Educational Resources

 

This month’s Digital Dozen by Eisenhower National Clearinghouse

 

A Teacher’s Guide to Plagiarism

 

The Annenberg/CPB Web site - Visitors with broadband access can click on the "View Channel Live" link on the Channel page:
and watch a continuous stream of Channel programming.  Windows Media Player and broadband access are required.

 

Ask Eric – “This collection contains more than 1100 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to by teachers from all over the United States.

 

Baltimore County Schools - Has put together a nice list of teachers resources and K-12 grade level Web sites.

 

Beginning Teacher’s Toolbox – resource for beginner or veteran teachers.

 

Best Practices of Technology Integration -  Many neat lessons involving technology sorted by level and subject area.

 

Beyond Books – Unit on Working with the Web - Use as a resource for yourself or your students.  We have a subscription to this resource.  Get teacher username and password from J. Callahan, Middle Division.

 

BigChalk – “Provides a broad spectrum of educational Internet services to teachers, students, parents, librarians and school administrators in the K-12 educational and public library markets.”

 

Brenda and Robins’s Tech Tips (MicroSoft)

 

Busy Teacher’s Website K-12 – A good collection of technology links.

 

Cool Math Sites – From elementary to high school listings help integrate computers and math.

 

Copyright with CyberBee – Great way to teach students about copyright rules.

 

Discovery School Teacher Tools – Puzzle maker, quiz center etc.

 

DiscoverySchool – “Dedicated to making teaching and learning an exciting, rewarding adventure for students, teachers, and parents. They provide innovative teaching materials for teachers, useful and enjoyable resources for students, and smart advice for parents. The site is constantly reviewed for educational relevance by practicing classroom teachers in elementary school, middle school, and high school.”

 

Doucette Index - K-12 Literature Based Teaching Ideas

 

Early Education -  Get resource for those elementary years.

 

EdHelper – Lesson plans, worksheets, WebQuests and lots more!

 

Education World - "Education World is an Educator's Complete Resource Guide to the Internet...a place where teachers can gather and share ideas. It's a search engine for educational Web sites only, a place where educators can find information without searching the entire Internet. It's an information source on the Web with news from USA Today, monthly site reviews and employment listings to keep educators up to date, lesson plans, articles written by education experts, and information on how to make the best use of technology in the classroom."

 

Education World’s “Best of Education” Site Reviews divided into grade levels and topic areas.

 

EduPuppy - Early childhood education for Preschool to grade 2, includes a newsletter.

 

EduHound – Everything for K-12 education

 

Evaluating Web Resources – Widener University Wolfgram Library

 

Field Trips – This is just one of many resources for electronic field trips.

 

Florida Center for Instructional Technology – USF provides workshops, publications and a software preview center.

 

Florida’s Instructional Technology Resource Center – UCF provides publications, online courses, and other information.

 

4Teachers - Online site for teachers integrating technology,

 

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence – Free resources for a variety of educational topics.

 

From Now On – an Educational Technology Journal

 

FunBrain – You can find quizzes made by other teachers or make some of your own.  Student results are mailed to you.

 

Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) Easy search for lesson plans, curriculum units and Internet-based education resources.

 

GLEF – George Lucas Educational Foundation – Great place for education.  Visit the Video Gallery for professional development.

 

Hot Topics – From Teachers First.

 

Intel – provides great resources for teachers including “teaching with technology”, grants, educational programs, and managing technology.

 

Internet Pocket Guide for Teachers – in pdf form

 

Jeopardy Games – A variety of topics created by teachers and a blank one for you.

 

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators – “a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.”  Schrock’s “Site of the Day” archives for 2000-2001

 

Key Sites From Blue-Web'n - Blue Web'n is a searchable database of outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area.

 

Kids, Safety, and Ethics in the Digital Classroom – Links for copyright, ethics, safety, and Web evaluation. 

 

Landmarks for School  “Provides links to information building blocks: websites, pages, and interactive tools that provide information in the form of a raw material…which can be imported into other information processing tools and used in the meaningful construction of unique and valuable information products, within the context of social studies, science, mathematics, and other disciplines.”

 

Learning Network at TeacherVision.com

 

Librarian’s Guide to CyberSpace for Parents and Kids- from the American Library Association. 

 

Library of Congress – America’s Story from America’s Library

 

Links for Learning – Web sites for educators recommended by the Computer Learning Foundation.

 

MarcoPolo  Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities, materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines.” Send for their free guide.

 

Math Sites - Suggested by  Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

 

Math sites for Fun and Help

 

Math TV – Online video lessons for trigonometry

 

Microsoft – Teaching and Learning with MS Office – Tutorials, Tricks and Tips, Templates, Certificates, Clipart Projects and other resources offered by Microsoft.

 

Museums – Guide to museum related information including links to museums, virtual exhibits, and educational activities related to art, science and history.

 

National Geographic – Educational site with online lessons, adventures, maps and more.

 

National Science Teachers Assoc. – Laptop learning challenge page.

 

NCES - Education information and activities for students everywhere, including an on-line graph creation tool to make and print graphs.

 

NetFiles – Television show about integrating technology into the classroom – video online.

 

NOVA – Educational resources from NOVA, including a searchable database.

 

One Computer in a Classroom? – Site with great ideas and resources for elementary grades.

 

Pacific Bell’s Knowledge Network – A Northern California teacher development program offers lessons, WebQuests and more with the Blue Web’n searchable library of Internet sites for education.

 

PBS Teacher Source -  Lesson plans, activities, and info tied into their TV programming.

 

Presenters Online – Great resource for PowerPoint users—training tips, templates, clipart and more!

 

Project-Based Learning with Multimedia – San Matao County Office of Education

 

Resource List – Lots of topics here from a Saskatchewan school district including one teacher’s long bookmark list (many history).

Road Map to the Web for Educators – The Journal’s suggested list of teacher resources both general and topic listings.

 

Scholastic

 

School Express – Free worksheets and online activities.

 

Science NetLinks

 

SCORE, Connecting California's Classrooms to the World - Includes math, science, history and language arts with CyberGuides to literature (K-12 and foreign language).

 

Scout Report Scout Report is one of the Internet's longest-running weekly publications, offering a selection of new and newly discovered online resources of interest to researchers, educators The, and anyone else with an interest in high-quality online material.”

 

Site Evaluation – Kathy Schrock supplies several useful forms and articles about Web evaluation.  Students need to evaluate whether a site is worth using.  Who is the author? From where does the site originate? Is the information current and correct? Does it apply to my needs? Does it show bias? Etc.

 

Social Studies Links – One teacher’s list of helpful links.

 

Studying about China? – These links from Pacific Bell Knowledge Network will help

 

T.H.E. Journal Educator’s Road Map to the Internet – a wonderful list of educational resources and subject specific Web sites.

 

Tammy’s Technology Tips for Teachers – Rich with information.

 

Teacher Resources – WebQuests, tutorials, Internet projects, scavenger hunts, key pals, virtual fieldtrips and more.

Teacher Universe – Links to a wealth of information on many educational topics such as grants, professional development, and teaching tools.

 

Teaching and Learning on the Web – Hundreds (776) of examples of how the web is being used as a medium for learning.

 

Teaching with the Web – Resources divided by grade level.

 

Teachnet – Smart tools for busy teachers

 

Technology in Education - 180 Ideas and Resources for Teachers who want to Integrate Technology.

 

The One Computer Classroom - Overview, Planning, Management, Tips & Ideas, Links and Books on the topic.

 

The Teacher’s Online Notebook – “containing links to and descriptions of the best K-12 education resources available on the Internet.”

 

TrackStar - Ideas for integration of technology into all grades levels and all subject areas created by educators.

 

J. Callahan, MD Tech Coordinator

Berkeley Preparatory School

June 2002