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10 Best Practices for Teaching Online

http://cgi.stanford.edu/~dept-ctl/tomprof/posting.php?ID=1091
California Open Source Textbooks

http://www.opensourcetext.org/
Connexions

http://cnx.org/
Constructivist Course Development

http://www.ifets.info/journals/4_3/moallem.html
Cool Tools for Teaching Online

http://srebonlineteachers.org/Cool_Tools_For_Teaching_Online.pdf
Courses

http://www.oercommons.org/community
Ed Tech Emerging Technologies

http://www.emergingedtech.com/
Flat World Knowledge

http://www.flatworldknowledge.com
Illinois Online Network
Online Teaching Activities

http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/otai/
Key Elements of a Quality Online Program

http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/overview/elements.asp
National Standards for Quality Online Courses

http://www.inacol.org/resources/nationalstandards/index.php#teaching
Online Course Checklist

http://www2.uwstout.edu/content/profdev/teachingonline/before.html
Online Teaching Activities

http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/otai/
Open Source Textbooks

http://www.opensourcetext.org/
Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online

http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writing/ecoach/tenbest.html
The Global Textbook Project

http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/
UCCP Respository of Online Courses

http://www.ucopenaccess.org/
Virtual Science Labs

http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/index.html
Designing for Learning

http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writing/ecoach/inventory.htm
Discussion

http://wordsworth2.net/activelearning/ecacdiscustips.htm
eCoaching Tips

http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writing/ecoach/inventory.htm

Web 2.0

Comic Strip Generator

http://www.pixton.com
Conversations with Web 2.0 Teachers

http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2006/06/05/conversation-with-a-web-20-teacher/
Cool Tools for Schools

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
Cosketch
Whitboard-like Tool

http://cosketch.com
Day in the Life of a Teacher in Web 2.0

http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=193200296
Go 2 Web 2.0

http://www.go2web20.net/
Kathy Shrock's Web 2.0 Sites

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/edtools.html
Mind Map

http://www.text2mindmap.com/
Myna Audio Editor

http://www.aviary.com/tools/audio-editor
Myna Education Version
Podcasts and Audio

http://www.aviaryeducation.com/
Teacher Tube

http://www.teachertube.com
Twiddla
Online Whiteboard-like tool

http://twiddla.com
Type With Me
Online Writing Pad

http://typewith.me/
Wall Wisher
Word Wall

http://www.wallwisher.com/
Web 2.0 Resources for Teachers

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listweb20s.html
Web 2.0 Service
Destop sharing, discussions, and slideshows

http://www.dimdim.com
What is Web 2.0?

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html
Wallwisher
Word

http://www.wallwisher.com/
Comic Book Creator

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
Web 2.0 Classroom

http://www.techlearning.com/

Teacher Resources

BIE Institute
PBL Units--Great!!

http://www.bie.org/
Brainpop

http://www.brainpop.com
CLRN

http://www.clrn.org/home/
EDSC Professional Resources Page

http://ed.fullerton.edu/SecEd/Professional_Resources.htm
eEARN Projects

https://media.iearn.org/node/483
Federal Web Site
Educational Resources

http://www.free.ed.gov/index.cfm
Future of Learning Group
MIT Media Laboratory

http://learning.media.mit.edu/projects.html
Google Earth

http://earth.google.com/
HippoCampus
Homework help for students

http://www.hippocampus.org
iEARN Learning Circles

http://iearn.org/circles/
Khana Academy
Free Videos

http://www.khanacademy.org/
My Hero

http://www.myhero.com
My Podcast
Free podcasting

http://www.mypodcast.com/
Projects

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/sites/index.html
Quizlet
Create your own flash cards

http://quizlet.com
Socratic Dialogue

http://www.sfcp.org.uk/socratic_dialogue.htm
Teacher Vision

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/classroom-management/printable/6391.html
The Knowledge Loom

http://knowledgeloom.org/index.jsp?t=1&spotlightid=1163&testflag=yes
USA Today Educational Resources

http://www.usatodayeducation.com/
Watch Know
Videos

http://www.watchknow.org/
West Virgina PBL

http://wvde.state.wv.us/teach21/pbl.html
Free Music

http://www.qtrax.com/
The Orange Grove

http://florida.theorangegrove.org/og/access/home.do

English/Language Arts

Guide to Grammar and Writing

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
Lit2Go
Free collection of stories and poems in MP3

http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/
Literacy in the California Classroom

http://www.jusd.k12.ca.us/library/page10.html
Novato Unified Core and Extended Works, Novato, CA

http://www.nusd.marin.k12.ca.us/currinst/corelit.htm
The OWL at Purdue

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
Web English Teacher
Graphic Organizers

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/graphic.html

Science

Bioquest

http://bioquest.org/
Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education

http://insci.org/
Earth Pulse
National Geographic

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/00/earthpulse/
Exhibit Files Organization

http://exhibitfiles.org/
Go North

http://www.polarhusky.com/
Informal Science Organization

http://informalscience.org/
IRIS
Seismology

http://www.iris.edu/hq/programs/education_and_outreach
MIT BLOSSOMS
Open Source Science and Math Studies

http://blossoms.mit.edu/
Science Songs

http://www.songsforteaching.com/sciencesongsphysical.htm
The Synapse

http://thesynapse.ning.com/
The Water Cycle

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html

Social Science

America's Story

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Digital Library of Georgia

http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/?Welcome
Econ Ed

http://www.econedlink.org/
Economic Education

http://www.councilforeconed.org/
Economic Resources
Resources

http://www.dallasfed.org/educate/everyday/index.html
Economic Resources

http://www.bized.co.uk/learn/economics/micro/problem/index.htm
Economics Blog
Good Articles and Student Questions

http://econblog.aplia.com/labels/Inflation.html
Economics book

http://www.mypearsontraining.com/index.asp
Economics Resources
Textbook Resources

http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.gotoWebCode&wcprefix=mnk&wcsuffix=9000
Exploratorium

http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Exploratorium Digital Library

http://www.exploratorium.edu/partner/nsdl/index.html
Federal Reserve
Lesson Plans and Resources

http://www.minneapolisfed.org/community_education/teacher/supplements/index.cfm
Gap Minder

http://www.gapminder.org/
History Wired

http://historywired.si.edu
National Archives Experience

http://www.archives.gov/nae/education/
National History Education Clearninghouse

http://teachinghistory.org/
PBS Economics

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/teachers/economics/
USA Today

http://www.usatodayeducation.com/
Economic Education FRB

http://dallasfed.org/educate/index.html
Foundation for Teaching Economics

http://www.fte.org/teacher-resources/lesson-plans/rslessons/trade-offs-and-opportunity-cost/
MCREL

http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/Economics/ECO0013.html
Stock Market Game

http://stockmarketgame.org/
PBS Making Sense

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/makingsense/
Economics Lessons

http://www.councilforeconed.org/ei/lessons/OldMac/lesson1/
UCCP

http://www.uccp.org/
Lesson Plans--Economics

http://v2.nationalsms.com//public/content/lessonsplans.aspx
Commanding Heights

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/commandingheights/hi/story/ch_menu.html

Information Literacy

21st Century Information Fluency
Search Strategies

http://wizard.imsa.edu/tutorials/challenge/
Citation Machine

http://citationmachine.net
Digital Literacy

http://www.digitalliteracy.gov/
Gateway to 21st Century Learning

http://www.thegateway.org/
KnightCite Citation Service

http://www.calvin.edu/library/knightcite/index.php
Metiri Group
21st Century Skills

http://www.metiri.com/features.html
Netiquette

http://www.albion.com/netiquette/netiquiz.html
NetSmarttz
Internet Safety Videos and Resources

http://www.netsmartz.org/
Noodle Tools
Notetaking

http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/ethical/fourphase.html
NSTeens Videos
Internet Safety Videos

http://www.nsteens.org/videos/
Taking the Mystery out of Copyright
Videos

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/copyrightmystery/#
The Big 6

http://www.big6.com/kids/7-12.htm
What is Plagiarism?

http://www.plagiarism.org/
Copyright

http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf
Internet Archive

http://www.archive.org/index.php
Plagiarsm Tutorial and Quiz

http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/tutorials/plagiarism-tutorial

Digital Libraries

Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.60.00/
Library of Congress

http://www.loc.gov/about/generalinfo.html#2007_at_a_glance
Library of Congress Lesson Plans

http://memory.loc.gov/learn/
Library of Congress Student Resources

http://www.loc.gov/families/
Michigan eLibrary

http://www.loc.gov/families/
Perseus Digital Library

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/
Publication of Archival Library and Museum Materials

http://palmm.fcla.edu/
SMETE Digital Library

http://www.smete.org/smete/
The National Science Digital Library

http://nsdl.org/

Mathematics

BeFOILED
Game

http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/BasicAlgebra/Befoiled/beFOILED.html
Center for the Study of Mathematics Curriculum

http://mathcurriculumcenter.org/
CSMC Mathematics Literature Database

http://matheddb.missouri.edu/literature.php
Exponent Invaders

http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/FlashStuff/exponentInvaders/spaceInvadersExponents.html
Graphing the Derivative of a Function
Game

http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/Other/DerivativeGraph/classes/DerivativeGraph.html
Illuminations

http://illuminations.nctm.org/
Logger
Game

http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/IntermedCollegeAlgebra/logger.htm
Mathedology

http://mathedology.ed.asu.edu/home/indexwelcome1.htm
Mathman
Order of Operations Game

http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/BasicMath/mathMan/orderOps.html
Polytetris
Game

//www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/BasicAlgebra/polyTetris/polyDefs.html
Shooting Inequalities

http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/BasicAlgebra/CompoundInequalityGame/inequalitiesAdvanced.html
The Boarder Line
Game

http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/BasicAlgebra/BoarderLine/boarderLine.html
The Simplifying Linear Expressions Game

http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/java/BasicAlgebra/LinearExpressoins/linEqMatch.html
Mathway

http://www.mathway.com
Mathalicious

http://www.mathalicious.com/

Educational Resources

4Teachers

http://www.4teachers.org/about/
ALPS The Thinking Classroom
Teaching Thinking

http://learnweb.harvard.edu/alps/thinking/index.cfm
Assessment and Accommodation
Special Education

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/special-education/resource/5350.html
Bloom's Revised Taxonomy

http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/bloomrev/index.htm
Bloom's Taxonomy

http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm
Bloom's Taxonomy Digitally

http://www.techlearning.com/article/8670
Blue Web 'N

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/about.html
Brainstorming Tool

https://bubbl.us/
Cable in the Classroom

http://www.ciconline.org/video
Connexions
Lesson plans and learning objects

http://cnx.org/
Costa's Habits of Mind

http://www.i-learnt.com/Thinking_Habits_Mind.html
CREATE for Mississippi
Lesson Plans and Teacher Resources

http://www.create.cett.msstate.edu/create/classroom/lplan_view.asp?articleID=145
Curriki

http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome
Discovery Education

http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/
Filamentality

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
Flickr
Photo sharing

http://www.flickr.com/
Games4Learning

http://LearnIT.unc.edu/Games4Learning
Gateway to 21st Century Learning

http://www.thegateway.org/
Graphic Organizers

http://bubbl.us/
Instructify

http://instructify.com/
Internet Archive

http://www.archive.org/index.php
Life Photo Archive

http://images.google.com/hosted/life
Mindomo

http://www.mindomo.com/
National Educational Technology Standards

http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007_Standards.pdf
Open Learn
Open Educational Resources

http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.php
PAEC

http://www.paec.org/teacher2teacher/scienceandcsi_handouts.html
SciVee
Science Videos

http://www.scivee.tv/
Scribd
Document sharing

http://www.scribd.com/
Slideshare
Slideshows and presentations

http://www.slideshare.net/
Smithsonian Folk Music

http://www.folkways.si.edu/tools_for_teaching/introduction.aspx
State Content Standards

http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/
Teachers Domain

http://www.teachersdomain.org/
TED: Ideas worth Spreading

http://www.ted.com/
The Ethical Researcher

http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/ethical/
The IRIS Center

http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/
The Iris Center

http://www.iriscenter.com/
Thinkfinity
Lesson Plans, Videos, & Interactives

http://www.thinkfinity.org/home.aspx
Thinkport

http://www.thinkport.org/default.tp
Vocabulary University

http://www.vocabulary.com/
Webquests

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/webquests.html
WikiEducator
Wiki-based learning materials

http://wikieducator.org/Main_Page
Write Design (Graphic Organizers)

http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/
Xpeditions

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
Free Stuff for Teachers

http://www.scattercreek.com/~zimba/freeforteachers.htm
Cooperative Learning Resources

http://www.sccoe.k12.ca.us/depts/ell/kinsella.asp
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/cooperativelearning.htm#activities

http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/cooperativelearning.htm#activities
Byrd Seed
Differentiated Learning Objectives

http://www.byrdseed.com/the-differentiator/?icn=best

Business

Financial Literacy

http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/
Hands On Banking

http://www.handsonbanking.org/en/educators.html
Federal Reserve Financial Literacy Resources

https://www.newyorkfed.org/publications/result.cfm?cmdBrowseType=Main&cmdBrowse=yes&ColName=topicid&ColVal=FE&table=pittopic
Center on Education and the Workforce

http://cew.georgetown.edu/219725.html
Stock Market Game

http://www.weseed.com/
http://www.capathways.org/portal/default/Content/Viewer/Content?action=2&scId=2&sciId=26

http://www.capathways.org/portal/default/Content/Viewer/Content?action=2&scId=2&sciId=26
http://www.californiacareers.info/

http://www.californiacareers.info/

Accounting

A-G CTE

http://www.ucop.edu/a-gGuide/ag/cte/
AICPA Online Video Library

http://www.aicpa.org/stream/index.htm#360
Careers in Accounting

http://www.careers-in-accounting.com/
E.L. Easton Business English Online

http://eleaston.com/biz/home.html
Free Stuff Accounting

http://www.businessbookmall.com/Financial%20Accounting%20Book.htm
Hands on Banking
Money Skills

http://www.handsonbanking.org/en/
Link and Learn
IRS VITA Site

http://www.irs.gov/app/vita/index.jsp
Sense & Dollars

http://senseanddollars.thinkport.org/earning/home.html
Start Here Go Places

http://www.startheregoplaces.com/
Taking Care of business Education Handbook

http://www.aicpa.org/InterestAreas/AccountingEducation/Resources/CareerAwareness/Pages/Takin%20Care%20of%20Business%20Education%20Handbook.aspx
Thirteen Ed Online
Lessons based on PBS series

http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/
Understanding Taxes

http://www.irs.gov/app/understandingTaxes/index.jsp

Animation

Aesop's Fables

http://aesopfables.com/
America's Story

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Animation Notes
Illusion of Life Summary

http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/aim/a_notes/anim_principles.html
Brothers Grimm--History, Facts, and More

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/
CCSESA

http://www.ccsesaarts.org/content/home.asp
Composition and Design Principles

http://www.goshen.edu/art/ed/Compose.htm
Larry's Toon Institute

http://tooninstitute.awn.com/
Origins of American Animation

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/oahtml/oahome.html
The Art of Animation

http://www.webreference.com/dlab/9904/
The Cartoon Factory

http://www.cartoon-factory.com/

Web Page Design

Adobe Tutorials

http://www.youthedesigner.com/category/adobe-tutorials/
Angel Fire

http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/
Aviary
Open Source Graphics Program

http://aviary.com/home
Buttons and Logos

http://cooltext.com/
Color Scheme Designer

http://colorschemedesigner.com/
Free Graphics

http://www.fg-a.com/gifs.html
Free Graphics

http://www.free-graphics.com/
MIT Commumicating in Cyberspace
Open Source Course

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Writing-and-Humanistic-Studies/21W-785Communicating-in-CyberspaceFall2003/CourseHome/index.htm
MIT Writing for the Web Guidelines

http://libstaff.mit.edu/webgroup/writing/index.html
Reading on the Web

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html
W3 Accessibility

http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#link-text
W3C Tutorial

http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp
Web Monkey

http://www.webmonkey.com/
Web Reference

http://www.webreference.com/
Computer Literacy

http://www.jegsworks.com/Lessons/index.html
History of the Internet

http://www.searchenginehistory.com/
Basics of Web Design

http://webdevbasics.net/index.html
Web Site Tricks

http://bignosebird.com/html.shtml
Squidoo

http://www.squidoo.com/how-to-lens
Free Code

http://www.htmlfreecodes.com/
HTML Games

http://www.htmlgames.com/
Online Predators

http://www.microsoft.com/security/family-safety/predators.aspx
Online Reputation

http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/reputation.aspx
Social Networking Tips

http://www.microsoft.com/security/online-privacy/social-networking.aspx
A Brief History of the Internet

http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html
Computer History Museum

http://www.computerhistory.org/internet_history/
Learn the Net

http://www.learnthenet.com/index.php/web/000www.htm
Search Engines

http://library.albany.edu/usered/iguides/iguides-glance.html

Software

Animoto

http://animoto.com/
Audacity (Free Podcast Software)

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Gliffy (Free diagramming)

http://www.gliffy.com/
Jing--Free Screen Recording

http://jingproject.com/
ScreenCastle

http://screencastle.com/
Slide Show Create

http://slide.com
Wink
Free screen capture software

http://debugmode.com/wink/
XTimeline
Create free timelines

http://xtimeline.com/index.aspx
Dvolver
Movie Maker Program

http://www.dfilm.com/live/moviemaker.html
Empressr
Embed Presenations

http://www.empressr.com/
Comic Book Creator

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
Eyejot

http://www.eyejot.com/experience.html

Art

ARTSEDGE

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/

English Learners

Every Day Life

http://www.gcflearnfree.org/everydaylife/
Learn English by Doing It

http://www.digischool.nl/oefenen/hennyjellema/engels/tpr/voorbladtpr.htm
PET Practice

http://esl-bits.net/main2.htm
U.S.A. Learns

http://usalearns.org/index/welcome.cfm?CFID=1256358&CFTOKEN=14933586&jsessionid=2c30fa29226cb54e359c13192f5a2d657578
Doing What Works

http://dww.ed.gov/
Green Myths Video
Vocabulary Instruction

http://dww.ed.gov/Adolescent-Literacy/Vocabulary-Instruction/see/index.cfm?T_ID=23&P_ID=59&c1=1077#cluster-1
6th Grade Vocabulary Instruction
Vocabulary Instruction

http://explicitinstruction.org/?page_id=317

Common Core Standards