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needed to read
any file from the Web or email ending in .pdf |
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FREE animations for PowerPoint
presentations, Web pages, etc.; check the HELP section for tutorials
and answers to common problems with graphics |
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daily morale
booster |
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hundreds of
pictures, along with lesson ideas; some have copyright restrictions, so READ
that section; also a section with information for citing images and pictures |
Bookmark Keepers Online – access your bookmarks
from any computer with Internet access
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MyBookmarks – FREE HotList Anywhere – FREE IKeepBookmarks.com – FREE Portaportal.com – FREE Backflip – FREE; save & share your personal
web resources |
Behavior Management
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Behavior Management from the Master Teacher - strategies for handling about 120
behaviors in the classroom; appropriate for all grade levels |
Beginning Teachers
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Beginning Teachers Toolbox - great resources from Inspiring
Teachers New Teacher
Resources from TeachersFirst.com |
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gold mine for
teachers/students; resources from digital camera tips to Online Scavenger
Hunts to the War with |
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Communication |
Communicating Effectively - good tips for teachers and students
for making presentations American Sign Language Browser/ |
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lots of info
for students; also click on EXAMPLES at the top of this page |
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Clip Art, Animations, Web
Graphics
FREE Clip Art from SERP FlamingText.com - FREE, but register; select from horizontal menu at the
top (headings, buttons, arrows, dividers, fonts, clipart) |
CoolText - Online graphics generator for web
pages, presentations, etc.; real-time generation of graphics customized FREE Bellsnwhistles.com - animations, graphics, backgrounds, more for your
presentations or web pages AwesomeClipArt for Kids – FREE; clip art; certificate, puzzle, cryptogram, maze,
worksheet makers |
Converters
Measure for Measure – several hundred interactive Web sites that calculate
and convert all kinds of info |
MegaConverter - convert almost anything Online Conversion – fun & interesting; also scroll
down, select “Fun Conversions” |
Discovery School’s Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
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comprehensive;
select Site Map for clear picture |
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select grade
level; click on math & language arts activities |
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teachers may
add their ideas |
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Lessons for
Math in Daily Life |
Evaluating Websites
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The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly – author, Susan Banks; make copies of
any part for use in education; show students the importance of evaluating
websites; samples |
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from |
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EvaluTech (SREB States’ Departments of Education) |
instructional Resources; select Search Tip Cards>Online in HTML Format OR
make selection under OTHER Web Resources (lesson plans, enrichment
activities, etc.) |
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FREE; create
game boards, quizzes, matching, word scrambles & searches, flashcards to
print from your browser; all subject areas |
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9 stories of
children caught up in circumstances beyond their control; excellent classroom
material for all grade levels |
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FREE; create
your own or use those created by others |
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middle school
math; check challenge index & math index |
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FREE;
comprehensive info; categories from science to sports; homework center |
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GrammarNow - FREE;
answers specific grammar, formatting, or composition questions; scroll down
to RESOURCES for grammar & ELS links |
Giggle
Poetry – K-8;
poetry online; poetry instructions for 26 types of poetry |
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FREE, but
register; projects, online adventures, online field trips, map resources,
student tools (currency converter, time zone converter, ZIPs,
language translator, measurement converters) |
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volumes of
information ideal for educators, appropriate for all levels; read through
books and journals online |
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MUST SEE –
tools galore |
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Homepages for Kids - MatMice - sponsored by
Scholastic; FREE homepages for kids; easy to use with graphics and other
tools
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History Timelines – The History Beat – VERY comprehensive |
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Homophone Zone - grades 2-8; collection of
alphabetically organized homophones |
HUBS: High
School Hub; The Teachers' Hub; Quiz Hub |
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search,
language, research, financial, map, Internet tools; all FREE |
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new teachers;
encouraging words; mentoring; classroom management; teachers & technology |
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note “Nets for
Students” & “Nets for Teachers”; also Educator Resources, K12 |
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IMath Investigations: PreK-12; online,
interactive, multimedia math investigations; single or multi-day Interactive Math Tools – explore math and create interactive
lessons Lesson Plans – select grade level; standards aligned |
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extensive; all
subject areas - ACCESS from HOME |
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click on “Hot
Joke” |
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several links
apply to middle school |
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collection of
interactive math activities; appropriate for grades 4-6 |
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check it out
before giving the URL to kids |
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very
comprehensive |
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by Jerri Cheek,
Dr. Traci Redish; select grade level |
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Learners Online - online lessons tied to current events; all content areas;
FREE |
Lots of Lesson Plans compiled by Elizabeth Miller; EXCELLENT
lessons |
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Learning Interchange – middle school; engaging lesson plans,
lesson “starter” ideas, virtual field trips, videos, webcasts,
more |
Lesson Plans from the Peace Corps – grades 3-12 Lesson Plans
from GradeLevelGold – select a level
from the drop-down menu |
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Language
Translators: FreeTranslation.com Babel Fish Translation
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Lessons from United Nations, CyberSchoolBus
– lessons in “Curriculum” |
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Little Red Schoolhouse - extensive; QUALITY resources; check all areas |
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Metro Nashville Public Schools Cyberguides – k12; some unavailable |
Metro Nashville Public Schools
Curriculum Awards – K-12; ready lessons |
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Mariner Middle School Media Center - check out the student and teacher resource center |
Mimi’s Cyber Kitchen – interesting and fun |
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extensive
resources |
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Middle
School Language Arts Giggle
Poetry – K-8; fun & educational
poetry-related resources; instructions on writing 26 different types of poems |
MightyBook - FREE read-aloud books, ages 2-preteen; storybook &
poetry competitions |
Newspaper Resources
Nando Media – 11 newspapers New York Times Learning Network; news, 6-12 lesson plans, puzzles Newseum - get today’s front pages from more than 34 countries; check out
the Cyber Newseum |
Email Newsletter Center – FREE newsletters for teachers &
parents Newspapers Galore – top 25 listed, but search by ANY state or topic Stateline.org - current
news from all states in all categories |
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National Center for Education Statistics |
Students’
Classroom –
grades 4-8; math facts, games, activities |
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all ages;
support to be tobacco-free; meet movie and television stars who share their
reasons for being smoke-free |
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Nellie’s Website (English/ELS site, but dozens of
projects cover other disciplines) |
K-12; webquests, grammar, writing, organization, time
management, rubrics, |
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OpenOffice - FREE Office program |
contains
“Writer” (word processor), “Calc” (spreadsheet), “Impress” (presentation), a
database and drawing program; files interchangeable with Microsoft Office
files |
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This
site is provided by a group seeking to conquer hunger in the world and is
appropriate for grades 3-12. |
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Online
Adventures
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A Mathematics Fantasy – grades 4-7; scroll to end for teacher
options |
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Ology – |
Marine
biology, genetics, biodiversity, astronomy, paleontology |
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resources
for students; lesson plans |
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VERY
comprehensive collection of resources from curriculum to lesson plans to
music education resources and everything in between |
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ParagraphPunch.com - takes users through the actual process of writing a paragraph |
Physical Education Lesoon Plan
Page - extensive
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QuickTime Player
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free media
player plug-in that gives you fast access to movies from the Web |
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create online
quizzes; management tools; multi-lingual quizzes |
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Quotes
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The Little Red Schoolhouse - dozens of meaningful quotes Quotes & Sayings – speeches, quotes, poems, more |
Quiz Center
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FREE; create,
administer, & grade quizzes online |
Quiz Hub
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FREE quizzes |
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free plug-in
download that allows you to hear streamed audio |
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Rubrics
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RubiStar – FREE; customizable rubrics for every
possible project; interactive Rubrics, Rubric Makers from Teach-nology Kathy Schrock’s Rubrics &
Assessments Project Based Learning – all subject areas & grade levels;
interactive Rubric Builder – FREE; create your own or clone/edit those of other teachers |
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K-12;
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preparation,
interactive, research, financial, reference, miscellaneous tools; a gold mine |
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Scholastic News - news, games, quizzes, movies, sports, more |
Sheri’s K12 Education Home Page – all content areas plus teacher resources |
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Scorecard.com – environmental information; enter the zip code for
pollutants in any community |
Surfing
the Net with Kids – wonderful resources; sign up for weekly newsletter; new
lesson topic each week (this week is Greek mythology) |
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SATIRITAS – Technology integration resources |
Solar
Space Station - grades
4-12; explore solar
system with basic facts, explanatory text, images, video clips, additional
links |
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SparkNotes - study guides from Barnes & Noble;
grades 6-12; poetry to physics |
Social Studies Resources – K12; from |
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Teach the Children Well - hosted by Elaine M. Doolittle; collection of links to
sites selected by a teacher for elementary students, parents, & teachers,
but many good for older students |
Teach-Nology - FREE
access to 19,000 lesson plans, 5,600 printable worksheets, over 200,000
reviewed web sites, rubrics, games, teaching tips, current education news, teacher downloads, webquests,
teacher tools, message boards. word scrambles |
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TeachersFirst - collection of lessons and web resources for K-12
teachers, their students, & families; arranged by subject & grade
level |
The Teacher’s Corner – amazing collection of resources; explore all areas |
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Teacher
Resources/Lesson Plans
– Skewl Sites |
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Teaching Tools
ETutor - FREE online lesson planner with easy fill-in-the-blank templates SchoolNotes – FREE; create notes for homework and
class info and post on the web in seconds Teachers-Pet.org – FREE; created with Microsoft Word by
an English teacher; create stimulating classroom exercises Filamentality – create hotlists, scavenger hunts, webquests,
more FREE Personal Educational Press – FREE worksheets,
cards, games, more
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Discovery School – Puzzlemaker,
Lesson Planner, Scholastic - variety of resources and tools for teachers and students
FREE, but register; lesson plans, teaching strategies, daily news, monthly activity
calendar, teaching tools, ONLINE activities, and more Templates for Teachers from Education
World –
dozens of templates, many modifiable |
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Current
population numbers & other statistics available by the minute |
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good
information for teaching kids character education, along with good links to
resource materials |
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Ben’s Guide to the US Government; grades 6-8 |
Unit Finder
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The Solution Site – thematic lessons; K-12; all content areas |
Vocabulary Training Aids
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