guestGreeting
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All About the United States
a great game that helps you learn about the states, capitals and landscapes of our country.http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm -
Animals of the World
http://www.kidscom.com/games/animal/animal.html -
Before, During and After Reading
http://www.katyisd.org/groups/pathways/Instr_Ctr/linkslessons/elem/3rd/la/Novel%20Resources/generic%20novel%20activities.htm -
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ -
The Comic Creator
a nice online tool that helps students create their own comic strips.http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html -
Comics Online
a huge selection of comics to readhttp://www.comics.com/categories/index.html -
CyberGuides
great activities and lessons for tons of bookshttp://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy45.html -
EcoKids
http://www.ecokidsonline.com/pub/index.cfm -
Environmental Education for Kids
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/ -
ESL Kids
http://www.esl-kids.com/ -
Geography Games
a game that you can test your knowledge of continents, capitals, countries and landscapes around the worldhttp://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.php -
Interactive Web Sites
tons of sites for all grade levelshttp://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm -
Kid-Port
all grade level activitieshttp://www.kidport.com/Contents.htm -
Kids Magazines Online
http://www.alief.isd.tenet.edu/budewig/Curriculum%20Links/Kids%20News.htm -
Kids Love a Mystery
Kids try to solve all kinds of mysteries onlinehttp://www.kidsloveamystery.com/ -
Kids Search Engines
Safe search engines for kids - great for schoolshttp://www.alief.isd.tenet.edu/budewig/Curriculum%20Links/Search%20Engines.htm -
Math Vocabulary
http://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/index_temp.html -
New York Times on the Web
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/ -
Puzzle Maker
Create your own puzzles. Everything from crosswords, to wordsearches, to mazes! Lots of funhttp://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/ -
Read - Write - Think
offers a collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning in the K-12 classroom.http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp -
Roller Coaster Database
http://www.rcdb.com/ -
Rubi Star Rubric Maker
Great site with tons of rubric templates you can customize or use as is.http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php -
Teach the Children Well
Lots of links in all concept areashttp://www.teachthechildrenwell.com/ -
Teaching Books
a great site with online books and author videoshttp://www.teachingbooks.net/ -
Teaching Measures
teach mass, length and capacityhttp://www.teachingmeasures.co.uk/menu.html -
Teaching Time
http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/clock/clockres.html -
Recipes4Success
Great resource for easy-to-use tools (rubric maker, graphic organizer maker, citation maker). Free for everyone!http://myt4l.com/index.php?v=pl&page_ac=view&type=tools -
Virtual Manipulatives I
tons of items you can usehttp://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html -
Virtual Manipulatives II
tons of things you can usehttp://illuminations.nctm.org/Activities.aspx?grade=2&grade=3&grade=4 -
Visual Fractions
great online fraction conceptshttp://www.visualfractions.com/ -
Weekly Reader
http://www.weeklyreader.com/ -
White House for Kids
Kids site all about the White Househttp://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/ -
Life Cycles of Animals
Excellent science website!http://www.uen.org/themepark/cycles/animal.shtml -
Visalia Resources
Tech. links for TAKS content areashttp://visalia.k12.ca.us/techcoach/fifthgrade.htm -
Science - Plants
Links, Lesson Plans, Resources!http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/gpe/links/index.html#lessonplans -
ESL ReadingSmart
http://www.eslreadingsmart.com/welcome/default.aspx -
Texas Facts
http://www.qsl.net/w5www/texasfacts.htm
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Assistive Technology Training Online Project
free step-by-step tutorials for creating differentiated instructionhttp://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/Tutorials.php
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Citation Machine
Free bibliography makerhttp://citationmachine.net/index.php?reqstyleid=1
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Blogs in Education
This page is designed to provide you some resources if you want to get started using blogs for yourself or with your students.http://awd.cl.uh.edu/blog/ -
Blogs, Vlogs, Wikis, and Podcasts
Great collection of siteshttp://www.suelebeau.com/blogs.htm#wikis -
List of Blogs in schools
http://weblogged.wikispaces.com/Weblogs+in+Schools
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Geographical Quizzes
Test your knowledge of world geography.http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html -
Famous Quotations
Inspirational & Educational quotationshttp://www.teachersfirst.com/hangups.html#goals
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Copyright - United States Government
A very cleaqr anjd understandable guide to educational usehttp://www.loc.gov/copyright -
Fair Use Guidelines For Educational Multimedia
Fair use reference for student projectshttp://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/INTELLECTUALPROPERTY/ccmcguid.htm -
US Copyright Law
Guide for Music Educatorshttp://www.menc.org/information/copyright/copyr.html
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DPF Facts
Information and ideas to get startedhttp://giftedtech.pbwiki.com/Digital+Publishing+Fair+2007-08?full_access=bP2qsBpujf&l=S
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.Busy Teachers Cafe
Money unit with lesson planshttp://www.busyteacherscafe.com/units/money.htm -
Coin Clip Art
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/Coin%20Clipart.htm -
Kids Bank
show young students the fundamentals of money & banking. Learn everything from how money ishttp://www.kidsbank.com/ -
Mega Penny
Visualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S. phttp://www.kokogiak.com/megapenny/default.asp -
Money Clip Art
http://www.abcteach.com/free/m/moneydollarbilloutline.jpg -
Money Game
a great game to practice counting money and making change.http://arcytech.org/java/money/money.html -
Pics4Learning
copyright friendly images for educators.http://www.pics4learning.com/ -
PuzzleMaker
Create all different kinds of puzzles onlinehttp://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/ -
ReadingQuest
designed to provide you with the philosophical bases for sound comprehension strategy instruction, directions for a range of comhttp://www.readingquest.org/ -
Reading Strategies for Advanced Primary Readers
The reading strategies presented in this publication are designed to provide teachers with alternatives and replacement tasks tohttp://www.tea.state.tx.us/gted/ReaStra.pdf -
Tiered GT Curriculum
Great site that has tiered activities for all grade levels and subjectshttp://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/tiered_curriculum/welcome.html
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Internet4Classrooms
Tons of integration ideashttp://www.internet4classrooms.com
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Johnson City Public Library
Wonderful websites for childrenhttp://www.jcpl.net/index.asp?speed=low&screen=wide&css=yes§ion=ysrv&page=kids-homework -
HISD North District Websites
Educational websites for childrenhttp://www.houstonisd.org/portal/site/regionnorth/menuitem.5fd654973836b5c423af089ae041f76a/?vgnextoid=626b921dd8d5f010VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextfmt=default -
Count Us In
Games on basic math conceptshttp://www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm -
DoSitey
Great LA and Math activitieshttp://www.dositey.com/homek2.htm -
Surf Aquarium
Excellent! Top Early Childhood Resources Onlinehttp://surfaquarium.com/IT/early.htm -
Eduplace
Houghton Mifflin Bilingual linkshttp://www.eduplace.com/bil/links/index.html -
Enchanted Learning
a great resource for primaryhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/categories/preschool.shtml -
First School
Pre-school activities and craftshttp://www.first-school.ws/ -
Fridge Fun 4 Kids
Great sites in all content areas for kidshttp://fridgefun4kids.com/ -
Game Aquarium
can be used as a teaching tool or workstationhttp://www.gamequarium.com/ -
Interactive Websites
tons of sites for all grade levelshttp://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interactive.htm -
KidPort
all grade level activitieshttp://www.kidport.com/Contents.htm -
Literactive
You must registar to create an account but it is free. Great picture books, reading activities, and ESL games.http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp -
Math Glossary
Math Vocabulary for all grade levelshttp://www.hbschool.com/glossary/math2/index_temp.html -
Net Trekker
Great search engine for kids and teachershttp://elementary.nettrekker.com/subject/?home=1 -
On Line Bilingual Reading Room
a list of links for students interested in books, stories and fun in Spanish, English and French.http://www.iteachilearn.com/teach/tech/library.htm -
PBS Games
http://pbskids.org/lions/games/index.html -
PreK - K Workstations
in English and Spanishhttp://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm# -
Primary Games
letters and soundshttp://www.primarygames.com/ -
Read Alongs
Books and Mother Goose Songs Onlinehttp://www.katyisd.org/groups/pathways/Instr_Ctr/linkslessons/elem/k/la/pstory/readalong/read%20alongs.htm -
Science Center Activities
Excellent science activities for PreK-Khttp://www.kellyskindergarten.com/science/science_center_activities.htm -
Starfall
LA and Math concepts designed for 1st grade but good for preK-2http://www.starfall.com/ -
SudoKid
Sudoku with graphicshttp://www.sudokid.nl/sudokid_en.php?m_id=1 -
Sudoku in Color
A great Sudoku game for primary in colorhttp://www.linternaute.com/week2/sudoku/colour/ -
Teach the Children Well
Great site of games and activiteshttp://www.teachthechildrenwell.com/early.html -
Teaching Books
a great site with online books and author videoshttp://www.teachingbooks.net/ -
Teaching Time
online analog clock that you can manipulatehttp://www.teachingtime.co.uk/clock/clockres.html -
Under Fives
Great activities, crafts, rhymes, songs and a whole lot morehttp://www.underfives.co.uk/ -
Leap Frog Lesson Plans
online database of 6,000 standard-aligned planshttp://www.leapfrogschool.com/do/findpage?pageKey=link_to_lessons -
Childtopia
Fun games for PreK, K and 1st gradehttp://www.childtopia.com/index.php
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AOL@School
Fantastic free web site for online teaching and learning - developed by educators for teachers and students!http://www.aolatschool.com/message -
Blue Web'N
Allows you to search for lessons and activities for all content areas and levelshttp://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ -
Teachnology
Visit the lesson plans center to find your way to well over 27,234 lesson planshttp://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/ -
Lesson Plans Page
Over 3,000 FREE lesson planshttp://www.lessonplanspage.com/index.html -
Sail On
Lesson plans by TEKS with tech linkshttp://www.pasadenaisd.org/sailon/ -
Thinkfinity
One of the best sites available for teacher lessons and resourceshttp://www.marcopolosearch.org/MPSearch/Basic_Search.asp -
Tiered GT Curriculum
Great site that has tiered activities for all grade levels and subjectshttp://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/exceptional/gt/tiered_curriculum/welcome.html -
TrackStar
http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/index.jsp -
Youens Internet Links
http://www.alief.isd.tenet.edu/youens/Internet%20Links.htm -
FREE - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Really Great Stuff for Students' Researchhttp://www.free.ed.gov/index.cfm -
Earth Day in a Box
All the resrouces you need for projectshttp://ww2.earthday.net/~earthday/resources -
Promethean Planet
free online resource centerhttp://www.prometheanplanet.com/us/ -
Train Yourself - Online IT
Lesson plans, Video tutorials, Resourceshttp://www.nortellearnit.org/
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CEDFA
Remote connect to TEKShttp://finearts.esc20.net/connectTEKS/Music_tool/musicControl.html
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Podcasts from HatTech
GT Tech class Podcasts created in various formats during Spring semester 2007 at Herrera Academy of Technolgy, Houston, Texashttp://www.kid-cast.com/KC_Podcasts.htm -
MTT Podcast
View a GarageBand format photocast about Herrera Academy of Technology in Houston, TX.http://web.mac.com/joechase1/iWeb/MTT%20Blog/Podcast/Podcast.html -
Create Quicktime Podcast on PC
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorials/podcasting_win.html -
Create Podcasts Using PC
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2005/04/05/create_podcasts_with_pc.html -
Garage Band - Create Podcast on MAC
http://www.apple.com/support/garageband/podcasts/recording/
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Free Science Fair Projects Network
Plenty of ideas per grade levelhttp://www.free-science-fair-projects.com/elementary-school-free-science-fair-projects.aspx -
Science Project Ideas
More Projects, better science, personal helphttp://www.scienceproject.com/projects/index/elementary.asp -
Hotlist for Science Fair Projects
Links to information - resourceshttp://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listsciencemr65.html -
250 Project Ideas
Discovery Education / Elmers Science Fair Tipshttp://school.discoveryeducation.com/sciencefaircentral/elmers/250projectideas.html -
Crystal Clear Science Fair Projects
http://www.crystal-clear-science-fair-projects.com/easy-science-fair-projects.html -
Children's Univ. of Manchester
Great science & math informationhttp://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/
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Mis Cositas
Multicultural Websitehttp://www.miscositas.com/ -
Kid Link
http://www.kidlink.org/spanish/ -
Story Place
The Kid's Digital Libraryhttp://www.storyplace.org/ -
Children's Stories
Well-known stories in Spanishhttp://personales.mundivia.es/llera/cuentos/cuentos.htm -
EduPlace
Houghton-Mifflin Bilingual linkshttp://www.eduplace.com/bil/links/index.html -
On Line Bilingual Reading Room
a list of links for students interested in books, stories and fun in Spanish, English and French.http://www.iteachilearn.com/teach/tech/library.htm -
Literacy Center for PK - K
Multi-lingual literacy for kidshttp://www.literacycenter.net/lessonview_en.htm#
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TAKS Information Booklet
Has sample tests by grade levelhttp://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/taks/booklets/index.html
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Digital Story Telling for Kids
Software tools & ideashttp://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/index.html -
Tux Paint
Create digital artworkhttp://www.tuxpaint.org/ -
Imagination Cubed
Online draw program like Microsoft Paint, but betterhttp://imaginationcubed.com/ -
Brother Creative Center
Create digital cards, calendarshttp://www.brother.com/creativecenter/us/en_us/family/index.htm -
Printing Press Fun
Make posters, flyers, newspapershttp://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=110&title=
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HISD TIS FAQs
Help Desk solutions to do-it-yourself tech repairshttp://www.houstonisd.org/portal/site/Technology/menuitem.a12f0a1e434a832188a67e10e041f76a/ -
HISD North Region
Practical tech toolshttp://www.houstonisd.org/portal/site/RegionNorth/menuitem.102e3cba26de2b8ebba3e510e041f76a/?vgnextoid=88c146277f7e1110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextfmt=default%3E -
TechApps Network
Resources - Region TEAhttp://www.techappsnetwork.org/security/SignIn.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2flessons%2fdefault.aspx -
Microsoft Apps Guide Sheets
http://cheatsheet.customguide.com/
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Edutopia
Information and integration for K-12 schoolshttp://www.edutopia.org/ -
Curriculum Project
Best tool for unit lesson plans with TEKS and rubricshttp://www.curriculumproject.com/
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The Louvre Museum
A fabulous tour of the great Musee du Louvre, Paris, Francehttp://www.louvre.fr/llv/musee/visite_virtuelle.jsp?bmLocale=en -
Tate Gallery
London's famous art galleryhttp://www.tate.org.uk/ -
Metropolitan Museum of Art
African collectionhttp://www.randafricanart.com/Met_museum_virtual_tour.html -
Explore DC: Specialty Tours
Excellent Social Studies sitehttp://www.exploredc.org/index.php?id=63 -
Internet4Classrooms
Hot List of Links to many virtual field tripshttp://www.internet4classrooms.com/vft.htm -
Web Art Museum
History of web designjhttp://www.mowa.org/home.html
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Filamentality
Lessons, webquests, & information for teachers and librarianshttp://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/ -
TrackStar
Starting point for online lessons and activitieshttp://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ -
The Webquest Page
Most complete and current source of information about the WebQuest Modelhttp://webquest.org/index.php -
All About Webquests
http://tlc.epsb.ca/InternetProjects/webquests.htm -
Campbell Co. Schools Primary Webquests
http://www.campbell.k12.ky.us/links/webquest/primary.html -
EdHelper
http://www.edhelper.com/lessonplans.htm -
First Grade Webquests
http://www.nksd.wednet.edu/schools/pearson/staff/krowland/First%20Grade%20WebQuests.html -
Science Webquests
http://www.can-do.com/uci/k12-lessons.html -
Teachnology
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/computing/web_quests/ -
TechTrekers Webquests
http://www.techtrekers.com/webquests/#VFT -
K - 3 Webquests
http://eduscapes.com/sessions/travel/k3webquests.htm
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Free Typing Games
http://www.freetypinggame.net/play.asp
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Photo Story 3
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx -
Windows Movie Maker for XP
http://www.download.com/Windows-Movie-Maker-Windows-XP-/3000-13631_4-10165075.html -
Scratch Animation
http://www.download.com/Scratch/3000-2051_4-10680857.html -
Windows Media Player 10
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/10/default.aspx
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Harlan Reading Center
http://np.harlan.k12.ia.us/reading_center.htm
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SMART Notebook Software Download
http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Support/Downloads/SBS/NBSv10WinEval.htm -
Training Information
http://smarttech.com/trainingcenter/ -
Educator Resources
http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/ -
Childtopia
Fun games for PreK, K and 1st gradehttp://www.childtopia.com/index.php -
Whiteboard Resources
http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/15.cfm -
Resource - Lessons and Activities Senteo
http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+activities/Senteo/US.htm -
Elementary SMART Lessons
http://technology.usd259.org/resources/whiteboards/smart-lessons/elementary_lessons.html -
PSB Kids Interactives
http://pbskids.org/smartboard/
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http://www.renzullilearning.com
http://www.renzullilearning.com
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UT - Brownsville MTT Review
http://gemini.utb.edu/edtech/mtt/study_guides.html -
TexMat Prep Manual
http://www.texes.ets.org/assets/pdf/testprep_manuals/mttprepmanual.pdf -
MTT Competencies
http://gemini.utb.edu/mtt/academy/files/mtt_competencies.pdf -
Codecs
http://gemini.utb.edu/jbutler/powerpoints/codecs.ppt
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Green Education Network
Save Planet Earth curriculum-related Information, Lesson Plans, Activities, Resourceshttp://www.greeneducationnetwork.com/15/free-to-all -
Environmental Literacy
http://www.education.noaa.gov/ -
Fight Global Warming
http://www.fightglobalwarming.com/ -
"Tick" Movie
http://www.savevid.com/video/tick-global-warming-tv-ad-environmental-defense.html -
Free MIDI files
http://www.mididb.com/ -
Copyright free pictures
http://onlinepublishing.suite101.com/article.cfm/free_pictures_without_copyright -
GE Commercials
http://ge.ecomagination.com/news-media/advertising-and-images.html -
Singing In the Rain
http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2006/general-electric-singing-in-the-rain/
