{"id":13600,"date":"2016-07-07T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T04:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=13600"},"modified":"2016-07-07T07:08:26","modified_gmt":"2016-07-07T11:08:26","slug":"news-great-websites-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/news-great-websites-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"News from Great Websites for Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just in case you missed the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/news\/press-releases\/2016\/06\/more-great-websites-kids-selected-alsc\">recent press release from ALSC&#8217;s Great Websites for Kids Committee<\/a>, we have chosen thirteen new sites to add to the <a href=\"http:\/\/gws.ala.org\/\">Great Websites for Kids<\/a> site.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10911 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/GWSlogo-300x96.png\" alt=\"GWS logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/GWSlogo-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/GWSlogo.png 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The newly added sites are:<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ALMA Kids &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Open ALMA Kids website in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/kids.alma.cl\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/kids.alma.cl\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Art for Kids &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Open Art for Kids website in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/artforkidshub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/artforkidshub.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CERNland\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Open CERNland website in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cernland.net\/index.html?l=es\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.cernland.net\/index.html?l=es<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Get the Math &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Open Get the Math website in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thirteen.org\/get-the-math\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.thirteen.org\/get-the-math\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Gilder\u00a0Lehrman\u00a0Institute of American History &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Open The Gilder Lehrman Inst. of Amer. History website in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gilderlehrman.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.gilderlehrman.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Knowledge Kids &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Open Knowledge Kids website in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.knowledgekids.ca\/games\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.knowledgekids.ca\/games<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Matem\u00e1ticas\u00a0Visuales\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Open Matematicas Visuales in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fundacioncnse.org\/educa\/matematicas\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.fundacioncnse.org\/educa\/matematicas\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Math TV &#8211;<a title=\"Open Math TV website in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/%20http\/www.mathtv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0http:\/\/www.mathtv.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mineralogy4Kids\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Open Mineralogy4Kids website in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/mineralogy4kids.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mineralogy4Kids.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>NYPL\u00a0Digital Collections &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Open NYPL Digital Collections website in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/digitalcollections.nypl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/digitalcollections.nypl.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SmartHistory\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Open SmartHistory website in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/smarthistory.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/smarthistory.org<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TEDEd\u00a0Lessons Worth Sharing &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Open TEDEd Lessons website in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/ed.ted.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ed.ted.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>We All Live in the Forbidden City &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Open &quot;We All Live in the Forbidden City&quot; website in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.walfc.org\/about-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.walfc.org\/about-us\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I hope you&#8217;ll check them out! Three of them are Spanish language sites. My personal favorite is <a href=\"http:\/\/smarthistory.org\">SmartHistory<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 In other news, in keeping with our role as media mentors, the Great Website Committee is pleased that ALSC has decided to expand the scope of our focus to include apps.\u00a0 Details are still being worked out, however, you can be sure that we are continuously moving forward!<\/p>\n<p>As always, please contact the committee is you have suggestions for a great website! You can suggest a link here: [http:\/\/gws.ala.org\/suggest-site]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Members of the 2016 Great Websites for Kids Committee are: Lisa Taylor, co-chair, Jacksonville (FL) Public Library; Alia Shields, co-chair, Cherry Hill (New Jersey) Public Library; Emily E. Bacon, Yorktown (Indiana) Public Library; Ariel Cummins, New Braunfels (Texas) Public Library; Jill\u00a0Eisele,\u00a0Bellwood\u00a0(Illinois) Public Library; Renee\u00a0Grassi, Glen\u00a0Ellyn\u00a0(Illinois) Public Library; Diane E.\u00a0Janoff, Queens\u00a0Library-Poppenhusen, New York;\u00a0Sujei\u00a0Lugo, Boston Public Library (REFORMA representative); Beth A.\u00a0Munk,\u00a0Kendallville\u00a0(Indiana) Public Library; and Elizabeth\u00a0Saxton, Tiffin, Ohio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just in case you missed the recent press release from ALSC&#8217;s Great Websites for Kids Committee, we have chosen thirteen new sites to add to the Great Websites for Kids site. 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