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Interested in a Summer Project?!? I've been wanting to explore using a wiki for collaboration on some of those projects we seem to not have enough time for. If you are interested in participating, send me an email - umes_lib@union.k12.pa.us. To learn more about wiki's watch this video -- http://educators.pbwiki.com/PBwiki-educator-videos
or browse http://www.pbwiki.com
WEB GUIDES AND GATEWAYS
Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Teachers — “...a categorized list of sties useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.”
Blue Web’n — “A library of Blue Ribbon web sites on the Web”
Awesome Library -- K-12 Education Directory
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse -- K-12 math and science resources
GEM: The Gateway for Educational Materials -- Specialized directory to lesson plans.
Children's Literature Web Guide -- compiled by David Brown, University of Calgary, Canada
Coloring Books -- Lists color pages from federal government
SEARCH ENGINES and PORTALS FOR EDUCATORS
Google for scholarly works -- search specifically for scholarly literature
TUTORIALS AND MORE
Teacher Web Tutorial -- Scroll down to Download Workshop Guide. Save to your computer and run.
Online Tutorials on Microsoft Products -- from a Canadian company, free
Four NETS for Better Searching -- Bernie Dodge gives tips on being a successful searcher using Google
21st Century Information Fluency Project -- "...provides professional development, tools and resources to develop the digital information fluency skills of educators and learners in Illinois and beyond."
Teacher to Teacher Workshops -- free workshops from expert teachers, U.S. Dept. of Education
Using Primary Resources -- Learn how to ask exciting "document-based questions" to notivate inquiry.
Sites for Teachers -- compiled by Teacher Web Pages
"But I Changed the Words" -- brochure on plagiarism
LESSON PLANS AND ACTIVITY LINKSUnited States Mint -- Lesson Plans promote interest in coins and connects to history and culture.
The Mailbox -- Find additional resources referenced in The Mailbox magazine.
FromNowOn — “Educational Technology for Engaged Learning”
Questioning -- Jamie Mackenzie's site
Web Quests -- from San Diego State University
Marcia's Lesson Links -- done by a California teacher with lots of great links.
Enchanted Learning -- Animals, reading, math, printables, online activities and more
Oh, Canada! -- uses the Online Inquiry Model
TeachNet -- NY teachers contribute to this site
ASSESSMENT
Rubistar -- offers several assessment tools
Writing and Grading Rubrics -- collection of language arts grading tools
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Assessment and Rubric Information -- comprehensive guide to formative and summative assessments
Creating Rubrics: Tools You Can Use -- article explains value of creating objective assessment tools
SUBJECTS OF INTEREST
Poetry Links
Library Of Congress The Learning Page — “Let this be your ‘front door’ to more than 100 American Memory collections!” Teach using primary source documents.
Recommended Authors and Books -- compiled by Northborough Schools in Massachusetts
Steve Spangler Science Experiments
Federal Citizen Information Center -- Similar to Consumer Information Catalog with loads of government documents and information
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government -- for elementary students
Ravinder Toor -- done by a teacher-librarian from Canada; includes author links.
No Child Left Behind -- take a test to check your knowledge
National Center for Education Statistics -- Government site
History Timeline -- 2000 web pages of timelines subdivided by areas and time. Items link to information blurbs.
Caldecott Connections/Newberys on the Net
Database of Award-Winning children's Literature
Teacher with Award-Winning Children's Books
TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES
20 Technology Skills Every Educator Should Have
Education Commission of the States
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Southern Regional Education Board EvaluTech