K-6 Arts Lesson Plans:http://www.csuchico.edu/educ/cguenter/229Barts.html
Integrate
the arts into your students' elementary curriculum with the innovative
and engaging lesson plans provided in this database. Containing field-tested
lesson plans for teaching dance, drama/theater, music, and visual arts,
this easy-to-navigate web site may be the perfect resource for any teacher,
beginning or experienced, seeking to enrich the education of their students.
The
WebQuest Page:http://webquest.sdsu.edu/
Wondering
how to promote learning in new and thorough ways by using the Web? This
site offers extensive support and examples for faculty and instructors
who are using WebQuests to help students learn. WebQuests are designed
to use learners' time well, to focus on using information rather than looking
for it, and to support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis
and evaluation.
PBS
Teacher Source:http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
Education
with New Technologies: http://learnweb.harvard.edu/ent/home/index.cfm
ExploreMath:http://www.exploremath.com/index.cfm
Enhancing
Curriculum with Technology: http://chiron.valdosta.edu/djudd/webactivities1.html
Only
a Teacher:http://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/index.html
"... presents historical background about the profession and how it developed,
while giving voice to contemporary
teachers and their concerns. The series
plays out as a dialogue between past and present, as teachers from different
eras describe their dreams and setbacks,
challenges and achievements.
Professional Development Online:http://teacherline.pbs.org/teacherline/
"Professional Development for Educators PBS TeacherLine provides online
professional development through
facilitated modules, a supportive learning
community and exemplary resources."
National
Commission on Teaching & America's Future:http://www.nctaf.org/policy/index.html
"This report offers what we believe is the single most important strategy
for achieving America's educational goals: A
blueprint for recruiting, preparing,
and supporting excellent teachers in all of America's schools. The plan
is aimed at
ensuring that all communities have teachers
with the knowledge and skills they need to teach so that all children can
learn, and all school systems are organized
to support teachers in this work."
History
of American Curriculum:http://www.salemschools.com/~shs_science/history.htm
"Designed as a webquest, this website provides a task for students to explore
individuals who have influenced education
and to "pose" as one of these educators
during a mock debate and address"
The
Learning Site: http://www.harcourtschool.com/
"The learning site is one of those sites where children can learn by playing
with words. Its index has links for reading,
language arts, spelling, math, social
studies, science, health and art. The Learning Site has animation programs
in most
of his links where children can have
fun learning."
Technology
Tips for Teachers:http://www.essdack.org/tips/page1.htm
"Lesson plans, student instructions, and rubrics for assessment of classroom
computer projects."
Online
Poetry Classroom:http://www.onlinepoetryclassroom.org/
"Online Poetry Classroom is a program of The Academy of American Poets
that is designed to enhance poetry
education in the United States. OPC
employs technology to encourage the development of new poetry curricula
and
teaching strategies by high school English
and Language Arts teachers. Online Poetry Classroom is a virtual community
that consists of the following features
How to teach, What to teach, Find a Poet, Find a Poem, forums and links."
Online
Course for Teachers: Teaching Evolution:http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/educators/course/index.html
Authentic
Asssessment Toolbox: http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/index.htm
"The Authentic Assessment Toolbox site is a tutorial for learning all about
authentic assessment. It is presented with
hypertext and features creating authentic
tasks, rubrics and standards for measuring and improving student learning.
What is authentic assessment? Why do
we need it? How do you do it? Answers to these questions as well as
information on Standards, Rubrics, Portfolios,
and Examples can be found here. Educators at all levels will find this
site
useful."
Our
Documents:http://www.ourdocuments.gov/
"This site provides teachers, teacher educators, and students of American
history with images and copies of the text of
100 milestone documents of American
history (1776-1965) related to the rights and responsibilities of citizens
in our
democracy. Other resource material about
how to use primary sources can also be found on this website."
Writing
Better Learning Objectives:
http://www.webcthub.mcg.edu:8900/Hub/NEWHUB/Hub/objectives/objectives_frameset.htm
"A powerpoint presentation with sound (Impatica) tutorial on writing clear
and measurable learning objectives. There are
also practice templates to download."
Rubric,
Rubrics Makers:
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
"The rubric generators allow a teacher to make grading rubrics by filling
out a simple form. The materials are made
instantly and can be printed. A teacher's
rubric creations are not made public, but they can be saved for later use."
Edutopia
Online:
http://www.glef.org/
"Publication of the George Lucas Educational Foundation that documents
and disseminates stories about exemplary
practices in K-12 public education."
Introduction
to Teaching Strategies:
http://edservices.aea7.k12.ia.us/framework/strategies/
"This page is dedicated to making it easier to implement a variety of teaching
methods and techniques. Here you'll find
scores of teaching strategies that help
students take more responsibility for their own learning and enhance the
process
of teaching for learning."
Children's
Dictionary:
http://www.logos.it/pls/dictionary/new_dictionary.home_project?pjCode=10&lang=en&u_code=4395
"Children’s Dictionary, compiled in more than 100 languages, including
English, the main European languages.. Chinese
and Japanese, as well as a number of
Italian dialects... and Latin. Besides translating a word, the dictionary
also
illustrates its use, lists the various
definitions and gives a clear pronunciation."
Child
Development:
http://twosocks.ces.ncsu.edu/cyfdb/browse_2pageAnncc.php?subcat=Child+Development&search=NNCC&search_type=browse
"General information and links are available regarding development of children
from birth through age 8 years."
Web
Based Inquiry Science Environment:
http://wise.berkeley.edu/
"WISE is a simple yet powerful learning environment where students examine
real-world evidence and analyze current
scientific controversies. Our curriculum
projects are designed to meet standards and complement your current science
curriculum, and your grade 5-12 students
will find them exciting and engaging. A web browser is all they need to
take
notes, discuss theories, and organize
their arguments... they can even work from home! Our Teacher Area lets
you
explore new projects and grade your
students' work on the Web. Best of all, everything in WISE is completely
free."
Educational
Web Portal:http://www.bhsu.edu/education/edfaculty/lturner/edportal.htm
"The following links will take you to a very large variety of free educational
internet sites. These links contain listings of
thousands of excellent web sites for
teachers at every level and discipline. The lists are ordered alphabetically
by the
site's name and contain a brief summary
of each site as well as an approximate grade level. NOTE: The
Web Portals
for Education link has links to numerous
sites which have vast amounts of educational material and resources all
in
'One Stop Spot' formats."