Teacher Tools

English Department

Math

Science

 Social Studies

301 Plan - UbD links - If you would like to add links or lessons - click on request access

Academic Sources and NoodleTools

Web 2.0 for Teachers 

Plagiarism Workshop - January 17, 2007

 

Speedy Search Workshop - January 24, 2007

 

AIMS Mentor WIKI

Fine Arts

K-12 Resources for Music Educators 

 

Modern Languages

Internet Activities for Foreign Language Classes

The Language Classroom - classroom management and teaching methods links

Quizlet - a tool for learning vocabulary

Spanish Graphic Organizers

 

Science

Advanced Placement Digital Library - Rice University.  Free but requires login.  Resources linked to AP content outline.  No  longer kept up-to-date.

Center for Inquiry Based Learning - Duke University

Chemistry PowerPoint Lessons and Instructional Materials

Digital Library for Earth System Education - education resources in science

Exploratorium - the museum of  science, art and human perception

Global Warming Research Organizer

National Science Digital Library

     Concept Map Tool - links resources to standards and benchmarks

     Engineering Pathway - comprehensive digital library

Virtual Dissections, Labs and Field Trips

Windows to the Universe - National Center for Atmospheric Research and NASA.

 

Useful Tools

4Teachers-Incredible tools including: RubiStar (rubric maker), QuizStar, PBL checklists, NoteStar, Think Tank, Poster Project.

ASSET  - you need your username and password.  You will need our coordinator's name - Long.

Audiobook downloading directions

Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography for web resources

Citation Information - examples in MLA format

How Do I Assess a Bibliography for Understanding

Noodletools

Blogging

Blogs in Education

EduBlog Awards

Resources  for EduBlogging - Ernie Dodge of WebQuest fame

Technorati - a blog search engine

 

CD/DVD cover creator for school projects

CMap- free concept mapping software

Computer Lab Seating Chart - Library Lab and Room 322 and Room 100, Library

Crossword Puzzle Maker 

Curriculum and Instruction

Eduscapes - kind of messy, but great resources.

EDSITEment - The Best of the Humanities on the Web sponsored Marcopolo and the National Endowment for the Humanities

ERIC - Search ERIC documents, digests and CIJE (Current Index to Journals in Education)

File Conversion - Zamzar - convert YouTube videos so you don't have to stream them

FrontPage

FrontPage Help/Resources

Teachers' Toolkit - a downloadable video help for FrontPage, PowerPoint, etc.

 

Google Doc directions

Grant Opportunities

Grants.gov - federal government

Technology Opportunities Program - Grants Database

Graphic Organizers

Concept Mapping  - explanation

Debate Organizer

Education Oasis

English Companion -lots of note taking organizers  - have his book Tools For Thought  371.3 BU

Essay Map - an interactive tool with introduction, three main ideas, each with 3 supporting details and a conclusion.  Limited space.

Michael Drake's Take on Graphic Organizers

Parkwise Schools - 22 pages of graphic organizers, in Adobe. 

Slideshow Plan in Word doc

Slideshow Planning Organizer 

Spanish Graphic Organizers

Speech Organizer

Storyboard graphic organizer for PowerPoint  (more detailed)

Textbook Feature Analysis

 

Information Literacy Portal

Information Literacy Presentation - Nicolosi and Dooley 10/4&18/06

Infotrac Databases - How to use InfoMarks to gather articles for use in web assignments an post to your web page

Landmarks for Schools - This web site is dedicated to the idea that Information will be the raw material that drives the 21st century, and that today's students should be learning to BUILD with information.

Internet Classroom Assistant - free from NiceNet

MTG - Written directions/help (Intranet only)

Multiple Intelligences

News Sources on the Web - search using intitle:tsunami  to get more specific articles

AlltheWeb News - Newspaper sources world wide, usually free for the last week of news.

Daypop.com - Searches 59,000 news sites and weblogs.  Add /archive/news to get news from 2002 - current.

Google News - Includes regional national and world.

InfoTrac Databases - Newspapers and Magazines on Sabino's database

Rocket News - includes newspapers, media and quality weblogs.

Search 22 - A meta search that searches the other news search tools like Google and Rocket.

Topix.net - Allows you to locate regional news and then by clicking on a story see how it was revised by another paper.

Pima County Public Library - Databases -Newspapers

 

Notetaking (see Graphic Organizers)

Cornell Note-Taking System (Kirt's summary, see englishcompanion in Graphic Organizers)

 

Permission Slip for Sabino's web pages

Plagiarism Presentation from Rutgers with game show

Podcasting

Education Podcast Network - professional development when you want it.

Educational Podcasting for Teaching and Learning - selected audio and video podcasts

ITunes - thousands of free podcasts, you can get to them through IDEAL.

Learn Out Loud

Podcasting Legal Guide - it's tricky out there, know the rules.

PowerPoint

PowerPoint - Extreme Makover  a 20 minute video, very clear, somewhat dry, great for teachers.  Think about this in relation to your Interactive Whiteboard.
PowerPoint Is Evil - good article in Wired Magazine

PowerPointlessness from From Now On - edited to a short form
Stop Your Presentation Before It Kills Again- the captioned picture is priceless.

Multimedia Project Rubric - in table format, easy to edit.

 

Primary Sources Pathfinder - incredible list by Joyce Valenza

Professional Development and Administration

Professional Journals

Educational Leadership - Current Issue

Multi-Media and Internet @Schools

 

Promethean Boards - all SmartBoard notebooks can be converted to flipcharts (see smarttech.com)

Buttons, Numbers, Elements for Activotes

Atomic Learning tutorials - the first ten are freebies

Flipchart Viewer Download  free but you have to register before they'll send it to your email

Notetaking flipchart  - you will need a flip chart viewer, free, from Promethean Planet to view the lesson.

Promethean Planet -  flipchart lesson plan index

Promethean World - world-wide flipchart indexes

TUSD's Promethean Links

Questioning

Blooms Taxonomy - Models Questions and Keywords

The Question Mark - a Jamie McKenzie production

Reading Apprenticeship - Adolescent Literacy

NCREL Adolescent Literacy

Apprenticing Adolescents to Reading in Subject-Area Classrooms

Reading as a Strategic Activity

Reading Next - 15 Key Elements of Effective Adolescent Literacy Programs

 

Really Big List of Classroom Management Resources

Rubrics

Multimedia Project Rubric - in table format, easy to edit.

Multimedia Project Rubrics - many to choose from for podcasts, blogs, PowerPoints...

Poster Rubric

PowerPoint Rubric - prepared by Ms. Enos.  Copy and paste to a Word document or your web page to edit.

RubiStar - make a rubric or edit someone else's rubric

Sabercat Pride

SEI - (ELL level 4 -  middle school, ELL level 5 - high school)

TUSD Standard 5 only

Listening & Speaking

Reading

Writing

Arizona State Standards ELL levels 1-5

ELL Listening and Speaking

ELL Reading 

ELL Writing

SIOP lesson plan template (Word doc)

Smartboard Sites

ASSET

Educating Learners the Smartboard Way -  information, examples, links

Eduscapes - Interactive Websites, Games, and Activities

     Games

Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Twenty Questions PowerPoints

PowerPoint Educational Game Links

Jeopardy

Sunken Treasure - PowerPoint game with point system that stays from page to page.  Add your own questions and answers.

GCSE English Literature

Jefferson County Schools - PowerPoints

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - Utah State University

Notebook Software - Lesson Activities

Sahuaro's  Smartboard links for Math and Language Arts

Scholastic Interactive Activities

Skills Wise - Interactive modules written for adult education, but appropriate for students who need help with basic skills.

Smart Technologies

Smartboard Tutorials - Two minute tutorials

Smarttech.com

TUSD Smartboards 

Timeline Widget - see the example at MIT

Understanding by Design Wiki

Virtual Labs and Simulations - for Science 

Visual Fractions

Visual Thesaurus

Witchita Public Schools - Smartboard Site

 

Social Bookmarking

Diigo, Delicious...Social Bookmarking for Teaching and Learning

Seven Things You Should Know About Social Bookmarking

Social Bookmarks a Web 2.0 Tutorial

 

 

Springfield Township High School Library Teacher Links - WOW!

Summer School Flyer

Summer School Registration

Summer School Student Agreement

 

Survival Guide for New Teachers

Trackstar - Links on various topics gathered by teachers for classroom projects.

Web 2.0

Google Docs and Presentations-groups of students can work collaboratively on documents, spreadsheets and

      presentations

Pageflakes - allows you to put mini-versions of websites on one page.

VoiceThread - Upload any media and add voice over or comments.

Web 2.0 Tools Wiki

Web Site Evaluation

Critical Evaluation PowerPoint - Berkley

Evaluating Internet Resources - Portal

Evaluating Web Pages: A WebQuest -  can be used with any subject area

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

How to Read a Web Address, (Simplified version for projecting)

Sites for Evaluation - Hoaxes and Out There Stuff

Teaching Zack to Think - an Alan November article

URL Reading

Using Weird News to Teach About Verifying Information on the Web

Web Site Evaluation Form - Content

Web Site Evaluation - Berkley  and background

Who Owns this Web Site

     EasyWhoIs

     Alexa

The Library Office has a myriad of web site evaluation forms to choose from - just ask!

Wikis

Google Sites

Pbwiki

Wetpaint

Wiki - How to

Wikispaces

YouTube converter - CubedLabs

Zamzar - a free file conversion site (Copy and paste URL from top of YouTube page, choose URL in box 1) - How To- convert, save to a DVD, put it on your video Ipod

 

Administrative