Kentucky Department of Education

 

Literacy - Technology Resources

Last Updated on Tuesday, August 03, 2010 at 5:10 AM

This site includes resources for books-on-line, software which reads text, as well as web search engines which teachers can use to integrate the Internet into their classroom and much, much more.

 

Assistive and Adaptive Technology: This web site was created to provide information about assistive technology, including available resources, such as the Assistive Technology Matrix, and services that are provided throughout the Commonwealth. 

Digital Curriculum: This page includes information on sources for accessing non-copyrighted digital curriculum.  

Text Reader:  This web site contains information about software that electronically reads aloud digital text. 
 
Universal Learning Center (ULC): 
A national consortium created by the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) for databank of accessible digital textbooks.  

 Kentucky Virtual Schools: This is a statewide educational service delivering high school courses and online learning opportunity to Kentuckians.  KVHS courses are delivered to public high schools through the Kentucky Education Technology System.

 Kentucky Virtual Library 

 Thinkfinity:  This site provides offers teachers a powerful search engine to search throughout all content web sites and other valuable resources for teachers to help them integrate the internet into their classroom.

Teacher Technology Resources:  Creative Kentucky teachers are constantly in search of best practices for teaching and learning.  Links to online lessons, teacher "strategies that work," suggestions for inquiry-based learning, technology standards, and more are provided in the links on this page.

 WebQuests:  This page will contain a searchable database of activities, handouts, syllabi, PowerPoint slides and other documents used in teaching others how to develop and use WebQuests.

 

Bartleby.Com

Bartleby.com is an Internet publisher of literature, reference, and verse that provides access to books and information on the web.

BookShare.Org

BookShare.org has a collection of scanned books in digital format for persons with visual impairments or print challenges.

IFLANET: Internal Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

This is an international and non-profit organization that provides access to digital libraries.

Internet Libraries for Educational Use

This website provides information on Internet libraries and online interactive books.

Microsoft: eBook Catalog

This webpage contains an alphabetized list of topics, including a link to free ebooks. Information on Microsoft Reader, a text reader for PC computers, is available on this webpage.

Project Gutenberg

This website provides access to classic books written by Shakespeare, Poe, Dante, as well as well-loved favorites like the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Children’s Literature Web Guide

Internet resources on books for children and young adults are provided on this website.

The Internet Public Library

The Internet Public Library is a public library for the world wide web. Students from a consortium of colleges and universities with programs in information science develop and maintain the IPL!

The Online Books Page

The Online Books Page website facilitates access to books that are available on the Internet.

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic provides access to print for users with disabilities.Textbooks and other reading materials are available in digital and audio formats.

 

TeleRead

 

TeleRead is a website that provides access to fiction and nonfiction on a wide variety of topics to readers of all ages. Links to additional e-book websites and related information such as copyrights can be located on TeleRead.

For more information contact:

Cindy Parker
500 Mero Street, 19th floor CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-2106 x4528
cindy.parker@education.ky.gov