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From the magazine, Teaching Pre K - 8, May 2003
Topic : Hot Websites
Internet4Classrooms Projects - it is an outstanding resource for project-based learning that covers all content areas with projects categorized by grade level.
Brainchild - their mission is to help students study better, and score higher, and to provide the best service to teachers in the education industry.
KidsHub - is a fun learning center for elementary school and middle school students. It features free online interactive lessons, educational games, puzzles, and quizzes.
Topic : Book Talks
Book Talks - here get a list of book talk tips covering how to select books, beginning a book talk and using book talks in the classroom.
BookTalks - Quick and Simple - resource guides for book talks with more than 600 book talks organized by author, title and subject.
Literary Book Club - a great example for organizing book talks.
Topic : Math Stories
Activities - activities, lesson guides and links for Stuart J. Murphy's books.
Math and Reading Do Mix - great books that can help reinforce math concepts for primary students.
Math and Children's Literature - articles, lessons and book lists to link math and reading.
From the newsletter, Classroom Connect, May 2003
Classroom Today - here you will find Internet activities to do every day.
Lesson Plan Goldmines
AOL@School Teachers - ( K - 12 ) - provided by American Online, a section for teachers that includes an impressive collection of links to lesson plans on topics including Arts, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies and a section called vocational.
Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers - ( K - 12 ) - compliled by Dr. Marty Levine at Cal State Northridge, this site contains links to hundreds of social studies lesson plans, online activities, standards, newsgroups, and more.
Physical Education Lesson Plan Page - ( K - 12 ) - compiled by Physical Education teacher Joe Paslow, this site contains close to 100 physical education lesson plans from games to integrated units.
K12 Lessons & Web Sites - ( K - 12 ) - the site compiled by TEAMS Distance Learning Project and the Los Angeles County Office of Education has over 100 links to teaching materials in the subjects of math, science, history, language arts, arts, multi-subject, and current and seasonal events.
Teacher Talk Forum
- ( 4 - 10 ) - part of the Center for Adolescent Studies at Indiana
University, contains lesson plans from computers and conflict
resolutions to history and home economics.
A+ Web Gallery
The @rt Room - ( K - 12 ) - developed by Dr. Craig Roland, Assistant Professor of Art Education, University of Florida. Topics range from suggestions on how to teach drawing and painting to encouraging students to think about their art work.
Cinco de Mayo - ( K - 6 ) - site contains activities to help you celebrate "Cinco de Mayo".
Giggle Poetry - ( K - 8 ) - is a fantastic site with all kinds of fun and educational poetry related resources.
Homophone Zone - ( 2 - 8 ) - this site is devoted to the linguistic phenomenon, homophones.
Life Science Connections - ( K - 12 ) - it has two sections, Life Science Safari and Human Body Adventure.
The Magicoul's Nook - ( 5 - 8 ) - this site aims to provide middle school students with a place for publishing their fiction.
Nova Online: Runaway Universe - ( 6 - 12 ) - this site includes resources for the History of the Universe, the Birth of a SuperNova, a Virtual Tour of the Universe, Moving Tragets and Spin a Galaxy.
Repositories of Primary Sources - ( 9 - 12 ) - this site contains a listing of over 5000 links to destinations with collections of historical primary-source documents.
The Adventures of Science Bob - ( K - 12 ) - at this site you can visit Science Bob and his fabulous mobile laboratory.
Social Studies Sources - ( K - 12 ) - this site has hundreds of super Social Studies related Web sites including Web Quests, lessonplans, reference sites and online video collections.
The Solar Space Station - ( 4 - 12 ) - this site is a good destination for accessible and accurate astronomical information.
Kids' Corner
Teach R Kids Math - ( K - 6 ) - this site covers math concepts from early childhood to upper elementary grades.
Life in the White House - ( K - 8 ) - to celebrate the 100th. anniversary of the West Wing, the White House Web site presents an historical tribute called Life in teh White House.
3D&I - ( 3 - 6 ) - this site focuses students attention on design and the visual world.
National Geographic: Secrets of Egypt - ( 5 - 8 ) - this site shows the development of the monuments from the Pyramid of Djoser through the pyramid of Pepi II.
The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden - ( K - 8 ) - this site developed by the Smithsonian Institute shares objects from the past 42 presidents.
From the magazine, Technology and Learning, April 2003
Topic : Technology Benchmarks
Technology Curriculum - the technology curriculum of Connecticut's Westport Public Schools can be viewed on a K-12 grade basis at this Web site.
Educational Technology Curriculum - Grades K-8 - explore the educational technology curriculum for grades K-8 in the Groton, Connecticut school district.
Computer/Technology Skills Curriculum - K-12 Computer/Technology Skills Standard Course of Studies for North Carolina public schools.
Albemarle County Media, Research, and Technology Curriculum - Albermarle's curriculum is aligned with the state of Virginia's Standards of Learning for Computer/Technology.
Instructional Technology - Scope and Sequence - samples of technology curriculum overviews from different school districts.
TECHandbook - is a planning guide developed by the San Diego City Schools Educational Technology Department.
L'Anse Creuse Public Schools K-12 Technology Curriculum - at this site you can view those standards in a Scope-and-Sequence style, simplifying the task of constructing an upper class level tech curriculum that builds upon hardware and software skills introduced in earlier grades.
Classroom Activities - In this collection of technology-enhanced curriculum activities prepared by the TASK (Technology Advancing Student Knowledge) folks in New York's Greece School District, you can explore technology-enriched lessons for Elementary and Secondary school.
Teachers @ work : Internet Tools for Teachers - Mark Treadwell's amazing collection of educators' tools consists of 5000 reviewed education sites organized by topic. Each month he provides links to a designated Top Ten.
Technology Education Reviews - focuses on non-computer technologies such as the Roman Bath, genetics research, medieval technology innovation, and so on, Mark Treadwell provides links to Internet Acceptable Use Policies that you can edit to meet your needs.
Topic : Interesting Articles
On A Roll: Digital Photography And Image Editing - By Al Doyle, Empower your students to become active investigators of their world with activities that focus on creative applications of digital photography.
Resources for Image Processing - resources include freeware and commercial packages for using image processing with your students.
Build and Teach a Successful Online Course - By Alese Smith and Raymond Rose, whether you're putting a new twist on your high school math class or developing the perfect training for time-pressed teachers, our experts' tips and techniques will help you get started.
Keys to Success - adapted from the Concord Consortium's e-Learning Model for Online Courses, these are essential components of designing and teaching online classes.
Professional Development: The Benefits of Going Online - by Margo Nanny and Nicolette Toussaint, a San Francisco nonprofit finds Web-based instruction offers advantages over face-to-face training.
Videoconferencing in K12 Classrooms - by Scott Merrick, in schools where innovative teachers or technology facilitators have taken the lead and obtained the hardware, "virtual field trips" are the order of the day.
From the ISTE publication, Learning & Leading with Technology, May 2003
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