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ASL sites

Classroom management / discipline

Cooking / recipes

English sites

Game templates

Jepardy type templates for PowerPoint
Famliy Feud and More
Teach 21 Strategy Bank
A LOT of game templates and apps
Hardin County Jeopardy Games
Pre made!
Jeopardy Game Download Center
Open Education Blog
many game links
Stu's Double Jeopardy Game
MP3 step by step, and more!
Power Point Games
JC Schools
all SORTS of Power Point Games
Parade of Games
Watson School of Education
Game templates and utilities
Lee's Summit, MO site
All things Power Point
WWild Team Power Points
game templates

Instructional Coaching sites

The Kansas Coaching Project
National Staff Development Council
Article
Coaching Spot
blog
Article
The Coach in the Classroom
EduCoach
A Cabell Co. IC's blog
Issue Brief
Article on Coaching
Annenberg Institute
Research on Instructional Coaching
American Association of School Administrators
Article on why to have ICs
A Learning Model
Why Spokane Schools use ICs
PBS Help Line
Why Instructional Coaching?
Reading Rockets
Knight on Coaching
Blog
Eight Factors
Lesson plan maker

Intelliboard sites

Technology Thoughts for Teachers
A blog about Intelliboards
Interactive white boards
Interactive whiteboard resources
World of Teaching
Interactive white board & power points - free
Interactive resources
You name it - it's got it!
Scholastic
Interactive white board lessons - free
Whiteboards in the Classroom
articles, lessons, examples
EInstruction lesson library
Interactive Literacy sites for Smart Board
Interactive Whiteboards - lessons, and help
Interwrite lessons and activities
Interactive white board resources
Powerpoints for Teachers
GlobalClassroom Interactive Resources
SMART Teacher's Hub Overviews - Training
SMART Notebook software overview and Upgrade
Scholastic Interactive Lessons
Engaging Learners the Smartboard way
SmartBoard Templates
Stuff 4 Teaching
Teaching Using the Internet
TeqSmart Blog
Whiteboard resources
InterWrite Resources - York Co Schools
TeacherTube - Your Airliner and You
SmartBoardLesson Plans - TN
Web Crawler - Smart Board Lesson Plans links
Web Crawler - Interwrite Lesson plans links
Teacher Tube - Using Interwrite Writing Tools
TeacherTube _ Text tool for Language Arts
TeacherTube - Finding and Using InterWrite SIMS
TeacherTube - Interwrite How To videos

Kids

PBS Kids
Animal Sounds
Dave the Barbarian
Interactive storybooks (0 - 7)
good for beginning readers
Origami dinosaurs
Gently Used
versus EBay
Mothers of Twins
Veggie Tales, etc
Christian-based games
Recalls
Learning styles
10 memory tips for elementary students
Twin store
Twns Magazine
Fun Facts for your 7 year old
Pre-K site
Alphabet Tracing letters

Learning Styles

Literacy sites

Math and Science sites

Future of Math
Science site
Blogging in Science
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Math Manipulative site
Star life cycle
K - 8 Star life cycle
Galaxies Galore Games
Kids Astronomy
Aerospace and Astronomy
USGS
The Earth
Math Forum - crystals
The Science Spot
Chemical Formula Search
Graph Paper maker
Metric conversions
EdHeads
surgery onine!
M&M's and the Scientific Method
There's more to Teaching Science...
Physics Lessons
Science Fair and Experiments Ideas
Geometry Workshop
geometry games and tools
Dam Jammer
shapes game
Bucky's Blueprints
Illustrated Word Problems
Science (and SS) research project
Multimedia Science
Create-A-Graph
Graph -A-Line
Line Gem 1
Line game for Algebra made by a math teacher
Calculate the Straight Line
M& M candies, Line Plots and Graphing
A complete lesson plan
Graphing - Line Graphs and Scatter Plots
A complete lesson plan
Graphing: Lines and Slope
A tutorial
Graphing the line y=mx + b
A Java tutorial / practice
Infinite Algebra I
A graphing worksheet
Physics simulations - My Physics Lab
Physics apps
3-D Physics apps
PhET - Physics Simulations
Teacher's Domain
Interactive Anatomy
You and Your Skin
sim
Skeleton Comparison
Better Body Books
Lesson plan
NASA Digital Learning Network

Miscellaneous

Behavior Management
Beyond Bullet {points}
Flag Day
USNO Tycho station
Universal clock
Internet Trafic Report
George Washington High School
Things that make you go ... OMG I'm OLD
ZIP code lookup
Mountain Dulcimer tuner
Everything for studying!

Other Portals

D Fetty's Portal
S Morgan's Portal
T Cooper's portal
A Maynard's Portal
J Cooley's Portal
WJCC ITRT
good sites; great Web eval tools!
R Smith's
V Linville's Portal

Pacing Guide Examples

Anderson, SC
Washington, DC
Colquitt County, GA
West Bloomfield School District, MI
Kershaw County, SC
Fullerton County, CA
Troup County, GA
Ware County, GA
Colton, CA
Searchable format
TEAM planning by unit and semester
GREAT example of team planning!!!!
Harrison County, WV
Math, secondary
Pitt County
Miami-Dade County, FL
Anderson County Secondary
Alleghany County, VA
Merced Unified, CA
document

Research paper formats

Rubrics & Rubric Makers

Mr. Brody's Writing Rubric
from a teacher
Make your Own Rubric
includes by subject
Rubrics for Assessment
Kid Language Writing Rubrics
student language
Interactive PBL Writing Checklist
Rubric Scoring Guides
Writing Rubric / Checklist for Students
PBL / Multimedia rubrics
Multimedia Project Rubric
Multimedia Rubric
Texas Writing & Reading Rubrics
Evaluation Station
K-12 Printable sample rubrics
Designing Rubrics for Assessing Higher Order Thinking
The College of New Jersey
About . com
Our favorite general writing rubric
Writing Scoring Continum
Why Use Rubrics?
good series of articles
Rubric Library
Writing Across the Curriculum
good article
Teacher Helpers
Rubrics for PPT, Hyperstudio & Web design
Techtrekers Rubric List
rubric makers
Rubric development & Examples
Planning, Teaching, & Reporting Online
Learning Rubrics Online Project
The Rubric Debate
article
General Assessment Rubrics
Rubrication
good blog
From Intel

Sites for Murray's Classes

Murray/Lunsford's class blog
all you'll ever need for our class!
EdLine
CMHS
Cabell Co. BOE
Channel 8 School Closings
WVDE (State BOE)
WSAZ Channel 3 school closings
Role-Playing Club wiki
Online Text book Extras
Online Text Book
SAS in Schools site
For SAS units
ODOT road conditions
WVDOT Road conditions
Chesapeake Panthers Forecasts
Cabell Midland Knights Forecasts
Huntington Highlanders Forecasts
Geoge Washington Patriots Forecasts
Fairland Dragons Forecasts

Sites for Teachers

For New Teachers!!!
Also for substitutes, student teachers, veteran teachers...
Soft Schools
K - 8 math and phonics
The Frugal Shopper
Free and low cost teacher stuff
Freeology
Free class stuff
ABC Teach
free printables K - 12
Free Lesson Plans
PreK - 12
I Love That Teaching Idea!
Ideas from teachers!
Songs for Teaching
Songs for ALL subjects!
Sparklebox
Free printables, Primary grades focus
Teacher Planet
Links page
Teaching Treasures
primarily for homeshool, K - 12, complete lesson plans
The Teachers Corner
Free resources and lesson plans, K - 12
Tools for Educators
free worksheets, game makers, dominoes, etc.
Web English Teacher
Run by an Educator; ELA, 6 - 12 focus
Time Savers for Teachers
GREAT for new teachers!!!!
Teaching Using the Internet
Great for using the net in the classroom
Continuing Education / Workshops Nationwide
eSchool News
resources for 21st Century learning
Instructorweb
tools, lessons, worksheets, etc; K - 12
Lesson Plan Sites for K - 12
Read*Write*Think
ELA lesson plans
Son of Citation Machine
How to correctly cite ANYTHING
RubiStar
Rubric maker
Power of 10
a great visual for students!
SAS in Schools
requires school subscription and orginal log-in info
Thinkfinity
MUCH revised Marco Polo
The First Days of Middle School
New Teacher Resources
Teacher to Teacher
a wiki from WV teachers
Tech in the Classroom
NAEP questions
Nation Association for Gifted Children
Teaching Tips
Motivating Students
Student Motivations and Attitudes: The Role of the Affective Domain in Geoscience Learning
Baseball and Motivation
Power point stuff for Teachers
PowerPoint Pointers
Powerpoints for learning
Collins Career Center Online
Acuity from school buildings
Acuity from Home
CCBOE Summer Camp Site

Social Studies and Civics

Interactive Classroom Simulations
Generic site with examples and suggestions
Social Studies Central
Contemporary Social Studies
A blog rating SS games
Social Studies
simulations, games, etc
from now on
Teaching Social Studies Authentically article
Bill Me!
Lesson plan on how a bill becomes law
Recommended Book list
Lesson Plans
21st Century Skills in the Social Studies Class Room
The Benefits of Using Multimedia in the Social Studies Classroom
Social Studies Resources
MI State Univ. College of Ed. wiki site
1,2,3 .. Tech's 4 me!
list of interactive sites, rated by grade level
Paul Blankenship . com
great list of activities and simulations for use in the classroom
National Geographic Sims
Underground Railroad
Social Studies Links for Educators
lesson plan links, too
K - 12 Instructional Media Center
Social Studies in particular
Links for Social Studies
Congress.org
Izzit?
Current Events and more!
Student News Daily
GREAT resource for Civics
Project Explorer
C-SPAN Classroom
US News and World Report
Bill of Rights Institute
The Heritage Foundation
FOX News
NY Times
U.S. Constitution Online
Primary Documents in American History
National Constitution Center
Bill of Rights dot com
TEACHER WORKSHOPS - Bill of Rights Institute
Interactive Map of Africa
Puzzle Maps
K - 12
Museum Box
alternative to Research papers
What Can You Make From a Buffalo?
sim

Tech in the Classroom

Tech Tips for Teachers
Education World Tech in the Classroom
4Teachers Technology
Toold for the TEKS - Tech in the Class
How To!
teAchnology
Guide to Podcasts, etc.
StarTech Program
Tech Blog
Digital Videos
Transforming Teaching Through Technology
by Marzano!!
About.com article
power point presentations
Basic how-tos for teachers
MS wrod, etc.
i-CITES
Univ. of Ill. tech site
Speaking of Teaching
article
List of Tech for Classes
Texas Education Agency
list of sites
Classroom Resources in Technology
HUGE list
Instruction Index Page
Technology in the Classroom
Digital Storytelling sites
Movie MAker Lesson plans
Digital Video in the Classroom
Open House Movie Maker idea
Movie Maker Projects
School Houst Tech

Weird sites

DIY site
Left-handers site
Odd News in a flash
Silly Patents
Folk Remedies
Thank goodness for health care!
Wierd Remedies
Old Remedies
Odd Old Ads
Grand Illusions
How to wash a cat (non you tube)

wikis, blogs, etc.

The Writing Site
Article on blogging
E-School News Online
article on blogging
Journalist
NY Times article on tech in the classroom
Glencoe
Technology in the Classroom
My-eCoach.com
classroom blogs and wikis
San Diego State University
pros and cons of blogs in the classrrom
Edublogs.org
10 ways to use blogs in the classroom
WIkis in Plain English
NOT YouTube
Wordpress blogs
how to - NOT You Tube
Compare wikis
Teacher Tube
listserv
Blogs in Plain English
NOT You tube

CCBOE Summer Camp Sites

Top 10 Aps for Education

Voki
Avatar Creator
Jing
screen capture
Pixton
Create Cartoon strips
Tiny URL
Wolfram Alpha
data miner
Pandora
internet music finder
Get Drop Box
free internet storage
Poll Everywhere
free polls
Open Office
similar to MS Word
Ning
create your own social network
Class Tools
create educational games
Mindomo Mind mapping
Utterli
voice communication to provide feedback
Tokbox
free char, voice, etc
Dimdim
free web conferencing
Tiny Chat
free chat
Thinkature
real time web collaboration
Twiddla
Gimp
Similar to photoshop
Kerpoof Studio
Tux Paint
drawing and painting
Creative Commons
multimedia resources you may share, remix, reuse legally; a nonprofit organization
Any Video Converter
Any Audio Converter
Wiz Lite
highlight online and share
Awesome Highlighter
jighlingth web pages; creates a web link to your notes
Evernote
allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and make
Ottobio
create anno bio
Zotero
a Firefox (Internet web browser) extension that helps students collect, cite, and manage their Internet research right from the

SMART Board

PE Games research sites

4MAT Lesson Planning

Cabell County Teacher Resources

Destination Math and Reading
Destinations site
AIMSweb
Universal screener for math and Reading RtI
MOODLE
Resource for classes and teachers
Cabell County Teachers' Wiki
wiki by and for Cabell County teachers
RACC
Reading Across Cabell County
Cabell WAC
Cabell County Writing Across the Curriculum
RACE
Reading
Thinkfinity
100,000 + resources
Read*Write*Think
SAS Curriculum Pathways
6 - 12, including DBQs
Teach21
from WVDE
Acuity
Benchmarking
IDMS
Elementary benchmarking
techSteps
Required 3 - 12
WV Writes
writing practice
WVDE
Readng Comprehension
Kyle Berry's Math site
Cabell County Symbaloo
designed by K Berry
TechSteps Help
in progress
Reading Stages Prezi
Prezi presentation on Reading Stages
Dan Miles