General Internet Resources for Educators
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General Internet Resources for Teachers
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General Resources, Internet Sites with Multiple Resources, Lesson Plans, Multiple Intelligences, Parent Teacher Conferences, Photo Story Resources, Student Activities,Thematic Units,Tools,Classroom Tools, Smart Board, Certificates, Forms, Graphic Organizers, Puzzles
| Using the Internet with Elementary Students | Instructional Uses of the Internet for Elementary Age Students |
| BrainConnection.com -Brain Teasers |
Includes games that train the brain in short-term memory focus and sound discrimination
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| Brain Teasers for Your Classroom |
A collection of links that offer a wide variety of brain teasers |
| Bulletin Boards |
Resources for creating bulletin board displays from Discovery.com
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| Calendars |
A guide to locating events for each day of the year. Historical Birthdays, this day in history, create a calendar are jus a few of the items on this calendar site.
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| Character Education |
Free character education resources organized by topic and grade level; includes curriculum materials, discussion questions, writing assignments, group learning activities, opportunities for student action and lots of teacher support material
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| Clip Art for Teachers | Clipart-Awesome Clip art for Teachers |
| Do We Really Know Dewey? |
Created to teach kids about the Dewey Decimal System. See why Melvil came up with his system.
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| Edutopia | George Lucas Foundation website dedicated to documenting, disseminating, and advocating for exemplary programs in K-12 public schools to help these practices spread nationwide. |
| FREE Federal Resources for Educational Excellence |
Ed.gov federal resource for free educational materials
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| Free for Teachers |
Links to a wide variety of free materials and resources
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| Internet for Classrooms |
Links for K-12 teachers. Subjects, resources, assessments
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| Inquiry Based Lessons |
e-MINTS; Teaching tips and a listing of online inquiry based lessons
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| New Teacher Resources |
Many resources for new teachers. This site is part of a course designed for new teachers by Scholastic.
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| Primary Resources |
Lesson plans, printables, interactive flash activities, Smart Notebook activities and PowerPoints
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| Project Based Learning |
Learn about PBL and checklists |
| BrainBashers.com |
A collection of brain teasers, puzzles, riddles, games and optical illusions. With thousands of brain teasers and puzzles.
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| RubiStar-Rubric Templates | RubiStar is a free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics |
| Study Stacks |
Create a variety of online, interactive activities or use those that have already been created; flashcards; study sheets and more
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| Technology Research | Technology Research and Student Achievement in Middle Schools |
| SRI FAQ | Scholastic Reading Inventory Frequently Asked Questions |
| Teachers Hub |
The Online K-12 Teaching Resources Center. Subjects, lesson plans and teacher resources.
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| Technology and Teaching | PBS TeacherSource for Technology Integration |
Internet Sites with Multiple Resources
| Blue Web'n |
Blue Web'n is an online library of 1952 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hot lists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects). You can search by grade level ( Refined Search ), broad subject area ( Content Areas ), or specific sub-categories ( Subject Area ). |
| Dewey Decimal Classified Sites |
Internet sites classified by the Dewey Decimal system
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| Education Oasis |
Curriculum links, PDF versions of graphic organizers and certificates, links to relevant articles and more
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| Field Trips | Explore a new world on your computer. Interactives provide rich multimedia content including interactive stories, maps, games, timelines, audio, and much more. |
| ikeepbookmarks |
Upload and keep bookmarks on the web; access them at any time from any computer, anywhere
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| Internet Public Library |
A public service organization and learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information; many links by subject
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| Lesson Plans Page |
Lesson plans categorized by subject and grade level
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| Kathy Schrock |
Comprehensive educational resources
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| Sites for Teachers |
Annotated list of curriculum sites for teachers
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| Teachers First |
Annotated listing of sites; categorized by subject
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| Educator's Reference Desk |
2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses; from AskERIC
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| Lesson Plan Template |
Write focused lesson plans using this online form
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| ThinkFinity for Educators |
Excellent source of lesson plans and resources; searchable index of lesson plans
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| PBS TeacherSource |
2,500+ lesson plans and activities categorized by content field
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| Pics4Learning |
Lesson plans written in conjunction with thematic digital images
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Multiple Intelligences and Learning Styles
| Abiator's Online Learning Styles Inventory |
Two learning-style and one thinking-style inventories
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| ASCD Multiple Intelligences |
Explore MI theory; build your own profile
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| Building Tool Room |
Resources about teaching and learning strategies as they relate to multiple intelligences theory.
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| Career Areas for Multiple Intelligences |
Find out what career choices best suit each of the intelligences
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| Eight Ways of Being Smart |
Provides insights into the strengths, preferences and styles of the various intelligences; lesson assessment, Bloom's Taxonomy.
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| Eight Ways of Knowing |
Descriptions and explanations of the multiple intelligences; strategies for teaching
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| I Think, Therefore M I |
Multiple Intelligences resources; inventory; strategies
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| Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences |
An explanation of learning styles and multiple intelligences to help those with learning disabilities develop strategies to capitalize on their strengths; includes a teaching style inventory
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| Parent-Teacher Conferences |
Multiple resources for conferencing
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| Jacksonville | Printable, step by step Photo Story tutorial |
| Microsoft | Wow your teacher with stunning school reports using Photo Story 3 |
| Photo Story and Movie Maker | Online Photo Story and Movie Maker tutorial |
| Photo Story 3 | Sample stories |
| Photo Story Tutorial | Online Photo Story tutorials |
| Student Photo Story Examples | Examples of Photo Story projects from students in the Greece Central School District |
| Enchanted Learning |
A wide range of subjects; interactive activities; labeled as elementary but can be easily adapted for secondary
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| HighSchoolHub |
Free online academic resources for high school students which features learning activities, an ongoing teen poetry contest, a reference collection, college information, and subject guides for English, mathematics, science, social studies, world languages, arts, health, music, and technology
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| Primary Games |
Elementary games and puzzles; Social Studies, Science, Math, and Language Arts pages
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| ThinkQuest Library |
Index to over 5,000 sites; built by kids for kids
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| Think Tank |
Designed to help students develop a Research Organizer (a list of topics and subtopics) for reports and projects
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| What Can I Do In The Computer Lab? |
Many student activities to do while in the computer lab
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| Blackwell's Best |
Many resource links to a variety of topics including Thanksgiving and Christmas
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| Calendar Teacher's Guide |
Topical monthly activities
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| Curriculum Hotlist |
Links and resources for primary topics; includes 100th Day of School and Johnny Appleseed
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| eduscapes |
Many excellent resources on a variety of content topics and teaching strategies by Annette Lamb
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| Elementary Theme Units and Online Activities |
Links to thematic units and Internet activities
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| e-Mints Calendar |
Daily activities
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| eThemes |
An extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes correlated to Missouri Standards
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| Themes Grades 3-5 |
Links categorized by theme
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| Theme Pages |
For elementary students and Teachers; monthly and topic
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| Anagram Server |
Find or create anagrams
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| Assign A Day |
An easy to use online calendar in which teachers can post assignments and announcements
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| Calculators |
Includes date and time, finance, geography (driving, flight), math, science
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| CardMaker |
Free, easy to use tool for creating cards
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| Citation Machine |
Fill in the blank format for creating a bibliography; the site then assembles the bibliography
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| Create a Graph |
Easily create many types of graphs without special software
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| Discovery School |
Lesson Planner, Quiz Center, Worksheet Generator, Vocabulary Quiz Whiz, Glossary Builder, and more
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| Easy Test Maker |
FREE online test generator; create multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, short answer and true/false questions all on the same test
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| Filamentality |
A fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet links, and turning them into learning activities
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| Flashcard Exchange |
Create and exchange flashcards |
| Jan Brett |
Free activities, calendars, coloring pages and more
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| Online Class Timer |
Timer that counts up or down with sound on or off
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| Personal Educational Press |
Create flashcards, game boards, quizzes, and more
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| Random Student Generator |
Use this random name generator to randomly call on students to provide responses
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| SchoolExpress |
Worksheets, award marker, fun activities, and more; subjects include: Math, Phonics, Science, Social Studies, Handwriting, History, Language Arts
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| Quia |
Use ready-made activities
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| Template Gallery for Teachers |
From Microsoft; a wide variety of templates for teachers including grade books, calendars, attendance sheets, newsletters, field trip permission forms, seating charts and more
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| Virtual Spinner |
Use this spinner to teach probability
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| Worksheets |
Worksheets on a wide range of subjects from math to spelling to the solar system
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| Worksheet Generator |
Create customized worksheets using templates or select a ready-made
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| www4teachers |
Great site for teacher tools including NoteStar, RubiStar, QuizStar, TrackStar
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| Smart Board Sampler | This Smart Notebook file demonstrates some of the uses of the notebook software. (large file) Right click to download. |
| Smart Board Templates | Smart Board Templates for all grade levels from Center City School District. |
| Smart Notebook Collections | Smart Notebook collections from Smart Tech |
| Smart Board Resources, Templates and Lesson Plans | A collection of resources from Lee's Summit School District |
| SMART Board Lessons | Fayette County Public Schools. Lexington, Kentucky |
| SMART Board Lessons | Wichita Public Schools. Wichita, Kansas |
| Maximizing SMART Board | Kenton County Schools, Ky |
| Gates Chili School District | Elementary Smart Board Lessons |
| Eduscapes | Engaging Learners the Smart Board way. |
| Smart Board Templates | Sulivan Public Schools |
| Elementary | |
| SMART Technologies | Notebook Software Activities. K-3 |
| SMART Technologies | Notebook Software Activities. 4-6 |
| Middle School | |
| SMART Technologies | Notebook Software Activities. Middle School. |
| SMART Board Lessons | Gates Chili Central School District. Insights Online. Rochester, New York |
| Smart Gallery Collection | SmartBoard Gallery Collections Forrest City School District |
| High School | |
| SMART Board Templates | Center School District. Kansas City, Missouri |
| SMART Technologies | Notebook Software Activities |
| Certificate Creator |
Create personalized certificates
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| Certificates for Teachers |
Printable certificates for kids
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| Kid Certificates |
Printable certificates for kids
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| Teach Net |
Printable certificates
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| Casa Notes |
A variety of teacher notes including field trip permission forms, self-medication, home work pass and more
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| File Cabinet |
Many useful teacher forms
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| Teacher Forms and Letters |
Forms for discipline, academic, communication, and more
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| Graphic Organizers |
Many ready-made, downloadable graphic organizers
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| Graphic Organizers Generators |
Generates a large variety of graphic organizers: Concept Webs, Time Lines, Venn Diagrams, KWL, SQ3R
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| Houghton Mifflin |
Social Studies graphic organizers
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| Region 15 Graphic Organizers |
Downloadable organizers in PDF or DOC
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| Tools for Reading Writing and Thinking |
Graphic organizers for reading and writing
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| Puzzle Center |
Internet Coach site; make or use many types of puzzles; ready made puzzles categorized by theme/content; create greeting card puzzles
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| PuzzleMaker |
Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists
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