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School Stuff |
Internet Issues |
Tech Toys |
Entertainment |
Library/Literary Resources |
Teen Organizations |
Only For Teens |
Humor |
Anime |
School Stuff
Rochester School District Home Page - This page provides infomration on the entire school district iincluding information on the individual schools.
Campus Tours - If you're interested in a college but don't have the time/money to visit, this site will give you a list of interactive tours and campus photos from colleges across the country.
College and Career Planning - Representing a one stop shopping approach to college prep, this site provides links to sites all over the Internet dealing with all aspects of college and career planning.
What Can I Do With A Major In - Now you too can answer that age old question, what does a Philosophy major do after gradutation?
BJ Pinchbeck - This site is one of the earlier sites on the web. Since 1996 BJ and his Dad have collected over 600 links in a variety of catagories.
big class action - wwww.bigclassaction is a web site that provides a free service that allows the customer to file a complaint, Then the site connects the user with an appropriate lawyer. If the case meets the proper gide lines it can also be filed to start a class action.
Recruiting staffing job search - Resume Miners provides recruiting, staffing and employee acquisition solutions to help clients effectively manage customer relationships and achieve business objectives.
Reading Rants - This site is great if your looking for something new to read. The site has a great list of current books with different themes.
Crafty Teen - Craftyteen has lots of interesting link for different crafts, including cloths,food, hobbies and gardening, with plenty of instructions and pictures.
Teaching English As Foreign Language - Great resource for ESL information including TESL or TEFL Certificates.
Pop Life Art - Pop Life Art contains a listing of celebrities (actors, singers, musicians, athletes, etc.) that create fine art paintings, drawings and photographs. It includes links to the artists' websites and online galleries where their artwork can be viewed and purchased.
Internet/World Issues
Peacefire - Peacefire.org is a non-profit group against Internet censorship. Includes information about current censorship of the web and its efforts to stop it.
Elecronic Frontier Foundation - This organization promotes the freedom of expression for digital material.
Teen Safety on the Web - This site covers all the possible dangers and pitfalls of using the Internet, from spamming to chat rooms.
Hunger Site - This popular web site is set up around a simple concept. Every time somebody clicks on the donate food button the sponsors of the site donate some food to a needy country.
Evaluation Web Sites - This straightforward guide can help you decide if a site is being helpful or just pulling your chain.
AiM - You can talk to your friends through the internet.
Tech Toys
Logo - For all of you who have ever wanted to learn a programing language this site will teach you a simple language called Logo and even allow you to program on-line.
Keeping Up With Time - f you have nothing else to do check out this mindless site and make time fly.
SETI@home - For all you astronomy buffs or just people who saw Contact, the SETI institute is looking for people who are willing to use their computers to help in the search for life out there.
Cool Quiz - Play one of the many quizzes on this site which cover just about anything imaginable. You can also create your own quiz for other people to try.
Bills Games - For all you people like me, who don't like plug-ins this site provides a dozen online games that don't require any special plug-ins.
How Stuff Works - If you ever wondered how a TV works or what's behind those web servers this site will be very informative.
Terraserver - This impressive site allows you to view satilite pictures of any part of the US with 1 meter resolution.
Boolean Searching - You can save yourself quite a bit of time by learning to use simple boolean logic with search engines.
Maximum Hardware - For the advanced computer user, this site will tell you all need to know about squeezing that last little bit out of your hardware.
Vmyths - While computer viruses are a big problem that email warning that you just got may be a hoax. This site will help you seperate fact from fiction.
Earth Calendar - Searchable by date, you will now know what holidays you should stay home from school to celebrate.
Bubble Wrap - If you didn't waste enough time making time fly check out another mindless site.
Free Websites - a super fun way to make your own website! You can do anything you want on this website...make articles, pictures and just about anything you want. There are boundries though, it will be scanned after you make the website and if you make an inapropriate website it will be reported, deleted and you will not be able too make awebsite ever again with this engine.
Entertainment
Warner Brothers - The sight for information on all Warner Brothers TV shows including Buff the Vampire Slayer and Dawsons Creek.
UBL.com - Provides information on anything music including album info and tour dates.
E! - The online version of the cable channel provides news and gossip for the entertainment world.
Radio Stations - All the way from MIT this site provides a list of different radio stations around the world that are online. Many of these broadcast over the Internet.
Zap2it - A online TV guide, this site has information about what's playing both on and off-line.
Money Origami - Now you too can fold dollar bills into weird shapes.
MTV - The popular "music television" website, with much information on the latest bands, songs, and shows.
Miniclips - Fun and appropriate games.
SegPlay - Online Paint by Number - SegPlay is a fun, free, and challenging interactive artistic experience which allows you to color in detailed patterns of photographs and well known art images, without lifting a paint brush or crayon. Its the largest collection of Paint by Number patterns on the Internet!
Google Fight - pick two words and see how many times they come up with a search on the internet. The one with the most response wins
ET: Entertainment Online - Lost of pictures, lots of entertainment information. It's a great place to find info about up-and-coming stars.
New Grounds - A site that has games, cartoons, and spoofs and it's free you need flash player to run this all have fun.
LGB Trains - I think that these sites would be good for those who are into G scale trains or are looking at model trains for a hobby.
Celebrity Hangman - Watch your favorite celebrity get hanged when you can not find the answer.
Jig Zone - This is a fun site if you like puzzles and have a few minutes to waste.
Addicting Games - Great site for free games to play.
RuneScape - A fun RPG that you make your own character and venture in a big world with lots of online people.
Tactics Arena Online - a multiplayer game, kinda like chess i guess...
Pointless Sites - Really fun, really dumb games!
Planet Hot Wheels - This is a great game site.
Millsberry - Fun entertainment where you design your own "person" and buy stuff for them.
Library/Literary Resources
Teen Division - Sponsored by the Internet Public Library this site includes information and links on everything from computers to health.
Virtual YA Index - Maintained by the Suffolk Library this site contains an A to Z listing of library's with young adult web pages, arranged by state.
YALSA Book-List - A part of the American Library Association this page lists their picks for some of the best teen reads.
Award Web - Each year dozens of groups present literary awards and this site lists them all.
Readers Club - Your guide to enjoyable books. LD
The Internet Poetry Site of Doug Tanoury - Read an ebook - Save a tree
The Edge - This is a great site for new and hot YA reading.
Pinkbooks Books for Gay and Lesbian Youth - Bibliogrpahy of teen books with gay and lesbian characters.
The Literature Page - The Literature Page is your place to read classic books, plays, stories, poems, essays, and speeches online.
books XYZ: Great Prices, Huge Book Selection at th - Awesome bookstore with great prices. All proceeds go towards education.
Teen Organizations
Gamehaven Council BSA - The Gamehaven Council of the Boy Scouts of America covers 7 counties including Ohlmsted. Their site provides any information a scout or his parents would need to be prepared.
YouthNOISE - A group of young people working with adults to provide information from non profit partners that will spark youth action. YouthNOISE is a iniative of Save the Children Federation.
Demolay International - Demolay is a youth group for young men between the ages of 12 and 21.
Only For Teens
Teen Driving - This site covers many of the pitfalls that await both new and experienced teen drivers.
Drive Home Safe - This site contains information about learning to drive for both the parents and the teen.
Seventeen - Very similar to its print version this online magazine is very complete and up to date.
Teen Magazine - This online only magazine has information covering the whole range of teen interests.
Sport Science - Learn the science behind some of the sports that you play every day.
Teen Drivers - Straight from the state of Minnesota, everything you need to know about getting that drivers lisence.
Buisness of Babysitting - Need some money? This site will tell you what you need to know about business of babysitting.
Teen/Slant: Opinions and Angst - This site has games, teen lifestyle info and articles written for teens by teens about voting, abortion, government, guns, education, and more.
Humor
My Humor - This site features another collection of clean jokes organized by categories.
United Media - United Media is one of the largest publisher of comic strips and their site contains over 60 of them from Dilbert to Doonsbery.
Ucomics - More comics and humor including Foxtrot and Garfield.
Harry Potter Rumors - This site is a listing of rumors gathered from a variety of sources, some even confirmed by J.K. Rowling. The message board lets people discuss their own theories and opionion, WARNING: some rumors may be very shocking.
clumsy crooks - A fun site for all age groups.
Bored.com - Very cool! This site has links to many other sites full of just plain STUFF to do when you are bored! They are either funny, strange, random, interesting or pointless, but all are very entertaining!
Online Pets - where you can have your own lil online pet
Anime
Inuyasha Forum - This is a very good forum site for Inuyasha, the TV series and comic series by the wonderful Rumiko Takahashi. You can meet other fans and talk about the show.
Anime Web Guide - An online version of The Pocket Guide to Anime, this site contains a wide variety of information about japanese animation
Dragonball Master - Anime Video Game website
Anime Castle - This is a great place to buy anime stuff at. Its has import cds(for a cheeper price) and dvds, manga, magizines, shirts, etcs. AWOSOMERS!
Gackt US Fanclub - Not really anime, but people should listen to himsing. You'll definatly like him if you like anime songs or japanese music. So go to this site to download songs, look at pictures and look at gackts hot abs...>.>.....okies...There are MAilce Mizer songs too!
Kai Animation - This site has Anime DVDs, books and action figures. Their anime is age appropriate for teens.
anigirl.com - Picture updated daily of a pretty anime girl.
Last updated: 12/4/07