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Internet Resources |
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Associations, Organizations
& More |
American Federation of Teachers:
www.aft.org/index.html
Education Connection):
http://www.educationconnection.org/
Connecticut Educators Association:
www.cea.org
CT State Dept. of Ed:
www.state.ct.us/sde
National Education Association:
www.nea.org
U.S. Dept. of Education:
www.ed.gov |
Assessment
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GLEF - Assessment
Research:
www.edutopia.org/modules/modarticle.php?id=art_938&mod=assess
Designing Performance
Assessments:
www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/8658
EducationWorld - Teachers Learn From Looking Together at
Student Work:
www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr246.shtml
Looking at
Student Work:
www.lasw.org
TechLearning - Assessment, Assessment Rubrics, and Evaluation
Guidelines:
www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/WCE/archives/evalguid.html
Techtreckers - Rubrics:
www.techtrekers.com/rubrics.html |
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Character Education |
Boston University
Center for the Advancement of Ethics and Character:
www.bu.edu/education/caec
Character
Counts:
www.charactercounts.org
Character Education Partnership:
www.character.org
Good Character.com:
www.goodcharacter.com |
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Connecticut State
Frameworks |
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Copyright, etc. |
American Library Association - Copyright Issues:
http://www.ala.org/ala/washoff/WOissues/copyrightb/copyright.htm
Copyright Condensed:
http://www.aea11.k12.ia.us/help/copyright.pdf
Copyright Crash Course:
www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm
Copyright With Cyberbee:
www.cyberbee.com/copyrt.html
Designing Web Pages - Copyright Tips and Issues:
www.siec.k12.in.us/west/online/copy.htm
Cable in the Classroom Digital Ethics:
http://ciconline.org/Enrichment/DigitalEthics/default.htm
Fair Use: Music,
Video, Graphics and Text:
http://www.danbury.k12.ct.us/midweb/FairUse/Site/Fair%20Use.html
NEA: Intellectual Property & Copyright Resources:
www.nea.org/he/abouthe/intelprop.html
Stanford University - Copyright & Fair Use:
http://fairuse.stanford.edu
Tech Learning - The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair
Use:
www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html
U.S. Copyright Office:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright |
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Education
News |
American School Board Journal:
http://www.asbj.com/
Education Week on the Web:
www.edweek.com
Edutopia:
http://www.edutopia.org/
eSchool News Online:
www.eschoolnews.org
New York Times - Education:
www.nytimes.com/pages/education/index.html |
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Essential Questions |
Baltimore County Schools - High School Research
Modules (includes
essential questions, graphic organizers and assessments):
www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/highcore.html#socstud
Changing the Questions
(see "Essential Questions: & "Historical
Inquiry"):
http://mciunix.mciu.k12.pa.us/~spjvweb/questions.html
Creating
Essential Questions:
http://www.galileo.org/tips/essential_questions.html
Framing Essential Questions:
http://www.fno.org/sept96/questions.html
A
Questioning Toolkit:
http://www.fno.org/nov97/toolkit.html
The Question Mark
(An educational journal devoted to questions, questioning,
sound intelligence, strategic reading and quality teaching):
http://www.questioning.org/
Research Modules
(offers examples
by grade level of units supporting information literacy):
http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/
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General Resources |
All Kinds
of Minds (learning styles / strategies):
www.allkindsofminds.org
BCPS onLINE:
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/curric/high/index.html
Blue Web'n:
www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn
The Critical Thinking Community - Articles:
www.criticalthinking.org/resources/articles/#Fundamentals
Discovery School:
http://school.discovery.com/
Education World:
www.education-world.com
eSchool News:
http://www.eschoolnews.com/
The Educator's Reference Desk:
http://www.eduref.org/
ERIC -
http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: www.ed.gov/free
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators:
http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/
Landmarks for Schools - Library of Links: http://landmark-project.com/index.php
The Learning Page:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/
Learning Wave.com:
www.learningwave.com
Marcopolo:
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/home.aspx
MSN Lesson Plans for Students
and Educators:
http://www.microsoft.com/education/lessonplans.mspx
November Learning - Alan's Favorite Sites:
http://www.anovember.com/Default.aspx?tabid=150
PBS Teacher Source:
www.pbs.org/teachersource
Thomson
Gale Online Databases - Professional Collection:
http://find.galegroup.com/itx/start.do?prodId=SPJ.SP00&userGroupName=s2153&finalAuth=true |
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Graphic Organizers
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CAST Universal Design for Learning - Graphic Organizers:
http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_go.html
Region 15 Graphic Organizers:
http://www.region15.org/curriculum/graphicorg.html
SCORE - Graphic Organizers:
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm
Write Design Online - Graphic Organizers:
http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/index.html |
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Grants & Funding |
Education World - Grants Center:
www.education-world.com/grants/index.shtml
Grants Alert:
http://www.grantsalert.com/
Schoolgrants.org:
www.schoolgrants.org
U.S. Department of Education - Grants &
Funding:
www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html |
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Information Literacy |
21st Century Literacies:
www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent
AASL Information Literacy Standards for Student
Learning:
www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/informationpower/InformationLiteracyStandards_final.pdf
The Big 6 - Information Skills for Student Achievement:
http://www.big6.com/
Center for
Media Literacy [organized by topic, curriculum area]:
http://www.medialit.org/
Eschool News - Report: Students Struggle with Information
Literacy:
https://www.edline.net/DocView.page
Finding Information on the Internet - A Tutorial:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
Forming an Information Literate School Community:
www.fno.org/sept98/cov98sept.html
Information and It’s Counterfeits: Propaganda, Misinformation and
Disinformation:
http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/counterfeit.html
Information Literacy Process Model:
www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/tips/index.html
Media Awareness Network:
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/
Media Literacy 101:
http://www.ciconline.org/medialiteracy101
Noodle Tools - Information Literacy:
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/1over/infolit1.html
November Learning - Information Literacy:
www.anovember.com/Default.aspx?tabid=160
Power to Learn - Internet Smarts:
http://www.powertolearn.com/internet_smarts/index.shtml
Teaching Information Literacy in an Age of Edutainment:
www.fno.org/jun99/media.html |
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Inquiry, Project &
Problem Based Learning
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BIE Institute - Problem-Based Economics
(downloadable economics standards-based units):
http://www.bie.org/pbe/unitsoverview.php
BIE Institute - Problem-Based Government
(downloadable civics standards-based units):
http://www.bie.org/pbg/unitsoverview.php
Google Directory - Problem Based Learning:
www.google.com/Top/Reference/Education/Methods_and_Theories/Learning_
Theories/Problem-Based_Learning/
Guide on the Side - Project / Inquiry-based
Resources:
www.iearn-canada.org/guideontheside.html
Overview of Problem-Based Learning:
Definitions and Distinctions:
http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=ijpbl
Project, Problem and Inquiry-Based Learning:
http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic43.htm
Thirteen Ed Online - Concept to Classroom -
Inquiry-Based Learning:
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index_sub7.html
Using the Internet to Promote Inquiry-Based
Learning:
www.biopoint.com/inquiry/ibr.html |
Instructional
Materials & Programming
(Television
Schedules) |
A&E Classroom:
www.aande.com/class/
Cable in the
Classroom:
www.ciconline.org
CPTV (Connecticut
Public Broadcasting):
www.cptv.org
Discovery.com
TV Channel:
www.discovery.com/tvlistings/daymulti.jsp?through=dcom|topnav|tvscheds
PBS TV
Schedules:
www.pbs.org/whatson/index.html |
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National Standards |
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Education
News |
American School Board Journal:
http://www.asbj.com/
Education Week on the Web:
www.edweek.com
Edutopia:
http://www.edutopia.org/
eSchool News Online:
www.eschoolnews.org
New York Times - Education:
www.nytimes.com/pages/education/index.html
From Now On Ed. Tech. Journal:
www.fromnowon.org
T.H.E. Journal:
www.thejournal.com |
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Pod Casting |
Audacity - Free Podcast
Creation Software:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Apple Educational Resources: Podcasting in Education:
www.apple.com/education/resources/podcastingvideos/
Happy Fish - News and Poscast Reader:
http://thirstycrow.net/happyfish/
Learn Out Loud:
www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video
PodCast
411:
www.podcast411.com/page5.html
Wikipedia Podcasts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting |
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Plagiarism |
Avoiding Plagiarism:
http://www.pomperaug.com/research/avoiding_plagiarism.htm
Plagiarism: What it is, How To Recognize and
Avoid it:
www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml
Turn it in - What is Plagiarism:
www.turnitin.com/research_site/e_what_is_plagiarism.html |
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Professional
Development |
ASCD Professional Development
Online:
www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/menuitem.51d81290deb240a98d7ea23161a001ca/
CEA- Professional Development:
http://www.cea.org/profdev/
Education connection:
http://www.educationconnection.org/
ISTE.org Professional Development:
www.iste.org/Template.cfm?Section=Professional_Development
Lesson Lab Professional Development:
www.skylightedu.com |
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Streaming Video |
BrainPOP:
www.brainpop.com
AOL:
http://search.aol.com/aolcom/videohome
Google (in beta stage):
http://video.google.com/
CNN:
www.cnn.com/video/
Learn Out
Loud:
www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video
PBS:
http://www.pbs.org/search/search_results.html?q=streaming&neighborhood=none
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Technology Integration |
Apple's classroom of Tomorrow: Engagement and Technology:
http://images.apple.com/education/k12/leadership/acot/pdf/rpt21.pdf
Best Practices of Technology Integration:
http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/bstpract/
GLEF - Technology Integration:
www.edutopia.org/modules/TI/index.php
Education World - Technology Integration Made Easy:
www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech146.shtml
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - Educational Technology:
http://wdcrobcolp01.ed.gov/cfapps/free/displaysubject.cfm?sid=2
Making a Timeline in Excel;
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/excel_time_lines.htm
Microsoft Lesson Plans:
http://www.microsoft.com/education/lessonplans.mspx
Miscrosoft Program Tutorials:
http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorials.mspx
PBS Teacher Source Technology & Teaching:
www.pbs.org/teachersource/teachtech.htm
PHS Technology Department Website:
http://www.pomperaug.com/departments/technology/engagetech/index.htm
Tech Learning:
http://www.techlearning.com/
Using Excel to Make a Timeline:
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/excel_time_lines.htm
Using
Spreadsheets in the Curriculum:
www.my-ecoach.com/resources/spreadsheets.html
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Technology News |
eSchool News Online:
www.eschoolnews.org
From Now On Ed. Tech. Journal:
www.fromnowon.org
T.H.E. Journal:
www.thejournal.com |
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Website Design |
Creating School Library
Media Center Websites:
http://www.pomperaug.com/research/slmc_websites.htm
Designing Web Pages - Copyright Tips & Issues:
www.siec.k12.in.us/west/online/copy.htm
Front Page Help:
www.at-frontpage.com
HTML Code Tutorial:
http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/
HTML Goodies:
http://www.htmlgoodies.com/primers/html/
HTML Primer:
http://htmlprimer.com
Microsoft's Using FrontPage:
http://office.microsoft.com/assistance
WDG - Web Authoring Tools:
www.htmlhelp.com/tools
W3Schoosl HTML Tutorial:
http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp |
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Website Evaluation |
2Learn.ca: Evaluating Internet Sties:
http://www.2learn.ca/evaluating/evaluating.html
Authenticating Online Information:
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/wa_teachers/fact_or_folly_teachers/index.cfmAvoid Fake Websites:
http://whs.d214.org/results/whslibspecial/researchhelps/fakewebsites.htm#cite
Evaluating Internet-based Information: A Goals-Based Approach:
http://landmark-project.com/evaluation/index.html
Evaluation Rubrics for Websites:
www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/eval.htm
Evaluating Information Found on the Internet:
http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/
Evaluating Webpages - Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly or, Why it's
a Good Idea to Evaluate Web sources:
http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/eval.html
Kathy Schrock Critical Evaluation Information:
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html
November Learning - Teaching Zach to Think:
www.anovember.com/Default.aspx?tabid=159&type=art&site=19&parentid=18
QUICK (QUality Information ChecKlist:
http://www.quick.org.uk/menu.htm
Trash or Treasure: Evaluating Internet
Sites:
http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/tips/eval.html |
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WebQuests |
Best WebQuests.com:
http://bestwebquests.com/
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Webquests:
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/webquest.html
Tech Trekers - Webquests:
http://www.techtrekers.com/webquests/
WebQuest News:
http://www.webquest.org/
The WebQuest Page:
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/ |