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6th
Grade Treasure Trove
. . . a cyberhaven for 6th
grade teachers to network with other 6th grade teachers
around the world, to share ideas online, to share and gain
teaching tips, and to use the Internet to enhance classroom
curriculum; from a Catholic school educator in
Canada.
A&E.com
Classroom
. . . resources to help
teachers plan classroom discussions and research projects
based on A&E's shows; will send you a magazine, The Idea
Book for Educators, which contains lesson plans and a
classroom calendar.
ALA
Resources for Parents, Teens, &
Kids
. . . a listing of
recommended links.
American
Revolution Project . .
. a good example of what a class and teacher can do to
create an Internet project. This project is the result of
7th grade social studies students learning to use the
Internet as both a resource tool and as a publishing
medium.
AskERIC
Lesson Plans
. . . searchable lesson
plans organized by subject.
Awesome
Library . . . over 15,000 categorized links
for teachers, parents, students, nurses, counselors and
librarians; includes a search engine, lesson plans,
worksheets.
Bibliography
Formats
. . . links to "how-to" do
a bibliography, especially MLA style.
The
Big Six . . . a systematic approach to
information problem solving useful whenever an individual
has an information-oriented problem. This Big6 website
includes lesson plans, curriculum, a directory of schools
and districts implementing the Big 6, tools that help to
teach the Big 6, and directions for joining the electronic
discussion group (Listserv).
BIOTN
. . . best info on the net
Blue
Web'n Learning
. . . terrific site of web
based tutorials, activities, projects, unit & lesson
plans, hotlists, references & tools, and other resources
that are categorized according to curriculum subject and are
annotated links.
The
Brain Station
. . . 1,500 education
links.
Carol Hurst's Children's
Literature Site . . . a rich collection of reviews
organized by title, author, type of book, and grade level;
and curriculum ideas and activities based on curriculum
areas or themes. There's plenty here to help educators
integrate literature into their
curriculum.
Citations
and Copyright
Resources
. . . a listing of links
provided by the Texas Education
Network.
Classroom
Connect
. . . free membership site
which provides access to workshops, online networking
between teachers, projects, Internet activity ideas, and
other resources.
The
Cybrary for Middle School and
Beyond
. . . a terrifc site listing
resources for students and teachers by topics with
annotation.
EDSITEment
. . . brings together the
best of the humanities on the web. It is a constantly
growing collection of the most valuable online resources for
teaching English, history, art history, and foreign
languages; a joint project of the National Endowment for the
Humanities, the Council of the Great City Schools, MCI
WorldCom, and the National Trust for the
Humanities.
Educator's
Toolkit
. . . annotated links
arranged by the topics - newsletter, teacher resources,
libraries, technology, parents, kids, themes, holidays,
projects, lesson plans.
Education World .
. . provides lesson plans, site reviews, and reviews of
educational books. It also has message boards and employment
listings.
EduHound . . .
the engine for everything education K-12, pre-screened
directory to more than 30,000 K-12 sites with resources,
lesson plans, webquests, and much more; an alphabetical
index of keywords, category index by subject, lesson plan
links.
Eduweb.com
. . . a showcase of adventures and web sites, divided into
subtopics of Art and Art History, Science and Nature,
History and Geography, a must-see for educators and their
students.
Federal
Resources for
Educational Excellence
. . . hundreds of
education resources supported by agencies across the U.S.
Federal government are now easier to find; searchable and
categorized by subject.
Gateway
. . . Gateway to
Educational Materials: GEM links to more than 6,000
education resources.
The
History Channel
Classroom
. . . program calendars,
classroom materials and other resources there will help you
plan classes around The History Channel Classroom
programming.
How
to Create a "Monu-MENTAL .
. . " Project . . . Your
goal is to research and share a monument, building, park, or
landmark and its historical background. Choose a structure,
park, museum or battleground in your home town or one from
your social studies curriculum. Monu-MENTAL is an ideal way
to study history, depending upon the monuments you select.
Included are some suggestions for how you might organize
your students and assess their progress.
K&endash;12
Connection . . .
provides both content and easy-to-use free internet tools
and is designed to help K&endash;12 professionals build and
use internet content. Resources on this site are designed
for teachers, counselors, administrators, special education
professionals and others involved in K&endash;12 education.
The "K&endash;12 Collaborative" (which is one component of
the K&endash;12 Connection web site) offers anyone who
wishes to register, free collaboration tools, free personal
workspace and free project workspace to encourage teachers
to jointly develop content for their
classrooms.
Karina's
Educational Cybersite
. . . a collection of links by
topics.
Kathy
Schrock's Guide for
Educators
. . . a categorized list of
sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing
curriculum and teacher professional growth. It is updated
daily to include the best new sites to support teaching and
learning.
Kim's
Korner for Teacher Talk
. . .
especially for 8th grade language arts
teachers.
Learn
2 . . .
online courses, and thousands
of free "learn2s" on useful skills for everyday
living.
Lesson
Plans and Teaching Strategies . . . an
annotated listing of sources.
Librarian's
Index to the Internet .
. . comprehensive topical index of valuable
sites.
MarcoPolo
. . . for K&endash;12 teachers; includes classroom
activities and lesson plans, links to panel-reviewed and
approved web sites for safe in-class activities and powerful
search engines to speed research.
Marc
Sheehan's Index of Lesson Plans . . . a
listing of sources.
Marcia's
Lesson Links . . . a listing of sources.
Media &
Methods Online . . . mag. for k-12 educators.
Mr.
Donn's Ancient History . . . lesson plans,
activities.
Mr.
Donn's Pages . . .
lesson plans, activities.
Mr.
Donn's U.S. History
. . . lesson plans,
activities.
Mrs.
Donn's Lesson Plans Across the Curriculum . .
. very good site, organized into categories, includes more
than just lesson plans.
Multimedia
Applications on a Shoe-String Budget . . . This Web
site is designed to acquaint middle school teachers with
economical multimedia tools and ideas for web-based
educational activities that they will be able to use or
adapt in their classrooms. Each lesson includes technology
standards, performance indicators and core content
objectives.
PBS
TeacherSource . . . Public Broadcasting System's
site for teachers.
Pics4Learning
. . . a copyright-friendly image library for teachers
and students.
Region
III ESC . . . education
services center for the counties around Victoria,
Texas.
Research
. . . terrific and easy-to-use
site which concisely explains search strategies and MLA
formats.
Resources
Especially for
Teachers
. . . links in a table of
topics presented by Lincoln H.S. in Los Angeles.
Rusty
Sinclair's Resources for
Education
. . . links collected for
teachers, organized into topics.
Scholastic
- Teacher's Homepage
. . . resources include
lesson plans and reproducibles, book and author info, online
activities, research tools, and professional resources. Site
created by Scholastic Publishing.
SchoolGrants
. . . one-stop site for K-12 grant opportunities; resources
for locating, writing, receiving, and managing grant
proposals; links to grant-related state and federal agencies
as well as private foundations; tips for fundraising, school
safety, technology, and financial aid.
Schoolhouse
Topics
. . . includes assessment,
general education resources, immersive curriculum,
integrated curriculum, special needs, school reform, school
to work, and others.
Seven Steps Toward Better
Searching . . . this is an online activity for
honing your students' searching skills, created by Bernie
Dodge at San Diego State University.
Songs
for Children Theme
Page
. . . has links to Internet
sources of Songs for Children. At these sites, you'll find
the lyrics to songs that are popular with children. In some
cases, there will also be downloadable sound files and
occasionally you'll also have access to the musical score.
Search engines which allow you to find songs by artist or by
key word are also common.
Tammy's Teacher
Links . . .
focused primarily for teachers of English and English
Language Arts.
Tammy's
Technology Tips for
Teachers
Teachers
First
TEKS
Texas
Computer Education Assn.
Texas
Educ. Agency
Texas
Information Literacy
Tutorial . . . every
teacher and high school student should complete this
tutorial created by the Digital Information Literacy Office
at the University of Texas at Austin. TILT is a Web-based,
educational site designed to teach undergraduates
fundamental research skills. In each module students will
learn concepts and practice them through interactions. At
the conclusion of each module, they can test their
comprehension and receive immediate feedback. Each module
takes less than 30 minutes to complete.
Texas
K-12 School Home Pages
Texas
Library Connection
Thinkwave
. . . download a computer
program here which provides a full-featured grade book and
will generate numerous reports. Some of the Internet
features are disabled in the freeware version, but none of
its major features are
disabled.
United Nations
CyberSchoolBus
Web/Max
Catalog . . . place your order here for
Region 3 AV materials.
Web
Sites for Elementary
Teachers
Websites
for Middle School Kids
wNet
School
Words
and Word Games
World
History Course Outline
http://depts.washington.edu/catalyst/home.html This
"integrated collection of resources, training, tools,
templates, and support" was created by the University of
Washington to help faculty use educational technology. Along
with suggestions and advice for integrating technology into
curriculum, there are instructor profiles and practical "how
to" guides for everything from creating a course Web site to
working with digital images. Though many of the tools are
specifically for UW staff, there is plenty here for the rest
of us.
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