Teachers

These sites have been selected from recommended lists, professional journals and other Internet librarians. Let us know if you discover a site that is helpful and not included here. Also, let us know if a link is not working.

There are lots of great resources available from the district home page.

You can sign up to receive Cable in the Classroom program highlights that relate to the subject(s) you select -sent directly to your e-mail box twice a month. Visit the home page sign up for this free service.

From here you can also link directly to each programmer's online support materials. Select Programming & Resources and then click on Support Materials.

 

Ask ERIC-personalized, Internet-based question answering service for k-12 educators

History/SocStudies for Teachers - encourages use of Internet as a tool for learning and teaching; provides help in locating and using the Internet resources

Online Resources-links to sites in World History, US History,Countries and general resources

BBC Education-there are 24 subject categories; in each catergory are sub-categories for sites appropriate for ages 11-16, 16-18 and lesson plans HyperStudio Stacks-using a free plug-in tool from the Roger Wagner Web site students may publish their work on the school web site Prentice-Hall School-offers curriculum resources such as Internet activities and curriculum support in foreign languages, math, science, health, social studies, and language arts

Best Web Sites for Teachers-a new release with improvements; original 750 sites were reviewed and additions made

IBM K-12 Homepage-features a link each week

Online Class-interested in integrating the Internet into your curriculum, but want something already organized and ready to go?

Big 6 Skills for Information Problem Solving-provides a system to help students make use of the information overload. The best available, created by Eisenberg and Berkowitz, a librarian-teacher team

ICONnect-includes on-line courses and lists of relevant curriculum web sites; also listservs focused on integrating the Internet into the K-12 curriculum and technical support to navigate the Internet

PBSTeacherSource-lesson plans, guides, activities; access to curriculum, professional development and community resources provided by PBS stations across the country

BlueWeb'N-offers a comprehensive collection of research projects organized into subject areas and grade levels

IECC-Classroom Connections-helps teachers and classes link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pal and project exchanges

San Diego Zoo:Intern Quest-students or whole classroom of students can participate by becoming "Virtual Interns" linked with one of the interns at the Zoo

 Brains-practical classroom applications of current brain research

Intercultural E-Mail Classroom Connections- Link with partners in other countries and cultures for e-mail classroom pen-pal and project exchanges

Scout Report-shows you the way to the best resources on the Internet. It's updated weekly by librarians and educators, looking for online resources most valuable to the education community

Busy Teachers-a rich resource of lesson plans and classroom activities arranged by subject

Internet Projects Registry - The Internet Projects Registry is a clearinghouse for collaborative projects from across the globe; this tool helps you locate projects by Age Level, Project Start Date, or Curriculum Area(s), Technologies Used, and Project Levels.

Smithsonian Institution-offers lesson plans in art, language arts, social studies and science; pictures and documents on-line can be downloaded and used with lesson plans and activities

Classroom Connect-bi-weekly listing of new and useful sites for K-12 educators. Move to the homepage to see other useful places at this site

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators a classified list of Web sites "found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth,: updated daily, user-friendly

Study Web-useful if you want your students to do on-line research; offers many areas of academic research, a list of teacher mailing lists from classroom management to relieving stress

Discovering Computers-a high level web-enhance textbook, including audio, interactive chapter reviews, and lab exercises

Key Curriculum Press-a great site for math educators who work with math software such as The geometer's Sketchpad. A Java Sketchpad attracts even reluctant students

Teach-nology-many tools including one that generates 14 different types of rubrics and one that creates different graphic organizers

Education World-features an education-specific search engine with links to more than 100,000 sites

Learning with Mystery-lesson plans and ideas for using mysteries in the classroom

Teachers First-offers lesson plans and links to use for research; has a page with tips for first-year teachers

Educators' Oasis - an outstanding site for professional resources and support for teachers

Lesson Plans/Resources for Social Studies-a professor of Secondary Ed at CSU gathered lesson plans and resources from the Internet for social studies teachers

Teachers.Net-offers voluminous reference materials, a lesson plan exchange, and a chatroom for educators

EdWeb-an intelligent, detailed, informal and practical guide, both to education-related issues concerning the Internet, and to educational resources on the Web

Library Media Center Standards-covers all aspects of the LM program; from Minnesota

Today in History and Today in History Archives offers a presentation from the Library of Congress of historic facts highlighted by items from the American Memory:Historical Collections of the National Digital Library, a full-text collection of primary resources.

ERIC-lots of lesson plan ideas organized by curriculum area

Literary Calendar-click on a day of the month of this calendar, and find out about an important literary event that occurred on that day in history

 Translation Service-connect to Babel Fish on Alta Vista and translate anything

Fast Facts-describes and explains results of research showing relationship between research skills use of libraries and student achievement

MarcoPolo - Learn about and access the high-quality, standards-based lesson plans, student activities, reviewed Web sites

UMUC-Bell Atlantic Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology-a good place to acquaint yourself with the technologies needed for
learning; helps educators address the issue "What do you want to use
technology for?"

4Teachers-great stuff on integrating technology, but the best is Rubistar (located under Tools)

MarketingTeacher.com-Marketing links and free mini-lessons are available at this site.

The Web as a Research Tool-covers setting goals, finding resources, focus for exploring and applying strategies

From Now On-a journal of educational technology

Media Literacy-a support service for teachers concerned with the influence of media in the lives of children and youth

WebQuest-requires students to work in teams to develop solutions to problems and responses to challenges

Gateway to Ed. Materials-access to valuable classroom and learning materials

Mining Company-links to various teacher resources, as well as information on coop learning, block scheduling and job openings

What's What on the Web-a site dedicated to helping people find new and useful Internet resources.

HistoryNet-a joint effort of America's largest publisher of history magazines and the National Historical Society

NOVA-find ideas from fellow teachers for bringing NOVA into the classroom

WorLD-Join on-line communities to expand distance learning, enhance understanding, support economic and social development, and train teachers.