Teacher Resources

**Assistive Technology Survey**
STAFF DEVELOPMENT - SPRING 2006
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700+ Great Sites from ALA Compiled by members of the American Library Association for students, teachers, librarians and parents.
ABC Teach Navigation through this site will provide more opportunities than one can imagine!
Agenda Planner Curriculum Support (Discover)
Alternative Assessment
Annenberg/CPB Workshops, lesson plans and resources by grade level.
Artful Minds Resources including arts education, brain research and technology in the curriculum.
Ask ERIC A worthwhile site with more information that one could ever imagine.
Assessment A megasite designed and implemented by the Chicago Public Schools on performance-based assessments and rubrics.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Blue Web'N Weekly updates and a database searchable by content area, subject and grade level sponsored by Pacific Bell.
BrainPop Resources covering a wide variety of topics including Health, Science, Technology, Math, English and Social Studies.
Building Blocks of a Webquest Bernie Dodge's website with everything you ever wanted to know about creating a Webquest.
Cable in the Classroom Professional development, technology initiatives, and curriculum connections.
Classroom Connect
CMT Language Arts and Math Handbook State Department of Education website with practice and sample questions
CNN Newsroom News and features for the classroom.
Computers in Time Developments and inventions in technology.
Connect for Kids Guidance for grownups on issues especially relevant to kids today.
Connected Teacher Classroom Connect's day by day calendar with links.
Connecticut Education Association A valuable resource with hints for writing professional goals.
Connecticut State University Library System A virtual wealth of resources and links to the libraries throughout the State.
C-SPAN/C-SPAN2 Lesson plans, teachers' guides, teacher tips and followship and seminar information.
Cultural Connections A Thinkquest site designed by students providing information on 13 countries.
CyberTours
Daily Lesson Plan Daily lesson plans straight from the New York Times with student, teacher and parent connections.
Department of Education Check out "No Child Left Behind"
Difference Makers A collection of ideas, resources and training aids from The original Mike Smith.
Discipline Techniques and Solutions Techniques and solutions for handling over 100 misbehaviors at home and at school, including Behavior Management...all put together by The Master Teacher.
Discovery Channel School Lesson plans on ancient history, animals, astronomy, earth science, economics, the human body, literature, life science, the oceans, physical science, space science, technology, U.S. and World history as well as professional development
eThemes: Creating Internet Resources for Sharing An alphabetical list of themes and resources by grade level.
Easton Public Library
Education World Monthly reviews of educational sites, employment, curriculum tools, lesson plans, news and weekly updates.
Enchanted Learning A variety of resources are available for free even though parts of the site require joining. Don't be frightened away!
e-pals A site filled with resources for staff as well as an excellent way to locate and match students for communicating around the world or within the U.S.
ERIC/AE Full Text Internet Library Full-text books, materials, periodicals on evaluation, learning theory and educational measurement.
Exploratorium Science, art and human perception exhibits at the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts.
Filamentality Interactive site that guides you through searching the web and creating good learning experiences for students.
From Now On Articles on probably any subject you could imagine related to technology in education. A "must see". Designed and written by Jamie McKenzie.
General Resources Includes search strategies, the Big 6© websites and resources.
George Lucas Educational Foundation Professional development including a newsletter, books, links and more.
Global Schoolhouse National Science Foundation funded project including distance learning, resources, links and more.
Gov Spot Sites compiled for government-related information.
High Tech Parents Resources, research and the impact of technology on schools and careers.
Hot Sheet A wide variety of subjects grouped by categories.
ICONnect Online classes and links to educational sites.
ICONN.org A component of the Connecticut Education Network and the Commission for Educational Technology offering a selection of licensed Gale Group databases...from home or school.
IKNOW
In2Edu Teacher resources including themes, links, resources, plans, character-building and much more.
Information Age Consultants Resources for teachers, students and teacher-librarians
The Innovative Classroom Lesson plans, management, resources, interdisciplinary thematic units
Instructional Technology Connections Articles and research supported by the University of Colorado School of Education on the roles of technology in education.
International Society for Technology in Education Standards, projects, resources to enhance student learning using technology.
Jeopardy Template Think of using Jeopardy with your students...create a game and off you go.
Just for Principals A "not for Principals only" site, this one has links to information on leadership, educational standards, lesson plans and trends in librarianship.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
KidsKonnect Areas organized alphabetically and by subject -- a great resource.
Know Your way Around Quick facts provided by the United States Census Bureau.
Librarians' Link to the Internet Links by directories.
LookSmart A catalog of resources with subheadings including education and multicultural-related subjects.
MiddleWeb Articles related to curriculum, strategies, professional development, parent involvement and assessment.
Milken Exchange on Educational Technology Tools, discussions, projects, resources.
Multicultural Pavilion Multicultural education and the internet -- tools, resources and commentary.
National Center for Teacher Thinking Letters, articles, and current news related to a wide range of subjects.
National Middle School Association
NEA Lesson Plans and Educational Resources A wide range of subject areas are covered here.
NEA Member Benefits An informational site with answers to questions pertaining directly to educators.
New York Times Learning Network Locate lesson plans, teacher sites, "Newspaper in Education" Materials and so much more -- a very rich site in resources.
Newsbank User Name: ra-4718 Password: ra-4718 An information provider with resources from newspapers, newswires, business journals, historical and scholarly documents, periodicals and more, used by students and researchers the world over.
Nickelodeon Teacher guides and lesson plans for Nickelodeon sites.
Odyssey Lesson plans, standards, student activities.
Ozline Webquests, ideas, activities, training sessions developed by Tom March for Pacific Bell.
Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Updates on the latest 'hot' technological/educational sites including videoconferencing.
Peter's Lesson Plan Links A whole page of lesson plans.
PBS Lesson plans on PBS programs.
The Power to Learn Cablevision's website full of excellent resources for teachers, students and parents.
Puzzlemaker Mazes, word searches, crosswords, number blocks, and math squares created by Discovery School.
Regional Technology Education Consortia: Established through Congress to support school reform initiatives and technology implementation.
South Central Web-based tools for assessment and cataloging of skills.
SouthEast and Islands Regional Technology in Education Consortium Professional development opportunities.
North Central Technology integration, best practices and location of pictures, diagrams and maps on the Internet.
Resources - Strategies to Improve Reading Comprehension Across the Curriculum (E. Marie Mas)
Scholastic Professional resources, links, field trips, news, reading programs, and lesson plans. Scholastic Resource Center A wide variety of resources well worth perusing.
Smart Boards
SNET Internet
T.H.E. Journal's Road Map to the WWW for Educators
Teacher Rejuvenation Quick uplifting moments for teachers.
Teacher Net Links, lesson plans, authors, interviews, pathfinders, idea-a-day and more.
Teacher/Pathfinder Professional Development Online tutorials in technology.
Teacher Related Websites A vast site with links for teachers including lesson plans, special education, government data sources and more.
Teacher Reports Grading management system.
Teacher's Desk: The Ultimate Resource Center Lesson plans, links and resources for all subject areas.
Teaching Tolerance A national education project that fosters respect, equity and understanding.
TeachNet Lesson plan ideas rather than lesson plans!
Teach-Nology Teacher worksheets and resources
Think Quest Challenging and age-appropriate competition using the Internet
UtahLINK A comprehensive and current site maintained by the Utah Department of Education featuring lesson plans, subject specific resources, and more.
Virtual Field Trips Create your own field trips...and more!
Virtual Lesson Plans
Web Integrated Lesson Plans Lesson plans and webquests by subject.
Web Monkey Comprehensive source for web builders with a section for kids.
WebQuest An interesting, challenging and thought-provoking method for students to use the Internet and higher order critical thinking skills. Lesson plans and ideas are provided.
Web66: A K12 World Wide Web Project
What's on the Web? An article written by Tom March (Pacific Bell) that is well worth reading for teachers who are beginning to use the Internet in their classrooms.
WNETSchool Free web service for teachers with standards-based lessons, classroom activities, multimedia Internet primer, online experts, student gallery, online discussion and reviews of curriculum-based websites. Sign up using your own preferences and enjoy a wonderful resource.
Working the Web for Education Professional development geared to using the Internet as a tool for learning as well as the WebQuest and how to use it.
WWW4teachers A site rich in resources covering Professional Development, teacher stories, collaboration, web-based activities ... well worth visiting.

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