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Our High School Model

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Instructional Sites

Standards Aligned System
Landmark School
Discovery Streaming
194.30x.xxxx / aiu3teacher
Propel Powerful Technology Practices
PA Academic Standards
Early Childhood Standards
Marzano's Essential 9
Best Practice Strategies
Discovery Education - SCIENCE
Propel Science Wiki
Propel Powerful Practices
Dynamic Resource Portal
AIU 3 SNAP
Instructional Media Library - 194.30x.xxxx / aiu3teacher
SAS Assessment Creator
NWEA SPARK Community

This Week in the Lab

Teacher Resources

Teaching Tolerance
Cyberbullying
Net Smartz - Internet Safety
Social Networking Tips
AIU
History of Red Ribbon Week
Free Field Trips
Cyberbullying resource
With Phineas & Ferb
STOP Cyberbullying
Bullying Prevention
Highmark Healthy 5
Using YouTube in the classroom
Red Ribbon Week resources
Random Acts of Kindness Week
Tips for emailing parents
Enter the Group
Online class management tool
Using Social Media to work smarter
Technology Grants

SMARTboard/Other technology

Google Earth User Guide
Interactive Resources
Digital Storytelling Blog
Discovery Education
Thinkfinity
Digital Learning Platform
Top 100 Sites for Learning
Toon Doo
Username: propelhomestead Password:homestead
Animoto
Video creation website
ISTE Ning
Some Top Tech Tools
SMARTBoard Revolution NING
Investigations for the SMARTboard
Kloonigames
Interactive activities for all content areas
Online Assessment Tool
K-12 online resources
Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies
Directory of Learning Tools

SMART

Teachers Love Smartboards
http://smartboards.typepad.com/
K - 3 Notebook Files
Primary Smarttech Exchange
Promethean Planet
files can be converted into SMART Notebook files
Kindergarten SMARTBoard Resources
Elementary SMART Lessons
SMARTboard Resources
TeqSmart
Harvey's Homepage
Lots of Math Smartboard files
Elmo & SMARTboard
Helpful Hints for using an Elmo document camera with the SMARTboard
SMART Professional Development Online Courses
Blossom Learning - at a cost : (
SMART Webinars
SMART Ecosystem Network

Senteo

Windows

MS Photostory How-To
Photostory tutorials
MS Movie Maker How-To
MS Publisher
Publisher in the Classroom
Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
Teacher Guide

Other portaportals

Mr. Strine's old school

FLIP cameras

Class Web Sites

Mr. Strine's Learning Emporium
Weebly
Free website creation tool

Distance Learning/Videoconferencing

Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration
Educator's Knowledge Center
CAPSpace - Collaborations Around the Planet
Two Way Interactive Connections in Education
NASA Digital Learning Network
Free out of Stennis Space Center (Mississippi)
National Science Center Outreach Programs
Fee-based programs
VC Program Database

iPod Touch

A New Generation

Google Tools

Word Clouds

Tagxedo
Amazing!!!
Wordle

Comics

Wonderful Wikis

Gigapan

Gigapan School Dialogues

BOTS IQ

BOTS IQ

Vernier

Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology for Writing

GPS

Educational Video Sites

WatchKnow: K-12 Videos
Teacher Tube: Teach the World
School Tube
Online video sharing
Khan Academy
World-class education for all
Math Train TV

Reading

Reading A - Z
Open Court
Read for the Record
Shared Reading Challenge
Book Buddy Biographies
Florida Center for Reading Research
Great student activity center ideas
Interactive site on Story Elements
Cinderella
Silly Books
Animated books and songs
Literary Elements Mapping
Literacy Matters
Graphic Organizers
with Essential Questions
Debbie Rickards' Literacy
Comic Creator
Wordle
Word It Out

Primary

Author Web Sites

Very Hungry Caterpillar

Dav Pilkey video

Talking about his school experience

Ezra Jack Keats

Brain Pop video
will need to sign up for a trial
Ezra Jack Keats

Dr. Seuss

NEA's Read Across America
Seussville
Brain Pop video on Dr. Seuss
See Mrs. Bresinger for login details

Figurative Language

Exploring Onomatopoeia

Lang Arts

Writing Directions lesson
Wordle
Word Cloud generator
Hamburger model of paragraph writing
Interactive Graphic Organizers
Reverse Dictionary
Great tool to teach about synonyms
Online Writing Forum
Real and Nonsense Words

Primary

Grammar practice

Handwriting

Handwriting Without Tears
Official Web Site

Picture sites for Kernel Sentences

Spelling

Spelling for Writers
Official Web Site
Spelling City
Spelling games and printables

Primary

Math

Investigations Math
Official Web Site
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Sumdog
Math games designed to improve numeracy
Close to 1000, 100, & 20 Games
Propel East Math Page
Investigations for the SMARTboard
College Prepatory Mathematics
High School curriculum
Ms. King's Math Coach Page
Winter Math Ideas
Math Activities and Games
Standards Based Math Activities

Primary

Fact Dash

100th Day

100th Day songs

Pi Day

Eggsploration Station
Grades K-1
Delivering Diameters
Grades 2 -3
Circle Sighs
Grades 4-5
Circle Cover Ups
Grades 6-9
Joy of Pi

Geometry

3D Shapes

Measurement

Science

Life Cycles

Birth of a Hummingbird

Changes

Catastrophic Events

Virtual Volcano

Insects

BugScope

Physics

Crayon Physics

Going Green

K'Nex Challenge

Soc. Studies

Videos

9/11 BrainPOP
from Joe O.

Cultural study

Community

Lesson on Community Helpers

History

Pearl Harbor resources
The People Speak
Dramatic performances of social change in U.S. history

Native American Heritage Month

Art Connections

Dinosaur Train Lesson Plans

Timely Materials

Back to School

Thinkfinity Back to School lessons

Black History Month

Local Interest Points

Pittsburgh Historic Landmarks
Walls Are Bad
Outdoor recreation in southwestern PA