cream Cone and more) throughout the year.

Oct 1 - March 31

Purpose:  Book It! is a reading incentive program that is held for six months of the school year for Grades K-6.  Students who reach their monthly reading goal get a certificate for a free, one-topping personal pan pizza.

Jan 1 - Feb 28/29

Purpose:  This unique recreational reading program for K-6 students provides students an opportunity to earn a free ticket to their nearest Six Flags Park.  Each student who reads and logs 600 minutes during the 2 month period will receive a free ticket.

The Texas Bluebonnet Award (TBA) reading program was established in 1979 to encourage Texas children to read more books, explore a variety of current books, develop powers of discrimination, and identify their favorite books.

The program is aimed at students in grades 3-6.  Participating students must read a minimum of five books from the current master list of nominees before they may vote for their favorite title.  Voting takes place on the last day of January each year.

view paintings, sculptures and artifacts--some in 360 degree view

Tour two fossil halls:   hall of saurischian dinosaurs and/or the hall of ornithischian dinosaurs

series of video narrated tours of the dioramas--african lion, mountain gorilla, cuthbert rookery, mountain lion, Alaska moose, Upper Nile region, wolf, Alaska brown bear, African buffalo, klipspringer, mountain goat, the great bear of Alaska, wild goats

In this virtual tour you can see the villa from all sides and enter the inside rooms.

explore exhibition highlights, butterfly cams, or the virtual tour

see restorations of paintings, examine types of currency, look at the historic clothing, and explore colonial maps

watch specific places such as Times Square, Key West, Statue of Liberty, Thassos, Greece, Brooklyn Bridge.  See construction sites such as World Trade Center, Lake Champlain Bridge, GWB Presidential Center.  Watch live streaming of an osprey nest, giant pandas at the Atlanta Zoo, puppies in an animal shelter, budgies and their chicks, a young foal and his mother, and more

resource list of virtual field trip sites

a listing of popular virtual trips

look for the showcases of artifacts from the collection, case files from the history of science and technology, and/or explore the heart and brain

view 29 of the 99 battlefields panoramas--click on "hotspots" within the panorama to take you to new locations on the battlefied

a 360 degree tour of parts of the wall (you can advance on the wall as if walking)

watch a video of a baby chick being born or the moving of a submarine, use the activities that cover the circulatory system, colors of lights, straw bridges, pop rockets, simple machines, building an electric motor, food ingredients, habitat overcrowding, extracting DNA, analyze candy using chromatography, porridge thermal energy, worm farming, solar cooking, and much more!

tour the museum and see more than 1,200 objects on exhibition

Tour the collection where you can search by artist, title, or subject.

go on a Thanksgiving virtual field trip or see a 360 degree tour of the English village

tour the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and learn about geology and some strange things

explore the paintings of the Sistine Chapel

choose from places in Wester US, Eastern US, Europe, and the World to see places such as Antarctica stations, traffic in Hong Kong, Mt. Fuji, the Panama Canal locks, Prauge Castle, and a gazillion more things!

an interactive tour of the White House including the West Wing, Residence, East Wing, and South Lawn

award-winning cams such as African safari, pandas in Zhuang Zhuang, China, the French Alps, and an archeological site of the Roman Imperial Forums

complete cross-indexed listing directory that is searchable by region, theme, and name

makes beautiful videos from images quickly--also can add music

build your own video game

an audio editor for recording, slicing, and mixing

easily record and share audio

make your own music or remix just about anything else

do fun stuff with your digital photos--make posters, calendars, magazine covers, badges, mosaics, collages, trading cards, puzzles and much more!

make and share your own comic strips with thousands of others

makes your images talk

free application to brainstorm online

Annotate and edit PDFs

one of the top social bookmarking sites on the web

popular social bookmarking site

Create animations using this simple website

A free cloud service that lets you drop your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them.  Never email yourself a file again!

social learning environment and one of the best ways to teach with tech

Rich media presentation tool

popular photo-sharing site which now lets you print

create and share posters and images (and even embed music!)

state-of-the-art animation tools for schools

cloud-based system for creating and editing real-time documents

view anywhere in the world anytime

make your own website while knowing nothing about websites!

free image and video screen capturin software that can be shared instantly over the web

cool way to make a movie, card, picture, and share it all

innovative way to understand history by creating your own digital museum box

virtually publish your book and sell it

create your own social network (note:  this is now a cost-based membership)

thousands of educational wikis and workspaces (build your own!)

photo editing tool

a place to host podcasts

easy way to share visual ideas

innovative way to share presentations without PowerPoint

web-based word processor

an online painting application for use with photos and images

learning management, online education tools, and much more

create and share stories, games, art, etc.

share your presentation, documents and videos with millions

innovative way to organize your web visits

build your own stories with images and share them with others

easy way to create your own stories and illustrate them

takes it a step further than Wordle as text--can be used to build bigger images

fantastic timeline visualization tool to understand history

Easily publish custom comic strips

rich and free blog hosting platform offering customizable templates, bookmarklets, photos, mobile apps, and social networking

micro blogging service

A cloud-based system that is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos using voice (mic or phone), text, audio file, or video (via webcam).  Has the ability for users to doodle, embed, and export.

create your own avatar--use a variety of accents or your own voice!

online notice board maker (or bulletin board)

make your own caution and warnings signs in a flash!

very easy to use website or blog creator

make rounded corner graphics, tiny little graphic text tags, stickynotes, animated text icon, scrolling typerwriter text, speech bubbles on pictures, animated Super Mario Brothers screen, street signs, animated LED sign, motivational poster, and image macros

create your own collaborative workspace

easily make your own flash-based website

create a beautiful aggregation of any amount of text

content publishing system--way beyong just blogging

tell your story by choosing from hundreds of actors, type & record your dialogue, select your background--it's instant animation film making!

An alternative to Google Apps