As part of the accreditation process the ERUSD BTSA Induction Program has found and continues to find ways to improve the induction program for its participating teachers.  The most recent modification is to ask teachers to write a lesson plan using the template labeled "Focus: Using Technology to Support Student Learning" which can be downloaded on FAS eDocuments Download.  To support participating teachers in this effort to use technology as a student learning tool below are some great websites that can be used as a resource.

http://www.usi.edu/distance/bdt.htm - a Bloom's Digital Taxonomy Pyramid with active links to multiple websites for students and teachers to use in order to achieve CA learning standards.

Plans, Strategies, Tips, Organizational Ideas, and Content Resources

www.atozteacherstuff.com - Lesson plans, thematic units, themes, classroom activities, teacher tips, and web projects. 

1,000 pages of resources for teachers and links to thousands of related websites K-12.

www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/index.shtml - 5-7 year olds  number games & interactive  songs

www.cagle.com/teacher - Teachers’ Guide to the Professional Cartoonists Index.  Lesson plans for K-12 teachers in

Social Studies English and Art based around a collection of newspaper editorial cartoons.

www.col-ed.org/cur/math.html#math2 - Math lesson plans for K-12.

www.ctaponline.org/ - Support for Educators…sign on for lessons, message boards, etc.

www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/ - Over 100 ORIGINAL Lesson Planning Articles written by the staff at Education World.

www.eduplace.com - Houghton Mifflin School Division: Education Place: Resources for K-8 teachers and students,

including a searchable database of lesson plans, interactive games, weekly brainteasers, and online

projects for teachers.

www.engagingscience.org - Physical science lesson plans, experiments and activities.  K-7

www.epals.com - This is where to go if you are looking for e-pals (pen pals) for your students.  The site is filtered for

appropriate content.  K-12.

www.factmonster.com - Huge reference site for students.  Has an on-line dictionary, atlas, almanac,  encyclopedia,

and a homework center.

www.funbrain.com - Math and Language Arts games for kids.  Blogs, too.

www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/9893 - This site is done by a Special Education teacher and has topics galore:  themes, substitute’s bag of goodies, learning centers, ways to motivate, teacher graphics, songs and special education

resources.  K-3

www.inspiringteachers.com/classroom/index.html - Classroom resources and links to other sites.

www.joanholub.com/ - Activities to go with the children’s books she has written.  Printable worksheets.  K-4

www.kn.pacbell.com/ - A website with hundreds of links and activities.  You will find things for all grade levels and

subjects. K-12

www.learningpage.com - This site has lesson plans, worksheets, clipart, songs, downloadable e-books, and thematic

units.  Free membership gets you a monthly newsletter with loads of topics and information.  K-3

www.lessonplansearch.com/ - Lesson Plan Search Engine.  Lesson plan database and search engine organized by subject and grade level.

www.lessonplanz.com - Search engine for subjects including thematic units, fine arts, language, science, social

studies, and more.

www.marcopolo-education.org/ - All the teacher resources you could ask for!

www.microsoft.com/education/lessonplans.mspx - Encarta Schoolhouse Topics.  Each topic contains articles and media, relevant links, related learning activities, and answers from an expert.

www.middleschool.net/ - Middle School Plans.  Find hundreds of resources for all curriculum subject areas,

technology resources, professional development, lesson plans and tutorials.

www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm - Video and audio interviews from the magazine and geography lesson plans.  Stunning site.  Printable lessons.  K-12

www.nea.org - Sign up for free weekly tips automatically sent to your e-mail address.  Then click on

Works4Me Tips Library to access thousands of classroom tips across all grade levels and content areas.

www.nytimes.com/learning/ - New York Times Learning Network.  Free News and education resource for teachers, their

students and parents.  Includes lesson plans, vocabulary and geography builders, News Quiz, On This

Day in History, and forums.

www.pantheon.org - This is the site for the Encyclopedia Mythica--an encyclopedia of mythology, folklore,

legends, gods and goddesses.  Grades 6-12

www.scholastic.com - Lesson plans with reproducible masters, professional resources and research tools.  Has

sections for teachers, parents and students.

school.discovery.com/lessonplans/index.html - Discovery School gives access to 400+ free classroom-ready lesson plans and activities for

K-12 education, organized by grade level and subject.

www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/sorganiz.htm - A site for graphic organizers of all kinds.

sitesforteachers.com/index.html - A comprehensive list of sites for educators.

www.songsforteaching.com/chantsraps.htm - Cheers, chants, raps and poetry for the classroom.

www.stfx.ca/special/mathproblems/welcome.html - Canadian website for math word problems with a flair.  Site has solutions and hint buttons for extra help in problem solving.  Grades 5-12

www.superkids.com - Teachers can make their own worksheets.  Students can play Hangman and other word

games from a topic chosen by the teacher.  K-12

www.teacherfiles.com/ - Full of resources, ideas, activities, lesson plans and educational clip art for teachers.

www.teachers.net - Lesson plans for Pre-K-12.

www.teachingonline.org - Lesson plans across the curriculum, weekly featured plans, teachers’ bulletin board for

sharing ideas, and links to other educational sites.  K-12

www.theteacherguide.com/ - Teachers can find lesson plans, thematic units, teacher resources, book and much more.

resources include photos by UN photographers and database of UN members.

erusdbtsaprogram.blogspot.com -  Online community of professional educators who use technology as both a teaching and learning tool.

Government and Teacher Testing Resources

www.btsa.ca.gov/ -  Beginning Teachers Support and Assessment home page

www.cbest.nesinc.com/ - California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST) site.

www.ccte.org/ - California Council on Teacher Education.

www.cde.ca.gov/ - California Department of Education

www.cset.nesinc.com/ - California Subject Examinations for Teachers

www.ctc.ca.gov/ - California Teacher Credentialing website

www.ets.org/praxis/ - The Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers

www.lacoe.edu/ - Los Angeles County Office of Education

www.rica.nesinc.com/ - Reading Instruction Competence Assessment