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Teacher Resources --
St. Joseph Staff Website-- and librarian, too
Fishing
Theme ideas / Ocean
ideas
Explore
the Blue - and - Take
me Fishing
| 21st Century Learning | Movie adaptations of books |
| Archdiocese of Seattle and Library and Catalog | Online Activities and websites |
| Back to School (1st day) - books to read | Podcasts |
| Clipart, coloring pages, and Games | Reading -- Readers Theater and Teaching Reading - 25 best |
| Copyright - Fair Use | Religion sites / Advent / Lent also Liturigal Year and Mary |
| Differentiated Instruction | Smart Board , Interactive links, and powerpoints |
| General teacher oriented sites and Bookmarked by Barb | Special needs |
| Graphic Organizers | Videos online and Music - with online software to create own |
| Internet safety issues | WebQuests |
| Keeping
Current / new Technology | Worksheets available online |
| Learning Resource Center - helpful sites | Writing Prompts, 6 Writing Traits, and Tips from authors |
| Lesson planning templates | |
| Math - takes you to a separate page |
- Activities for the first day of school KimsKorner4TeacherTalk
- Back to School great site with lots of useful stuff - bulleitn boards, coloring pages, activities, clipart, worksheets - Canadian Assoc. Second Language Teachers
- Back to School - Education World
- Back to School from TeAch-nology.com - icebreaker activities, first day, rest of year
- Back to school activities - great list, by grade level groups - TeachersCorner - bulletin boards to activities and resources
- Back to school resources - Kathy Schrock Discovery School
- First day of school activities - collected by a teacher Kevin Kearney in Victoria - Time Capsules, Me Boxes, or Class Photo Books. Play the Name Game, Toilet Paper?
- Ideas for the first day of school - a nice collection of energizers, icebreakers, and all types of ideas for the important beginning of the school year - bulletin board ideas - by teacher and workshop presenter Sue LeBeau
- MiddleWeb's first day of Middle School
- Preparing for the first day of school - Teachers.Net
- Thinking about the first day of school - The Art of Teaching from TeacherVision.com
- Welcome Back to School from Tammy's Tidbits ...elementary level back to school items to print out for students - bookmarks
Education portals and starting points - "best of the web" for educators - TeacherTap
- 21st Century Learning
- ABCteach
- Archdiocese
of Seattle
- Applitrack - online form of employment information
- Call to Protect - available in July
- Library -- with catalog for books and videos
- AtoZteacherStuff preK-12 educational network
- AwesomeLibrary organizes the Web with 14,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education
- Blue Web'N a libray of blue ribbon learning sites on the web grouped by grade, content and subjest areas, by Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer
- The Digital Classroom from the National Archives - resources about primary sources, activities and training for educators and students
- Digital Library for Earth Sciences System - find websties for links by grade and subject in Earth sciences
- Discovery School's Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
- EdHelper.com over 10,000 lesson plans, webquests, etc. - need to register $
- Education World "where educators go to learn" with search engine for teachers
- Educational CyberPlayground
- Eduscapes "helps educators address common technology integration questions by providing practical, online resources and activities"
- 4teachers.org integrating technology
- Filamentality - AT&T - guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet links, and turning them into learning activities
- *The Gateway to Educational Material from ERIC "The key to one-stop, any-stop access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet!"
- HomeroomTeacher.com with general resources and clipart
- Internet4Classrooms - online links to skills based assessment activities - by grade level
- Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Discovery School
- KidsHealth
in the Classroom tips from teachers, information about common
childhood health problems, health-related news, and other resources - teacher's
guides, handouts, and quizzes - all aligned to recently updated national health
education standards.
- Landmark Project One of the earliest educational websites on the Internet with links to teaching and learning resources on the Net and valuable Web tools - images, primary sources, subject areas.
- LessonPlanPage
- New York Times Learning Network (gr. 3-12)
- Religious education resources - Sue LeBeau
- Teachers.net - teacher resources
- Teachnet.com lesson plans for all grades, postcard and buddy exchanges, Teacher-2-Teacher email forums, a free newsletter, how-to projects for the classroom, commentaries, reviews and much more
- Teach-nology for integrating technology "giant collection of resources"
- Thinkfinity - new MarcoPolo site- online educational resources
- TrackStar - find internet links/lesson plans by keyword, subject or theme
- Washington
State OSPI - Standards -- https://eds.ospi.k12.wa.us/ealrs/
- Books by grade level for Language Arts Curriculum standards - @ Follett Titlewave
Bookmarked by Barb
There are hundreds more: these are sites I bookmarked from recommendations
based on listservs to which I subscribe.
- Adventures of Cyberbee with curriculum ideas, treasure hunts and web links by the author of Net Curriculum: An Educator's Guide to Using the Internetand of a regular column for MultiMedia Schools magazine
- Gail Lovely - variety of reading, web, tech ideas for Word and PowerPoint and resources (NECConf 2006)
- KathiMitchell.com - great set of curriculum related subject sites
- Marc Sheehan's lesson plans - resources and plans at different grade levels - from Pacific Lutheran University
- MIKIDS a k-8 educational site of safe links, book reviews, etc.
- ReadWriteThink.org - great ideas, online activities under Student Materials
- Resources for Teachers and Parents Stetson MS, Philadelphia
- S.C.O.R.E online resources for education, Schools of CA
- Songs for Teaching - songs by curriculum area: math, language arts, transitions
- Sue LeBeau's Educational Resources
- Teachers@work over 1,000 of the best Internet curriculum resources for teachers
- TheTeachersCorner.net an excellent site with thematic units with web sites, lesson plans and books
- Zwolle Elementary School - reading links - great list of resources, games, and activities
Clip Art, Coloring pages, crafts, games and more
- Clip art
- AwesomeClipart for Kids
- Bookmarks
- Alphabet Soup - themed bookmarks -- dogs, elephants, and more -- and general bookmarks
- pages of printable bookmarks - YouthOnline
- Books
and reading clip art - About.com list of links
- Books/Library clip art - ClipsAhoy
- Reading/Journaling clip art - ClipsAhoy
- ClassroomClipArt.com
- Clip art - lists from Grosse Point School
- DiscoverySchool Clipart Gallery (for books see language arts)
- DK Clip art
- IconArchive.com
- IconBazaar - with book icons under documents
- IconMania - Kids Domain
- Lakeshore Learning free clip art - scroll through various
- Library Media & PR -clipart and banners
- Open Clip Art for all - all public domain
- Phillip Martin - wonderful site -- and also PowerPoint templates *****
- School and educational clipart - with section on books and reading
- School Clip Art
- Soo Hyoung's Library Clip Art
- TeacherFiles.com
- WiseGorilla.com free educational clip art and icons
- Coloring pages
- Games
- Create your own Bingo - DLTK
- Create your own Bingo Cards - Teach-Nology
- Game templates - links to several sites with game templates
- PersonalEducational Press - create flash cards, bingo, quizzes, word lists
- Puzzlemaker
Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles
using your word lists
- I love that teaching idea - worksheets, reproducibles, bookmarks galore
- Online activities -- and HUGE
list of FAVORITE sites from Kathy Schrock on Discovery Education
- Interactive
activities online
- American Museum of Natural History - Ology
- Learner.org (Annenberg) - Elements of a story - Setting Characters Sequence Exposition Conflict Climax Resolution
- PeepAndTheBigWideWorld -- math and science activities
- Food Detectives - online activities and games about food and bacteria
- Kindergarten
fun
- ABCya.com
- Dot to Dot alphabet and numbers in order
- ABCya home - also Counting Money and Learning Time
- countdown to blastoff -- Apples4theteacher
- ABC online activities and games - long list of links - alphabetically
- Alphabetical
order FLASH
- CrickWeb.co.uk - put words in alphabetical order
- PlayKidsGames.com - frog needs to catch letters in order - also math games
- Primary Resources.com - put words, names in alphabetical order
- ToonUniversity - alphabetize through 3rd letter
- Countdown - remove the same colored boxes linked together
- Fun with letters - type in letters, move to make words
- Game
Goo
- Alien Scavenger Hunt - Letter Bug (intermediate) not always words kids would know
- Alphabet Bears - put words in alphabetical order (beginner)
- Kangaroo Confusion - match the captial letter with the little letter
- Sassy Seals - find the word (fish) with the same beginning sound
- Internet4Classrooms - all levels, all skills online games and activities - by grade level
- Kids
games - list of links - Zwolle
- other Resource links - ie., Gingerbread
- Kindergarten
Reading games - Zwolle Elementary School - long list
- Kindergarten Math games online
- Kindergarten games - with favorite characters like Bob Builder, Arthur, Barney, Clifford
- LearningPlanet.com
- ABCorder with letters on train
- Alphabet action - click on letter to hear name and see item
- Lil Fingers - some games, need JAVA
- Mrs. Alphabet - print and online activities
- PBS Kids - with Berenstain Bears and Curious George
- Primary Games.com - complete list of links with all manner of subjects and fun - notall so easy
- Sesame Street
- ABCya.com
- Dot to Dot alphabet and numbers in order
- Lunch
bag lessons - scroll down to find articles and ideas about
- Adventures - by Eduweb.com - web adventures in art, science and history
- America on the move - Smithsonian
- Gliffy.com - diagraming online (uses Flash)
- Invention at play and inventors' stories and games
- National Atlas.gov
- Newspaper Clipping Generator - create own newspaper article
- ReadWriteThink.org
with lesson plans
- Alphabet organizer
- Animal Inquiry
- Book Cover creator and Book Cover guide
- Essay Map
- also stuff for poetry, mysteries, biographies, etc.
- Scholastic
- Homework Hub
- Maggi Math - practice while you play +/-/x/
- Spelling Wizard
- Teacher
Domain - onlinve videos, media, lesson plans grouped by subject
- FREE but need to register - WGNH
- Middle School literacy - ie., folktales (under reading)
- Interactive
activities online
- Online fun and games - most for Kindergarten
- Wordle.net - make word pictures online
Copyright -- and Copyright Friendly images and Sound -- list
- All about copyright for kids
- Bound by Law - online comic book - about public domain, number of years p. 10-11
- Copyright
AllianceEducation Foundation - lesson plans, brochures, videos
- The arts and copyright - 73 page PDF - what is it, etc.
- Join the team - lesson plans and brochures - grades 4-
- B4ucopy.com - lesson plans
- Copyright basics and the internet
- Copyright challenge - take the test - http://www.copyrightkids.org/
- Copyright Clearance Center get permission to reproduce copyrighted content such as articles and book chapters in your journals, photocopies, coursepacks, library reserves, Web sites, e-mail and more
- Copyright in an Electronic Environment quick general guidelines - NC Public Schools
- Copyright Guidelines - Jefferson County - "permitted" and "not permitted" columns by area
- Crash Course Copyright Tutorial University of Texas' highly interactive "Crash Course" covering all media
- Teacher's guide to Fair Use and Copyright
- 10 Big Myths about copyright explained
- Visit
to Copyright Bay interactive - fun - to inform and
entertain educators about copyright issues in a non-profit setting - U of St.
Francis
- Fair Use Harbor U of St. Francis
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Videos -- with video
- lesson planning templates
- NCRTEC lesson planner
- TeAchnology
lesson plan maker
- math lesson plans and links to others
- Adapt lessons to reach all students - TeacherVision list of methods (may need to subscribe)
- Dare to Differentiate - Wikispace - topics and strategies - with powerpoints and PDF
- Differentiated Instruction - Polk Schools http://www.polk-schools.com/Differentiated.htm
- Differentiated Instruction: one size doesn't fit all http://www.learnerslink.com/curriculum.htm
- Differentiated
instsruction: a hotlist of websites http://www.frsd.k12.nj.us/rfmslibrarylab/di/differentiated_instruction.htm
- basic understandings sites )learning styles, multiple intelligence), teaching strategy sites, lesson plan and classroom management sites, assessment and rubics sites, online tutorials sites on all
- Differentiated
Instruction- list of links from Internet4Classrooms
- learning styles
sites, instructional theory sites, practical tips for the classroom sites, sample
units and lesson sites, multi-link sites
- learning styles
sites, instructional theory sites, practical tips for the classroom sites, sample
units and lesson sites, multi-link sites
- EdHelper.com - lesson plans, books to print, worksheets and actvities - need to subscribe (see Barb Cutler)
- Formative Assessment PDF
- Getting started with Differentiation - questions and answers with Rick Wormeli from MiddlWeb Listserv
- Math
- National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Illuminations - Lessons, Web sites, and Investigations for All Grades
- Student explorations in mathematics - need to subscribe - Applications and Investigations for Grades 5 - 10
- Teaching Children Mathematics - journal - need to subscribe - Activities, Ideas, and Strategies for Pre-K - 6 Teachers
- National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Rubrics and assessment templates, subject specific, from Kathy Schrock Discovery School
- Staff Development for Educators (SDE) - includes list of PDF files of DI resources
- Tiered
Lesson Plans: differentiation for all learners - various subject lesson plans
with tiered assessment options
- Middle School Lessons (gr. 6-8)
- Upper Elementary Lessons (gr. 3-5)
- Primary lessons (k-2)
- other useful links on differentiated instruction, elements of depth and complexity, learning styles and multiple intelligences
- Free Graphic Organizers - Excellent site- Freeology.com
- Connect Safely.org
- GetNetWise
- and - Kids.GetNetWise.org
- Social networking sites explained: Facebook, My Space and Xanga
- Resourses for parents: ie., what kind of risks are there
- NSTeens
-
- Post-to-be-private - animated online video
- Terrible Text - Online bullying animated video
- Real life stories - online videos with teacher related activities, listed in full
- Social Networking Basics - I KeepItSafe.org
- FauxPaw the Techno Cat - children's online video on internet safety (ages 4-11)
- Social Networking 101 - onnline video - overview of MySpace - for teens
- Today's Internet - Web 2.0
- StaySafe.org/teens
-
- Teens can click on
- Find out more to keep computers safe from hackers
- Mangage your personal information to investigate identity theft
- Be Smart Online to learn how to build online networks more safely
- Educators
- Teens can click on
- 4Teachers - teaching with technology 4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars
- Best
websites for teaching and learning - AASL - 25 best
- * Media Sharing * Digital Storytelling * Manage and Organize * Social Networking and Communication * Curriculum Sharing * Content Resources: Lesson Plans and More * Content Collaboration
- Big Fresh - Choice Literacy.com offers top sites visited each year by literacy leaders
- Education Week on the web
- Kathy Schrock - educational
technology blogs
- weekly site of interest archive
- MiddleWeb.com exploring the challenges of middle school reform, and brimming with resources for educators and parents, with an e-mail list
- MidLink Magazine digital magazine for students by students 8-18, with teacher resources links
- National Catholic Education Association (NCEA)
- National Middle School Association (NMSA)
- Partnership
for 21st Century Learning
- MILE guide - Milestones for Improving Learning & Education
- Pew Internet and American Life Project - source for current information and statistics on the impact of the internet on children and families
- Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) newsletter (One to one) and classes
- The Scout Report A weekly publication of new and newly discovered Internet sites for researchers and educators. These sites are REVIEWED by educators!! To receive the electronic mail version of the Scout Report each week, join the scout-report mailing list by sending an email to:listserv@cs.wisc.edu in the body of the message, type: subscribe scout-report yourfirstname yourlastname
- Search Engine Watch - search engines and tips and information about searching
- Technology - new technology -- How-to-Guides-- see also Best Websites for teaching and learning -
- Joyce
Valenza's list of new tools and technology to use
Teacher Training videos on new softwares - Russell Stannard, a lecturer at the University of Westminster (UK) has created a ton of training videos for many of the common educational technology tools; he covers Moodle, Twitter, Audacity, Wordpress, Jing, podcasting, and many more useful tools- Animoto -- see also One True Media - example of both
- avatars.yahoo.com -- create picture of self
- DabbleBoard - synchronous, online whiteboard tool that allows the creation of multiple pages and integrates text and video chat
- EPals - community of over 200 countries where students can connect with other students from around the worl
- Flash animation - Sproutbuilder.com
- Flickr
- Glogster for Teachers - create online interactive posters for yourself and your students
- Jing
an easy to use tutorial program where you can record audio over images cast over
your desktop (working in microsoft office, searching the web, navigating a computer,
etc...) and can record and post these videos online
- (Check this site for how this tutorial program has been used in math instruction: http://www.mathtrain.tv)
- November Learning - Alan November- Tech Guru whose web page has tons of tech-based resources
- Picasa Web - free online photos
- Schmoop - Smart, fun, plain-spoken study guides and teacher resources
- Screencasting
- SlideShare.net and for educators (shows example of Geography of Japan) - or search for ones already done
- Soundzabound for royalty free music
- Student Led Conferences from Zionsville Midle School (need FLASH9)
- Surveys
- TeacherBootCamp Blog - Reboot Summer Camp
- Twitter - one of many social networking sites that students use on a daily basis where we can connect with them to share learning in their arenas
- VoiceThread - create collaborative multimedilideshows using images, documents and videos (maybe $)
- Weebly
- including WebBlogs
- Wikis and Wikis for educators
- wordle.net -- create word pictures
- Wired - newest in technology and trends
Learning Resource Center - recommended sites
- LD online - The leading website on learning disabilities and ADHD
- ADDA - Helping adults with ADHD lead better lives
- Dr. Hallowell - Promoting cognitive and emotional health in children and adults with ADHD
- ADD
- ADDitude - Living well with ADD and learning disabilities - magazine
- ADD Resource - Learn about ADD/ADHD
- ADD Consults - Online ADHD clinic
- ADDvance - Resources for women and girls with ADD
- ADD Coach Academy - Comprehensive ADD coach training
- ADD Resources - LOCAL ADHD support groups - great resource for parents
- CHADD.org
- (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder)
non-profit organization serving individuals with AD/HD - OneADDplace.com - The Source for ADD and ADHD Information
- Famous People with LD and AD/HD
- Dyscalculia
- Dyslexia
- The Ennis William Cosby Foundation
- Instant Access Treasure Chest Guide to Learning Disabilities
- The International Dyslexia Foundation (IDA)
- Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
- KidSource online Learning Disability
- Leading website on Learning Disabilities
- Learning Styles and Learning Disabilities resource
- LD Resources.com - A collection of resources on various aspects of learning disabilities
- Learning Disability Worldwide (LDW) resource to help and bring hope
- Learning Disabilities - National Institute of Health
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Nonverbal Learning Disorders
Technology for Academic Support & Enrichment - amazing resources for parents to help support the academic growth of their child - the technology options are very exciting and motivational for kids.
- ClickNKids
- http://www.clicknkids.com
- ClickN READ Phonics - entire kindergarten to 3rd grade phonics curriculum taught at USA public schools through 100 interactive cartoon animated online phonics lessons
- ClickN SPELL - PreK-5 that teaches the 800 most commonly used words in the English language
- Math
- Math Tudor DVD - http://www.MathTutorDVD.com - DVD tutorials - Kindergarten-high school
- OmegaMath - http://www.Omegamath.com - online indepth math curriculum courses - Middle School and High School
- WebMath - http://www.Webmath.com - a math-help web site that generates answers to specific math questions and problems, as entered by a user, at any particular moment - Kindergarten-high school
- Smart Tutor - http://www.SmartTutor.com - fun online Reading and Math lessons
- Time for Learning - http://www.Time4learning.com - online home education program that combines learning with fun educational teaching games - Preschool - 8th grade
- Time for Writing - http://www.Time4writing.com/ - online writing courses that helps elementary - high school students build writing skills through one-on-one interaction with a certified teacher
Tutoring and Educational Resource List- list of people and groups
- Lesson Plan A.doc
- Lesson Plan B.doc
- Free Lesson Plan template.doc
- St. Francis Lesson Plan.doc
- Unit Template.doc
- Unit Template 2.doc
Movie adaptations from books - lists of books - reasons
- Best children's books to movies -- School Library Journal article from FUSE #8 blog -- with trailers
- Choice Literacy - top ten adaptations and reasons to use 9/2009
- Top 21 children's books made into film (2006)
- Multicultural Calendar KidLink
- Multicultural literature
- Children's Picture Book database Miami U. searchable by keyword
- Disabilities booklist, by type -Disabilities booklist by grade level Nancy Keane
- Examining
Multicultural Picture Books for the Early Childhood Classroom: Possibilities and
Pitfalls J Mendoza & D Reese
- Oyate an organization that reviews and provides insider perspectives on Native Americans in literature - books to avoid
- Fakelore, Multiculturalism, and the Ethics of Children's Literature Eliot A. Singer
- Lee and Low Books - catalog: multicultual literature for children
- Making Multicultural Connections through books by cultural group, grade, subject - Montgomery County Public Schools
- Multicultural Book Reviews though last updated '96
- Multicultural Review - quarterly journal for teachers
- Multiculturalism and children's literature NEA
- Skipping Stones: a multicultural magazine, features global, multicultural and nature themes
- Multicultural Resources for Children
- Great Issues forum - Each year, the Great Issues Forum will explore critical issues of our time through a single thematic lens. Our inaugural theme is Power.
- MIT - Media Lab Video podcasts - interesting podcasts on technology and related matters, ie "Robots to the Rescue", "Synthetic Neurobiology",
- Word for Word http://wordforword.publicradio.org/podcast/,
- TED Talks http://www.ted.com/,
- To the Best of our Knowledge http://www.wpr.org/book/,
- Radio Lab http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/
- This American Life http://www.thisamericanlife.org
Reading
Readers' Theater - Power of Readers Theater
- Aaron Shepard
- Internet resources for readers theater
- Readers Theatre resources - Gander Academy
- Readers Theater scripts and plays - teachingheart.net
- Phonemic Awareness
- Reading Awareness - phonemic awareness games, activities, worksheets
- ReadWriteThink.org - Lesson plans - choose grade, "learning about language" and "phonemic awareness" in drop down menues - activies and lesson plans
- Songs for Teaching Books that help teach phonemic awareness
- Get Ready to Read.org early literacy screening, tools, and activities
- Phonemic Awareness activities - TEAMS Educational Resources - rhyming words, syllable segmentation, beginning sound substitution, isolation, segmentation
- Phonics
- Words and Pictures - BBC Schools
- Phonics Skills Chart - Scholastic
- Nonsense Word Test - Scholastic (PDF file)
- Reading games rooms - Adrian Bruce.com
- Fluency
- Coaching reading fluency (PDF file) - basic model
- Readers Theatre - Power
of Readers Theater
- Aaron Shepard
- Internet resources for readers theater
- LisaBlau - scripts of the month - free download
- Readers Theatre evaluation
- Readers Theatre resources - Gander Academy
- Readers Theater scripts and plays - teachingheart.net
- Peer tutor training manual - paired reading
- Teaching fluency through poetry - Poetry 4 Kids.com
- Oral Fluency calculator - for grades 3-5
- Vocabulary
- Vocabulary instruction - Vocabulary University" lists, lesson plans, worksheets
- Chapter books to read aloud - KinderKorner.com
- Vocabulary lesson plans - LessonPlanCentral
- Vocabulary lists - downloadable lists grades 1-5 350 high frequency words
- Online vocabulary development - links to activities
- Text comprehension
- Children's Literature Web Guide - lists of award winning books, plus ideas
- BookAdventure.org - motivated reading program
- Literary lessons - literature circles, literary lunch, book buddies, Rocket Reader Program, Reading workshops
- Reading strategies - links to
- Comprehension rubric to DRA
- Advent
- Advent
calendar for Smartboards
- Advent calendar online- with each day revealing how Christmas is celebrated around the world
- Children's Advent Calendar - with a way to live/act the gospel each day - Loyola Press Faith Formation
- Activites for Advent - catholicadvent.homestead.com - with Jesse tree ideas
- Advent 2008 - with simple prayer and reflection - EWTN.com
- Advent and Christmas Domestic Church.com - great collection of Advent activities including pattern pieces for a Jesse Tree, coloring pages and lots of great ideas
- Advent and Christmas crafts and activities - CatholicMom.com
- Celebrating Advent to Christmas AmericanCatholic.org - with daily calendar
- Nativity Scene - Build your own nativity scene by dragging and dropping the characters into the stable. You can print it out too.
- Resources for Advent, Christmas, Epiphany (RCA.org) with Jesse Tree art
- Season of Advent Catholic.org
- Site
reviews: Advent - list of reviewed sites for Catholic educators
and catechists -
Resources for Catholic Educators - http://www.silk.net/RelEd/- with newsletter - Story of Christmas - A simple story about the first Christmas for young children
- St. Joseph School activities
- Advent
calendar for Smartboards
- Finding God - Program resources, Loyola Press - with keyword search option
- Learning to Give.org - with lesson plans
- Lent
- Liturgical
year
- Liturgical Year 2010- CyberFaith
- Liturgical Year - from Spring Hill College, Theology Library
- Liturgial Year - Vatican
- Liturigal Year - Women for Faith and Family
- Loyola Press - lesson plans and activities
- Mary
- TopMarks
-- religion based interactive white board activities: Christinaity,
Judaism, Hinduism, Islam
- Bible for Children.org - 60 stories from the bible: Old and New Testament- click on colorful pictures to advance story
- Life of Jesus - A simple illustrated story of the life of Jesus. It includes his birth, his visit to the temple as a boy, his baptism, the disciples, miracles and death - REfuel.org
- New Testament: Lost sheep, healing a blind man, good Samaratin - REfuel.org
- Story of Christmas - A simple story about the first Christmas for young children - REfuel.org
SmartBoard and Interactive activities and ideas -- see also Joyce Valenza's huge list
FLASH websites - Eduscapes list by subject
- Introduction to FLASH tutorial - workshop by Joe Dockery, Mount Si HS
- Shared stuff
Interactive sites - shockwave online activities
- CrickWeb.UK - primary interactive resources
- Interactive Websites k-12 - listing by subject area - Jefferson County
- Internet4Classrooms - "helping teachers use the internet effectively" - interactive sites by grade and subject matter
- Interactive games and activities for kids - Woodlands-Junior School
- Interactive Literacy activities - words, letters, alphabet, synonyms, etc.
- Interactive Math activities - ages 7-11
- Interactive Science activities
- Interactive Internet Resources - Center School District - by subject areas
- Interactive Math - resources for Smartboard - Kenton county School District- with spinners, etc.
- Interactive Resources - HUGE list with popup preview - Internet4Classrooms
- Interactive Whiteboards in the Classroom - tutorials, web sites, software to download - recommended by Kathy Schrock
- Lunch bag lessons - scroll down to find articles and ideas about
- Adventures - by Eduweb.com - web adventures iin art, science and history
- America on the move - Smithsonian
- Gliffy.com - diagraming online (uses Flash)
- Invention at play and inventors' stories and games
- National Atlas.gov
- Newspaper Clipping Generator - create own newspaper article
- Math - with other websites of interest
- Ohio TreasureChest - interactives by subject areas - linked to online activities
- ReadWriteThink.org with lesson plans
- Alphabet organizer
- Animal Inquiry
- Book Cover creator and Book Cover guide
- also stuff for poetry, mysteries, biographies, etc.
- Scholastic Interactive Whiteboard Activities - by subject areas - includes Clifford
- TopMarks -- religion based interactive white board activities: Christinaity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam
- including Christmas, Easter, Jesus
PowerPoint sites
- Pete's PowerPoint Station - already done powerpoint presentations on every imaginable topic
- alphabetical listing by topic or theme
- Powerpoint Collection - Jefferson County - by subject area
- PowerPoint Palooza - AP history - US, European - and Global studies - plus others
- World of Teaching - under subject groupings - biology chemistry maths english history physics geography spanish
Whiteboard/Smartboard sites
- BrainPop ---USERNAME = sjseattle PASSWORD = jaguars
- after school hours -USERNAME = sjseattle_teacher (or sjseattle_teachers)PASSWORD = jaguars
- BrainPopJr.- for younger grades
- es.BrainPOP.com - Spanish version - same passwords
- Content for White Boards - links
- Engaging students the SMARTboard way - Eduscapes
- Interactive Whiteboard Links - Ed Tech Training Center
- Interactive Whiteboard Resource Links - by subject area - SchoolSource
- Interactive White Board Resources - set of links
- Joyce Valenza's huge list of links
- Resources for teachers - good list of Smartboard and Interactive resources from North Barrington Library
- Smartboard and AirLiner activities - Witchita Public Schools
- Smart Board resources - links - Lee's Summit School District
- SmartBoard Downloads - classic board games, jeopardy, measurement mayhem, chicka chicka
- Smart Exchange -- search by word or browse by subject area
- Smarter Smart Board use - Carter Elementary
- Teachers love SmartBoards
- Autism Teaching Tools http://www.autismteachingtools.com/
- Organization and Management of an Autism Classroom http://www.omacconsulting.blogspot.com/
- Literacy Resources for Special Needs http://www.literacy.uconn.edu/spnhome.htm
- AAC Intervention -- Online instructional activities and resources for teachers http://www.aacintervention.com/teacher.html
- SEN teacher -- Free special needs teaching resources http://www.senteacher.org/Home/
- ZAC Browser -- Zone for Autistic Children http://www.zacbrowser.com/
- Resources for teachers and parents of students autistic spectrum disorder http://members.aol.com/room5/welcome.html
- Division TEACCH -- Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication-handicapped Children - http://www.teacch.com
- http://www.clevelandcatholiccharities.org/rose-mary/Autism.pdf
Videos and music online - and create own
- and free
- Copyright Friendly images and Sound -- list of sites to use
- music online
streaming -
- Grooveshark.com - kid friendly - need FLASH
- LaLa.com- free registration, playlists
- Last.fm - less extensive, but social networking features
- MySpaceMusic
- Playlist.com
- Pandora, which creates a playlist for you based on a favorite artist or song
- Soundzabound for royalty free music
- StereoMood - free!-playlists that should suit just about any mood
Create Own (from Best Websites for teaching and learning - AASL)
- Animoto.com - Create a video in five minutes – no kidding! Using Animoto, educators and students can create videos that contain photos, graphics, music, text and more!
- CoSketch.com - multi-user online whiteboard designed to give you the ability to quickly visualize - sketch- and share your ideas as images
- Our Story.com - create timeline
- Primary Access - online tool for students and teachers to combine text, visual, and sound elements, which are then combined to convey information about their chosen historical event or time frame - digital movies - search under "community" for examples of subjects, time periods, etc.
- Ripple.com - read stories online
- Voice Thread - The end of the boring slide show! VoiceThread allows users to share images, documents, and videos with added narration by the authors and others.
- Wordle.Net - creat word map image
Online
- 90+ videos for media and literacy : conversation starters to history of technology, internet, internet safety and more
- Academic Earth - 1500 videos of lectures by top scholars in variety of subjects, universities such as MIT, Berkeley, Harvard, and Stanford - need to register, but free - and graded
- Annenberg Media - Learner.org -- free online videos, need to register first - browse programs
- BBC's One Minute Wonders videos
- BrainPop
---USERNAME = sjseattle PASSWORD = jaguars
- after school hours -USERNAME = sjseattle_teacher (or sjseattle_teachers) PASSWORD = jaguars
- BrainPopJr.- for younger grades
- es.BrainPOP.com - Spanish version - same passwords
- C-SPAN video archives online
- Documentaries - FreeDocumentaries.org
- History
Channel - several topics from history, science, holidays (need to watch 10
sec. commercial first)
- Story of Us - online videos - Rebels and also Revolution and an online Quiz
- Nature magazine's free access online video
- NBC Learn - NBC News and the historic film and video archive available to teachers, students, schools -- 30 day free trial
- NOVA - Science Now - videos: "watch oneline" tab and activities under "interactives" tab
- PBS.org - A-Z list of programs
- Science Online - need King County Library card #
- Squirrel movie - Give a squirrel a helping hand
- SqoolQuarium
and Sqooltube - includes many Magic
School Bus videos - from Sqooltools.com
- SqoolTube - Berenstain Bears, Clifford, Dr. Seuss, Little, Bear, Little Critter, Magic School Bus, Maurice Sendak
- Steve Spangler's Science Videos
- Teacher Tube - free - like YouTube, but teacher generated
- Teacher
Domain - onlinve videos, media, lesson plans grouped by subject
- FREE but need to register - WGBH
- Middle School literacy - ie., folktales (under reading)
- Teacher Training videos on new softwares - Russell Stannard, a lecturer at the University of Westminster (UK) has created a ton of training videos for many of the common educational technology tools; he covers Moodle, Twitter, Audacity, Wordpress, Jing, podcasting, and many more useful tools
- YouTube Edu -all levels of content
- Web 2.0 free presentation software to create your own online videos - (cost for premium subscriptions)- see School Library Journal article to read about
Webquests : an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web
- All about webquests - Sue LeBeau
- Educational Cyberground Webquest
- IWebquest wide selection of webquests, hotlists, and treasure hunts.
- Kathy Scrock's WebQuest page
- Webquest Portal
- WebQuest template
- Webquests Spartanburg SD, with elementary webquests
- Welcome to Questville
- Worksheetsworks.com -- math, English language, geography, puzzles, miscellanea
- ABC Teach.com
- Ed Helper.com (need to subscribe - see Barb)
- Enchanted Learning (see Barb)
- Scholastic Printables (see Barb)
- School Express.com
- TeAch-nology.com
Writing
- Inside story - Society of Children Book Writers and Illustrators - Western WA
- Writing
prompts
- Bright ideas for writing - Houghton Mifflin - with photos for extra inspiration
- Journal writing every day - article with prompt ideas at the end - Education World
- Story Starters - 50 ideas to get the creative juices flowing. Click Writing Process at the bottom of the page for help with brainstorming, graphic organizers, the first draft, revising, editing, and the final copy
- Writing Bugs - Education World.
- Writing
Fix
- Picture
Book prompts idea development, organization, voice, word choice,
sentence fluency - with online lesson plans
- Picture book of the day - blog of picture books for six traits
- Picture books for teaching six trait writing - very complete list
- Picture books for teaching the traits of writing - Scholastic
- Picture books for 6 traits writing - Spring
- Picture books that model six traits writing elements (PDF)
- Picture
Book prompts idea development, organization, voice, word choice,
sentence fluency - with online lesson plans
- Writing and grammar resources - picture book examples for
- Writing
tips from children's authors
- SmartWriters.com for everyone who reads, writes, or teaches literature for kids
- Writing tips from children's authors - author BethanyRoberts.com
- Writing Resources
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