NoodleTools - Invaluable tool for creating note cards and bibliographies using MLA or APA. NoodleTools is now going to be one of your Google apps with no extra login required. Don't forget there is now a Noodletools Companion app available for your mobile device that allows you to scan book barcodes directly into your project.
Certification, Grants, Standards and Assessment, Maine School Directories
Common Lit - CommonLit is a free collection of fiction and nonfiction for 3rd-12th grade classrooms. Search and filter our collection by lexile, grade, theme, genre, literary device, or common core standard. Assign text-dependent questions to hold students accountable for high-level reading and writing. Analyze student performance and compare class reports on key reading and writing skills.
Pear Deck - Transform presentations into classroom conversations with an array of interactive and formative assessment questions. With Pear Deck, every learner engages with the interactive activity on his or her own screen, and knows their response will be seen by the teacher, but anonymous to the rest of the class.
Pear Deck Vocabulary was designed to transform the way students engage with vocabulary. When you play Pear Deck's Flashcard Factory
students pair up and work together to create dynamic and engaging flashcards. Students collaborate to illustrate and define terms making learning
vocab an active and social experience!
Viologues - Vialogues is a community of learners using video to ignite discussion. Get started by exploring our collection of thought-provoking
video discussions or host your own and invite others to join you.
TED-ELessons Worth Sharing. Build a lesson around any TED-Ed original, TED Talk, or YouTube videoB
Kathy Shrock’s Guide to Everything
Comprehensive website of Rubric templates, Website Directories, Clipart, Book lists, Lesson Plans, Assessments, and much more
American Memory-Library of Congress - American Memory is a gateway to the Library of Congress’s vast resources of digitized American historical materials. Comprising more than 9 million items that document U.S. history and culture, American Memory is organized into more than 100 thematic collections based on their original format, their subject matter, or who first created, assembled, or donated them to the Library.The original formats include manuscripts, prints, photographs, posters, maps, sound recordings, motion pictures, books, pamphlets, and sheet music.
PBS Learning Media - "the go-to destination for instant access to tens of thousands of classroom-ready, digital resources including videos, games, audio clips, photos, lesson plans, and more! You can search, save, and share with ease. Best of all, PBS LearningMedia is free for educators."
GEM Gateway to Educational Materials - "One-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet."
Teacher Reference Center (database of Digital Maine Library) - Teacher Reference Center provides Indexing and abstracts for nearly 300 peer-reviewed journals. Topics include Best Practices, Curriculum Development, Literacy Standards, Pedagogical Research, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Science & Mathematics, School Administration, and more..
ERIC (database of Digital Maine Library) - Indexes and abstracts journal articles and documents on education research and practice, from 1966 to the present. Updated monthly.
Educator's Reference Complete (database of Digital Maine Library) - A selection of more than 450 full-text academic journals, hundreds of full-text reports, and many premier reference sources. Focus on educational principles, child development and psychology, and best practices in educatio
Professional Collection (database of Digital Maine Library) - Periodical content covering topics such as 21st century skills, learning
disorders, standardized testing, home schooling and more. Updated daily, this resource is for any professional educator interested in professional
development.
The Library of Congress offers classroom materials and professional development to help teachers effectively use primary sources from the Library's vast digital collections in their teaching. Find Library of Congress lesson plans and more that meet Common Core standards, state content standards, and the standards of national organizations.
Library of Congress - Teacher Resources
New York Times Learning Network
Web Navigator, Word of the Day, Photo of the Day,Lesson plan archives for most disciplines, Webquests, Issues in Depth
New York Public Library "Best of the Web"
Web directory
Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
Engaging mathematics for teachers, students and parents.
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