Welcome to Carol McCauley's PortaPortal
Saturday, July 04th 2009
0 - Research Resources
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Internet Reseach, Plagiarism, Surf Smart & Safe, Search Engine Help, Citing Sources, Copyright Info, Primary Sources, Writing wi
2b-- Benchmark Testing Resources
Gateway Test Algebra Review Powerpoint
EOC Algebra II
Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (Algebra- spring 2000)
Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (Algebra- spring 2001)
Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (Algebra- spring 2002)
EOC Geometry
EOC Foundations II
Biology Gateway Test
Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (Biology- spring 2000)
Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (Biology- spring 2001)
Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (Biology- spring 2002)
EOC Physical Science
EOC Chemistry
English II Gateway
EOC English I
Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (English- spring 2000)
Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (English - spring 2001)
Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (English - spring 2002)
TEL Learning Express Library
Mississippi Practice Tests for Algebra, Biology, English II and US History
Hotmath Practice Tests
0b- Information Literacy and Critical Thinking
Information Literacy and Critical Thinking
Information and Web Literacy, Evaluating Web Sites, Search Engines, Subject Directories and more
0c- Podcasting
Podcasting Resources
Learn about existing Podcasts and how to use and create them in the classroom
1a- Wikis
Peanut Butter Wiki ( for teachers)
Wiki Books
Wikis and Education
Wikis IN Education
Flat Classroom Project
Wikis in the Classroom
Wesley Fryer on Wikis
Teacher Tube videos on Wikis
The Wiki Wiki on Wikia
Learning.now
1b- Educator Blogs
Anne Davis
David Warlick
James Farmer
Stephen Downes
Timi Wilson
Konrad Glogowski
Clarence fisher
Meriwether-Lewis Elem School
Meredith's Page
The Write Weblog
Find New Blogs
Edublogs Award Site
Mabry Middle School
Will Richardson's webpage
2b - Technoconstructivism
Are You a Technoconstructivist?
Being a Techno-Constructivist Educator
Computers and Constructivism
Links for Administrators- scoll down for constructivist teaching links
PBS Teacherline- David Thornberg article on T-C
3a- Differentiated Instruction
DI Egyptian Project
Differentiated Instruction and Technology
Differentiating Instruction in Social Studies
Focus on the Individual Child
Teaching in Mixed Ability Classrooms
What is Differentiated Instruction?
Differentiating Instruction
Differentiated Instruction - a gold mine site!
DI for Advanced Learners in Mixed Ability Classrooms
DI Web links
Differentiation - scroll down to the technology section!
3c - Multiple Intelligences
Active Learning Practices for School –
Enhancing Multiple Intelligences Through Multimedia
Five-Phases To PBL: MITA
Make Up Your Mind
Multiple Intelligence Immersion
Multiple Intelligence Inventory
Multiple Intelligence Overview
Multiple Intelligences and Technology
Multiple Intelligences Criteria
Multiple Intelligences Go To School
Project Zero at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Tapping into Multiple Intelligences
Teachers Should Diversify Approaches to Teaching, Gardner Says
Technology and Multiple Intelligences
The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
Working in the 21st Century
MI Test for Children
MI for Parents
Hampton
MI and Technology
MI Test 1
MI Test 2
MI Test 3
MI Test 4 and more
sroll down to surveys and quizzes
4 - Math Sites
Purple Math.com
Math resources on Internet4Classrooms
Algebra I Gateway Resources from SCS
Ask Dr. Math
Awesome Math
High School Hub
Go Math.com
Math for Morons
Hot Math - answers to textbook problems
Cool Math Sites - page of links
Manipula Math
Curriculum Standards
State Math Standards
State Mathematics Curriculum Draft beginning 2005/2006
Math Forum
Archives
Math Links
BFN
Clarity Connect
Illuminations
Virtual Manipulatives
CNN
delete this
practice
4b - ESL
The Internet TESL Journal
English to Go
Everything ESL
4c - Foreign Language Sites for Teachers
Teaching with the Web
Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes
Using Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom
University of San Diego - Language Resource Center
Resources and Lesson Plans for World Languages
Edsitement - National Endowment for the Humanities
McCrel - Lesson plans
Michigan U - Lesson Plans for Foreign Language
Sites for FL Teachers on About.com
Spanish speaking County and Artists Resource List
Language Pilot - some good reading in the target language
McReynolds MS FL lesson plans
Kathy Schrock's FL Sites
FL Teach - Links to radio and TV in the target language!
Spanish Lesson Plans and Resources
Teach-nology- French lessons
Putnam's FL Teaching on the Internet
Email with FL classes
TPR Stories
TFLTA
Language Learning and Technology
Technology and Second Language Learning (podcasting)
4d - Science Sites
Pasco Chemistry Newsletter
Craig Tilton
Gateway Biology Practice Tests
Teach Space Newsletter
CyberEd Resource materials
VTour- Science Museums
VT- Virtual Tours and Field Trips
VT- Virtual Tours with a Science Twist
VT- Virtual Dissections, Lab and Field Trips
VT-Virtual Tour evaluation sheet for teachers
Virginia Marine Science Museum
VT- Virtual Field Trips
VT- American Museum of Natural History
VT- Smithsonian: Science and Technology
VT- Chiff Virtual Tour Links for Science
5a - Virtual Tours
1 Google Lit Trips
Air Adventure Museum
Charles Dickens Museum
Churchhill Museum
CIA Museum
Civil Rights Museum
Dinosaur Museum
EXPO portal
General Patton Museum
Gettysburg
Hermitage Museum - Russia
Jimmy Carter Museum
Le Louvre - Paris
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Oxford - England
Museum of World Treasures
National Gallery of Art
National Music Museum
Oriental Institute Museums
Plimouth Plantation
Roman Road
Sam Houston Museum
St. Augustine Museum
Teachers Guide- Virtual Field Trips
U.S. Capitol Virtual Tour
Vatican Museums
Virtual Courthouse Tours
Virtual Field Trip Links
Virtual Free Sites
Virtual Smithsonian
White House Tour
World War II Museum
5b - Digital Storytelling
Wikipedia on DS
Center for Digital Storytelling
Educational Uses for Digital Storytelling
Elements of DStorytelling
DS in the Classroom
Digital Kids Club
Using Technology to Tell Stories
What is Digital Storytelling?
DS - Teaching Teachers
DigiTales
DS on Tech Soup
Marc Antonio Torres
DS Cookbook
Integating DS in the Classroom
Web English Teacher - DS
Integrating Digital Storytelling in Your Classroom
How to Use Digital Storytelling
Web English Teacher
The Case for Digital Storytelling
Digital and Traditional Storytelling
Examples of Digital Storytelling
Through the Eyes of a Child
Power of Digital Storytelling
Adobe Digital Stories
Center for DS: Stories (examples)
DS Examples of Electronic Portfolio site
Teaching Teachers: Digital Storytelling
Meg's DS Resources
Using Technology to Tell Stories
Good Storyboard Resources
DS Resources (pdf list)
Copyright Issues
5c - Project-based Learning
Bill Belsley
Criteria for Authentic PBL
Design Features for PBL
Houghton Mifflin
PBL - What is It?
PBL on ThinkQuest
PBL or PBL? U of Oregon
Problem, Project and Inquiry-based Learning
Project Sites listing on Internet4Classrooms
RCS- Teacher Resource links on PBL
Stanford Univ - PBL
Technology Supports for PBL
The Inquiry Page
The Multimedia Project - PBL with Multimedia
The Virtual Schoolhouse PBL
Univ of Deleware - PBL Site
Rubrics and Evaulation
RubiStar
Kathy Shrock's - Rubric Resources
5c - Virtual and Blended Learning
BL- Choosing the Right Blend
BL- Choosing the Right Blend
BL-What it is and wher it might take us
Blended Learning
Blended Learning - What works?
Collaborative and Blended Learning
Collaborative and Blended Learning
E-learning - Blended Learning
Technology for E Learning
9 - Professional Organizations & Websites for Teachers
Professional Educational Organization Lisitng
Yahoo Listings
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Educational Journals Web Sites
Phi Delta Kappa
National Middle School Association
Americal Society for Curriculum Development
TN Electronic Library
Searches many professional journals and other databases. Password = elvis
PBS Teacher Source
High Schools That Work
ERIC
Arts Education
National Art Education Association
Kennedy Center for the Arts
American Alliance for Theatre and Education
American Creativity Association
Business and Economics
EconEdLink
National Council on Economic Education
Educational Technology
International Society for Technology in Education
Educational Journals
Tech Learning Journal
Foreign Language
ACTFL
Bilingual Education Professional Organizations
TFLTA
Gifted Education
American Assoc. for Gifted Education
Association for the Gifted
Center for Gifted Education Policy
Gifted Education Organizations listing
Grants
Airborne Teacher Trust Fund
Hewlett Packard
collaborative, teamwork, technology teacher
Dupont Challenge Science Essay Contest
Humanities & Social Studies
National Association for Humanities Education
Edsitement - National Endowment for the Humanities
Expeditions (National Geographic Magazine)
National Council for the Social Studies
Language Arts
National Council of Teachers of English
American Educational Research Association
International Reading Association
Modern Language Association
Math
Illuminations - NCTM
Math Education Organizations links
Math Association of America
ERIC Math, Science and Environmental Ed
Math at UTK
Science
American Assoc. for the Advancement of Science
National Science Teachers Association
ERIC Math, Science and Environmental Ed