Teachers
Educator Support
The Whole Child. Support for education the whole child. “Healthy, Safe, Engaged, Supported, Challenged.” Includes Success Stories | Support | Opportunities to Participate. http://www.wholechildeducation.org/
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Edutopia.org. The George Lucas Educational Foundation site. Topics include Project Learning | Technology Integration | Teacher Development | Social & Emotional Learning | Comprehensive Assessment | Parents & Partners. Tools include teaching modules and online community. http://www.edutopia.org/
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Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Topics include Brain & Learning | Character Education | Curriculum Integration | Differentiating Instruction | Multiple Intelligences and lots more. Access to professional development and the online version of Educational Leadership magazine. http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd
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Education Technology
R Campus. Rubric exchange and tool | Portfolios| teacher support groups | Voices | Organizer | eCommunities. Lots more. http://www.rcampus.com/index.cfm?nocache=1201833763343
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EduWeb. “The sweet spot where learning theory, digital technology, and fun meet: Role Play | Deduce | Create | Tinker. This is so fun! The activities are created by museums, zoos, music studios.. too many to list. (this could also have been under Links to Many Subjects.) Try it! http://www.eduweb.com/index.html
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Links To Many Subjects
The Smithsonian. Lesson Plans | Resources | Professional Development | Online writing workshops | Educational services. All using the Smithsonian collections in Art & Design | History & Culture | Science & Technology. http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/professional_development/professional_development.html
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For Educators. Tools for your classroom | Classroom activities | Classroom posters | Teacher Community | Highly Open Participation Contest | National Geographic | Google Earth | Weekly Reader’s Writing for Teens | Project Spectrum (autism support) | Lunar XPrize’s space education. http://www.google.com/educators/index.html
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Superkids.com has:
Reviews and ratings of educational software
- Practical and fun tools for online and offline use
- News about important educational issues
- Views of visionaries and policymakers.
- Links to worksheets and games (Elementary and middle school mostly) (Superkids home, http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/aboutsks.html)
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Fun brain for teachers offers (at http://www.funbrain.com/teachers/index.html):
- FunBrain Game Finder Find the perfect game for your class to play.
- Curriculum Guide Choose the FunBrain.com games that are most appropriate for your class
- FunBrain Standards Finder Find an activity based on the McREL standards.
- FunBrain Flash Cards Print these out for practice
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Discovery Education (aka Kathy Schrock’s Guide). Links to hundreds of websites listed by subject (Agriculture through World Languages.) Great place to start looking for help in almost any subject. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html
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McDougal Little Resources. Mostly for McDougal texts. Some other useful stuff like TAKS Teaching Tips | TAKS Practice Tests | Links to TEA sites | Links to Library of Virtual Manipulatives. http://www.mcdougallittell.com/ml/state.htm
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Math
Everyday Math School Room Practice: Practice | Games | Museum of Student work (University of Chicago’s math project). http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/index.shtml
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Math Toolkit. TEKS | TAKS | SISD scope and sequence related. Especially useful are Instructional Materials. http://www.utdanacenter.org/mathtoolkit/
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Figure This! ”Helping families enjoy mathematics outside school through a series of fun and engaging, high-quality challenges.” NCTM sponsored. Good info for teachers | Power Point Presentation | Printable Handounts http://www.figurethis.org/fc/family_corner.htm
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Super Kids Worksheet Generator. For addition through factorials and exponents. Input type of problem, maximum & minimum values. It generates printable worksheets. (and answer keys) http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math/
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Teacher 2 Teacher. Advice about teaching math. Organized with a search tool for questions already answered. Links to topics. http://mathforum.org/t2t/
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Illuminations. From the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Pre-K through 12: Lesson Plans | Math Standards | Games And Activities | Links screened by NCTM. http://illuminations.nctm.org/
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics home. Resources available for non-members: Standards / Lessons & Resources / Research, News & Advocacy. http://www.nctm.org/
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Virtual Manupulatives. Fun interactive geometry manupulatives for K-12. Mazes | Tangrrams | Geoboards | Tesselations | Transformations | Programmable Turtle | lots more. (recommended by NCTM & NSF award winner. http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/topic_t_3.html
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Writing and Grammar
Purdue Online Writing Lab. Purdue University opens its resources to you! Including Writing | Research | Grammar & Mechanics |Style Guides | ESL (English as a Second Language) http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
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Grammar Bytes. Grammar with attitude. Terms with very clear explanations & examples | Online Exercises | Printables. http://www.chompchomp.com/
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SuperKids Vocabulary Builder. Generates worksheets: Hangman (by subject) | Hidden word puzzles (your vocabulary) | Word Srambler (your vocabulary) | Word of the day (by grade); |PSAT & SAT, vocabulary flashcards and matching games. http://www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/words/
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Social Studies
The Center for Teaching History with Technology. Lesson Plans |Tutorials Activities | Inspiration | Chat. http://thwt.org/
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also check out the pages in your subject area. most have teacher stuff too.
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