Useful Websites

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:

http://www.thinkfinity.org/

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.

http://www.brainpop.com/

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!]

http://www.maxteaching.com/

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

http://www.wordle.net/

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:

http://www.footnote.com/

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:

• http://www.nsta.org/publications/ostb/

22. A resource maintained by Teachers' College is a web site that houses both lesson plans and suggested books on scientific topics

• http://www.tc.columbia.edu/centers/sci_lit/teachers.html

23. Project 2061 maintains a web site with resources catalogued by author, title and topic focused on science concepts in books useful for teachers

• http://www.project2061.org/publications/rsl/online/TRADEBKS/BOOK_TOC.HTM

24. Here is a web site with songs for your curriculum – songs for every discipline!

http://www.songsforteaching.com/index.htm

25. A web site that provides guided inquiry activities for physical science

http://inquiryinaction.org/

26. This web site provides 20 individual activities in physical science - they need to be grouped into a unit of study - but you may be able to use them individually in some way!

http://www.iit.edu/%7Esmile/cheminde.html

27. NCTE's definition of 21st Century literacies and its framework for curriculum and assessment

http://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

42. This website is maintained by the Portland Oregon school district and opens to the page on math assessments related to a hands on math curriculum.

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/