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--- Use your browser's back button to return to this page. --- 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 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 |