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Teacher
Resources
Lesson Plans/Units
Online Test Prep
Rubrics
Worksheets
Photos for Educational Use
Virtual Field Trips
Internet Tools / Web 2.0 Tools
Children's Book Authors
Global Projects
Blogs/Wikis
Open Educational Resources
Lesson Plans /
Units
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ESubjects |
This 9-12 grade site offers
units in English, History, Math and Science. Each unit contains 45
lesson plans, teacher pages, student pages, teaching strategies, and
additional materials. |
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English Online |
This site from New Zealand
has various units which are organized by age group and by various
language skills. |
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TeachAde |
A website designed to save
busy teachers time by providing quick access to classroom resources
customized to specific teaching interests; this site allows you to
network with other educators |
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TeachersFirst |
Contains collections of
original content, Internet resources, lesson plans, and tools drawn from
around the world. Each resource is selected and reviewed by one of
TeachersFirst’s reviewers, all of whom have classroom teaching
experience. |
EduScapes
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Technology integrated lessons
and activities; contains how-to's for various technology projects |
FREE-Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
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Teaching and learning
resources from federal agencies |
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Thirteen Ed Online
Lessons |
Responding to the national need for
sustained teacher training, Thirteen/WNET New York, PBS's flagship
station, developed Thirteen Ed Online. This free service features
everything from standards-based lesson plans and classroom activities to
a multimedia primer, online mentors, and reviews of curriculum-based Web
sites. |
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Verizon Thinkfinity |
Developed by world-renowned organizations
who are experts in their fields, the standards-based resources include
lessons plans, student materials, reviewed Web resources and
interactives. |
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New MarcoPolo Lessons |
For the most recent additions to the
lesson plan index, visit every Friday. |
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Learning to
Give |
Learning to Give’s K-12 lesson
plans contain both academic content about philanthropy and skill
development activities that engage students in giving and serving in
their classrooms, schools and communities. |
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Dole 5 A Day:
Educators |
Visit the Virtual Classroom for
interactive learning activities that reinforce reading and writing
skills while teaching the importance of healthful eating and regular
physical activity. |
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Nortel LearniT |
Nortel LearniT is an
initiative of Nortel Community Relations to prepare teachers, students,
and learners of all ages to develop 21st century skills that will
provide a basis for their ongoing engagement in learning and personal
achievement. |
PBS Teachers
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Multimedia resources and professional
development for PreK- 12 educators |
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Web Manners and
Copyright Awareness |
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Media Literacy |
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Online Test Prep
- Resources from Various States
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Connecticut Mastery Test Released Items |
CMT 4 Language Arts
Language Arts Part 3 DRP
Language Arts Part 4 Editing and Revising
Language Arts Part 5 Direct Assessment of Writing
CMT 4th Generation (Rulers to use to prepare for CMT's)
Grade 3 Math
Grade 4 Math
Grade 5 Math
CMT Science Handbook
CT
Curriculum Content Areas |
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NAEP- The Nation's
Report Card |
View subject area sample questions from
the US Department of Education |
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Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program Item Samplers: Grades 3–8
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Massachusetts
Comprehensive Assessment from 2006 |
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Washington Assessment of Student Learning: Grades 4–10 |
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Texas Education Agency Student Assessment Division: Grades K–11
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California
Standards Tests Released Questions: Grades 2-11 |
To boost reading skills, this site also
provides a searchable K-12 book list |
Studyzone: Test Prep: Grades PreK-12
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Prepare for New York state
tests and the Regents Exam with lessons, teacher resources, tutorials,
and practice activities |
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Pennsylvania System of School
Assessment Practice Tests: Grades 3-11 |
Writing prompts, math, reading, and
assessment resources |
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Subject Area Interactive
Lessons: K-12 |
Resources that address specific
objectives |
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ReviseWise: Grades K-6 |
From the BBC in the UK, this tools offers
support as students prepare for tests in core subjects |
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Mathematics
TestQuest and Test Prep- Grades 1-6 |
Lessons, Shockwave tutorials, and
brainteasers from EduPlace |
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Math Slice Mock
Tests- Grades 3-5 |
Study number concepts, measurement,
statistics, geometry, fractions, and time concepts |
Virginia State
Standards of Learning: Grades 3,5,8
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Students complete interactive quizzes as
they practice answering science, math and technology questions. |
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Quiz School |
Create free tests for students, now
integrated with Google Maps and Flickr |
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Test Maker |
Create free tests for your students to
take online (results are emailed to you) |
Rubrics
Rubric Bank
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Has a
variety of math rubrics in PDF form that can be easily printed |
RubiStar
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Rubistar is
a site that contains a variety of rubrics for any subject.
The math section, particularly the problem solving rubric, allows you to
select what you are trying to target. You
can save your rubric and refer back to it. |
PBL Rubric
|
A rubric
which allows you to assess your Project Based Learning activity.
Contains a task statement rubric and a general rubric. |
Worksheets
Photos/Sounds for
Educational Use (Check the site for use)
Virtual Field Trips
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EField Trips |
eFieldTrips consist of four major
components:
Trip Journal
First, the teacher downloads and gives students copy of a printed Trip
Journal. It is a simple one page fill-in the blank type worksheet that
helps to keep the students focused and provides a way for the teacher to
grade student participation if he desires. The students fill-out the
Trip Journal while they are completing the next component, the Virtual
Visit.
Virtual Visit
The Virtual Visit is an interactive Flash movie that teaches the
students about the eFieldTrip topic. It can be completed at anytime and
at the student's own pace. It typically takes about 15 minutes for a
student to go through the Virtual Visit.
Ask the Experts
After completing the Virtual Visit, students have an opportunity to
interact with the experts. Students can ask questions via an "Ask the
Experts" web form, and recieve an answer in 1-2 days.
Live Chat
Another way students can interact with experts is by participating in a
live web chat at a scheduled time.
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Ball State
Electronic Field Trips |
Participate
in live electronic field trips with your class, sponsored and paid for
by the Best Buy Children's Foundation. Some of the field trips
this year include the National Park Foundation, Aquatic Adventures, and
the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. |
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Colonial Williamsburg Electronic Field Trips |
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Internet4Classrooms
Virtual Field Trips |
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Farifax
Network |
Schedule of programs for grades 1-12 |
White House Virtual Tours
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Do you want to wander around the Oval
Office or the Vice President's residence? You can with the video
tours and panoramic tours at this site. There are quizzes, games,
and more.
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Smithsonian National Museum of
American History: Virtual Exhibitions
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This site contains virtual exhibits at
the Smithsonian covering voting, inventions, the Star Spangled Banner,
the American Presidency, and much more.
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National
Gallery of Art
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The National Gallery of Art of works from
well known artists. The National Portrait Gallery contains many
portraits of famous faces.
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Virtual Tour-South Pole
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Students will see the research
facilities, the landscape, and the living quarters of a person who
called the South Pole home. To check out the North Pole, head to
the Arctic Theme Page and be
sure to check out the web cam.
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Jelly Belly Online Tour
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Visit the Jelly Belly online tour to
learn how jelly beans are made.
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Think Port: Online
Field Trips |
Online Field Trips such as: Knowing Poe;
Pathways to Freedom, Maryland and the Underground Railroad; Villainy,
Inc; Chesapeake Bay; Sense and Dollars; Picasso |
Smithsonian National Zoo
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Animals Etc. contains animal facts,
photos, and live web cams showing the giant panda, tiger and cub,
flamingo, gorilla, octopus, elephant, and other creatures, Other
animal web cams are found at: Africam
and the Discovery
Channel.
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Thomas
Jefferson
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This site contains a room by room tour of
Thomas Jefferson's home.
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Fish
Eye View Cam
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Marine biologists use this underwater
camera to study the corals, invertebrates, and tropical fish near Coral
Gables, Florida. You'll find streaming video, photos, and more.
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Internet Tools / Web 2.0
Tools
Education
World: Tools and Templates
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Search from a variety of
templates such as awards certificates, calendars, classroom orgainzers,
back to school, election information, posters, fliers, language arts,
and graphic organizers. All templates are Word documents and can
be downloaded from the site, saved onto your hard drive, and can be
edited as necessary.
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School Rack |
free online tool that lets
K-12 teachers establish classroom portals for parents and students with
features such as discussion boards, online assignment collection and
internal messaging |
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Research Project Calculator |
guide for students for
research projects, estimates the dates by which each step of the process
should be completed and provides a script for the information seeking
process |
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Everything DI |
resources
to help you differentiate instruction using technology |
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Annenberg Learner
Interactives |
"Interactives"
provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities
that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular
areas (grades 6-12) |
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Open Vault |
a new web site launched by Boston-based public television station WGBH.
The site features video clips and interviews from WGBH programming
created between 1968 and 1993, including clips of Muhammad Ali
discussing his refusal to fight in Vietnam, African American students
arriving at school during Boston's court-ordered desegregation, and
Robert McNamara reading from a letter sent by Nikita Khrushchev to
President Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Open Vault includes
more than 500 streaming video clips and more than 1,000 interview
transcripts in all. Users can search by keyword or browse by topic
(arts, business, education, humanities, Massachusetts, science and
technology, and social science) and can view data alphabetically by
person and by series. In addition, resource management tools allow
educators to annotate and tag records, create topical lists, and send
information to students for further study or classroom discussion. |
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Pete's PowerPoint Station |
over 1200
PowerPoint presentations on a variety of topics for classroom use.
Get some great ideas for ways to incorporate them into SMART Notebook or
Mimio Notebook. |
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PowerPoint Games |
PowerPoint templates for games to use in
your classroom such as Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Weakest
Link |
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Thumbstacks |
A new site for making and sharing
presentations on the web (made in your web browser and shared with
anyone by sending them a link) |
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Career
Exploration- Drive of Your Life |
Geared for middle school students, this
career exploration game helps students learn about themselves, higher
education and careers. The support materials for educators are contained
at
https://www.driveofyourlife.org/educator/ |
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Groundhog Day |
The official site of the Groundhog Club
in Punxsutawney, PA. |
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Big Deal Book of Technology |
Source for grants, web resources, and
free materials |
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Educational Software Preview Guide |
Preview educational software before
purchasing |
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How to Do
Research |
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WEB 2.0 |
WEB 2.0 |
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VozMe |
Enter text in English, Spanish or Italian
and it will be converted into a MP3 |
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Poll Junkie |
a
quick way to create a poll that you can embed into a wiki or website; no
registration is required; answers can be sent to you email |
| Ning |
Create your own educational social
network |
| Kerpoof |
You can make books, pictures or stories
on this free site. Choose a background and add clip art to it or create
a custom design of your own. |
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Teacher Events |
Educator social networking site |
| Gliffy,
Bubbl.us,
Mindmeister,
Mindomo |
free web- based diagram editors; create
and share flowcharts and diagrams |
| Media
Fire |
free file hosting, unlimited disc space;
share files and images with others; up to 100MB per file |
| Zamzar |
free online file conversion; convert
files to many different formats;
Box.net is an online file
storage and file sharing site that allows users to upload and share
documents |
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Read the Words |
upload
text to be read or type it in, choose one of fifteen readers, and listen
to the reading online, download to your ipod or save to your computer,
or turn your reading into a podcast |
Gaggle:
Safe E-Mail for Students
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This site contains free teacher
controlled email accounts for students.
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| Collaborative Writing Tools |
Google Docs
Zoho Writer
Writeboard
ThinkFree Online
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Google Docs |
Zoho Writer |
WriteBoard |
ThinkFree |
| File Types Support
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Text |
Text, Images |
Text |
Text, Images |
| Software/Web-Based
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Web-Based |
Web-Based |
Web-Based |
Web-Based (Java) |
| Public/Private |
Public/Private |
Public/Private |
Private |
Public/Private |
| Text Chat |
Unknown |
Unknown |
No |
Unknown |
| Revisions |
Unknown |
Unknown |
No |
Yes |
| RSS |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Unknown |
| Email Updates |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Unknown |
| Real Time |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Comments |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Spell Check |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Export/File Formats
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DOC and XLS |
DOC, PDF, HTML
and RTF |
TXT |
DOC, DOCX, PDF, HTML
XML and TXT |
| Price |
Free |
Free |
Free |
Free |
From Techlearning
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Bookr |
a tool to create illustrated books from
Flickr photos; slides can be published and sent to an email which
contains a link to the slideshow to then be posted to a blog or wiki |
Children's Book
Authors
Global Projects
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Clover |
WikiMapia
Google Maps combined with a Wiki System that lets visitors post
information about any area of the globe. |
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Online Projects For Teachers |
EPals
Classroom Exchange |
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Monster Exchange Project |
Technospud Projects-
Are you interested in doing some collaborative class projects?
This site contains various online projects for various grade
levels to do with your students. All projects require
registration to participate and provide you with a project
timeline and materials needed to do the project. All classes
receive a certificate of participation upon completion of the
project |
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National Math Trail-
The National Math Trail is an
opportunity for K-12 teachers and students to discover and share
the math that exists in their own environments. Students explore
their communities and create one or more math problems that
relate to what they find. Teachers submit the problems to the
National Math Trail site, along with photos, drawings, sound
recordings, videos--whatever can be adapted to the Internet. All
submissions will be posted to the site as they are submitted.
They are also be indexed according to grade level and math topic
and will remain on the site for access by educators, students
and parents. |
Muse- is a social
utility that connects you with Internet2-enabled technologies
and educators in your region and around the globe |
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Classroom 2.0- a social network of educators using web 2.0
in education |
Taking It Global- an
online community that connects youth to find inspiration, access
information, get involved, and take action in their local and
global communities |
Blogs/Wikis/Podcasts
Open
Educational Resources
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