Introduction
These sites are for teachers of all grades and all subjects. They have links within that guide you to specific levels and curricular areas. Also listed are the TEACHER RESOURCES hotlists with particular categories.
The Internet Resources
WordItOut - Transform your text into word clouds which you can customize: by font type & size, color scheme, and you can choose which words are ignored from the cloud.
Educators for Social Responsibility - online Teacher Center: source of K-12 lesson plans & resources on international security, conflict resolution, peacemaking, violence prevention, & social responsibility
Edutopia - Project based learning and 21st Century resources
Explore - Explore's films document people who have made a difference around the world, having devoted their lives to extraordinary causes. They offer a set of lesson plans which are written for the K-12 classroom.
For Lesson Plans - online directory of free lesson plans for K-12 teachers
Gateway to 21st Century Skills - Your state affiliate and NEA have partnered with The Gateway to 21st Century Skills in an effort to provide you with free, comprehensive resources that will make your lesson planning easier.
Global SchoolNet Foundation - The original resource for global project-based learning, problem-based learning, and online collaborative learning.
Historical Voices - a collection of lessons and web resources for K-12 classroom teachers and their students - explore and experience primary historical aural artifacts, traditionally unavailable to classrooms - designed to bring the past to life by engaging individuals in listening to the authentic voices of characters from the past
Museumbox - allows you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box
NY TIMES Learning Network - a free service for students in grades 3-12, their teachers and parents. The site is updated Monday through Friday throughout the year.
Nortel Learn It - supports integrating technology into the teaching/learning process with a wide variety of resources and practical guidesheets and with best practice models/bodies of knowledge
PBS Teachers Activity Packs - widgets containing links to online and offline activities designed around a curricular theme - contains activities covering all grades K-12 in 5 categories: arts, health and fitness, reading and language arts, science and technology, and social studies
PBS for Teachers - Multimedia resources & professional development
Quiz Tree - Contains dozens of interactive quizzes on a variety of topics (some include audio clips & graphics). All quizzes feature animated interface, feedback sounds & other enhancements that make learning more enjoyable.
Read Write Think - offers a collection of online student materials to support literacy learning in the K-12 classroom. These interactive tools can be used to supplement a variety of lessons and provide an opportunity for students to use technology while developing their literacy skills
Rubistar - free tool to help teachers create rubrics using template that can be customized - can analyze class performance as well
TEACHER RESOURCES - Part 1 - contains links for ALL teachers, including the ERIC database & Clip Art, and specifically for the subjects of English Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Math, Physical & Health Ed
TEACHER RESOURCES - Part 2 - contains links for teachers of Visual & Performing Arts, Music, Foreign Language & ESL, Business & Careers, Special & Gifted Ed, Early Childhood & Primary Grades
Teachnology - over 150,000 reviews of sites that teachers can use as resources: teacher worksheets, downloads, games, rubrics, or any of our other teacher tools
The Education Podcast Network - brings together a wide range of podcast programming designed for educators exploring new issues of teaching and learning
ThinkLink Learning - Predictive Assessment Series that matches diagnostic assessments to each state's high-stakes test. Teachers can see student results before they actually test.
Content by Marilyn Abramowitz, mnora68@yahoo.com
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Last revised Thu May 3 15:26:48 US/Pacific 2012