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What will students learn?
Setting Objectives
McRel's Compendium of Standards: Content Knowledge
This online database of k-12 content standards and other valuable standards tools is used by district and state-level educators
Rubrics for Web Lessons
This site has comprehensive discussion of rubric design for Web lessons and other topics. It also includes a generic rubric tem
RubiStar
This is a tool to help the teacher who wants use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them
TeAchnology Web Portal for Educators
A number of well-developed rubrics are available for free on this site.
Mr. C's Geoblog
Student comments are encouraged in this high school geometry blog.
Developing Educational Standards
This site is a comprehensive list of standard sources by subject and region.
Council of Chief State School Officers
This site links to specific subject area standards by state departments of education.
Landmark Project Rubric Machine
This site enables teachers to build effective assessment rubrics and to make them available over the internet.
ExploreLearning
generate and test hypotheses
Mr. Mackey's Science Blog
This science blog is linked to a comprehensive Web site used for all aspects of teaching 8th grade science.
Room 613 Talk: Mr. Hetherington's 6th Grade Social Studies Class
This blog and podcast site for a 6th grade social studies class. Used to provide class information, and post essays and other a
Mr. Wright's 3rd Grade Class
Used for all aspects of teaching elementary curriculum
General Links
Teaching with Technology
This clickable list of Web2.0 tools divided by potential purpose.
Which strategies will provide evidence of student learning?
Providing Feedback
Math Playground
Action-packed site for k-6 students provides engaging games that encourage studnets to challenge themselves
ExploreLearning
Allow students to use "gizmos" to experiment in science and math
Cut The Knot
For Teachers, Parents, and students who seek engaging math
BrainPOP
Subscription based resource with flash movies on a wide variety of topics
BBC Skillswise
Provides fact sheets, interactive applets, games, and quizzes in math and language Arts for grades k-6
High School Online Collaborative Writing
set up collaborative writing projects on almost any subject
Wikispaces
Easily build Web pages together
Peanut Butter Wiki
Free wiki service
Providing Recognition
Mrs. McGowan's Student Showcase
Excellent example of an elementary showcase site
Greeneville Middle School
web site features student work
Kids' Space-Kids' Gallery
Very large collection of international student work in all elementary schools
Apple's Learning Interchange
Collections of lessons and ideas for 21st century learning
Which strategies will help acquire/integrate learning?
Cues/Questions/Advance Organizers
United Streaming
Educational Video Collection
The Internet Archive
Multiple video clips from the 20th century
Google Video
search engine for video clips
A9
search engine fro images, blogs, and movies
Creative Commons
nonprofit organization that offers flexible copyright liscenses for creative works
Nonlinguistic Representation
Jefferson County Schools - PowerPoint Collection
Collection of teacher PowerPoint presentations in all subjects
Project- Based Learning with Multimedia
Educational PowerPoint Templates
PowerPoint in the Classroom
Guide for students through PowerPoint
Keynote User Tips
apple's keynote presentation tips, links and troubleshooting
Keynote Theme Park
Free theme downloads, links, tips, news
Hyperstudio Tutorial
Webmonkey for Kids
Tutorials in GIF animation, dHTML, and Flash
Animation Factory
Animated Clip Art
Animation Inspirations
Stop-motion animation tutorial from Apple Education
Knowitall.org
Fun, interactive web sites for kids
Surviving Everest
Conditions of climbers while scaling Mount Everest
Interactive Mathematics Activities
Java-based math games
Clay Animation in PowerPoint
Claymation and PowerPoint
DigiTales: The Art of Telling Digital Stories
Our TimeLines
Create a timeline
iCan Film Festival
Online collection of student-created movies
Summarizing and note taking
NoteStar
Organize info from the web and create citations in MLA or APA
Google Docs and Spreadsheets
ThinkFree
Similar to google docs
Think Tank
Cornell Notes
Rochester Institute of Technology
help students summarize and note-taking
Summary Frames
Education Reform
Note taking and summarizing strategies
Cooperative Learning
ePALS
Largest community of collaborative classrooms engaged in cross-cultural exchanges, project sharing and language learning
Keypals Club International
Free service to locate and correspond
Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections
San Diego State Universit's WebQuest
exemplary models
WebQuest Taskonomy
12 most common types of WebQuest tasks
A WebQuest About WebQuests
Teacher WebQuest Generator
Instant Projects
iWeb
Mac program
Microsoft Office Publisher
TOWeb
SiteSpinner
Cool Page
Yahoo! Calendar
Google Calendar
Calendars Net
del.icio.us
Bookmarking
Diigo
Bookmarking
Blinklist
Bookmarks
Kaboodle
Collect anything found on the Web
Moodle
Course management
The Global Schoolhouse
Blackboard
Girls Inc. Team Up
Problem solving
Civilization III
Match wits against history's greatest leaders and they emply wxploration, construction, diplomacy, and conquest to build and rul
Building Homes of Our Own
Jigsaw Classroom
Reduces conflict among schoolchildrens, promotes better learning, improves student motivaton and increases enjoyment of learning
The University of Wisconsin, Stout
Rubrics for cooperative learning
NASA Cooperative Learning Rubric
Ready-to-use rubric on cooperative learning
Reinforcing Effort
Which strategies will help practice/review/apply learning?
Identifying Similarities and Differences
Homework and Practice
EDDIE Awards
BESSIE Awards
Technology & Learning's Awards of Excellence/Readers'Choice Awards
eSchoolNews Readers' Choice Awards
CodIE Awards
Discovery Education's The Parent Channel
BBC Skillswise
Skill sharpening worksheets, games and guizzes
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
ExploreLearning
Brain Pop
I Know That
Skill-building games
Wizards & Pigs
Practice identifying alliteration, rhyming and free verse
Flashcard Exchange
Mousercise
Learn and practice mouse control
Lever Tutorial
Parts of the lever and three types of levers
Kitchen Chemistry
Basic facts about acids and bases and virtual experiments
Hurricane Strike!
Simulation
Stellarium
free planetarium
Instant Projects
Template to help easily create class Web sites
Generating and Testing Hypotheses
Smog City
Set parameters for weather, population and emissions
NASA SCIence Files Problem Board
Problem solving activities
NOVA Building Big
Bridges, domes, skyscrapers, dams and tunnels - solving problems
Plimoth Plantation's You are the Historian
Use primary sources to distinguish fact from lore
PrimaryAccess
Historical inquiry - scaffolds the storytelling process for students
By Kids for Kids: How to Invent
Invention process
Invention Web Resources
Invention resources - webquestion and links
Darwin Pond
Create and evolve swimmers
Practicing with the Catapult
Experiment game with Catapult
Zoo Matchmaker
Decisions that zookeepers need to make
Windward!
Weather and wind patterns
Hurricane Strike
Hurricanes
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