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From the magazine, Teaching Pre K - 8, March 2005
Topic: Hot Websites
New York Philharmonic Kidzone - Bring the symphony to your classroom with this interactive website of the New York Philharmonic orchestra.
NGA Kids - Kids are now able to explore color, shape and line with interactive explorations in the National Gallery of Art. These awesome adventures in art include an animated sculpture garden that is set to music, Native American art and many more interactive art studies.
Topic: Digital Scrapbooks
Escrapbooking - this site offers many models for using scrapbooking in the classroom with specific strategies for completing a successful project.
Adobe Digital Kids Club: Product Training: Photoshop Elements online course - here find helpful tutorials for using Adobe Photoshop Elements for photo layouts.
StoryLife - this amazing database of ready-to-use scrapbook pages is categorized by topic: kids, school, vacation, holidays, seasons and more.
Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook - this site was built for the study of Ohio history and is a great place to start any class research.
Ready-to-Use Scrapbook Pages
- by Linda Lindroth, here are some additional resources that
will help you turn your digital pictures into a digital scrapbook.
Topic: David Macaulay and Ships
Art of David Macaulay - an online exhibit from the Norman Rockwell Museum looks at all of Macaulay's "building books." Detailed author bio and overview of his building books.
David Macaulay Teacher Resource File - biographies, lesson plans and PBS shows on building including chats with Macaulay.
Columbus Sailing Ships - great source for pictures and descriptions of the caravel, the ship design for the Nina and Pinta used in the Columbus voyage to America.
Topic: Oral Poetry
Poetry for Kids - A collection of resources on children's poetry including a rhyming dictionary.
Poetry Read-a-Thon - academy of American Poets is sponsoring a Read-a-Thon for grades 5-8 in April 2006, with 15,000 free poetry anthologies going to participating classrooms.This website is rich with lessons and links on poetry.
PoetryTeachers.com - tips and classroom lessons for practicing reading poetry aloud. Links to lessons for writing a variety of poetry forms, poetry games and even downloadable poetry theatre.
Topic: Jokes and Riddles
Quia Popular Categories, Music - a variety of interactive music games from matching to Hangman, Battleship and Trivia. All reinforce music concepts with Java games. Register to customize games to your class curriculum.
Az KidsNet - rich resource for riddles, jokes, funny rhymes, brain teasers and more.
RiddleNut - get a riddle a day delivered to your e-mail, or browse this site for hundreds of riddles and answers.
Schtick - for ideas on using "schtick," study famous comedians and their comedy connections.
From the newsletter, Classroom Connect, March 2006
Classroom Today - here you will find Internet activities to do every day.
Lesson Plan Goldmines
Online
Learning Centre: Teacher Resources - ( K - 9 ) - this impressive
collection is from the Saskatoon Public School Division, Saskatchewan,
Canada. Highlights include lessons for monthly themes and holidays
such as kites, haiku, and weather for March.
Ribbit's Math Ventures - ( K - 8 ) - Kathyrn Verzoni, a teacher from Schenectady, New York, developed three detailed problems that demonstrate real-life-problem solving techniques.
Thematic Units for Primary Grades - ( K - 6 ) - the University of South Carolina College of Library and Information Services hosts 30 units based on recommended children's literature. Themes include: China, dinosaurs, cultural diversity, mammals, rainforests, oceans, transportation, and music appreciation.
Incredible@rt
Department - ( K - 12 ) - this
site began as a showcase for young art students in Indianapolis,
Indiana. Resources include elementary art lessons featuring masks,
origami houses, storybook art; middle school lessons include
ceramics, textile painting, sculpture; and high school lessons
include directions for making raffia coil baskets, metal jewelry,
woodcuts and embossed prints.
A+ Web Gallery
Active Learning Practices for Schools - ( K - 12 ) - project zero at the harvard School of Education presents strategies for meaningful teaching and learning.
MegaMath - ( 4 - 6 ) - presented by the Los Almos National Laboratory, brings puzzle-like scenarios to elementary math classrooms.
Human Anatomy Online - ( 6 - 12 ) - this site uses animation, graphics, and text to teach students about the human body.
Learners Together - ( K - 12 ) - this monthly ezine features articles about current research and trends in education and technology.
Mission: Critical - ( 10 - 12 ) - this interactive tutorial from the Institute for Teaching and Learning at San Jose State University is designed to develop critical thinking skills.
NASA: JSC Learning Technologies Project - ( 7 - 12 ) - explore a series of Internet tools from the Johnson Space Center including MathTrax, ROVer Ranch, Qwhiz, SIMON, and ILIAD.
National Building Museum - ( 7 - 12 ) - resources available include Building America, an exploration of U.S. accomplishments in architecture, design, engineering, construction and landscaping, Liquid Stone, new architecture in concrete, and Affordable Housing, looks at developments around the country and examines the use of space and design.
Powers of Ten - ( 7 - 12 ) - from quarks to quasars, this site offers a series of 42 drawings and pictures of different sizes.
School Renewal Web Center - ( K - 12 ) - ( teachers ) - presented by the Department of Education, University of California for teachers and administrators to visit to find information about school change.
Scienceworks - ( 2 - 12 ) - situated in Victoria, Australia features nine exhibits ranging from the Planetarium to bioinformatics.
Youthink! - ( 7 - 12 ) - created by the World Bank, this
excellent site educates students about important issues in today's
society.
Kids' Corner
Exploring the Secret Lives of Trees - ( 3 - 5 ) - the University of Illinois designed this interactive site to help students observe and appreciate trees.
Keep America Beautiful: Clean Sweep U.S.A. - ( 3 - 8 ) - here find great ways to clean up your community.
Windows Into Wonderland - ( 5 - 8 ) - this site gives virtual visitors an opportunity to visit Yellowstone National Park's most intriguing aspects.
Picturing Modern America - ( 5 - 8 ) - this site gives students the opportunity to learn from historical photographs.
New Millennium Observatory - ( 5 - 8 ) - this site gives students a chance to visit the undersea volcanic eruption at Axial Seamount on the Juan de Fuca Ridge in the Pacific Ocean. They will see unusual sea creatures. black smoker vents, hot springs and lava flows.
Lakota
Winter Counts - ( 6 - 8 ) - here
students will learn from primary source documents the history
and life of the Lakota first nations people.
From the magazine, Technology and Learning, February 2006
Topic: Getting Connected
Explore videoconferencing for your classroom - article written by Carol S. Holzberg
Interactive videoconferencing (IVC) combines live two-way audio with full-motion video to provide exciting opportunities for K-12 content delivery. To learn more about what IVC can do for teaching and learning, visit the listed Web sites.
Topic: Going Pro
Schools embrace video production and videoconferencing - article written by Jared Stearns
Text may be here to stay, but that isn't stopping K-12 schools from broadening their curriculum offerings to include audio, video, and other multimodal styles of communication.
Topic: Emerging Technology
Where in the World Is .. article written by Carol S. Holzberg
Owned and operated by the U.S. Department of Defense, global positioning system (GPS) satellite technology is used by scientists, surveyors, delivery drivers, firefighters, pilots, and anyone who needs precise reference points for location, navigation, tracking, mapping, and time. Increasingly, K-12 educators are harnessing the power of GPS and GIS technology to support standards-based math, science, and social studies curricula.
From the ISTE publication, Learning & Leading with Technology, March 2006
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