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The sites listed below are to provide resources for professional development, teaching strategies, information literacy, and other key education topics.

Lesson Plans and Classroom Resources

ENC Learning

The Gateway to Educational Materials

Teacher Planet.com

Berkeley Digital Library—SunSITE Digital Collections

PBS Teacher Source

The Teachers Corner

National Teacher Training Institute— Lesson Plan Database

DiscoverySchool.com

TeachersNetwork.org

Education World

Media Awareness Network—Media and Information Literacy

Landmarks for Schools

Personal Educational Press

RubiStar—Create Rubrics for Your Project-Based Learning Activities

The New York Times Learning Network

Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies—Classroom Resources

National Geographic—Lesson Plans

LessonPlansPage.com

Education Place

Enchanted Learning

Grade Connect

Education Planet

TeachableMoment.Org

Zaner-Bloser Free Teacher Resources

EduHound.com

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

EdHelper.com

Learn NC— Instructional Resources

ASBJ—Stressed Out in the Classroom

Site of the Day Archives

How Too Quick Flicks Page

teach-nology

6+1 Traits bibliography

Age of Exploration ~ Curriculum Guide

Atomic Learning

Books to print out and use for FREE!

Word of the Day - Click on the link in the left frame 

Certificate Creator - online and free!  

Classroom Connect

Copyright issues ~ excellent article - easy to read!

Core Democratic Values

CyberSmart Curriculum

Education World

Educational Card Games ~ Cardboard Cognition

Filamentality - EASY, online, interactive webquest creator!

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Lesson Plans - Ready to Use!

Learning Page

Teachers Lesson Plans Across the Curriculum

Teacher's Net  

MACUL

MAME

MEA

Narrative Writing Using Picture Books

National Council for Geographic Education

NEA

OAISD Technology Standards 

Open Court Reading Resources

Puzzlemaker!   Make any type of puzzle and print out!

Quia - interactive game maker - Terrific!

REMC 7 Connection to schedule materials. You need your user ID and password.

Reading Level Estimator ~ A snapshot of your student or child's reading level!

Rubrics   

Running Records - Reading Assessment Calculator

School Psychology Resources

Sub Plans for Library Media Specialists

Teacher 2 Teacher ~All sorts of goodies for you to use!

Teaching K- 8 ~the magazine!~

TrackStar ~ Excellent resource!

U.S. Department of Education

Cool Links

playkidsgames.com

Neat Websites

Achievement and Assessment

Edutopia—Assessment at a Glance

University of Missouri Assessment Resource Center

The National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy

Buros Center for Testing

Achieve.org—Setting the Standard

Helping Students Learn

District Administration Magazine

What Works Clearinghouse

National Center for Education Statistics

40 Years of Federal Education Policy—The Elementary & Secondary Education Act

Administrators

Council of Chief State School Officers

Teaching Quality—TQ Source

American Association of School Administrators

Education World—School Administrators Center

American Federation of School Administrators

Technology Standards for School Administrators

U.S. Department of Education— Support for Administrators

ABC Teaching Jobs

National Coalition for Food Safe Schools—School Administrators

The Principals’ Partnership

Annenberg/CPB Lerner.org—Principles for Principals

A Dozen Things Principals Can Do To Stop School Violence

U.S. Census Bureau—School District Demographics

Education Policy and Reform

National Center for Policy Analysis—Education

Public Agenda—Education

Education Week

The Brookings Institution—Brown Center on Education Policy

All Children Matter

Thomas B. Fordham Foundation

Milton and Rose D. Friedman Foundation—The Best Possible Education

Academy for Educational Development

Center on Education Policy

AACTE Education Policy Clearinghouse

Program on Education Policy and Governance

Trends in Education Reform

The Education Trust

The Center for Education Reform

Teach For America

Middle Web—Exploring Middle School Reform

Librarians and Media Specialists

Library Research Services

The Teacher's Corner—Librarians

School Libraries and Information Literacy

Internet Library for Librarians

Libraries and Technology

Library Technology Guides

Progressive Librarians Guild

Internet Archive

The Educator’s Reference Desk—Librarianship

Council on Library and Information Resources

Informedia

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction—Children’s Internet Protection (filtering)

Librarians’ Index to the Internet

Library Spot

School-Libraries.Org

The Big6—Information Literacy for the Information Age

Electronic Reserves Clearinghouse

International Reading Association

Information Today, Inc.

LibWeb

OCLC—A Worldwide Library Cooperative

Canadian Library Association

Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries (CISSL)

Education and Library Networks Coalition

Libdex— Index to 18,000 Libraries

Document Delivery and Interlibrary Loan

Professional Development

Teaching K-8 magazine—Professional Development

Pathways to School Improvement—Critical Issues in Professional Development

National Staff Development Council

Edutopia—Ongoing Professional Development

Teacher Tap

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

Elearners.com—Online Education and Teaching Degrees

Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies—Professional Development

Annenberg/CPB—Learner.org

U.S. Department of Education—Just for Teachers

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Teaching Tips Index

Tips and Ideas for New Teachers

Teacher’s Mentor

Beginning Teachers’ Tool Box

Staff Development for Educators

Teacher Mentoring Resources

Professional Organizations

American Library Association

American Association of School Librarians

The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

International Society for Technology in Education

Maryland Instructional Computer Coordinators Association

American Federation of Teachers

National Education Association

Association of American Educators

American Association of School Administrators

SIAA—Education Division

National Middle School Association

National PTA

National School Boards Association

National Association of State Boards of Education

National Association of Secondary School Principals

School Issues

National PTA/School Issues

National Dropout Prevention Centers

Wright's Law—Discipline & Behavior Issues

Behavior Management Advice Site

U.S. Dept. of Education—Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools

Juveniles and Drugs—Office of National Drug Control Policy

Parents:The Anti-Drug—Teachers Guide

National Criminal Justice Reference Service—School Safety

National School Safety and Security Services

National Crime Prevention Council - School Safety

Stop Bullying Now—Teacher’s Corner

National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center

American Psychological Association—Warning Signs of Youth Violence

Operation Respect: Don’t Laugh at Me

No Name-Calling Week

Tolerance.org—Teaching Tolerance

American Academy of Pediatrics—School Health

Center for Science in the Public Interest—School Lunches

The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Advocates for Youth

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services—National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information

National Institute of Mental Health—Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Plagiarized.com—The Definitive Guide to Internet Plagiarism

National Center for Children in Poverty

After School and Community-Based Programs

NW Regional Educational Laboratory—After-School Programs

Pew/Internet—Teenage Life Online

Special Needs Students

New Horizons for Learning—Students with Special Needs

American Teachers—Special Education

National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities

Regional Resource and Federal Centers (RRFC) Network

ProTeacher.com—Special Needs

Reach Every Child—Special Needs Students

Technology in the Classroom

Milken Family Foundation—Education Technology

Internet 4Classrooms

Information Literacy

Digital Cameras in the Classroom

Thomson—Growing with Technology

Fayetteville State University—IT Services Training—How To's & More

Grants and Funding

National Science Teachers Association—Grants, Awards, and Competitions

Science and Humanities—Grants and Awards Index

Adopt-a-Classroom

SBC Education—Grant Opportunity Resources

DisneyHAND—Learning

Independent Television Service—Funding

Funds for Learning

The Dana Foundation—Education

Grants, Contests, and Fundraising

College Board AP Central—AP Grants

SchoolGrants

New York Standards

New York City Performance Standards

New York State Core Curriculum

New York State Learning Standards

U.S. National Standards

National Council for the Social Studies Strands

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Principles

National Geography Standards

National Science Education Standards (students)

NCTE Standards for the English Language Arts

 

 

Math

Number Cruncher activity allows the user to to explore linear functions
      by determining a rule.

multi flyer math game

Mrs. Glosser's Math Goodies - Free Worksheets  

Math Word Problems  -  Literature and Math - Free Worksheets to Print out! 

Math Playground - Math games and activities a great variety for all ages!

Science

Best Science Websites

Earth from Space -  Smithsonian Institution offers images of our
      planet from an orbiting satellite.  Pictures and lesson plans.

   Neuroscience for Kids - lesson plans and many activities; of course
      students will easily find and enjoy the games in the "experiment" category.

Language Arts

Children's Encyclopedia of Women is being produced by third
      and fourth grade students in an upstate New York school.

Reading is Fundamental

The Free Dictionary - The Free Dictionary online website is great for students who need to check there completed essays for writing mistakes and spelling errors.

ELA

ReadWriteThink - Lesson plans, Online student materials (e.g. Early
      childhood abc match game) promote literacy.

   Blue Zones creates interactive expeditions accompanied by educational programs designed to challenge and generate curiosity
       within the minds of students.


   Hot Shot Business - kids as entrepreneurs opening a pet spa, skateboard factory, or comic shop.
   BrainPOP jr  (K - 3) will be free until the end of May

Internet Safety

webwisekids- I use this website to teach online safety with my students. I also educate parents by sharing this web address so they see that it is very important to monitor children when they are on the internet.

 

Early Childhood

CBeebies - CBeeies is a great interactive website where students can hear stories read to them by a character on the webpage.

kinderkorner

Citing Sources
Educational Portals
Images, Animations, and Video
Research and Learning
 

World Book On-Line

National Geographic-Kids

Answers.Com

Enchanted Learning

Invention Dimension

Explore the World

Ask Jeeves

The New York Public Library

Search Engines
 
WebQuests
 

About WebQuests

Building Blocks of a WebQuest

Trackstar

Teacher Created Quests

WebQuest Portal

Featured WebQuests

Teachers First WebQuest Collection

 

Under Construction

RESEARCH

STRUCTURES

 
SEARCH ENGINES FOR STUDENTS
 
INTERNET 101
 
KIDS CLICK   EDUCATION WORLD   TEKMOM   BRAIN BOOST   ANSWERS   Kids Search     Webquests     Ask Jeeves     excite     snap     angelfire     Altavista     DITTO    


Advocacy & Music Education: 

Americans for the Arts (www.artsusa.org)
Keep Arts In Schools (www.KeepArtsinSchools.org)
The Kennedy Center  (www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org)
VSA Arts (www.vsarts.org)
National Music Foundation (www.usamusic.org)
National Endowment for the Arts (arts.endow.gov)
National Art Education Association (NAEA) (www.naea-reston.org/)
National Education Association (www.nea.org)
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (www.ascd.org)
National Middle School Association (www.nmsa.org)
Learning First Alliance (www.learningfirst.org)
Education Policy Institute (www.educationpolicy.org)
National Association for Music Education (www.menc.org)
Music for All (www.musicforall.org)
National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts (www.nationalguild.org)
The Arts Education Partnership (www.aep-arts.org)

 

Parents and Teachers Groups:

American Federation of Teachers (www.aft.org)
American Federation of School Administrators (www.admin.org)
PTA (www.pta.org)
The United Federation of Teachers (www.uft.org)
National Association of Secondary School Principals (www.nassp.org)
National Association of Elementary School Principals (www.naesp.org/
American Association of School Administrators (www.aasa.org)
PTO Today (www.ptotoday.com)
National Coalition for Parental Involvement in Education (www.ncpie.org)
The Parent Advocacy Group (www.theparentadvocacygroup.org)

 

 

Just Added January 2010

Literacy

Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation

Write Source

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Harry Potter – The Official Site

Grammar Blast

E-books

New York Times News Paper

Superheroes in School

Libraries

 

Math

Math Playground


Virtual Manipulatives


Cyberchase

 

Social Studies

Social Studies

Liberty Kids

Geography Quiz

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Gov’t

 

Science

NASA

Ocean

Tours Museums

Magic School Bus

National Weather Service

Environmental Protection Agency

Science Content

National Geographic’s Crittercam

Tech museum

Understanding Genetics

Liberty Science Center

Hayden Planetarium

Smithsonian National Air Space Museum

 

Search engines

Microsoft Search

 

Educational

PBS

Fun Brain

 

Handwriting

Cursive Writing

 

Classical Music

Composers

 

Wikis

Wikipedia

Marvel Comics Database Project

DC Comics Database Project


Yu-Gi-Oh! Wikia