Teacher Resources

 

Technology Curriculum Integration and Implementation

To help develop instructional strategies in integrating technology into the curriculum, review the following web sites.  

Thinkfinityformerly known as Verizon MarcoPolo

The new Thinkfinity contains more than 47,000 educational resources, such as lesson plans and interactive student activities, across seven academic disciplines.

 

unitedstreamingDiscovery Education

An excellent site that contains rich video and online teaching resources.  Will need your Canton school district's log on.  (Contact Technology Department if you need one.)

 

Education World:  the Educator’s Best Friend

An online magazine and forum for teachers offers many helpful resources from lesson plans, technology integration to school issues.  The  Techtorials web page has step-by-step instructions for projects that integrate software applications, Internet activities, or some aspect of computer-based technology in classroom teaching.

 

Landmarks for Schools:  the Landmark Project

The site contains links to teaching and learning resources on the Web along with Web tools.

 

Blue Web’n:  Knowledge Network

Site contains 1,800+ Web sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hot lists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects).

 

Thirteen Ed Online:  Public Television's Web Service for Teachers

Excellent resource for lesson plans and teacher online workshops featuring hot topics in education.

 

The Gateway:  U.S. Department of Education

A consortium effort to provide quick easy access to educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.

 

tech LEARNINGthe Resource for Education Technology Leaders

This site provides up-to-date technology related articles and resources including a free subscription to their journal--Technology and Learning.

 

Universal Design for Learning

Using universal design learning techniques can aid all students in the learning process.  Learn more on how you can use technology to help all learners.  Download ReadPlease a free text reader program.

 

4teachers.org 

Excellent site containing help in integrate technology into your lessons with tools and resources.

 

Discovery School:  Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

A recognized leader of technology in education today, Kathy Schrock's site features useful online resources including curriculum and professional development tools offering links to lesson plans, teaching tools, clip art, Web site assessment rubrics, WebQuests teaching tips, and more.

 

Internet4classrooms

This site gives an extensive listing of web sites resources which include on-line step-by-step tutorials for learning a variety of applications, links to various educational journals, and web sites for various available grants and fellowships.

 

Edutopia:  the New World of Learning

The George Lucas Educational Foundation is a nonprofit foundation that documents and disseminates models of the most innovative practices in schools that are using project-based learning, collaboration and technology.  The site provides articles, research summaries, and links to Web sites, books, organizations, and publications.

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Wow! These Sites are Brimming with Great Teacher Resources!

An Amazing Teacher Resource:  Joyce Kasman Valenza

Joyce Kasman Valenza is a librarian information specialist who has written several books and many articles on information literacy.  She has received many awards and achievements including the IASL 2001 School Library Web Page of the Year Award for her Virtual Library web page.  The Links for Teachers page contains a vast amount of terrific resources.  Do take a look at it! 

 

Another Jam-packed Teacher Resource:  Techtrekers.com

Debbie Rollins, an educator and educational consultant in instructional technology, developed this web site.  The High School Integration Sites are extensive in English, science, math and social studies resources.

Create Web-based Activities

WebQuests (the original)

A WebQuest is “an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web.”  This site, developed by the San Diego State University Educational Technology Department, offers many WebQuest examples, organized by subject and grade level.  WebQuests by Subject Area or another site by Subject Area from Tom March.

 

Filamentality:  Knowledge Network

This activity “combines the filament of the Web with the learner’s mentality.”  Use this site’s fill-in-the-blank tool to guide you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering Internet links, and creating the learning activity which can then be stored on their web site.

 

SLATEStrategic Learning and Teaching Environment

A web tool from the Landmark for Schools web site to create web pages for web activities.

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Helpful Teacher Tools

Lesson Plans Ideas
New York Times Teacher Connections Lesson Plans 4 Teachers
The Educator's Reference Desk Discovery School Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans Page PBS TeacherSource
Marco Polo History Channel
National Geographic Education PBS TeacherSource:  Health & Fitness
Fun Mathematics Lessons Teachers.net
Tutorials
EducationOnlineforComputers.com free training for a variety of software. Graphics software tutorials
Microsoft Educational Tutorial Guides and additional resources Designer Today a large resource of graphic design and graphic arts tutorials.
Rubric Creator
Rubistar Rubric Builder
Worksheet, Quiz and Puzzle Generators
Worksheets 4Teachers Vocabulary University
QuizStar Quia Web (a free trial)
Quiz Lab (a free trial)

Quiz Game Master

Create an interactive web-based quiz game.

One Stop Tool Shop!

DiscoverySchool.com

Has it all--worksheet generator, quiz maker, online lesson maker and puzzle maker!

Odds and Ends

Web Worksheet Wizard

Provides the ability to easily create a lesson, worksheet or class page on the Web.

Track Star

Provides an easy way to create online lessons and activities. 

Assign-A-Day

Create an online calendar for each of your classes and add assignments for students to view.

Try creating an online survey.  Here's two you might try:  Survey Builder or Survey Monkey

Createsites.com

Create an online poll, form or even an appointment scheduler free and easily.

Microsoft Teaching and Learning Tools

Variety of training and classroom tools.

Searching the Internet

Site provides a wide variety of search tools and resources.

Places to post homework on the Web.

Homework Hero or yourhomework.com or schoolnotes.com

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