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From the magazine, Teaching Pre K - 8, March 2003
Topic : Hot Websites
The Artist's Toolkit - is an engaging resource for visual arts education and focuses on visual elements and principles.
Ivy's Search Engine for Kids - is a new Web portal for students not only gathers a significant number of search engines designed specifically for kids, it also offers a comprehensive list of Web Guides for Kids, Specialized Searches for Kids and Family-Friendly Search Engines.
Topic : Free Icon Graphics on the Internet
The KidsDomain: Icon Mania - hundreds of icons categorized by subject area and downloadable by group.
Awesome Clipart for Kids - the name says it all.
Clip Art Searcher - qucik search for icons and graphics on the Web.
The Icon Factory - everything related to icons.
Icon Archive - here find more than 7000 icons.
Topic : Research Presentation
Time for Kids - collection of tools for online research.
Project Research Centre - searchable database for researching animal topics.
ARS Science 4 Kids - dozens of science news stories, written in langauge for elementray students.
Topic : Multicultural Family Tree
The Family Tree and Genealogy - everything from online tutorials to a searchable database of American ancestors.
Helm's Genealogy ToolBox - type a family name into the extensive database for birth and death records and New York Times articles.
Family Tree Magazine - dozens of useful templates and forms for family tree research to downlaod.
From the newsletter, Classroom Connect, March 2003
Classroom Today - here you will find Internet activities to do every day.
Lesson Plan Goldmines
Computer Lesson Plans ( K - 12 ) - Proven Lesson Plans for Teachers and Trainers from Australia.
Don't Buy It! ( 2 - 12 ) - materials here are from a media literacy unti from KCTS, public television in Seattle.
eTAP ( K - 12 ) - eTAP, Electronic Teching Assistance Program, is a non-profit education corp., whose purpose is to provide K-12 curriculum for the core subjects of Mathematics, English, Science, and History on the Internet as a FREE service.
Economic Education Web ( K - 12 ) - here are some great online economics lessons--all levels and many content areas keyed to the Nebraska Social Studies/Economics Standards.
University of South Carolina: Thematic Units for
Primary Grades ( K - 6 ) - were
prepared collaboratively as a Course Assignment for CLIS 523/759
during Spring Semesters 1997, 1998, and 1999. Each unit is based
on appropriate children's literature and addresses an across-the-curriculum
approach. Internet Resources and nonbook materials are also included
in each unit.
A+ Web Gallery
BioInteractive ( 9 - 12 ) - from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's is one of the coolest sites around with activities to engage even the most disinterested and non-scientific student.
AskOxford ( 4 - 12 ) - is fun and with it service of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Best of History Web Sites ( 4 - 12 ) - is an award-winning portal created for students, history educators, and general history enthusiasts.
Cohen's Corner ( K - 6 ) - designed by a New Jersey teacher with a resource center for teachers.
GeoExplorer ( K - 12 ) - Geography Portal is a guide to Geography on the web. Geo Explorer aims to meet all visitors geographical needs.
It's My Life ( 4 - 8 ) - provides a forum for teens to discuss issues relating to friends, families, schools, their bodies, and emotions.
Jefferson Lab ( 6 - 12 ) - dedicated to science education.
Perseus Digital Library ( 6 - 12 ) - premier resource for studying the classics.
MaMaMedia ( 4 - 8 ) - kid-safe virtual playground with lots of sctivities, games and other stuff.
Plastic Fork Diaries ( 4 - 8 ) - learn about healthy food and exercise habits.
StudyGuide.org ( 9 - 12 ) - is a Web site for students and teachers of high-school English.
Kids' Corner
Marine Reserves: Where Do You Fit In? ( 5 - 8 ) - was produced by the JASON Foundation for Education using data and content obtained from a decision support tool designed by Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary staff.
Impressionism ( 1 - 8 ) - this site offers a look at the world of Impressionalist painters and explains why their work was so radical in its time.
CyberSmart! ( K - 8 ) - co-published with Macmillan/McGraw-Hill and available free to educators. Original standards-based lesson plans. Student activity sheets. Non-sequential for flexible implementation by technology teachers, librarians, media specialists and classroom teachers.
Linda Sue Park.com ( 3 - 8 ) - invites readers to learn more about her life and work through her original Web site.
Sesame Workshop Coloring Pages ( PreK - 2 ) - included are printable colouring activities with topics such as numbers, shapes, health and safety.
Extra's
From the magazine, Technology and Learning, February 2003
Topic : Web Tutorials
Online Classes - Learning Center -Sponsored by Hewlett-Packard, these instructor-led online courses are free, taught by experts, and offered at a variety of levels.
Beginner's Guide to Dreamweaver and Fireworks - Dreamweaver and Fireworks are considered industry-standard web authoring and graphics production tools These hands-on tutorials serve as an online companion to Kim Cavanaugh's Osborne/McGraw-Hill texts (Dreamweaver 4/Fireworks 4 Studio: A Beginner's Guide and Fireworks MX: A Beginner's Guide).
Barnes & Noble University - The site offers a mix of free and "Premier" (pay) courses. There are free courses in beginning programming, graphics and Web page design.
Atomic Learning Library - the site calls the tutorials "atoms" because they're little particles that taken together build knowledge. Each is a downloadable narrated movie tutorial on a different aspect of some popular software application.
Adobe OnlineTraining - Learn your way around Adobe Photoshop type layers and layer effects and Adobe InDesign document setup with Adobe's free sample online tutorials.
Microsoft Education : In and Out of the Classroom - Microsoft's amazingly multi-faceted Website adds yet another dimension with this educator's section featuring, among other things, a collection of tutorials on Office XP, Office 2000, Windows NT, FrontPage 2000, Publisher 2000, and even Windows 98 or Word 97.
ShortCourses - Maybe you're just beginning to think about a digital camera, or maybe you've bought one and want to learn more about it, or perhaps you're seeking to become a real digital expert, this is a great site for learning everything from the basics, like how to use a digital camera to tech-heavy topics like capturing digital video, calculating image size, and much more.
iMovie 2 - Written by Nona Weiner and hosted by the SCCOE (Santa Clara County Office Of Education) Internet Institute, this well-written iMovie tutorial introduces visitors to several program features.
Putting Kid Pix on the Web - Part of "Kid Pix Across the Curriculum" this easy-to-follow lesson shows Mac users how to save Kid Pix slide shows as QuickTime movies for "publishing" on the Web.
Designer-Info Tutorials - Tom Arah, Publishing and Graphics Contributing Editor for PC Pro offers an impressive collection of free desktop publishing, photo editing, drawing, and Web page design tutorials at his Designer Info Web site.
Online Software Tutorials - Presented by the School of Architecture and Building Engineering of the University of Liverpool, this site offers several interactive tutorials introducing the basics of popular applications such as AutoCAD, Macromedia Director, Dreamweaver, PageMaker, PaintShop Pro, Photoshop, and Premier.
FrontPage in the Classroom: FrontPage Tutorials - Aimed at classroom teachers who want to use Microsoft FrontPage for Web page design, Cathy Chamberlain's Electric Teacher Web site provides step-by-step instructions for several common FrontPage tasks.
Growing Your Macintosh Know How - This site by Cindy O'Hora (Web Master, Mac guru, parent volunteer and Technology writer) is chock full of fascinating links for Mac users.
Topic : School Site of the Month
Lausanne Collegiate School's Web site - A private K-12 school located in Memphis, Tenn., includes two features technology-using teachers will want to see. First, the Laptop Program section offers an excellent overview for planning and implementing a student laptop initiative. Second, the Technology area's Technology Training Pages provide "Back to Basics" courses on several popular software applications.
Topic : Writing With Web Logs
An emergent genre - is making a space for students to publish online.
Additional software and Web-based programs - for the language arts classroom.
Topic : Planning for Succesful Technology Integration
Best Practices in Instructional Technology - by Diane Forte Barfield, best practice begins with ensuring that all the components for successful integration of technology are in place.
Topic : Tips for E-mail Management
Maintaining Email Sanity with Rules and Filters - by Wesley A. Fryer, the article presents an overview of Email rules, or filters, available in most Email software, to assist in managing wanted as well as unwanted Email.
Topic : Community Centered Student Writing
Listening to the Walls Talk - By Rosemary Shaw, the goal of the project is to teach students basic geographic and research skills. A secondary, but possibly more important goal, is to record the history of houses and neighborhoods around the world.
From the ISTE publication, Learning & Leading with Technology, March 2003
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