EDUCATORS
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Looking for some good resources?
Included
here are teacher/educator
related sites, they include
sites that have lesson plans
and ideas on how to integrate
technology into the curricula.
Almost all of these sites
have links to other educator
related sites, and so the
Web begins. There
is a printable
list of student links with the addresses visible. These sites are current as of April
2000, if you will be using specific sites it is suggested that you visit and
explore the sites before your students do.
IS
THIS A GOOD SITE FOR MY
STUDENTS?
How
do you know if the educational
site you see is a good one?
There are different kinds
of web publishers. Web
sites are posted by educational
organizations, teachers,
students, book publishers
and commercial companies.
You would think that the
search for a particular
topic is the hard part but
it's not. As an educator you evaluate all kinds of materials before you
introduce them to your students, Web site's should be no different. Remember that the Web is sometimes fleeting and the site you worked with last month may
not be there today, or worse yet it has changed. A good Web site clearly indicates the author of the site, has a
contact for questions and comments, follows all the laws of copyright, the
purpose of the site and its content should be clear, advertising should not
overpower the content of the page, it will enrich the user's experience and
expand the imagination, the site should be easily navigatable and appealing, the
text should be easy to read, links pages should be well organized with well
chosen links, load time should be reasonable (how long do you have access to the
lab?), the requirement of plug-ins should be apparent, the title should be
appropriate to its purpose, there should be enough information to make the visit
worthwhile, an outline of topics is necessary for large amounts of information,
and most importantly there should be no fee or need to type in personal
information.
Teacher Resources
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Forefront Curriculum Online integrate
the internet into your curriculum K-12. http://www.4forefront.com/
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| Teacher Link includes links to
curriculum resources, professional organizations, funding resources, and
others. http://mcschool.com/mcschool/html/teacher_link.html
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Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory a great
guide for any discipline with some lesson plans that go across subjects. http://www.nwrel.org/sky/teacher.html
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| Teacher Resources you can post your
lessons to share with others and you can search the data base for lesson
plans. This site has an extensive collection of lesson plans. http://www.teachers.net/
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Young Author's Workshop
Teachers resources for teaching students about writing. Also has links for
your students. http://www.planet.eon.net/~bplaroch/Teacher.html
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Teachers Helping Teachers here
is a list of links for
teachers to search through
categorized by subject.
An excellent place to get
started. There are even
links to free graphics.
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/EducationalResources.html
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Apple Learning Interchange hosted by
Macintosh, this site is like an informative newsletter with info links. http://ali.apple.com
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Classroom Connect's Connected Teacher this
site opens into citation information, but the menu bar includes lesson
plans. http://www.connectedteacher.com/newsletter/citeintres.asp
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Resources created by Kearney Public
Schools, this site has links arranged in categories. http://www.esu10.k12.ne.us/~kearney/kellefile/teacher.html
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KG's Teacher Resources another
site with many links sorted into categories. http://users.erols.com/gerstner/teacher.html
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Lycos Zone Teachers Zone information
for the teacher who wants their students to really use the Web and internet
as a resource and tool. http://lycoszone.lycos.com/teacherszn.html
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National Archives: The Digital Classroom
the Digital Classroom provides materials from the National Archives and
methods for teaching with primary sources. http://www.nara.gov/education/
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Child Net links for Teacher Resources
Get your students free e-mail and connect to Scholastic Magazines. http://www.child.net/edu.htm
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NASA Teacher Resources a
small site that has links to great sites, don't let its plain look fool you
there's a lot of information here. http://learn.jpl.nasa.gov/teacher.htm
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The
Museum of Science and Industry offers a wide variety of educational
services to teachers and schools, including Group Visits, Science Clubs,
Teacher's Workshops, Learning Labs and Teacher's Guides, located in Chicago,
Illinois. Sample lesson plans are also available. http://www.msichicago.org/ed/edhome.html
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St.FXU (St. Francis Xavier University)
is a list of sites and other lists. http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/stu/x94emj/teacher.htm#top
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Education World (sponsored by American
Fidelity Educational Services) lesson plans and journals are accessible here
http://db.education-world.com/perl/browse?cat_id=1844
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Beverly Cleary lesson plans and
information on this popular author and many others http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/cleary.htm
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The Computer Teacher's Resource Guide
for the Elementary School Computer Teacher,
who may be called upon to teach a computer class, maintain a computer lab or
provide guidance to other teachers. http://nimbus.temple.edu/~jallis00/
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The Tech Museum of Innovation offers
free science and technology resources for your use. http://www.thetech.org/people/teachers/resources/activities/
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Virtual Blackboard a series of
curriculum modules that provide introductions to K-12 Internet teaching
methods and student learning objectives organized by curriculum area and
learning activity. http://www.virtualblackboard.com/
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Teachervision.com innovative lesson
plans and teaching advice for educators. http://www.teachingk-8.com/
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The Learning Connection The
learning connection is a site for teachers to make connections to useful
information and resources on the World Wide Web. http://www.learning-connections.co.uk/tlc_index.html
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There are some sites on the student page which need to be
explored by you before introducing them to the students. Please make a note.
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Penguin
Putnam This
site is mostly a commercial
site so if you can answer
the questions about ordering
books this is a good site.
Students can read about
the authors.
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Authors and Illustrators
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Vicky
Cobb’s Kids’ Science
Page. A great site with experiments you can do. Vicky is the author of so many science books such as Science Experiments
You Can Eat, Why
Doesn’t
the Earth Fall Up? and This Place
Is Cold.
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Student Resources
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Kids
Zone. A
collection of Web sites and
activities that range from
teaching the ABC’s
to researching homework
topics. Also includes resources
for parents and teachers.
Requires plug-ins.
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A Spelling
Test. I know you give tests, but do you like taking them? Test yourself and learn some
techniques to improve your spelling. The spelling test is hard.
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Writing by and for Children
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The Diary
Project. It
is a way for young people
around the world to share
their personal thoughts,
feelings, and dreams with
one another near and far .
. . to ask questions and find
answers about growing up at
the turn of the 21st century
via the Internet. This
is an excellent site but
you need to check it out before
suggesting it really is a
personal diary of many. Requires
plug-ins. (definitely for
teens)
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