Assistive Technologies

• Jott at http://jott.com is a voice-to-text software to help anyone needing that assistance.
• Bookshare at http://www.bookshare.org/web/Welcome.html provides print disabled people with access to over 39,100 books and 150 periodicals that are converted to Braille, large print, or digital formats for text to speech audio.

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Book Reviews

• Richie's Pics at http://www.richiespicks.com/ shares great books for children and young adults.
• Flamingnet at http://www.flamingnet.com/ offers tween and teen-reviewed books.
• GuysRead at http://www.guysread.com/ is Jon Scieszka's resourceful website for getting boys into great books.
• Kidsreads.com at http://www.kidsreads.com/ is a great site for kids to see newly released books and read reviews.  Author interviews and contact information.  Trivia questions, games and contests.

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Clipart

• Teacher Files at http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm
• Web Places at http://www.webplaces.com/html/animations.htm
• Classroom Clipart at http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/imageFolio.cgi
• Discovery Education Clip Art Gallery at http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/

 

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Cyber Safety

• Connect Safely at http://www.connectsafely.org/ is a safe social networking site which included tips for parents, teachers, and teens.
• CTAP Cyber Safety at http://www.ctap4.org/cybersafety/
• FBI Safety Rules poster at http://www.fbi.gov/kids/k5th/safety2.htm
• Federal Trade Commission's Kidz Privacy at http://www.ftc.gov/kidzprivacy
• GetNetWise at http://kids.getnetwise.org/
• iSafe at http://www.isafe.org/ includes training and teaching materials, including kid and teen-friendly videos for staying safe on the Internet.
• NetSmartz at http://www.netsmartzkids.org/
• bNetS@vvy at http://www.bnetsavvy.org
• Common Sense Media at http://www.commonsensemedia.org is a guide to helping parents manage their children's media exposure.
• Quick at http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm teaches kids how to evaluate online information.
• Safe Kids at http://www.safekids.com/ Internet safety software and resources 
• Wired Kids at http://www.wiredkids.org/ includes resources, tips, and safe sites.
• Wired Safety at http://www.wiredsafety.org/

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Global Projects

• Taking It Global at http://www.takingitglobal.org/ allows a class or group to connect across the world on worthwhile projects.

• Kiva at http://kiva.org/ is a way for students and community members to invest and make small loans to persons in thrid world countries.

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Lesson Plans

• Joyce Valenza's Teacher Links at http://www.sdst.org/shs/library/tealinks.html offers more lesson links than you can shake a stick at!
• Knowville at http://knowville.org/ is a wiki with reading-based FUN lessons for all grades.
• Blue Web'N at http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/  is an online library of 2176 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects). 
• California Learning Resource Network at http://www.clrn.org/home is a resource for educators which helps them to find standards-based internet learning resources, software, and visual materials.
• WebQuest.Org at http://webquest.org/index.php helps teachers design and implement web-based learning experiences. Great for all grades.
• ELL Web Technology Resource List at http://www.nea.org/neatodayextra/ellwebresources.html

 

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Media Literacy

• Center for Media Literacy at http://www.medialit.org/
• Media Literacy Clearinghouse at http://www.frankwbaker.com/
• medialiteracy.com at http://www1.medialiteracy.com/
• Peter D at http://medialiteracy.net/index.shtml

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Open Source

• News of the open source movement is at: http://opensource.org/

• Open Source Resources at http://opensourceresources.wikispaces.com/ is exactly that, a wiki with tons of links to the best open source resources out there right now.

• OpenDisc at http://theopendisc.com/ is a source of open source software for the PC.

• Open Educational Resources Commons at http://www.oercommons.org/ has open content curriculum resources.
• Math Open Reference at http://www.mathopenref.com/ includes math open content curriculum.
• FreeReading at http://free-reading.net/index.php?title=Main_Page offers early literacy/reading intervention curriculum sources for K-3.

 

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Pathfinders and Subject-Specific Resources

     General Pathfinder Helps

• Institute for Library & Information Literacy Education LMT-compiled pathfinders for K-12 subjects
• The Central Jersey Regional Library Cooperative at http://www.cjrlc.org/Help/pathfinders.htm offers great tips on why and how to create a pathfinder as well as examples of pathfinders.
• Internet Public Library at http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/ offers a collection of pathfinders

     Science

• Bay Nature at http://baynature.org/ includes articles and short videos on plant and animal life around the San Francisco Bay Area. 

     Social Studies

     Language Arts 

     Math 

     Art, Music, Drama

     All Subjects

• EPN: The Education Podcast Network at http://epnweb.org/index.php contains hundreds of curriculum-related podcasts, some created by students and some as a collection of teaching tools.
• Blue Web'N at http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ includes a multi-faceted search engine and has won numerous awards for its plethora of outstanding resources.
• California Learning Resource Network at http://www.clrn.org/home is a resource for educators which helps them find standards-based internet learning resources, software, and visual materials.

 

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Professional Reading Room

• Landmarks for Schools at http://landmark-project.com/ is a general resource area created by David Warlick for discussing and teaching literacy in the 21st century.
• Knowledge Quest Journal at http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/kqhome/kqhome.cfm is an online journal by the American Library Association focusing on school library instruction and pedagogical theory.
• Education World at http://www.education-world.com provides information and links that integrate technology into the curriculum, with lesson plans, professional development, and information for administrators.
• Edutopia at http://www.edutopia.org is great for keeping educators up-to-date on how the Internet can be used creatively in education.

 

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Reading and Literacy Research and Support

• Jim Trelease's website and research at http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/ describes the value of reading aloud to children.
• Stephen Krashen's website and research at http://www.sdkrashen.com/ on the power of reading
• Reading Is Fundamental at http://www.rif.org/
• International Reading Association at http://www.reading.org/ offers conferences, digital resources (including lesson plans and reproducibles), and more for promoting literacy.
• All About Adolescent Literacy at http://www.adlit.org/ for grades 4-12.
• ALA Value of Independent Reading at http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/positionstatements/ALA_print_layout_1_2 shares the value of independent reading.
• Noodle Tools 21st-Century Literacies at http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/ discusses and offers resources relating to mathematical, literary, scientific, visual, spatial, historical, cultural, political, and information literacies.
• Read Write Think at http://www.readwritethink.org/resources/index.asp
• Reading 2.0 at http://readingtech.wikispaces.com/ is a wiki by school librarians offering ways to promote the reading of print materials through technology.

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State Standards

• Standards Toolbox at http://standardstoolbox.com/ allows you to find standards and store lessons, etc. for teachers. 
• AASL's Learning Standards for Students at http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslindex.cfm
• California State Standards at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/
• International Society of Technology in Education Standards for Students at http://cnets.iste.org/students/s_stands.html
• Partnership for 21st Century Learning at http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/