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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
Education World
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse -- K-12 math and science resources
GEM: The Gateway for Educational Materials -- Specialized directory to lesson plans.
Multnomah Homework Center
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
Educator's Reference Desk
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
Filamentality
LESSON PLANS AND ACTIVITY LINKS
United 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
Curriculum Explorers
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
Math Stories
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
The Caldecott Game
Database of Award-Winning children's Literature
RIF Reading Planet
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
International Society for Technology in Education
National Center for Technology Planning
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