1. Kathy Schrock's web page has lots of links to useful websites! The left column is devoted to subject specific links [that go to pages with hundreds of teacher-tested links all related to the specific content area] whereas the right hand column has links in general areas of interest to all teachers, including assessment. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/ 2. Teacher's Domain - a web site with resources that include videos, text [interestingly written!], web-based activities, photos, etc. that you can use with your students. http://www.teachersdomain.org/ 3. For History/social studies teachers: a portal that provides a multitude of web sites with resources for teaching http://chnm.gmu.edu/teaching-and-learning/ 4. For English teachers, this is the BEST ever! It is a Ning started by Jim Burke, well-known English educator http://englishcompanion.ning.com/ 5. For all teachers of all content areas [and all school levels], an excellent portal for a wide range of resources: 6. Brain pop - a web site with lots of resources, keyed to standards, for all content areas - some is free, some not. There are Spanish resources, too. 7. NY Times Learning Network website [has been converted to a Blog; don't know why] http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/ 8. Max Forget's website has a link to hundreds of resources in a wide variety of content areas - lots of Anticipation Guides [warning: not all of them are great - you'll need to revise them!] 9. Virtual thesaurus - a word mappping site that produces synonym maps - excellent for ELA http://www.visualthesaurus.com/ 10. Wordle - a web site that produces "word clouds" that can be used instructionally 11. a useful site for math teachers - terms and definitions http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/ 12. A useful site for all content areas: Literacy Matters http://www.literacymatters.org/content/intro.htm 13. Literacy and Learning web site - with direct links to a variety of strategies http://www.litandlearn.lpb.org/strategies.html 14. A site for social studies teachers that has a lesson guide for a virtual field trip to Berlin – explanation of issues in the Cold War: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/prj/top/mat/vid/enindex.htm 15. another site that has directions for and photos of a Toliet Paper Timeline – useful for both social studies and science http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/toiletpaper/history.html 16. Website devoted to the American Revolution: http://timeline.americanrevolutioncenter.org 17. Footnote is a site that has resources for social studies teachers, including primary documents: 18. Vintage Ad Browser is an excellent resource for both social studies and English teachers: http://www.vintageadbrowser.com/ 19. Another useful history website is Picturing the past 10 years by the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/12/27/opinion/28opchart.html 20. Browse the timeline of conflict and war at Conflict History: http://www.conflicthistory.com/#/period/1971-1980 21. A source for books useful in teaching science concepts can be found at the NSTA website -- members read and evaluate books suitable for K-12 students each year.You will find them here: 22. A resource maintained by Teachers' College is a web site that houses both lesson plans and suggested books on scientific topics 23. Project 2061 maintains a web site with resources catalogued by author, title and topic focused on science concepts in books useful for teachers 24. Here is a web site with songs for your curriculum – songs for every discipline! http://www.songsforteaching.com/index.htm http://inquiryinaction.org/ http://www.iit.edu/%7Esmile/cheminde.html 27. NCTE's definition of 21st Century literacies and its framework for curriculum and assessmenthttp://ncte.org/positions/statements/21stcentframework 28. 21st Century skills map English, social studies, and math 2008 sponsored by the partnership of 21st Century and NCTE Student Outcomes/Examples at Elementary, Middle, and High School levels http://www.p21.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=82&Itemid=185 (scroll to bottom of page) 29. National Technology Standards for students, teachers, and administrators http://www.iste.org/am/template.cfm?Section=nets 30. The NCTE/IRA website of lesson plans and interactive tools http://www.readwritethink.org/ 31.Video vignettes of 21st Century classroom practice http://www.weareteachers.com/web/cybersummit/classroom 32. A secure threaded discussion board that's easy to use. http://www.nicenet.org/ 33. Dynamic alternative to PowerPoint presentations. Present your ideas in a large canvas instead of individual slides. http://prezi.com/ 34. Create and share sophisticated slideshows very simply http://animoto.com/ 35. Create a virtual bookshelf of books you've read. Post review and ratings. share with friends or post on your blog. Export as an Excel spreadsheet. http://www.shelfari.com/ 36. Social bookmarking of your favorite sites. Also has tools to highlight and takes notes directly on webpages http://www.diigo.com/ 37. Secure password protected social network tools, schoolwork hand-in, gradebook, link sharing, embed video, messages. Compatible with mobile devices. http://www.edmodo.com/ 38. Live audience polling using cell phones. Free for audience size up to 30. http://www.polleverywhere.com/ 39. This web site is maintained by the Alaska State Department of Education. It has links to the core content areas, including world languages, and assessment http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/frameworks/mathsci/ms5_2as2.htm#journalslearninglogs 40. This web site is the Alabama Learning Exchange - it has links to many helpful content area resources including lesson plans http://alex.state.al.us/index.php 41. Math partner website - this site has activities to support learning in mathematics - a great resource! http://www2.edc.org/mathpartners/dowloadMentor.htm On the side menu are many links to other content areas. http://www.pps.k12.or.us/departments/curriculum/3664.htm 43. Prepdog is a wonderful site with supporting activities for math, reading, language, and science - primarily focused on elementary and middle school. The site is under renovation, adding links for high school - so be patient! http://www.prepdog.com/ 44. Gender and Science Digital Library is a site with resources addressing the need for increasing female participation in science. http://eecgsdl.edc.org/SPTUI--GSDL/gsdl/teachers.php 45. Evaluation of websites - this site provides collections of websites on four topics, with links to resources for students. Maintained by New Mexico State University http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalexpl.html 46. Graphing stories - this website has short video clips that can be used to help students learn the relation between a graph and the action it represents http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=213 47. A site with lots of resources, including graphing bingo, which is the activity this link is related to: http://www.teachforever.com/ http://www.teachforever.com/2008/03/graph-bingo-review-game.html 48. Nancy Clark's webstie is a treasure trove for science teachers! http://www.nclark.net/ 49. This website has raps and resources for all content areas! http://www.educationalrap.com/ |