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From the magazine, Teaching Pre K - 8, April 2003
Topic : Hot Websites
Gould League - FoodWeb - this site on animal diversity and the food Web is a perfect way to integrate technology with Earth Day themes.
Mini-Beasts - a comprehensive site that covers insects, arthropods, arachnids, worms and mollusks.
Earth Pulse - National Geographic - this site has dozens of research resources, videos and online adventures and Webquests related to the study of our Earth and conservation.
Topic : Poetic Images
Proteacher Poetry - a variety of links to poetry lessons and activities for reading and illustrating poetry.
Kristine O'Connell George's Children's Poetry - teacher guides for poetry, links to other poetry sites, audio of selected poems and poetry unit for Arbor Day.
Online Poetry Classroom - a comprehensive resource with searchable lessons, poet biographies and nearly 1,000 poems for grades 7 - 12.
From the newsletter, Classroom Connect, April 2003
Classroom Today - here you will find Internet activities to do every day.
Lesson Plan Goldmines
Art Teacher Connection - ( 4 - 8 ) - is a full service resource for teachers and students of art. It provides links to online instruction, art reference sites for students, lesson plans that integrate art and technology, and teacher tools.
Crayola Lesson Plans - ( K - 12 ) - great resource for materials and well written lesson plans.
Kodak Lesson Plans - ( Prek - 12 ) - activities are arranged by subject as well as by grade level.
Mathletics - ( 4 - 8 ) - the site uses sports concepts and activities to teach basic math skills.
The Event Inventor - ( K - 12 ) - this site designed by science educator Kye Ewing, has materials designed to be accessible to instructors of all gradelevels.
Topic : Creating Rubrics
RubiStar - is an exceptional site that creates, saves, and publishes your rubric with easy-to-follow directions, and it's free.
Project-Based Learning Checklists - provided free of charge, here find writing, science, oral presentations, and multimedia checklists for K - 12 students.
Assessment and Rubric Information - a collection of assessment rubrics that may be helpful to you as you design your own.
CyberLibrary: Assessment and Rubrics - here find an extensive collection of assessment links and subject assessment rubrics.
Rubric Resource Page
- an extensive set of rubric resources.
A+ Web Gallery
National Institute of Environmental Health Science Kids' Pages - ( K - 8 ) - here find over 100 different educational activities in the categories of Games and Interactive, Sing Along/Name that Tune, Brain Teasers, Story Time, Jokes and Humour, Hot Topics and Colour Our World.
Activity Idea Place - ( PreK - 3 ) - here find over 1450 different activies, carefully organized by subject.
American Authors - ( 7 - 12 ) - this site is a super resource for middle and high school English teachers.
Crunch - ( K - 8 ) - An online magazine for kids to share ideas and opinions.
Hawaiian Astronomical Society: Deepsky Atlas - ( 4 - 12 ) - this site provides interactive maps, photo images, and the mythological stories behind 100 different constellations.
Dictionary.com - ( 6 - 12 ) - is a virtual reference library, where visitors can access a variety of dictionaries.
Spot Web Site - ( PreK - 2 ) - this site is the official Web site of Eric Hill's canine creation Spot. Activities are geared for the PreK - 2 level.
Potamus Place - ( K - 12 ) - is the Kids' Web site of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library system.
For Students Only - ( K - 12 ) - students can post informational queries and have them answered.
Their Stamp on History - ( K - 12 ) - this site allows people to explore the lives of intriguing people through stamps.
Kids' Corner
Gayle's Preschool Rainbow - ( K - 3 ) - this site is a practical and comprehensive resource for teachers of young children.
The Artist's Toolkit - ( K - 8 ) - each aspect of artistry is illuminated with an animated demonstration and examples of works of art from museums.
Little Explorers Picture Dictionary - ( K - 8 ) - is a great dictionary for children of all ages.
Backyard Jungle - ( 4 - 8 ) - is a highly interactive Web site that encourages students to investigate the world around them and share their findings.
Kid Territory - ( K - 6 ) - this site designed by the San Diego Zoo Kid Territory, has many resources containing profiles of of many zoo animals and includes job descriptions of employess at the zoo.
From the magazine, Technology and Learning, March 2003
Topic : Technology Benchmarks K-12
National Educational Technology Standards - In partnership with a number of organizations and educators around the country, ISTE's (International Society for Technology in Education) ongoing National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) initiative strives to develop national standards for educational technology.
Recommended PreK-12 Instructional Technology Standards - In October 2001, the Massachusetts Board of Education approved a set of PreK-12 Instructional Technology Standards defining the hardware, software, and networking technology skills that students should know when using technology for learning.
Teaching with Standards: Standards by State - Most states in the U.S. have teaching standards or curriculum frameworks that specify what students must learn and know on a grade by grade level for every subject.
Technology for All Americans Project - Funded by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and NSF (National Science Foundation), Technology for All Americans is a project of the International Technology Education Association.
Developing Educational Standards: Technology - Maintained by Charles Hill and NY State's Wappingers Central School District, this Web site provides a collection of links to resources you may find helpful as you develop your own class or school technology benchmarks.
Technology Benchmarks, West Bloomfield School District - Michigan's West Bloomfield School District divides its technology Benchmarks for learning into seven broad areas (Basic Operations and Concepts; Social Ethical and Human Issues; Research and Learning; Analysis and Problem-Solving; Creativity; and Management).
Topic : Math
HotMath - Math Homework Help Found Here! It helps students learn math: we show guided step-by-step solutions for homework problems in popular textbooks.
The Adventures of Mrs. A on the Geometry Internet Trail - By Rosita Alston, come and take a journey with me, my fellow geometry teachers, and motivate your students in a new way. We'll travel the road where no student wants to go at first. But now, my students come to class anticipating their next project. The failure rate is low because project based learning along with technology increases their ability to retain what they learn.
Topic : Web Literacy
Web Literacy and Critical Thinking: A Teacher's Tool Kit - written by Judy Salpeter, this practical guide offers classroom activities and exercises that train your students to be discerning consumers of information on the Internet.
Searching Tutorials and References - 7 sites to explore.
Some Treasure/Scavenger Hunt Examples - 8 sites to explore.
Is It A Hoax ? - tries to answer is Web Literacy and Critical Thinking a hoax.
Some Checklists for Evaluating Web Sites - examples of 4 sites can be found at this link.
Topic : Plagiarism
Plagiarism - the article by Diane Forte Barfield, acknowleges that the problem has existed as long as there have been teachers and students, but the recent growth of the Internet and the use of its resources by more and more students has made the problem much worse.
From the ISTE publication, Learning & Leading with Technology, April 2003
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