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For Teachers
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
categorized list of sites, etc.
Rubistar
free template for making rubrics
Oregon Standards Advanced Search
History
Oregon Trail
Teacher's Guide by PBS doc. teachers, vocab. list
Oregon highlights
Lib of Congress for kids
Smithsonian's History Explorer
search by subject, grade, resource type (artifacts, primary sources, worksheets, etc.)
Smithsonian's History Home
search by grade, resource type, historical ERA
Colonial America Pathfinder
Internet Public Library
Lexiles
Find a book with Lexiles
parents & students/educators/ librarians
Lexile Book Search
by title, or by lexile range
Lexile use in Oregon
one paragraph with links
Lexile graphic Map
with excerpts and examples
Spanish Imm.
Clip Art for FL Instruction
verbs, etc. illustrate vocabulary
LANIC
much is too high, but save to find what's useful
Centro Barahona
Magazines in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
Rubistar en espanol
Crea esquemas para tu proyecto de actividades de aprendizaje
LIT Circles
Twelve Ingredients of Lit. Circles
the basics, based on Harvey Daniels work
Lit response Question cards
pdf
WEB English Teacher: Lit Cirlces
collection of teacher created materials
Maps
Maps for printing & copying
choose with or without country & stae borders
Tech
http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/
podcasting
What is podcasting?
Audacity Tutorial for Podcasters
Video by Jason Van Orden
Hints & How tos for Audacity
Good basic info
How to podcast with Audacity
Written step-by-step instructions for creating a simple voice and music Podcast with Audacity
Audacity=free, open source podcasting tool
Video for "how to" down load and set up Audacity (created for students with laptops provided by a grant)
LAME encoder for Audacity-how to video
To save a file as .mp3 you also need the LAME encoder. Because of software patents, it needs to be downloaded separately.
FindSounds
Search the web for sounds
imovie
1-creating an imovie
2-skimming in imovie
3-trimming in imovie
4-adding music in imovie
5-adding titles in imovie
1-5+ all the tutorials
including importing from a camcorder, & sharing to youtube. SCROLL down for more tutorials.
imovie using still slides, music, voice
includes an example at end
Library
WILI
cataloging-MARC-reviews-images
Nancy Keane's Booktalks -- Quick and Simple
Book lists - Colleagues
picturebooksforolderreaders
by useful categories - lib. wiki
QuizList Interactive Booklist
high lexile, for example...
Book Lists - Journals
Booklist: Books for Youth
ALA (public lib.)
School Library Journal's Best Books
SLJ - with grade levels
Kirkus reviews
BCCB
previous years' "best of" lists
Literacy conversations
The Home Run Book: Can One Positive Reading Experience Create a Reader?
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