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Don't Judge a Fish. . .
What we've been doing to our students!!!
What Makes a Good Teacher
List Created by Students
Ratings on Teacher Evaluations
Information
Smarter Balanced
Get Ready for 2014!
Smarter Balanced & Common Core
Resources
9 Ways to Assess Without Standardized Tests
Digital Expressions
Effective Test Readiness
The 6 key findings for test prep.
Teacher Support
Text Complexity/Assessment/Webinars
Item Samples from Smarter-Balanced
2014's Replacement for WESTEST2
Sample Prototype Math & ELA Common Core Items
Grades 3-7 & high school
Beyond the Bubble
Assess students' 21st Century Skills with Library of Congress Documents!
Tech Creation Learning Tools for Kids
3 Ways to Assess Your Class
Teaching Channel
Practical PBL Assessment
Critical Evaluation of Information
Sample Performance Tasks Released
Smarter-Balanced Test Items
Formative Instructional Practices

21st Century Ed Tech

Welcome to the Future
21st Century & Bloom's
Using Cell Phones in the Classroom
Collaborating + Web 2.0 Collaboration Sites
Links to Resources
Going Green Resources
GIS & GPS Units
Checklist for EdTech by Steve Jobs
Center 4 Learning & Performance Technologies
Free guides & more!
Cool Projects Using Skype
Intel Education
Free Tools & Resources
Free Webinars & Courses
Virtual Tour of Sistine Chapel
Virtual Field Trips of Plimoth Plantation
Strategy Coach
Online tools for all content areas; great for students!
The Fluencies
21st Century Fluency Project
Web Tools
Successful Practices Network
Web 2.0 Tools & Bloom's
Great Visual!
More Web 2.0 Tools with Bloom's
More Bloom's/Web 2.0
Digital Youth Network
Grades 6-8
Digital Resources for Common Core
Pin Your History to the World
Explore & Document Wildlife
Today in History
iTunes
Post-It Brainstorming
Creating EPortfolios with Students
Teaching Today's Web-Centric Kids
Handbook for 21st Century Teaching
25 Features of Outstanding ICT Lessons
(ICT) Instructional Educational Technology
Internet Safety
Screencasts & Slideshares
8 Different Ways!
Measure Your Students' Understanding
Digital Learning Blogs
Blended Learning
Defined, examined, & modeled for K-12.
Top 10 Sites for Organization
Storage and more
50 iPad Tips & Tricks
Blended Learning Programs to Watch
Will help you try & keep up with top-notch educators.
Computer Lab Favorites
Math, Social Studies, Science, & Spanish for K-5!
BYOT & Literacy
Great Info!
The Digital Primary Teacher
IPad Apps + Resources For All Content Areas!
Using Kinect in the Classroom
Interactive Presentation Checklist
Guides to Critically Evaluate Various Sources
Digital Learning Day Tools
Social Studies, science, language arts, and math lessons.
Nice Mind Map of Teaching Apps
Content Collections
Teach Kids to Curate Content!
40 Sites & Apps for Creating Presentations
Wouldn't these be great to offer to students as choices?
197 Digital Channels for Learning
A super-mega ultra list!!!

Academic Games League of America (AGLOA)

Main Site for AGLOA
Online Game Practice
Presidents & Propaganda, plus video on playing LinguiSHTIK.
Equations
Game, rules, divisions, printable items for play.
On-Sets
Game, rules, divisions, printable items for play.
LinguiSHTIK
Game, rules, divisions, printable items for play.
Propaganda
Game, rules, divisions, printable items for play.
Presidents
Game, rules, divisions, printable items for play.
World Events
Game, rules, divisions, printable items for play.
American Presidents
List of sites and apps for more Presidential information!

Apps

Wordpress for iPhone
iFlashcards
Fluent News Reader
Dropbox 1.2.5
Dragon Dictation 2.0.0
iPads in the Classroom
Free Apps for Educators
Apps for All Subject Areas
K-5 Apps for Core ELA Standards
Grammar Dragon Sounds Really Good!
50 Free Apps
K-1 Reading Standards
Apple Apps for Everything/Everyone!
Word Magic
Apps & Devices for Schools
IPad, iPod, & iPhone Apps
All Age Groups!
iPod Apps & Online Games
MindMeister
Mind Mapping Free App for Androids
Mindmeister for iPad
Apps for Children with Special Needs
Games for Learning
21st Century Fluency Project
Top 10 Sites for Educational Apps
20 Apps for Educators
Create Your Own E-Books
Free Apps to Locate & Review Apps
Educational Apps
Down Syndrome
Toontastic
Create Cartoons for Digital Storytelling
i Tell a Story
iTunes app for digital storytelling
Voice Thread
iTunes for digital storytelling
Story Patch
iTunes dor digital storytelling
50 iPad Resources for the Classroom
Checkout the "By Subject" & "Sample Lessons" lists!
National Archives
Free
10 Most Used Apps for iPad
Fun Educational Apps
Phonecasting
Educreations
Free
122 Apps & Software for Teachers
Educational iPad Apps
Free Apps to Find More Free Apps
Manipulative Math Apps ofr the ihttp://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=4286ad
50 Apps for Lifelong Learners
Graduating with Technology
Check out the 'education,' 'health,' & 'science,' tabs too!!
9 Must-Have iPad Apps
45+ Apps for Teachers
Recommended by teachers! Majority are free apps; lists a few that must be paid for!
Essential Apps for Kids & Teens
25 Apps for Struggling Readers & Writers
Guide for Using iPads in Classrooms
30+ iPad Apps
Based on Bloom's Taxonomy
36 Core Teacher Apps
Plus Inquiry Learning Apps!
Flipped Learning App
40 Sites & Apps for Creating Presentations
What if you allowed your students to choose from this list?
Storytelling Videos
Free
Telligami
Create and share quick, animated videos.

Argumentative Writing

Argumentation Resources
Literacy Design Collaborative
Controversial Issues
Full Articles
ELA, SS, History, Science, Technical Lessons
Sample Lesson Modules (Lower right-hand corner)
10 Sites to Detect Plagiarism
Video of Sites
Elements of Literary Style
Persuasive/Argumentative Writing
Lesson Plans & Teaching Sources
Chart for 3 Styles of Writing

Art

Lesson Plans & Activities
6-12 Lesson Ideas
Arts & Crafts
Lesson Plans & Resources
Pre-K - 12 Crayola Lesson Plans
Themes & Lessons
All Grade Levels
Hundreds of Visual Art Lessons
Art Guide for Common Core
PBS Learning Media
Lessons for Pre-K - 13+
The Future You
Need a photo of yourself!!!
Cartoonize Yourself
Need a photo oc yourself!!!
Cartoon Any Photo
Portrait Illustration Maker
Fun Photo Effects
e-Book Creator
15 Sites for Finding Educational Images & ClipArt
How Art Made the World
5 Lessons
Projects
Elmers Glue
Dance, Theatre, & Visual Arts
K-12 with Curriculum Maps
Google Art Project
Kids Draw the News
Visual Literacy
Preview entire text online.
The Artist's Toolkit
All levels of students; teachers can create own menu for students; find art examples, & more.
Lessons & Crafts
Scholastic Site
Scholastic's Art & Writing Awards

Autism

Simple Interventions

Avatars in Education

20 Ways to Use Talking Avatars
Article with list and explanations

Blog Sites

Blogs & Websites
Blogging & More
Student Newsletters, post videos, podcasts, documents, class/school newsletter
21 Classes
Teacher, classroom, school
Kids Blog
Classpress
WordPress
There's an app for it!!! http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wordpress/id335703880?mt=8
10 Ways to be a Terrible Teacher
The Classroom Bookshelf
Recently published books for K-8 with lesson plans.
Gaggle
e-mail; blogs; discussion boards; SMS texting.
Give Everyone Student a Voice
Strategies for online exchanges!

Bullying

Cyberbullying Lesson
K-12
Online Safety
OLWEUS Prevention Program
Free Materials to Download
Free Anti-Bullying Toolkit
Research-based practices!
Bully at the Blackboard Activity
Anti-Bullying Lesson Plan
Speak up, Salem! PowerPoint & more!

Career Education

7 Sites to Promote 21st Century Teaching
Resume Generator
How Successful People Think
15 Tips. . .Click on arrows to read/view all 17 slides.
Bricks in Space & More
Videos, projects. . .
How Stuff Works
Inventors
Creating Screencasts & Slideshares
Creating a Portfolio With Evernote
Hippo Campus
High School & College Lessons & Presentions to View as Samples
Digital Age Learning
For students, teachers, administrators, education coaches, & computer science teachers.
Career & Career Readiness Web Pages
Emerging Technoligies to Watch
Keep up on all the new stuff!!!
Career Education
Learn about 30 careers--age 8 and up.

Character Educaton

Digital Citizenship
5 Themes of Citizenship
9 Themes of Digital Citizenship
15 Digital Citizenship Resources
Safe & Supportive Schools
Info, training modules, handouts, & PrPt. presentations on Bullying.
Texts & Videos for Anti-Bullying
Lesson Plans & Units
K-12
Mini Units
Click on Grade Level on Right K-2, 3-5, 6-8, or 9-12, then click on Character Ed Mini-Units on Left.
Highly Effective Teaching
Great Model!
Becoming Responsible Citizzens
Plus more for educators & parents!
Teaching Ethics in Middle Grades
Several lessons with instructions & downloads.
Classroom Activities
Variety of cross-curricular for 6-8.
Classroom Activities
Variety of cross-curricular for 9-12.
Baseball Themed Lessons
Negro Leagues Baseball lessons for 9-12.
Changing Demographics + More
Immigration & America . . .Lessons
Digital Resources
Primary Documents

Classroom Games

Learning English Language
Directions & Explanations
More ESL Learning
Directions & Instructions
Top 10 Online Games for Education
Interactive K-6 Games
Tricky Track
Problem Solving & Probability Game
Sites for Creating Flashcards
15, Count 'Em; 15 Sites!!!
40 Sites for Free Educational Games
4 Games to Encourage Empathy
Character Ed

Classroom Management

Ideas for PreK-12 on Scholastic's Site
Classroom Management Tips
VL's Google Doc for TIP
5 Tips to Help You Soar This September
Nice article!
100 Repetitions
Great article for dealing with worst strugglers/behaviors!
Getting to Know Your Students
Ideas for creating/using surverys!
8 Things Skilled Teachers Think, Say, and Do
7 Things to Remember When Teaching Challenging Students
Nice Poster
Full-Contact Teaching
Article on 'connecting with hearts and minds!'
11 Teaching Strategies for Spotting Classroom Blindspots
Sneaky, but necessary!

Cloud Computing

HP's Cloud Computing
5 Free Downloads for K-12
New Tools for Schools
Kids & Tech
Google Drive
Free Storage
iPad Multimedia Tools
Word Clouds for Kids
Grades 1-5 (Similar to Wordle)
Web Tools for Kids
Word Cloud Sites
Wordle
Word Clouds for all ages!
Word Clouds with Style
Make a Tagxedo out of your blogs, tweets, tags. . .
Cloud Lesson Planner
Build your lesson plans online, then click a button to add in Common Core Standards!
Tech Tips for 21st Century Literacies
fromStrategies for Writers
Top 100 Sites & Apps for 2012
Make Your iPad a Productivity Tool
Check out all of these apps!

Co-Teaching

Two High School Teachers. . .
Great boost for co-teachers!
Instructing Military Kids
Seeing school from a student's perspective!
Co-Teacher Teamwork
Two Teachers in the Room

Colleagues' Portaportals

Comics

Comic Life
Article with Ideas + Site
Make Beliefs Comix
Select a category & print!
Tech Creation Learning Tools for Kids
Create comic strips and more!!

Common Core Resources

Kerpoof
K - 5 (http://wwww.kerpoof.com/teach?c=lesson_plans)
Recipes for Fun
Wacky Science, Arts & Crafts, Creative Cooking. . .
PARCC
The other assessment!!!
Smarter Balanced
Assessment WV will use!
Resources for CCSS Assessment
Tools & Resosurces for Smarter Balanced & CCSS
CCSS & Educators' Attitudes
Great read!!!
The Teaching Channel
Unpacking the CCSS for Math & ELA
K-12
Curriculum Integration Toolkit
K-12
Integration Plans
All Subjects; K-12
NxtG Science Standards
Draft
Resources for Understanding CCSS
ELA & Math
Nxt Gen Social Studies Standards
Draft
Steal These Tools
Free resources to use when introducing CCSS
CC Corner
Successful Practices Network
11 Tech Tools to Teach the CCSS
12 'Must Read' Articles on the Common Core
5 Key Qualities of Common Core Standards
Teacher Support
Text Complexity/Assessment/Webinars
Common Core Constructed Response Organizer
Planning Thoughtful Common Core Units
Variety of Sources--unit planning templates. . .
Common Core Video Clips
Online Sample Lessons
K-12
CC Resources for Math
LiveBinder
CC Resources for ALL Content Areas
ALL Grade Levels!
Sample Test Items for Smarter Balanced Tests
2014's Common Core aligned test!!
Common Core Units
Grades 6-12
Project Zero for Common Core
Student Exploration & Data Gathering for the Arts & Sciences
Common Core State Standards
Implementation Tools & Resources
Verbs from Smarter Balanced Test
Teach these to your students!!! (Simply scroll thru and pick out verbs found in sample items!)
Free Webinars
Next Navigator
Units & Lesson Plans
Amazing Common Core Lessons
WOW!!!! Includes lesson videos!!!
Tech Creation Learning Tools for Kids
Free Educational Materials & Resources
Free PD
Webinars explaning the CCSS--free!
Blog that Connects to CCS Resources
ELA Sites
Wonderful list for middle school & high school!
3 Ways to Assess Your Class
Prepping for Differentiation
Common Core Lesson Plans
K-12
Bloomin' Apps by Kathy Schrock
Posters of apps, plus technology to use with each level.
Literacy Materials
K-12 texts, short stories, fine arts materials, drama. . .
Text Complexity Lists of Fiction & Nonfiction Texts
Grades 6-12
Text Exemplars
K-12
Common Core-Aligned Reading & Writing Tasks
The New York Times' Learning Network publishes three of these each Friday!
More NY Times CC-Aligned Tasks
Championing the 4 C's
Check out teaching resources tab & archives!
Deeper Learning in Schools
List of sites!
Making the Shifts
Fiction, Non-Fiction, & the Common Core
Has a few non-fiction suggestions.
Lesson Plans
Must register, but it's free!
NxG Science Standards
Making an Inquiry-Based Classroom
Common Core Curriculum & Assessments
Engage NY
Content-Area Toolkits
Common Core Website
Lesson Videos; Lesson Plans; Website Links
Common Core Website
Lesson Videos; Lesson Plans; Website Links
Achieve the Core
Math and ELA
K-8 resources

Competitions/Contests

21st Century & Core Standards
Being an American Essay Contest
Science, Business, & Math
Student Publishing Contest
Weekly Reader
Teen Driver Video Challenge
Annual contest from Toyota.
Kids First Film Critic
WV Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Poster Contest
WV Social Studies Fair
2012 National History Day Theme = Revolution, Reaction, Reform in history
Exploravision 2012
Get Kids Thinking About Science!
Teen Video Challenge 2012
"Own the Night"
We Can Change the World Challenge
K-12 Competition----PBL Learning!!
2012 Young Scientist Challenge
Win $25,000 and get to travel!!!
Student T-Shirt Design
Win an Apple i-Pad & $250 Gift Certificate!
Learn Anywhere Photo Competition
Politicians' Promises Gone Wrong
Stossel in the Classroom (Essay--ages 13 - 18)
Kids' Inventions
Ages 10 - 15
Scholarship Essay Contest
Grades 3 - 12
High Seas Animation Contest
Pirates!! Work with animated clay figures.
Summer Reading Contest
Scholastic's Art & Writing Awards
Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
Shell Science Lab Challenge
Win a $20,000 science lab makeover!
Wild, Wonderful WV Essay Contest
Grades 6-12 eligible; prize of $500.
We the Students Scholarship Contest
Just answer 3 questions related to the principles of the Constitution and the relevance of the Constitution today.
Digital Learning Day
Back-to-School Olympics, Artwork, & Video Challenge

Current Events

Articles; Video Clips; Discussion Questions
Free; just need to register
Daily News Events
Daily News Quiz and More!
Check out all of these themes!!!
Earth Day Is Every Day
PBS--K-8 (Videos, interactives, & more!
Cinco de Mayo
Pre-K - 8
Using NY Times to STudy Current Events
News that Inspires
Daily Good
Teaching with Current Events
Sign up and receive free e-lessons!!
PBS News Hour
News for Kids
Here, There, Everywhere
News for Kids
Science News for Kids

Data-Based Questions (DBQ's)

Using Primary Sources
Explanation + Guiding Questions to Ask Students
Teaching with Primary Resources
Housing Your Files
Top 10 Sites for Curating the Web
Teaching Materials
Lesson Plans, databases--elementary thru high school
Cold Cases
Lessons in historical skills & methods.
Primary Sources
Simply sign up & start searching!
Teaching Primary Resources Journal
Opinions/Argumentation
Learn to make logical arguments.
Stimulate Critical Thinking
Resources
Controversial Issues
Wonderful Site!!!

Data-Based Questions (DBQ's)

Primary Source Documents
Primary Source Documents 2
Digital History
Lesson Plans
Famous Battles Dictionary
History on the Net
Library of Congress
What's Cooking Uncle Sam?
Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns. . .
View Exhibit at http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/running-for-office/
100 Milestone Documents
Ideas for Using Documents in Your Classroom
What's Your Stand on Citing the Pledge of Allegiance?
Add resources to this article for a great DBQ.
Thomas Edison
Visit Edison's home and laboratory.
Pros & Cons in Same Article
Tons of Topics

Deaf & Hard of Hearing (D/HH)

Assistive Devices
For those with: hearing, speech, voice, or language disorders.
National Institute on Deafness & other Communication Disorders
NIDCD
NICCD
Listening & Spoken Language
AG Bell
Learning ASL
ASLU (American Sign Language University)
ASL Browser
Look it up & see it signed!
Supporting Success for Kids with Hearing Loss

Differentiated Instruction

Use Learner Profiles to Differentiate
VL's Google Doc for TIP
Multiple Intelligence Checklist
Math & Reading
Free for K-5
Digital Learning Day
Instructional Strategies

Elections

Fantasy Election
PenPal News Red Blue!
The New York Times
Lesson Plans & a Unit!
Free Lessons
2012 Election
ProCon.org's a wonderful site!
Conservative Brains vs. Liberal Brains
Learning About Elections
Middle Grades
What Do Your Students Think About the 2012 Election?
Mock Election Mini Unit in 4 Parts
Win the White House!
This and four other new games to teach/learn civics!!
Teach the Election
Get Flocabulary's 14-day free trail!
How to Watch a Debate
Viewer's Worksheet
Media Literacy vs. Politics
Learning About Elections
Links to more sites embedded in article.
Scholastic's "Election 2012"
Video clips of Obama & Romney "in the early years."
The Numbers Tell a Story
Classroom activity for 6-12.

Elementary Reading

Story Containing 220 Dolch Words
Learning to Read Online
Literacy Centers
K-5; however, some lessons could easily be adapted for middle and high school.
Super Readers' Challenge
Pre-K - 1
Dr. Seuss Read Across America Resources
Everything Reading for K-5
Best Practices for Beginning Readers
Elementary Phonics Lessons Timeline
K-6 (Could be a guide to make sure you're covering everything.)
Martha's Rhyme Time
Learning Tools
Ages 2-14 (Reviewed by Common Sense Media)
7 Ways Technology Can Help Emerging Readers
ReadWorks.org
K-6 lessons, books, & passages.
103 Things to Do Before, During, & After Reading
Reading Rockets
Engaging with Literature
Free Workshops
Dolch Sight Words & Phonics
Tons of free printables!
Free Animal Activities & Worksheets
Free Online Student Storybook Creator
Big Word of the Day
Resources for CCSS & Reading
Building Oral Language with Technology
Article filled with ideas/examples.
After Reading Content Area Activities & Strategies
Long List of Sites
During Reading Activities & Stratigies
Site with long list of resources
Pre-Reading Activities & Activities
Site with long list of resources

Elementary Writing

2 New Grammar Apps
Using I & Me; Was & Were
Feel Electric!
Teaches young kids how to express their emotions.
Tools for Multimedia Publishing
Teacher Resources
All content areas!
Children's Poetry Page
Poetry Downloaad
Maya Angelou
Digital Storytelling
40 + Tips & Resources
5 Mindmapping Tools
PearlTree is another one not listed here.
Free K-5 Lesson Plans
ELA/Math/Science/Social Studies/Technology/Health Lessons
September Journal Prompts
Elements of Literary Style

English

Reader's Theatre
Christmas and more
Plays
Various Literature
Language Arts
Punctuation Paintball
SAS Curriculum Pathways
Search English Language Arts
LA Ideas & Sites
Teaching the Epic thru Ghost Stories
Multiple Lessons
Speakers Series
List of ELA Sites
Bibliography builders, Grammar, Literature, Idioms. . .
Teachers' Guide to ELA
Lesson Plans & More!
ELA Curriculum Maps for Common Core
Fun English Games
Includes games for Science & Math in top right corner!
Essay Map
Read Write Think Ineractive
Poetry for Kids
Write your own poetry online!
The Teaching Channel
K-12
Poetry
Edutopia
Fun English Games
Poetry Anthologies
Free Lesson Plans
ELA/Math/Science/Social Studies/Technology/Health Lessons
Online Interactive Activities

ESL Resources

Gnowledge
Article on how to use this site

Free Educational Videos

Disney Planet Challenge
Ideas Worth Spreading
John Stossel in the Classroom
Need to register, but there are plenty of videos in all subject areas that you can download & order for free!
Unlocked YouTube Videos
WVDE--Josh Ratliff/CCS' TIS
PBS Programs List
This is America
Learning About Other Cultures
Watch Know Learn
School Tube
Teacher Tube
The Teaching Channel
Crayola Project Videos
For written instructions: http://www.crayola.com/things-to-do/crafts-landing/messages-on-metal.aspx
Awesome Stories
Popular Stories by Theme
Video Lessons
STEM Videos
FREE--Just register to view!

Free School Printables

Free Software

Free & OpenSource
5 Free iPhone Apps for the Classroom
Note Taking Tool
5 Free Homework Management Tools for Students
New Tools for Schools
Software & Sites

Free Webinars & Videos

Upcoming & Archived
Tech for Educators by Tech Learning
Current & Past Webinars
Simple K12
Professional Development
Weekly Videos
The Old Way vs. the 21st Century Way!
Ongoing & Archived Webinars
Reading & Learning Webinars
Susan Kovalik's HET
Highly Effective Teaching; The Center for Effective Learning
Ted-Ed for the Classroom
Videos & Lessons
Educational Videos
3200 Free Videos!
Education Week
Archived Webinars
50 Sites in 60 Minutes
Video
Free Webinar Series
Archived Webinars
Laura Chandler
John Stossel
Streaming Videos Library by Subject
Anti-Bullying
Various Topics
Remember Pearl Harbor & More!
Informative webinars for teachers & students.
E-Books & Webinars

Grammar

The 8 Parts of Speech
Interactive Lesson; scroll to bottom of page
Grammar Check
Grammar and Spelling Checks

Grant Writing Tips

Grants

Grants Calendar & Directory
Education Grants for 2011-2012
MIddle School--Kids in Need
Vernier & More
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Community Involvement
Northrop Grumman Foundation
LEGO Education Smart Schools
LEGO Educaton Workshop
LEGO
Bridging the Gap
Mimio
Grants for Educators
NEA
Siemens' We Can Change the World
K-12
Teacher's Tool Kit Grant
Kids in Need/Elmer's
ING Unsung Heroes Awards
K-12 Educators

Graphic Organizers

Nonfiction
Types for All Subjects
All Types of Graphic Organizers
Templates for Everything
The SIte of All SItes!!! Download Depot
All content areas!!!
Printable & Online Interactive
Thinkmarks
Text Connections
Thinkmarks 2
Predicting & Questioning
Thinkmark for Reader Thoughts
Nonfiction Graphic Organizers
Reading--grades 4-8.
Checklists for Teachers & Students
Printables for Reading

Health/PE

2012 Nxt Gen Health Standards
5-12
Let's Move WV Resource Guide
National Association for Sport & Physical Education
P.E. Lesson Plans here
Keep Moving
Lesson Plans & More (K-5)
Teaching the Olympics
Gold Medal Learning
Archived Health=E-Tips
JAM Library
SuperFoods
Online Story
The Adventures of Captain Citrus
Sign up for FREE monthly e-kits!! (Lists 2nd Grade, but could give you ideas for other grades/topics.)
PE and Health
Teacher Resources
Videos and More

High School Reading

A Horseman in the Sky
Free Downloads
Classroom Activities
Variety of cross-curricular for 9-12.

High School Writing

Digital Storytelling
40 + Resources & Tips
Elements of Literary Style

Higher Order Questioning

Using & Creating Higher Order Questions
VL's Google Doc

Home to School Connections

Free Guides & Resources
K-12--Edutopia
Flipped Classes
Pros & Cons of Flipping a Classroom
The Google Knowledge Graph
New Search Tool

InfoGraphs

Informational Text

Primary Sources & The Library of Congress
VL's Google Doc
How to Read an Image & More
Good Reading on the Web
Grades 4-12; Big Selection
Newspapers as Informational Texts
Black & White & Read All Over!!
Motivating Students to Read

Interactive Sites

Volcanoes
Can we predict volcanic eruptions?

iPads

iPad for Educators
Article with lists/sites
Educational Quiz Games
All content areas; iPad compatible.
Changing PowerPoint into Video
Convert Powerpoint for use on iPad.
Times Around the World & More
Apps for iPads, iPhones, androids, Facebook

Kids' Recipes

Kid Scoop Recipes

Learning Stations (Centers)

Learning Station Ideas for High School
Learning Stations for Middle School
Math Labs & Learning Stations
Stations Nurture Student Understanding
Ideas for all ages!
Learning Stations for Middle School & High School
Literacy Stations
PreK-5; could give ideas for higher grade levels.
Creating Learning Stations
All grade levels!
How to Set Up Learning Centers in the Middle School

Learning Styles Inventories & Personality Tests

Personality Test
The BIG 5
Personality Test
Winnie-the-Pooh Learning Styles Test
PowerPoint
The 100 Acre Personality Quiz
DI Learning Syles Test
What are my Learning Strengths?
Use ALL Your Smarts
Icons of Gardner's 8 Intelligences
What's Your Learning Style?
Teaching Style Inventory
Little Geniuses
The Many Forms of Giftedness--great list at bottom of page!
Learning Inventories
List of Sites--WVDE
Tapping into Multiple Intelligences
Explanations & Definitions
Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire
NC State University
Teaching Tips: Learning Styles Inventories
University of Missouri
Student Profiles for Profile of a Student Activity
Which student profile are you?
9 Student Profiles Activity
Guide sheet.
Profile of a Student Activity 2
Guide sheet 2.
Understanding How We, As Teachers, Learn
Learn as you teach!

Lesson Plans for All Content Areas

Digital Wish
Pearson Prentice Hall Site with All Subjects
K-12 Lesson Plans & Great Links
K-12 Lesson Plans
Library of Congress Lessons
Common Core Curriculum from Utah Education Network
Disney Planet Challenge
PreK-12
Gold Seal Lesson of the Month
Web English Teacher
Teacher Experience Exchange by HP
SMARTboard Lessons
Can project from a computer, without using an Intelli/SMART board.
The Lesson Planet
All content areas.
We Are Teachers
Resource Directory + Grants & Contests
Elmer's Teacher Resources
Variety of lessons for various subjects!
All Around the Baseball Field
ArtsEdge
NY Times' Learning Network
Would make great primary sources for DBQs.
Spartan Guides
Listen to the Students
Kids tell us how to keep them engaged!
5 Ways to Expand Smartphone Learning
A Waikiki Welcome
Lesson Plan for 3-8
Next Network
Check out the top tabs--Next Navigator!
Grades 6-8
Click on the pictured projects shown near the bottom of the page!
Grades K-8 Lessons
ELA/Math/SS/Science
Project Look Sharp
Media literacy lessons for grades K thru college!
Teacher Lesson Plans
Elementary - Grade 12
Lesson Plans and Resources for Arts Integration
K-12 All Content Areas

Library of America Stories

Story of the Week
Can read the current story of the week, as well as past 2 weeks'.
Stories Sorted by Author & Title
America's Best & Most Significant Writing

Lists of Education Sites

Top 25 Web 2.0 Sites
Article with sites
Educational Links on PBS
Media Literacy
Tech Tips
Teaching Resources
Educational Search Engine
Educational Images & Clip Art
15 Sites--FREE!
New Tools
Very useful for teachers, students, etc.!
Top 10 Sites for Creating Charts & Graphs
Useful for all subjects!
APPLE Education Resources
Video Tutorials, Classroom Guides, Web Pages! &
Classroom Tools, Curriculum Resources, & More
Useful Site!
Environmental Education
Resources Library
K-12 Lessons
News Archives
Digital Learning Day Lesson Portals
Great list of sites/ideas.
Learnist
Learnist
Pinterest-type tool for educators.
Learn It In 5
Site that teaches you how to operate all types of technology!
Learning for the Sake of Learning
Free Online Courses in Various Content Areas!

Literacy

STEM Literacy Ideas
Fetching Those Binoculars
What a great lesson!!!
Mr. Stick Resources
Maintaining a thoughtful writer's notebook.
Media Literacy
Lesson plans for all content areas.
Before/During/After Reading
Classroom Strategies/printables
Creating Visual Literacy
Some great teaching ideas here!
18 Minute Guided Reading Lesson
LitCharts Library
Themes, symbols, quotes, & background information on a long list of classics.
Good Reads
A great way to browse all genres/discover more books to read!
Digital Learning Day Ideas
Great list of sites & lesson plans!
Texts & Matching Multimedia Resources
Characteristics of Literacy-Rich Content-Area Classrooms
Newspapers as Informational Text
Informational Literacy Modules
Examples to check out at http://www.noodletools.com/guide/showme/born_digital_photo_or_image_starter/1.html .
Using Q-R Codes
Great ideas in the article & in the comments section.
Content Literacy Strategies

Literature Activities

Literature & Language Arts
Poetry
National Poetry Month (April)
Poetry Read-a-Thon
Great Poems to Teach
Various Forms of Poetry w/Corresponding Poems
Poetry Units & Lesson Plans
Teaching Resource Center
Poetry & Literature
Poems About Living/Human Experiences
Real-World Connections
Create Your Own e-Books
Some Cool Tools to do this!!
Americapedia
History & Ideas Essential to American Citizenship
Modules Aligned to CC

Math

Online Interactive
PreK-6
Integrating Math & Science
Digital E-Books
For Math & Science
2700 Educational Videos
Math, Science, Algebra, Chemistry, Calculus, Astronomy, Finance, Biology, Art History, History, Physics. . .
Think Money Grows on Trees?
Lesson
PBS Learning Media
Pre-K - 13+ (Common Core too!)
Mean, Median, Mode
Grade 6
Fun Math Games
Includes Science & English at top right, plus videos!
Tricky Track
Problem Solving & Probability Game
Teaching Fractions
Free Resources
Family Math How to Kit
PDF File of 65 pages
Everything Math
Super-nice Vocabulary Cards, Templates, Activities, & Lessons!!
Illustrative Math
K-8
Soccer Shootout
Fractions & Whole Numbers on Funbrain.
Logic Problems
Math Videos
YouTube
PBL Math
Algebraic Expressions
mathplay.com
Study Jams
Interactive Math games & lessons from Scholastic.
Math in Daily Life
Interactives on how numbers affect everyday decisions.
Manipulative Math Apps for the iPad
World Clock/TimeZones/Weather/Calendars/ Timers/Calculators
Apps for iPad, iPhone, androids, Facebook!!
Master Basic Math Facts Online
Sign up--it's free!
Meet Content-Area Literacy Standards Without Losing the Math Teacher
Videos on Math Concepts
Videos can be assigned to students for homework/extra assistance.t
Get the Math
Algebra in the Real World
Interactive Quizzes

Middle School Reading

A Christmas Carol
Various Lessons/Ideas
Reading Like a Historian
Teaches students how to investigate historical questions employing reading strategies!!
Classroom Activities
6-8 Cross-Curriculur
Science/Common Core Reading
Template to Plan Content Area Reading
Tips for Developing Active Readers

Middle School Writing

Online Tools for Multimedia Publishing
Digital Storytelling
40 + Resources & Tips
Olympic Ode(s)
2012 Summer Olympics
Free 6-8 Lesson Plans
ELA/Math/Science/Social Studies/Technology/Health Lessons
Writing Lesson of the Month

Music

Piano
Free Download
Free Song Lyrics
All Genres!!!
Music Theory Flashcards
Music Writing
National Arts Center
Info on: musical instruments,theatre, & dance.
Songs for Teaching
Get a free download each month.
Arts Alive
Listen to music & podcasts, watch videos, find archived webcasts

Newspapers in Education

Instructional Resources
All content areas!!
April 2012 Newsletter
Ideas/Links from Charleston Newspapers
NIE Teacher-Student Activity Zone
Discover 100 different ways to use the newspaper with your class!
March 2012 Newsletter
Activities & Teacher TIps
The Learning Network
Teaching and Learning with The New York Times
N Ways to Apply Algebra With The New York Times
Lesson Plans
Today's Front Pages
Newseum sources
Newspapers as Informational Text

Nonfiction Reading Strategies & Resources

Content Area Non-Fiction Reading Strategies
Nice Handout~
Non-Fiction Reading Activities
Directed Reading & Thinking Activity
Non-Fiction Reading Activity--includes article & video!
NXG Science Standards
Digital Nonfiction Text Sets
Download and Print!!
News for Kids
Free Nonfiction!!!!

Nonfiction Readings

Nonfiction Pieces for 6th Grade
Only one page!!
Nonfiction Pieces for 7th Grade
Only one page!!
Nonfiction Pieces for Grades 8-10
Only one page!!
Nonfiction Pieces for Grade 5
Only one page!!
Nonfiction Pieces for 4th Grade
Only one page!!
Nonfiction Pieces for Grade 3
Only one page!!
Common Core Skill-Focused Readings
Grades 3 - 8
Online Stories by Categories
Online Stories with Videos/Video Clips
Story Modules with Comprehension Activities
Free Lesson Planning Articles
Popular Science
All Archives--free!

Online Games

All Subjects
Virtual Tourist and more!
Learn to Read
ABC's and more
Clifford Interactive
Nice variety for early learners
Primary Games
Curriculum Guide
Top 5 Sites Kid'll Surf Over Summer Break
Just so you/parents can keep an eye on them/recommend sites to your students!
Globaloria
Play games made by WV (& other) students!

P.E.

Let's Move in Schools!
Jam World Record (9/27/12)

Photography

Working with Photos
Various sites
Digital Expressions

Plagiarism

Digital Sources
Digital Cheating
Cheating's as Easy as A - B - C
Cheating Goes High Tech
Top 10 Sites for Curating the Web
Organize Your Sites!
Article on Fair Use
U.S. Copyright Office

Poetry

Unit on Voice
Video on Poetry, Music, & the Spoken Word
Gwendolyn Brooks Reads Her Poem
"We Real Cool"
Summary on Gwendolyn Brooks
Teaching Poetry
Check out titles in left-hand sidebar!
Figurative Language
Theme for English B
Back to School Poem
My First memory of Librarians
Back to School Poem
You Begin
Back to School Poem
There is no Frigate Like a Book
Forgetfulness
Back to School Poem
Teaching the Ape to Write Poems
Back to Poem
Art Class
Back to School Poem
The Testing-Tree
Back to School Poem
Sick
by Shel Silverstein
How to Read a Poem guidelines

Project-Based Learning

Online Resources for PBLs
Student Research Idea
PBL for the 21st Century
Buck Institute for Education
The Center for Effective Learning
Susan Kovalik
The Land of PBL
Over 25 links of PBL Resources
25 Links for PBL Resources
Ideas in an Instant
Driving Questions Article
Digital Learning Day
February 6, 2013--See site for Contests!
Project UNIFY
School communities where all youth are agents of change !
VoiceThread
Students can narrate their illustrations using this audio program.
Election-Themed Projects
Instructional Pacing
Working toward seamlessness
PBL Tools
Register, but tools are free!
Free Mail-in Classbook Project
14 Project Sites
STEM. PBL, Common Core Resources
40 Sites & Apps for Creating Presentations
Talk about student (and teacher) choice!
Quick Video Messages

Punctuation

Quotations

Reading

Online Interactive Games
Various ages
Beginning to End
Phonics+
Literacy Strategies, Links, & Activities
RACC
A-Z Ways to Respond to Reading
RACE
Reading Across the Curriculum's for Everyone
Fiction Sites
Historical Fiction Sites
Project Gutenburg
Free e-Books to Download
Bookwizard
Look up books & authors--similar to www.lexile.com.
The Lexile Framework for Reading
Student reading interests & levels.
Book Trailers
Short videos on Scholastic books
Author Interviews
Videoes of Authors of Scholastic books
Strategies for Reading Comprehension
Award-Winning Books. . .
Ages 3 - 15+: Kids' movies, games, TV shows!
Free Classics
PBS Learning Media
Pre-K - 13+
Teen Titles
Reading K-5
The Classroom Bookshelf
Books to use in K-8 classrooms.
Children's Book Week
Awesome Stories
Popular Stories by Theme
103 Things to Do Before, During, & After Reading
Reading Rockets
Teacher Support
Text Complexity/Assessment/Webinars
CC Thrusts Librarians Into Leadership Role
Title Exchanges Due to Lexile Changes Listed Here!
Short Stories for Fluency & More
Levels 1.0 - 8.0: can read online or print out for students!
Checklists for Struggling Readers
Reader's Theater for Fluency
9-12
Play Scripts
Based on riddles, folk & fairy tales from various countries.
Free Reader's Theater Scripts
Site filled with links to free scripts.
Reader's Theater for All Year
Fiction & Nonfiction--time of year/holidays. . .
Science/Common Core Reading
Template to Plan Content Area Reading
Raising a Reader
Start your own program!
Close Reading Sample Lessons
Components of a Balanced Literacy Program
Free Download
After Reading Content Area Activities & Strategies
Long List of Sites
During Reading Activities & Stratigies
Site with long list of resources
Pre-Reading Activities & Activities
Site with long list of resources
Various Content Areas

Related Arts

Lesson Plans and Resources for Arts Integration
Includes websites for arts integration!
MindMapping
Research Topics/Customize Mind Map/More

Rubrics

Science

Interactive Science Techbook
Life, Earth, Physical, & Process
Grades 5-6
Project-based Learning
Science NetLinks
Planet Challenge
Debating Use of Primates in the Lab
Would make for a great DBQ!
Center for Game Science
Check out the 'Games' tab at the top.
Carbon Dating
Lesson Plans, Videos, & Interactives
PowerKids Earth, Space, & Space
Science Videos
Science 360
National Geographic
Scroll down to locate all the free ones!
All Systems Are Go
Grades 5 -8 (Interactive game for organs.)
Fun Science Games
Includes English & Math in top right corner, plus videos!
Science Links
All topics; grades!
Energy
PBS--4-6
Composting/Recycling
PBS--K-8
Weather in General
NASA & SciJinks
The Teaching Channel
Grades K-12
Nature Works Everywhere
Videos, lesson plans, & more!
Science News for Kids
Science K-12
Has integrated lessons!
STEM Resources
Current Events, Career Choices, & Global Innovation.
Articles for Science & Math
Life Cycles
4th & 5th
Frog Dissection
Clipart & Full color Photos
Virtual Frog Dissection
Alternative to Frog Dissection
Frog Lab
National Science Foundation
Tons of free teaching resources!! Multimedia too!
Weather/Calendars/Timers/Sun & Moon
Apps for iPad, iPhone, androids, Facebook
Defined STEM
Check with middle & high school administrators (CCS teachers) for account information.
Challenger Learning Teachers & Students!
Live Simulations for grades 3-12
WV Storm E-Mission Scenarios
Lessons & Materials
Teaching About Insects
Lesson Plans + Classroom Show & Tell!
Bugupedia
Bug videos & sound bites!
Biological Heirarchy
Grades 6-8
Science & Technocial Subjects Modules
STEM Ideas
Middle Web
National Wildlife Federation
Read about wildlife, global warming, & current news on both!
KEWL Science Ideas
The NASA Space Buggy
LEGO Video & activities!
Interactive Resources
Scientific Investigation, Videos. . .K-12
Science/Common Core Reading
Template to Plan Content Area Reading
Dream Up the Future
Lessons to connect to all subject areas!
NxG Science Standards
STEM for the Classroom
Lessons from America's Navy
STEM Imagineering
STEM Sources for Teens
Interactive Quizzes
Encyclopedia of Life on Earth
ARKive (Conservation in Action)
Animals, plants, fungi, and more--oh, my!
Science News for Kids
Nonfiction reading

Sites for Educators

Pages of Sites for Teachers
Keep Clicking on TItles on Left Side Bar
Upcoming & Archived Webinars
Archived Webinars
8 Classroom Disrupters
Free E-Book to Download
Technology to Use Daily
What Students Think About Education
25 Free Resources from Discovery Education
Infinite Virtual Corkboard
List of Lesson Plan Sites
List of Tools for Teachers
Everything digital & more
Teaching Guides, Resources, & More
Shmoop is also a free resource similar to portaportal.
Using iPads in the Classroom
Effective Strategies
Top 10 Sites to use when you're teaching
Education World
Templates & Graphic Organizers & More
Web-Based Resources
Complimentary Downloads
Archives, plus ability to register for upcoming freebies.
Five Components of an Effective Lesson
Taught in TIP
Gold Seal Lessons
Login is access address; Password is SPN2008
Search Smithsonian's Collections
Teacher Resources, Test Prep,, & Homework Help
50 Web 2.0 Tools
Top 10 weekly Downloads
Learning with the World
Websites to Boost Student Engagement
FREE!
Exemplary Practices Guide
Learning Focused
Tech Issues Got You Down?
Troubleshooting site.
Build Intrinsic Motivation
The Ultimate Teacher's Guide to Creating Educational Apps
Tech Tutorials
Teaching Strategies & Ideas
From Scholastic!
BLOOMin' Good Internet Resources
VL'sGoogle Doc
Self-Directed PD
Various Modules
Nice Resource Bank Site
Free, just have to register through Facebook!
Education Tools--WOW!
101 Sites for Elementary Teachers
Tech with Tia
Check out her monthly calendars!!
What it Means to be an Inspiring Teacher
Various Resources

Social Studies

Online Resources for Current Events
Lesson Plans Galore for Social Studies
Click on Notes on Cork Board!!!
Middle School
Project-based Learning
Edsitement
Thinkifinity
National Archives
National Geographic
Docs Teach
Eduplace
SS Trade Books for Middle School
Famous Battles Dictionary
Thinkfinity
Grades 6-8
A-W Lessons & Activities
Thanksgiving for 5-8
Includes Primary Sources
SS Resources
Civil War (of 1863) Potpourri
Wayback: Wright Flight
PBS
2012 Nxt Gen Social Studies Standards
K - 12 Standards
K-12 Specialist's Site
Teach21 Social Studies
K-12 Modules
Defined STEM
CCS' middle & high school teachers need to see administrators for account information!
K-5 Video Series
Social Studies in Action
A Step Back in Time
Grades 6-8
Civil War Correspondents
Grades 6-8
Civil War Correspondents
Grades 6-8
SS Learning 4 Kids
Ages 6-12

Civics

Center for Civic Education
Civics Lesson Plans
iCivics
WV 6-8 Standards & Lessons
Civics & Government
Scholastic
Timely Teachable Videos & More
K-12 Resources & Activities
McRel
Civics Online
The Emancipation Proclamation
9-12
Election Resources
K-12
Teaching Campaign Speeches
Check out other Lesson Plan Categories on Right-Hand Sidebar.
Center for Civic Education
Resources & lesson plans.
Pride & Patriotism
Medal of Honor Character Development Program
Civic Values
Remixing Civic Education
Video Playlist
Constitution Daily
Newseum
Click on sections under 'News You Can Use.'

Geography

Find A Park
Click, view, read about!
Lewis & Clark: Mapping the West
From the Smithsonian
Teen Experiences of War
Interactive Quizzes

History

The White House
Teaching History
National History Day Contest
Individuals in History
History Net
World History
20th Century History
History Galore
The Constitution
American History
Consitution Day Resources
Battles that Changed History
Thinkfinity
Grades 6-8
Lesson Plans
History of Halloween & More
School Library Journal
Lewis & Clark Texts
Inquiry-Based History Lessons
Best Practices Highlighted
Traveling History Trunks Check-out
Teaching w/Documents Lesson Plans
National Archives--1754 - Present
Smithsonian's History Explorer
Lessons & Activities K-12
Women in History Month
The Home for History
Find primary resources here!
Wayback Weekends
HEritage Farms
The Paul Revere House
Virtual ride, images, & audio
Mission US
A Revolutionary Way to Learn History, + Think Fast About the Past!
National History Bee
For elementary & middle school students.
Reading Like a Historian
Stanford University program that teaches students how to investigate historical questions employing reading strategies.
Best of History Web Sites
WV History Lessons
Lessons by WV Teachers
Learning About West Virginia
Lesson Plans by WV Teachers
National History Day Competition
Grades 6-12
National Archives
Lesson plans & classroom materials!
Constitution Day Resources
Videos, SMARTboard Resources, Quiz Games, Lesson Plans!!!
Anniversary of 9/11
Teaching Resources for 9/11
History & Social Studies Modules
20+ Thanksgiving Activities
Apps & Games, too!
American Presidents
List of sites and apps for more Presidential information!
Fun With History
Videos, Activities, & Topics

SPL (formerly RTI)

Instructional Intervention Tools Chart
Academic Interventions
Brain-Based Teaching Strategies
Support for Personalized Learning
WVDE
Intervention Curriculum
Websites to assist K-12 levels!
Webinars
Collaborative Online Studying
Gifted Students

Student Engagement

Kids Speak Out
10 things that students say engage them in the classroom.
40 Sites & Apps for Creating Presentations
Would a presentation choice from this list engage them?

Teaching Financial Skills

Technology Tutorials/Tips

Educreations
App Update/Classroom Lessons

Theme-Based Lessons

MLK Day of Service, etc.
All Types of Themes
NY Times
Black History Month
Presidents' Day
Valentine's Day
Inventions/Inventors
Thomas Edison
Groundhog Day
K-5
2012 Olympic Ode
Around the World Information
Magazine articles for all ages!
Constitution Videos Principles
FREE!

Veteran's Day

Oral Histories
Veteran's Day Fact Sheet
Would work for nonfiction piece!

Virtual Field Trips

Listed by Subjects
Simple K12
Interact Virtually with Historical Characters
Available 24/7 the month of Septemebr, 2012, only!!
National Parks
Electronic Field Trips
Free Classroom Activities
K-12

Virtual Museums

The CIA Museum
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
Games, Stories, Phonics, & More
National Museum of the American Indian
National WWII Museum
An educator from the National WW II Museum will videoconference with students.
Coral Reefs
Dino Directory
National History Museum

Vocabulary

Vocabulary Videos
How to Use Flickr to Teach Vocabulary
Links to Phonics, Word Lists, & More
Vocabulary Competition
Live Competition by Scholastic
Writing Practice = Vocabulary Gains
Free Apps for journals, diaries, scrapbooks, & more!
Browse Various Books
Chapter Books & Best Sellers
Daily Starters
Scenario + vocabulary study for 6-8!
Daily Starters
Scenario + vocabulary study for 3-5!
Effective Vocab Strategies
K-12
Vocabulary Strategies
VL's Google Doc
Standardized Testing Verbs Students Need to Know
Interactive site!
Big Word of the Day
Zoo animals present words, definitions, and use them in sentences.
21 Digital Tools to Build Vocabulary

Vocabulary

Vocabulary A-Z
Grammar Word Lists, Sight Words, and More
ELA Glossary for Common Core
Content & Story Words
SUPER SITE!!!
Exceptional Expressions for Everyday Events
32 Voc!ab Lessons to Download!
NxtGen Most Frequent Word Lists
These are really useful!!!
5 Common Misconceptions
Tips for using Wordle
Pic Lits
Add terms to photos! See photo gallery at http://www.piclits.com/GetMoreInspired.aspx
Best Sites for Teaching Vocabulary
List of links to various sites!!!
Vocab 2.0
By Michael Fisher
Learn About CCSS Vocabulary
Sites for Greek & Latin Roots, prefixes, etc.
Interactive Quizzes
Improve Your Vocabulary
Visuwords
Online Graphical Dictionary
Tagxedo
Word Clouds with Style

Web Tools

Web Tools A to Z: A to B
Sites plus a description of each
Online Tools & Applications
Check out the 'Most Popular' on Right Hand Side Bar!!!
100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Learner
This site deserves a double WOW!!!
15 Tools to Monitor a Website's Popularity
This could be worked into a PBL!!!
Nice List!!
101 Web 2.0 Teaching Tools
12 Web Tools for Teachers
50 Web 2.0 Tools for Schools
Top Tech Trends for Teens
Web 2.0 Tools
Web Tools for Letters, J and K
Various of Apps for Educators and/or Students
Technology Toolkit
Based on UDL.
Top 10 Apps for Digital Storytelling
Web Tools for Kids
Word Cloud Sites
10 Best Web Tools
40 Sites & Apps for Creating Presentations
If you're into giving your students choices, look no further!

West Virginia

WV's Sesquicentennial
Essay & Photo Contests for high schoolers.
WV Lessons & Lesson Plans
4th - 8th
2012 WV Virtual Tech Conference
Links to recorded sessions.
2012 WV Virtual Tech Conference
Links to recorded sessions.
College Foundation of WV
Wild, Wonderful WV Magazine
WV Division of Natural Resources
Wonderful WV Magazine
Archives
Goldenseal Magazine
Magazine on traditional life in WV.
Wild & Wonderful WV State Parks & Forests
Discover WV Magazine
WV Kids' Activity Book
Learn More About WV

Writing Ideas

Writing Resources
Writing Resources
Teacher Resources
Supplementary Materials/Worksheets
Smorgasboard
English/Language Arts
Speaking Skills
Guided Dialogues
Writer's Notebook Lesson
Collaborative Storytelling
PicLits
Inspired Picture Writing
Prentice Hall Writing Coach (6-12)
District Purchased?
WVDE's WESTEST 2 Online Writing Technical Assistance Website
Comic Creator
Read Write Think Interactive
Daily Writing Prompts
Corbet Harrison from writingfix.com
English & Writing-Based Plans
Share Your Writing
Using Project-Based Writing
Online Writing Resources
Scriptwriting Lesson Plans
Elementary thru high school!
Awesome Stories
Popular Stories by Theme
Digital Poetry
Visuals + words, phrases, & sentences = Digital Poetry.
10 Books That Shook Your World
Writing/Reading Theme Idea(s)
Writing Thesis Statements
Three simple steps!
Create Your Own EBooks!
Easy to use apps!
Writing Odes
Examples + steps on how to write odes
Odes
How to Write an Ode Poem
NaNoWriMo Project
Creating Student Novelists
Free 9-12 Lesson Plans
ELA/Math/Science/Social Studies/Technology/Health Lessons
Scholastic's Art & Writing Awards
Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
Beyond the 5-Paragraph Essay
High School Writing
Two Sides of the Brain Assignment
This is so Common Core!!!
Using Mentor Texts
Corbett Harrison's lessons are wonderful!
Essay Writing Checklist
10 Alternatives to Book Reports
Kid Scoop Write On
When Writing With Technology Matters
Preview entire book online!
Free Writing Resources
Lesson Plans too!
Free Online Student Classbook
Creating Visual Stories
Argumentative Writing
Strategies for lesson planning.
Mind Map Creator
Meograph
Multi-media Story Creator