Assessment
Assistive Technology
Blooms Taxonomy
Effective Internet Searching
Health/P.E.
History/Social Studies
Internet Safety
Internet Workshop
Information Literacy
Lesson Plan template
Lesson Plan Resources
Math/Science LInks
Misc. Web Resources
Tech Standards
Prof.  Development
Research/Reference
Technology Integration
Virtual Field Trips
(Real Time web)
Webquest
Web site Evaluation
Web tools

Web 2.0
Wikis/Collaboration Sites
Blogging
Podcasting

 

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For Fun:  Ordering Pizza in the future:  Something to think about

http://www.adcritic.com/interactive/view.php?id=5927

Educating the Net Generation (ebook)
http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?PAGE_ID=5989&bhcp=1

Web 2.0- Resources for Teachers

• Back to School With The Class of Web 2.0 Part 1 - categories of web 2.0 tools for school
• Go2Web20 - Complete Web 2.0 site - sort by date added, alphabetically, and by tags; links directly to sites from icons
• RSS - A Quick Start Guide for Educators - by Will Richardson -
• TeachDigital - Wesley Fryer's web 2.0 wiki
• Web 2.0 in Education (Shambles Menu) - good web 2.0 classroom applications/ideas (from Keith Stanger's (EMU) 'Library Guy' page)
• Web Two Point Oh (Shambles Menu) - categorized links to web 2.0 applications

• 30boxes - online calendar
• 43Things - share your list of 43 life goals/priorities http://www.43things.com/
• Assign-A-Day Calendar Maker - online calendar
• Backpack - project/list organization tool
• Basecamp - project collaboration tool/communication – share files/schedules, & writeboards free, $$ limited free features
• Blue Host - web hosting, own domain name, $6.95/mo.
• Bubbleshare - your photos, your voice, your story - narrated slide show online
• BudgetTracker - online budget tracker, money manager
• Campfire - simple web-based group chat for businesses
• Carbonmade - free online portfolio site - show off your work
• Create a Graph - all kinds of graphs can be created – save, share, print
• del.icio.us- social bookmarking
• Eyespot - mix & share video content – organize random clips – host & share out
• Flickr - sign in to share photos (part of Yahoo)
• Furl - save & retrieve web pages from anywhere, social bookmarks
• Google Homepage - Create your own customized home page with favorite links to fun content or sites used frequently
• Google Docs & Spreadsheets - create/collaborate/share - free online word processing/spreadsheet creation tools from Google - tracks revisions
• Google Web Page Creator - Google Web Page Creator – create your own web pages quickly & easily (service not accepting new accounts at this time – sign up for gmail to join waiting list
• GoogleAlert - track your interests on the web
• JotSpot - take one set of notes live in a collaborative meeting, see changes as they happen
• Krunch (xfutureblog.com) - compress & uncompress files online
• Letterfu - one page fold & mail letter template
• LiveMarks - live del.icio.us feed - watch live updates, then go exploring
• Mindmeister - web-based collaboratiave mind-mapping tool
• Mob5 - create a mobile homepage
• MoonEdit - free download; multi-user collaborative text editor
• NumSum - online spreadsheet
• Pageflakes - your personalized startpage to the Web
• Photojojo - subscribe to photo newsletter for great tips http://www.photojojo.com/
• Picaboo - create online picture albums
• PrimoPDF - free PDF converter
• Projects (miscellaneous) - learn Chinese, collective poetry, other Google map related applications, shared programming apps
• RSS Calendar - share your calendar with others
• Remember the Milk - manage tasks & receive reminders (email, SMS, IM)
• Skobee - online planning/scheduline tool
• Skype - voice over IP – telephone through the computer (free calls within US/Canada)
• Snapfish - photosharing
• Springdoo - video email online made easy – no attachments
• SuperGlu - piecing your web content together in one place
• Ta-da List Maker - make lists & get stuff done!
• Tabblo - online photo sharing templates
• Think Free Office Suite Online - create MS Office compatible docs, spreadsheets presentations free online – 1 GB file storage
• Wridea - create pages & categories to manage your projects & ideas
• Writely - web word processor (currently closed to new registrants while being moved to Google servers)
• Zexer - free online address book
• Zoho Creator - Create an online database in minutes!
• Zoomerang - online survey tool (A limited-feature trial version of zPro surveys. Limited to 100 or fewer participants and 30 or fewer questions. Results expire after 10 days. Ongoing Membership: Free)
• del.icio.us - start storing your favorite websites on del.icio.us, access them from anywhere!
• gOFFICE - Word & limited desktop publishing online
• iOutliner - create online outline for projects
• iRows - online spreadsheet
• snipurl - snip your long URLS to make them easier to remember
• voo2do - track/organize/prioritize tasks & projects

Assistive Technology

http://www.texthelp.com (makers of Read Write Gold)

http://atto.buffalo.edu/  Assistive Technology Training Online Project

http://www.universalassistivetech.com/

http://www.kurzweiledu.com/
Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc., is a leading developer of reading technology for people who are blind and for people with reading difficulties.

Technology as a new literacy

The Literacy Web  http://www.literacy.uconn.edu

Integrating technology – Don Leu videos
ctell.uconn.edu/canter/canter_video.cfm

Articles:

A. Reading comprehension on the Internet
www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/rt/2-03_Column/index.html

B. Preparing Students for New Literacies in a Global Village
www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/RT/3-01_Column/index.html

C. Our Children's Future: Changing the Focus of Literacy and Literacy Instruction
http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/RT/focus/

D. The Miss Rumphius Effect: Envisionments for literacy and learning that transform the Internet http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/RT/rumphius.html

E. Toward a Theory of New Literacies Emerging From the Internet and Other Information and Communication Technologies
http://www.readingonline.org/newliteracies/lit_index.asp?HREF=/newliteracies/leu

F. Reading Comprehension on the Internet: Expanding Our Understanding of Reading Comprehension to Encompass New Literacies  (more research based)
http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=rt/2-03_column/index.html

G.  the Big6 http://www.big6.com/
The Big6 is an information literacy model. Some people call it a metacognitive scaffold, or an information problem solving strategy. Developed by Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz, the Big6 is the most widely-known and widely-used approach to teaching information and technology skills in the world. When you apply the Big6 steps, you have an essential framework to approach any information-based question.

Internet workshop

Leu, D. J., Jr. (2002). Internet workshop: Making time for literacy. Reading Online. [Article reprinted from The Reading Teacher, 55,]. [Online Serial]. http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/RT/2-02_Column/index.html

Benjamin Bloom's Taxonomy

http://edtech.clas.pdx.edu/presentations/frr99/blooms.htm Table of Verbs

http://www.ops.org/reading/blooms_taxonomy.html  In terms of reading comprehension

http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/bloom.html

Lesson Plan templates

http://www.ncrtec.org/tl/lp/

1. http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/
2. http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/index.html
3. http://www.lessonplanspage.com/index.html
4. http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/lessonplans/
5. http://www.thegateway.org/
   Promoted as the one-stop, all-access gateway to educational resources on the Internet
6. http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/ The Busy Teachers’ K-12 website
7. CTcurriculum.org/
   Connecticut's content and performance standards are the basis of this site
   created by the Connecticut Department of Education. This web site enables the
   user to access student assessment tasks, scoring scales, and student work
   based on the standards. Educators can also use this site to share their own
   curriculum ideas with other teachers,
8. http://www.marcopolo-education.org/
   The MarcoPolo program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for
   the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts.
   Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many
   disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities and
   materials to help with daily classroom planning, and powerful search engines
9. http://crecportal.edgate.org/main.html, CREC version of Edgate, www.edgate.org  Edgate Educational Portal
10. http://www.eduref.org/
    Educator's Reference Desk, Ask Eric
11. http://chiron.valdosta.edu/djudd/teaching2.html
    Resources for Teaching and Learning: Integrating Technology into the Curriculum by a professor from Valdosta State University
12. www.funlessonplans.com/  Lesson Plans for k-8 teachers
13. www.lessonplansearch.com
14. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide   Kathy Schrock is  a former teacher with a terrific web site with discovery channel
15. http://www.education-world.com   Tools for teachers from lesson plans to professional development
16. http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/  Busy teachers website for k-12
17. http://www.internet4classrooms.com/index.htmThe Internet in the Classroom. This site contains an abundance of resources to help teachers integrate the internet into their classroom. Links for K-12 teachers: Large collections of links to help with specific subject areas, or areas of interest to K-12 teachers. Daily Dose of the Web: Questions, ideas, brain teasers, to use each day on the web. Tutorials: Step by step outlines of how to use web resources (e.g., set up a WebQuest)

19. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/index.html  National Geographic, Social Studies lesson and resources

20. http://www.makingpositivechoices.com/  Character Education lesson plans and materials

21. http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/ weekly reader tips newsletter for teachers

Misc.  Teacher Resources:

1. http://www.earthcam.com/  - collection of web cams around the world, listed by category

2. http://www.epals.com/ - on line penpal source

3. http://www.fi.edu/tfi/hotlists/ Educational hotlists from the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, PA

 
4. http://www.eduhound.com/Advertised as the "Everything for Education K-12!"

 
5. http://www.edweek.org/
   A weekly online newspaper of topical issues in education
6. http://www.ed.gov/free/
   Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
7. http://www.ftpplanet.com/
   A community site for users of FTP (file transfer protocols)
8. http://www.highwired.net/
   The Global High School Community
9. http://www.nea.org/helpfrom/growing/works4me/library.html
   The National Education Association’s weekly classroom tips for teachers page
10. http://school.newsweek.com/
    Newsweek Magazine’s education program site
11. http://www.almanac.com/
    The Old Farmer’s Almanac
12. http://www.quia.com/findout.html
    $$$The Quintessential Educational Archive offers thousands of online activities in over 50 subject areas.
13. http://www.scholastic.com/
    Scholastic Magazine’s home page
14. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/
    The New York Times Learning Network
15. http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~david/derya/ywc.html  Young Writer's Club
16. http://www.fanfiction.net/  Fan Fiction,works of literature by children written in the style of an author or based on a book, movie, TV show, play etc.
17. www.ed.gov/index.html  US Department of Education
18. http://connecticut.ja.org/    Connecticut Junior Achievement
19. www.dowhatyouare.com   45 minute career interest inventory that combines personality tests with a career interest inventory
20. http://www.starfall.com/   Starfall learn to read web site
21. http://www.testprepreview.com online ACT/SAT practice tests for no charge.
22. http://www.kids.gov  Federal Citizen Information Center Gateway for Kids

History/Social Studies:

1. www.cthistoryonline.org/ Connecticut History online
    

2. http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ National Geographic Online
    

3. http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/index.html
   This is the primary source website of the National Archives that is designed for teachers. All of the curriculum is linked to the National Standards of US History and Civics.
    
4. http://memory.loc.gov  Library of Congress, Historical Collections, primary sources
6. http://www3.newberry.org/k12maps/ Historically significant maps from 1492-1979. Includes lesson plans.

7. Especially For Kids:

   Time Warp: http://www.time-warp.org/ - really "cool" , description of artifacts from 20th century 1900-2000
   
   US History Timeline http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/timeline.html 

   America's Library, Library of Congress  http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi

   First Gov for Kids, Federal Citizen Information Center,  lots of links, http://www.kids.gov/k_history.htm

   Presidents of the US, white house site,  http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/
   
   Cybersleuth-kids, US History links, http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/History/US_History/index.htm
   
   Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html
   
   US Map Quiz - http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/usaquiz.html

   Social Studies for Kids: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/
   
   State animals  http://www.stateanimals.com

   For all:

   Virtual Jamestown

   Women in History
   
   Who's Who in American History

   Connecticut History online 

   This is the primary source website of the National Archives
   All of the curriculum is linked to the National Standards of US History and Civics.

   Library of Congress, Historical Collections, primary sources  

   Historically significant maps from 1492-1979

   National museum of American History, Smithsonian
   
   The American Presidency  
   The American Presidency site gathers hundreds of articles penned by noted historians and drawn from Grolier's authoritative encyclopedias, the Academic American Encyclopedia, the Encyclopedia Americana, and the New Book of Knowledge. Research speeches, photographs, multimedia presentations and other items connected with the history of the presidency as well.
   
   CivilWar.com 
   Everything you wanted to know about the Civil War is on this site. Travel along the annotated timeline, visit the battle sites and monuments, read government documents, diaries, and letters, and check out the lyrics for famous songs from the period.
   
   The Colonial Gazette
   Here's an interesting site that presents information on Colonial America in the form of a newspaper. Unusual historical facts are brought to life in innovative stories and articles. Meet the pilgrims, witches, and Native Americans from long ago.
   
   Congress Link
   Although Congress Link is primarily a resource for teachers, it includes several sections that could be of interest to students doing research for homework or school projects. The "Know Your Congress" section provides information about Congressional leadership, how laws are made, and how to contact your Congressional representative. You can also browse helpful related Web sites.
   
   NARA National Archives of the United States
   This collection of primary sources and activities for the classroom is the place to find key historical texts, like the Constitution, the Zimmerman Telegram, and documents pertaining to the Amistad case. The collection also includes lesson plans that incorporate primary sources, correlated to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government.
   
   Supreme Court of the United States
   Find out what cases the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear, read opinions, learn Court rules, or check out the Court calendar on the Court's Web site. You can also learn about the Court or get information about visiting.

   The History Channel
   The popular cable channel goes online. You'll find exhibits, famous speeches, and quizzes, as well as a 20th century American timeline. Search their archives for historical documents and articles about any time period.
   
   Edsitement: Social Studies and History:   Great links and lessons

   Lewis & Clark: Mapping the West
   America is often thought of as a place where horizons are seen as challenges to be met. And surely one of the greatest examples of this pioneering spirit was the monumental westward trek of Lewis and Clark. Discover America's groundbreaking roots through the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History's online exhibit.

   ParkNet: Gateway to the National Park Service
   Step inside the nation's parks with ParkNet. You can learn about the history, resources, cultures, and places. Examine park exhibits or tour the grounds.

   Ellis Island, the history channel

   Additional  US History Hotlist  many excellent links including Thinkquests, Webquests and History resources

   Webquests:
   
   Time Travelers

   The Decade Show

   Patriots In Petticoats

   A Look Back In Time At the Civil War

   A personal journal, Gettysburg, 1863  

   Civil War Journal

   Lewis and Clark  

   Gateway to Dreams: Ellis Island

    

Math and Science Links:

1. http://www.enc.org   (an excellent resource for science/math)

2. http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/index.html (interactive math lessons for alg/geo)

3. http://www.mathcounts.org (weekly challenge problem solvers)

4. http://mathforum.org/

5. http://showmecenter.missouri.edu/
   A middle-school mathematics resource center from Missouri

6. www.howstuffworks.com/index.htm   How stuff works

7. http://science.nsta.org/enewsletter/2003-07/news_stories_middle.htm free resources for science teachers

8. http://www.dlese.org -Digital Library for Earth System Education, nearly 10,000 educational resources and includes variety of media formats from lesson plans to interactive three-dimensional visualization of authentic scientific data.

9. http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/explorations/ Scholastic's site to promote science literacy

10. http://www.sdb.k12.wi.us/cmp/teachers.html  Middle School Connected Math Project

11. http://www.coolmath.com/

12. http://www.getsmarter.org/index.cfm

13. http://www.dositey.com/math58.htm

14. http://www.figurethis.org/fc/family_corner.htm

15. http://www.playkidsgames.com/

16. http://illuminations.nctm.org/

17. http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/    NCES Kidszone, graph maker

18. http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/Edtech/everydaymath.htm EVERYDAY MATH resources

19. http://www.goenc.com/ k-12 online Math and Science Center

20. http://www.telecompricer.com/article/fun-and-interactive-math-websites.html

Health/ P.E.

http://www.peclogit.org/logit.asp   Pedometer site. Encourages students to be physically active.

Research and Reference Sites:

1. http://encarta.msn.com/
   The online Encarta encyclopedia
2. http://www.refdesk.com/
   The well-know Virtual Reference Desk
3. http://itools.com/research-it/
   Research-It! The "one-stop" reference desk
4. http://m-w.com/netdict.htm
   A Miriam-Webster online dictionary
5. http://www.bartleby.com/99
   The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse with unlimited free access
    
6. http://www.sparknotes.com/ Free study guides by Barnes and Noble to popular literature
    
7. www.iconn.org  Search thousands of popular and scholarly articles, from 1980 to the present including Spanish-language articles, newspapers, business information on over 300,000 companies, health and wellness information, and much more. iCONN is part of the Connecticut Education Network. It provides all students, faculty and residents with online access to essential library and information resources. It is administered by the Connecticut State Library in conjunction with the Department of Higher Education. Through iCONN, a core level of information resources including secured access to licensed databases is available to every citizen in Connecticut.
    

8. http://www.awesomelibrary.org
   Awesome library: Reference and periodicals. Virtual environments for learning are featured on this Web site that has a gateway page giving easy access to other educational resources as well.