There are many tutorials imbedded
in websites for educators, these are just a few to try without having to
search the web.
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Lightspan:
webTeacher
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Brought to you by TechCorps. Contains a set
of free tutorials to help you learn and understand nearly everything about
using the Web and multimedia.
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Tutorial:
Searching the Net and Integrating the Internet in your Curriculum
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This online tutorial was prepared by a library
media teacher in Minnesota. It offers a good introduction to building this
skill. There is lots to read and absorb, but worth the look.
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Organizations
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International
Society for Technology in Education
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Resources, research information, professional
development links, and articles concerning educational technology.
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National
Center for Technology Planning
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Founded by a profesor at Mississippi State University,
this site provides links to district and state technology plans, as well
as general resources.
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Center
for Media Education
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public service organization which disseminates
research, education, and policy information on media education
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ICUE
Silicon Valley
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This is the local chapter for Computer-Using
Educators. They offer networking, grant information, and resources.
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Research
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School
Library Media Impact Studies
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The Library Research Service is a partnership
of the Colorado State Library and the Colorado Department of Education
with the Library and Information Services Department at University College
of the University of Denver. Keith Curry Lance has been instrumental in
demonstrating, through the research, that school libraries have a tremendous
impact on student learning, test scores, and reading.
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Technology
Integration
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Links to surveys, bibliographies, literature
reviews, research, issues, policy, internet safety, and funding.
The sponsors are McRel, Mid-continent Research fo Education and Learning.
They are a nonprofit research group located in Colorado.
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Integrating
Technology in Your Middle School Classroom: Some Hints from a Successful
Process
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"Linda Colburn is a research associate at the
Center for Reading and Language Arts of the University of Texas at Austin
where she evaluates reading academies and, through the Department of Special
Education, coordinates a project to integrate technology into middle school
language arts classrooms and provide support to teachers in accomplishing
this task. She recently completed her Ph.D. at Vanderbilt University in
Nashville, TN, USA, where her research focused on integrating technology
into instruction." This is an excellent article summarizing some of her
research and linking to other resources on the value of integrating technology
in the classroom.
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ozline:
Theory and Practice on Integrating the Web
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This article is lengthy but worth looking at.
The author, Tom March, is another guru of web integration in the curriculum.
He is passionate and convincing about the potential.
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ERIC:
Education Resource Information Center: Clearinghouse on Information and
Technology
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This site, created and maintained by Syracuse
University, offers the world's largest searchable database for education.
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Computer
and Information Literacy
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This CSLA page provides links to information
technology and information literacy frameworks, as well as research links.
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National
Educational Technology Standards Project
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This project is on ongoing initiative of the
International Society for Technology in Education. It is developing standards
for teachers and students.
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Evaluating
the Impact of Technology: The Less Simple Answer
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An informative online article by Doug Johnson,
an educator from Minnesota, which outlines the impact and evaulation of
educational technology.
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Web Page
Design
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Bookmark
Managers
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This is a Yahoo site which offers links to many
"bookmark managers." Once you start accumulating bookmarks, things can
quickly get out of hand, unless you understand something about folder organization.
Planning ahead is a good idea.
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Educational
Web Design
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"This page was created to provide teachers with
tools to help them successfully create dynamic web pages for their students.
There are links to sites where you can obtain free graphics, sound files
and animated gifs. Other pages focus on helping educators understand about
educational web design." Links to sites containing components like
web counters, html tips, tune up sites, etc will also be found here.
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Building
a School Web Page
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A commercial web design site which aims to help
the beginner.
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Technical
Information for Teachers
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This site was developed for the city of Oakland.
It offers basic HTML information as well as other sites to encourage teacher
website creation.
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Creating
Killer Web Sites
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For those that want to jump in head-first, this
site has a long list of links to create a website. It doesn't offer any
instructions though.
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Webmaster
Resource Page
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Created by a school distrist in Pekin, Illinois,
this site offers links for varying levels of expertise as well as other
goodies like graphic links.
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Web
Development Workshop
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This very comprehensive site was created by
Joyce Valenza, a library media teacher in Illinois. The links include many
subject areas, such as clip art resources, list of search engines, meta-search
engines, and directories, as well as basic web design information.
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Filamentality
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PacBell has created this site for rudimentary
web design. It is a template which you alter to suit your needs.
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Resources
for Chico High School: Web Page Development Class
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This is a great spot to begin your instruction
in web design. These links were screened by Peter Milbury, a high school
media teacher who teaches an Internet class at San Jose State University.
It's the best of the best.
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Webmonkey
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This site is for those who are ready to tackle
web design using HTML. The creators are on a mission to help anyone who
wants to learn via tutorials. They provide lots of tips for beginning.
See also their "Webmonkey for Kids" web site.
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Homestead
- Free Web Page Maker
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This is a handy site offering templates (or
you can begin with a blank page) for creating web pages. It's fairly easy
to use, but can be somewhat unstable. I have some experience using it,
so can help get you started.
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Clip
Art
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This is a page from Joyce Valenza, a library
media teacher, it has a lengthly list of links for clip art and other graphic
images.
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A
Quick Start using Netscape Composer
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This is a fairly easy to use introduction of
using Composer to create a web page.
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Resources
for C.H.S. Web Page Development Class
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This is an excellent resource from a class I
took in Summer, 2000. Feel free to take advantage of all the resources.
There is information for using Netscape Composer, links to graphics, and
tips on creating high-quality web pages.
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General
Resources
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Searching
the Net and Integrating the Internet in Your Classroom
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Created by Mary Alice Anderson, a library media
teacher at a middle school in Minnesota, this page has some useful sources
by subject area. It was used for a workshop and last updated in 1998 so
some of the links might be broken, nonetheless it offers a wealth of still
relevant material.
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Technology
and the Restructured School
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A massive list of links connecting you to everything
you've wanted to know about educational technology, it was created by a
library media teacher, Joyce Valenza.
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tech.LEARNING
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Grant information, software revews, funding
and contest links, professional growth, products and services.
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MidLink
Magazine
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This award-winning site offers examples of student
created web-based work. You can submit entries and view past submittals.
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The
Internet Educator's Resource Page from the Chico High School Library
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This site is maintained by their library media
teacher, Peter Milbury. It is a comprehensive set of links for educational
technology resources and learning opportunities.
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Berkeley
Digital Library SunSITE
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This UC Berkeley Library site provides help
finding digital resources such oral histories, lesson plans, virtual field
trips, digital collections, an image finder, and the Ameican Heritage Project.
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Creation
Engine
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Look here for great educator discounts on software.
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WebQuests
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"A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity
in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from
the Web. 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." The
model was developed in early 1995 at San Diego State University by Bernie
Dodge with Tom March."
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Child
Labor in America WebQuest
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This is a simple, clean example of a webquest
collaboration between a library media teacher and a classroom teacher.
It's included because it is well-done and not on Bernie Dodge's main webquest
site from San Diego State University.
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Creating
Web-based Lessons
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Region 20 Education Center Page for web-based
learning.
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Cyberbee
WebQuests
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This will give you another sampling of webquests.
The creator of the site is an author and library media teacher in the Ohio
schools. She also has an appealing Home Page which is linked to this one.
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ThinkQuest
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Thinkquests are online competitions for students
and teacher collaboration. Take a look. The quality might be uneven, but
the concept is stimulating.
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LSU
Webquests
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This site offers webquests for the classroom
from Louisiana State Unsiversity, College of Education.
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Learning
and Leading with Technology 26:7 April, 1999
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This article from the journal, "Learning and
Leading with Technology," provides many more links for understanding and
using webquests.
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A
WebQuest about WebQuests
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If you want to challenge yourself to learn more
about webquests, get together with some friends and try this instructional
tool.
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Oral
Presentation Rubric
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This rubric template is designed for evaluating
an oral presentation within an online lesson.
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Rubrics
for WebQuests
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Online rubric template which can be adapted
to meet your needs.
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Matrix
of WebQuests
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This is the lesson plan site for WebQuests developed
by the originator, Bernie Dodge. You can select by grade level and attributes.
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WebQuest
Workshop
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This site was originally an actual workshop
on the what and why of WebQuests. The links are still active, so use it
as a tutorial.
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The
WebQuest Page
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This the Home Page for WebQuest information.
Go here to find out exactly how to use WebQuests, explore examples from
many subject areas and grade levels, and develop an understanding of what
makes an exemplary WebQuest for maximum student learning.
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Lessons,
Projects, and Classroom Ideas
Resources for All Subject Areas
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CTAP
Model Lesson Plans Using Technology
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The California Technology Assistance Project
has districts throughout the state. The web site, created by Region VII,
consolidates resources from various county offices of education, individuals,
organizations, and universities on a vaiety of subject areas.
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Intercultural
E-Mail Classroom Connections
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A free service which links teacher and students
all over the world to share letter-writing via email.
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KIDS:
Kids Identifying and Discovering Sites
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"The KIDS Report is an annotated library of
curriculum-related Internet sites produced by K-12 students as resources
for other K-12 students and teachers."
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Decisions,
Decisions: Tom Snyder Productions
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Students work with online materials to debate
national issues. Students can share their views with other students or
send them to congressional representatives. They also can explore related,
prescreened Internet sites.
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The
Global Schoolhouse
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Online collaborative projects, communication
tools, and professional development sponsored by Microsoft and the Global
Schoolnet Foundation.
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American
Memory
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Library of Congress American Memory Site provides
primary source material of United States history in print, audio, and video
formats. This Learning Page has links to lessons, ideas, and resources
for curriculum content for many subject areas.
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Matrix
of Webquests
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This is the lesson plan site for webquests developed
by the originator, Bernie Dodge. You can select by grade level and attributes.
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PBS
Teacher Source
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Offers over 1,000 lesson plans searchable by
grade level, subject, or keyword.
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The
Gateway to Educational Materials
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Developed by the U. S. Department of Education,
this site is a special project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information
and Technology. It offers one-stop access to high quality lesson plans,
curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet.
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Youthline:
Lesson Stop
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"Within the 7 subject area pages, you'll find
about 500 links to web sites organized by topic and grade, which provide
access to thousands of lessonplans." This is a commercial site, but
the links are extensive and very useful.
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Smithsonian
Classroom Ready Lessons and Activities
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You'll find topics "ranging from presidential
elections to ocean ecology to landscape painting" in lesson plans designed
for upper elementary and middle school students. They provide photographs
and reproductions, guidelines for working with them, and links to other
online sites.<
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Mid-continent
Research for Education and Learning
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Award-winning non-profit organization provides
lesson links by subject area.
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Los
Angeles County Office of Education: Teams Distance Learning
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Over 100 sites provide links to lesson plans
arranged by subject area.
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OFCN's
Curriculum Exchange
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The Organization for Community Networks based
in Ohio is a repository for curricular exchange developed by a consortium
of teachers. The site is organized by subject and grade level.
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Marc
Sheehan's Lesson Plan Page
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This site is your entre to over 50 more links
to lessons plans.
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AskERIC
Lesson Plan Collection
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"The AskERIC Lesson Plan Collection contains
more than 1100 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted
to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States."
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Blue
Web'n
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High quality Pac Bell sponsored online lesson
plan site. Browse the content table, search by subject area or grade level.
An easy to use, excelllent source for ideas. I subscribe to their
email and receive weekly updates on the best sites of the week. Definitely
a five star site.
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S.C.O.R.E.
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The Schools of California Online Resources for
Education websites has lesson plans arranged by content area, grade level,
and subject. All have been pre-screened and relate to CA standards and
frameworks. This is a California Technology Assistance Project.
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Classroom
Connect Lesson Plans
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Lots of lesson plans by subject and grade level.
Also includes a list of lesson plan links.
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DiscoverySchool.com:
Lesson Plans Library
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These lesson plans are developed with the assistance
of educators. Because it is the "Discovery Channel" site, video and audio
are often used. Lots of great online curriculum links even if you don't
use the lesson plans.
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Collaborative
Lesson Archive
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Sponsored by the University of Illinois, this
site " is intended to be a forum for the creation, distribution, and archival
of education curricula for all grade levels and subject areas." Search
by subject, grade level, or keyword. A useful feature is the ability to
read email comments from teachers that have used the lesson plans.
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National
Council for Economic Education
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This organization provides lesson plans organized
by standard, concept, title, or grade. Lot so interesting ideas.
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The Arts: Ideas
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Art
Teacher Connection: Encouraging Technology Innovation in Art Education
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This is for "visual art teachers and art students
looking for art education resources, images, internet art lessons and helpful
tips on how to integrate computer technology into a visual arts curriculum."
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J.
Paul Getty Museum: ArtsEdNet
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Sample these lessons organized by grade level.
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Winsor
& Newton
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This is a terrific site for art teachers. There's
a factory tour on how to make paints, a "how to do that" section, and hints,
tips, and techniques.
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Physical Education and Health: Ideas
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PE
Central: The Website for Physical Education Teachers
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This site for physical education teachers includes
lesson plans.
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Math: Ideas
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Project
SkyMath: Making Mathematical Connections
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This site has all the necessary ingredients
to complete a 16 lesson math unit integrating weather concepts.
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Mr.
Pitonyak's Pyramid Puzzle
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Use this site to figure out how much it would
cost to build an Egyptian pyramid today. It is an interdiscipliary Web-based
project.
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Finding
the Surface Area of a Sphere
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A quick lesson for two, fifty-minute periods.
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Cardboard
Cognition
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A sourcebook of ideas for educational card and
board games, this site is the product of teachers. There is even a content
by age matrix which is helpful.
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The
Math Forum
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Sponsored by Swarthmore College, this site offers
resources by subject, a student and a teacher link, resource information
and references. It even has a search-the-math- library function.
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HSC:
Go Figure! The Fascinating World of Mathematics
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Many links for math teachers from the Home Schooling
Center, resources galore!
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SCORE
Mathematics
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Schools of California Online Resources for Education
is sponsored the California Department of Education. Here you will find
links for the standards and framework, resources, and lessons.
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Social Studies: Ideas
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The
Library of Congress
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Search the largest library in the U. S., links
to Congess, copyright information, exhibits, and the American Memory project,
a primary source resource.
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Mr
Donn's Ancient History
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Sixth grade teachers, this is a voluminous site
with an abundance of resources and activities all created by a fellow middle
school teacher.
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SCORE
History/Social Science
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This site, sponsored by the California Department
of Education has resources by grade level and topic/keyword and framework,
standards, and assessment resources. Also virtual projects and field trips.
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American
Memory Project Learning Page
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Use this site to explore primary source material
for U. S. history. Many activites, lesson ideas, search aids, and collection
information are provided.
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ESL: Ideas
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ESL
Page
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Links to ESL resources and lesson plans.
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Language Arts: Ideas
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The
Diary Project
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A question of the week is posted. Students can
write a response that will be shared on the Internet. This is journal writing
online. You can browse by subject.
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Biography
Maker
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This site explains how to create an excellent
biography by asking essential questions about the person.
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S.C.O.R.E.
Language Arts
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This California Department of Education resource
page has links to the California content standards, language arts framework,
and many other resources, lessons, and ideas for teaching.
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Science: Ideas
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The
Jason Project
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The JASON Project, founded by Dr. Robert D.
Ballard after his discovery of the RMS Titanic and sponsored by The National
Geographic Society, takes students on scientific expeditions online.
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Space
Curriculum Guides
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Mary Urquahart , PhD. is a scientist who has
collaborated with teachers to create curriculum for space study for grades
4-6. She is a CalTech Postdoctoral Scholar at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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ScienceNetLinks
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Sponsored by the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, this site is a comprehensive "homepage" for K-12
science teachers.
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USGS:
What Do Maps Show
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A great introduction to mapmaking and understanding
maps.
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New
Critters Found!
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S.C.O.R.E. lesson plan for teaching evolution
and construction of a cladogram.
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NASA
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Visit the National Aeronautics and Space Administratin
are learn about the lates discoveries in space.
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USGS:
Ask-A-Geologist
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This is your chance to ask a question about
geology, sponsored by the United Stated Geological Survey.
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SCORE:
Science
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The is the lesson plan site from S.C.O.R.E.
Lots of ideas which link to the California standards and framework.
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The
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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This is the entry point for the site. Index
provided.
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HSC:
Our World and Beyond, Earth, Science, Space and Technology
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Many excellent links to all areas of science
created by the Home Schooling Center.
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HotLinks
for Middle School Science
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Created by Classroom Connect.
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Eisenhower
National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
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The Eisenhower National Clearinghouse offers
K-12 science and math resources, including lesson plans.
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Earthquake
Lesson Plan
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Sixth grade lesson on understanding earthquakes.
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Professional
Development
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There are more opportunities imbedded in many
of the links throughout the web site. Please also search there. Foothill
College, see below, has the advantage of being local and "bricks
and mortar." See also Mary Buckman's offering at the DO technology
lab.
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The
Center for Innovation at Foothill College
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This is a teaching and learning facility at
Foothill College which offers classes online and off, also grant information,
tutorial links, and is a forum for idea exchange.
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Online
Journals for Educational Technology
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From
Now On: The Educational Technology Journal
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This is an opinionated, thoughtful online educational
technology journal written by a well-respected educator from Washington
State. It includes many articles, tools, and resources for integrating
technology into the classroom.
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Converge
Magazine
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Educational technology magazine with articles,
grant info, news briefs, and other resources and information.
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T.H.E.
Journal
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More educational technology information.
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MultiMedia
Schools
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Practical how-to magazine for using technology
in K-12 schools, good for product info and resources.
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Learning
and Leading with Technology
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This online journal of ISTE, the Internation
Institute for Technology in Education, has excellent articles on using
technology in the classroom.
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Grants
and Funding Sources
These sites are all
focused on funding tied to integrating technology into the curriculum.
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tech.LEARNING
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Grant information, software revews, funding
and contest links, professional growth, products and services.
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Sun
Microsystems Giving Programs
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They offer a wealth of progrms to K-12 schools
through their Open Gateways Program.
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CTAP:
Region 4
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This is the California Technology Assistance
Project Region which includes San Mateo County. CTAP is a California Department
of Education project. They offer grants, professional development, technical
assistance, and learning resources.
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CTAP:
Region 5
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California Technical Assistance Project Region
5 covers Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties. Even
though it's not our district some of their resources are still available
to us.
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SMARTer
Kids Grant
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Developed by the SMARTer Kids Foundation, this
group offers grants which subsidize 25-30% off technology resources.
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ICUE:
Informal Computer Using Educator of Silicon Valley
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ICUE Silicon Valley includes San Mateo and Santa
Clara County. They are one of the 21 affiliates of CUE in California. ICUE
offers ed tech information and classes for furthering technology in schools.
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U.
S. Department of Education: Grants and Contract Information
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California
Department of Education: Grant Information
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Converge
Magazine
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Online magazine grant page.
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The
Foundation Center
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A huge site which has consolidated much information
on foundations and funding. They even have an online librarian.
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SchoolGrants
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This is a "one-stop site for K-12 grant opportunities,'
with links to federal and general funding sources. This site was created
by the grant director of the Dallas Independent School District.
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JES
& Co.
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This is a non-profit organization that offers
funding to link technology with students, schools, parents and communities.
They emphasize corporate parnerships and student training.
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Intel:
Santa Clara, Grant Information
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Intel has a strong, active foundation which
offers grants in this area. They have launched a major corporate education
program as of early 2000.
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