Magazines/Books Organizations Web References: Clip Art Web References: Copy Right / Fair Use Web References: General Reference Sites Lesson Plans Sites / Teaching Tools Multiple Intelligences / Engaged Learning Indicators Physical Education Sites Rubrics & Assessments Tutorial Sites Magazines / Books SITE NAME: Electronic Journals in the Field of Education IT'S ABOUT: Links to nearly 100 online journals by various authors. From the American Educational Research Association. SITE ADDRESS: http://aera-cr.ed.asu.edu/links.html SITE NAME: iste Catalog (International Society for Technology in Education) IT'S ABOUT: This is a catalog of materials and resources for teaching with technology. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.iste.org/bookstore SITE NAME: Learning & Leading with Technology (ISTE) IT'S ABOUT: "Articles that appear in L&L are written by educators for educators: classroom teachers, lab teachers, technology coordinators, and teacher educatorsƒ To help our readers, L&L emphasizes practical ideas about technology and how to use it in the K-12 curriculum, especially where it can make a difference: easing a teacher's job, saving time, motivating students, and helping students develop, practice, or play with difficult concepts or creative processes." SITE ADDRESS: http://www.iste.org/LL/30/7/index.cfm SITE NAME: Technology for Higher Education IT'S ABOUT: Monthly magazine that focuses exclusively on the use of high tech in higher education SITE ADDRESS: http://www.syllabus.com SITE NAME: Technology & Learning IT'S ABOUT: "The resource for education technology learners." This magazine provides K-12 educators with essential resources for managing, teaching, and training with technology. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.techlearning.com/ Top Organizations SITE NAME: ICE (Illinois Computing Educators) IT'S ABOUT: ICE is an organizational affiliate of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Go to this site to learn about grants, conferences, and regional affiliation groups. SITE ADDRESS: http://iceberg.org/ SITE NAME: ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) IT'S ABOUT: ISTE is a nonprofit professional organization with a worldwide membership of leaders and potential leaders in educational technology. They are dedicated to providing leadership and service to improve teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in KÜ12 education and teacher education. ISTE provides members with information, networking opportunities, and guidance as they face the challenge of incorporating computers, the Internet, and other new technologies into their schools. Go to this site to learn about becoming an ISTE member. SITE ADDRESS: http://iste.org/ SITE NAME: Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Use Technology (PT3) IT'S ABOUT: This site includes strategies by and for teacher educators working to enhance teaching and learning through technology infusion. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.pt3.org/ Top Web References Clip Art ( Be sure to read the copyright requirements at each site.) SITE NAME: Adventures of Cyberbee - Clip Art IT'S ABOUT: Are you looking for some really cool clip art to use in your school newsletters or Web sites? CyberBee has been scouting for free and inexpensive places that have a wealth of neat stuff for you to use. Be sure to read the copyright or fair use notations at each site. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.cyberbee.com/bts.html SITE NAME: Animation Factory IT'S ABOUT: Easy to use animations to decorate your email, web pages, and PowerPoint™ presentations. Click on a category to the left to browse our 3,000 free animated GIF samples. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.animfactory.com/index.html SITE NAME: Backgroundsgiant.com IT'S ABOUT: Thousands of backgrounds currently available in three types. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.backgroundsgiant.com/ SITE NAME: Classroom Clip Art IT'S ABOUT: Clip art in varied categories. SITE ADDRESS: http://classroomclipart.com/cgi-bin/kids/ imagefolio.cgi?direct=Clipart SITE NAME: CoolArchives IT'S ABOUT: Fonts, Icons, Animations, Clip Art, Backgrounds, ..... SITE ADDRESS: http://www.coolarchive.com/ SITE NAME: Cooltext.com IT'S ABOUT: Use this site to create animated text or buttons SITE ADDRESS: http://www.cooltext.com/ SITE NAME: D & W's Teacher Spot - Clip Art Section IT'S ABOUT: Part of a whole website created by 2 teachers. This section contains free school clip art. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.theteacherspot.com/school_clipart1.htm SITE NAME: Discovery School Channel - Clip Art Gallery IT'S ABOUT: Discovery School now makes it easy to add graphics to your next project, whether it's for home or school. Choose from hundreds of original clip art pieces, including animations! SITE ADDRESS: http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html SITE NAME: Ender Design IT'S ABOUT: Use this site for backgrounds and textures on web pages. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.ender-design.com/rg/backidx.html SITE NAME: Fablevision: The North Star ClipArt Resource Library IT'S ABOUT: This whimsical collection of original North Star artwork by Peter Reynolds, inspired by the themes of his own book The North Star, is free to use on your own website, as long as it is for non-commercial or non-profit use (educational, institutional, family, etc.). SITE ADDRESS: http://www.fablevision.com/northstar/make/index.html SITE NAME: Finla Graphics for the Web IT'S ABOUT: Bullets, symbols, clip art and more SITE ADDRESS: http://www.finla.net/site-guide/bgb-nave.html SITE NAME: fg-a.com - Free gifs and animations IT'S ABOUT: Use this site to find all kinds of clip art - some are even animated. This site is a good resouce for flag pictures. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.fg-a.com/gifs.html SITE NAME: Flaming Text IT'S ABOUT: Find clip art and animations (even animated text) at this site SITE ADDRESS: http://www3.flamingtext.com/ SITE NAME: Free Clip Art IT'S ABOUT: Links to clip art / graphic sites SITE ADDRESS: http://www.free-clip-art.to/ SITE NAME: Guerrilla Graphics (created by Joe Brennan, Niles West High School; Skokie, IL) IT'S ABOUT: This site provides great resource for hints on working with graphics in different programs (Word, AppleWorks, iMovie, Quicktime Pro, .... SITE ADDRESS: http://www.niles-hs.k12.il.us/joebre/gg/ SITE NAME: Jim's Back Alley IT'S ABOUT: The sites listed below are excellent resources for clip art, backgrounds, icons, graphics, bullets, bars and more. SITE ADDRESS: http://members.aol.com/admynet/clipart.htm SITE NAME: Kids Domain - Clip Art Area IT'S ABOUT: Included are some sites that have different kinds of graphics with children's themes. These sites are not part of Kid's Domain. Kids Domain is providing them as a helpful resource. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.kidsdomain.com/clip/clipartlinks.html SITE NAME: Microsoft Office Design Gallery Live IT'S ABOUT: Gallery clip art that can be downloaded into Microsoft Office software SITE ADDRESS: http://dgl.microsoft.com/ SITE NAME: Pics4Learning (Copyright friendly images for education) IT'S ABOUT: Browse and click on the various organized graphic topics SITE ADDRESS: http://www.pics4learning.com/ SITE NAME: Web Design Studio - Backgrounds IT'S ABOUT: The Web Design Studio is a complete resource for amateur and professional web designers and developers offering free backgrounds, buttons and interfaces, free flash banners, tools, and wizards. SITE ADDRESS: http://windyweb.com/cgibin/imageFolio.cgi? direct=Backgrounds SITE NAME: WiseOwl Shareware Web Graphics IT'S ABOUT: There are some amazing graphics sites out there! They have featured just a few or their favorite sites. SITE ADDRESS: http://members.aol.com/wiseowlsw/page8.htm Top Copyright / Fair Use SITE NAME: Adventures of Cyberbee - Copyright IT'S ABOUT: This interactive question and answer activity for students will teach them the basics about copyright. There are also resources and lesson ideas for teachers on the Copyright with Cyberbee page. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.cyberbee.com/ SITE NAME: Copyright and Fair Use Information (USC Beaufort Library, University of South Carolina) IT'S ABOUT: At this site, read about copyright law and what it protects. Find out about classroom use. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.sc.edu/beaufort/library/fairuse.html SITE NAME: Copyright, Fair Use, and the Education Dilemma (University of Florida Central Libraries) IT'S ABOUT: Learn about copyright, "classroom" exemptions, and fair use. SITE ADDRESS: http://library.ucf.edu/Reference/ Instruction/copyright.htm SITE NAME: Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia (American Distance Education Consortium) IT'S ABOUT: The full text of guidelines from the Consortium of College and University Media Centers advising professors and students on acceptable uses of multimedia materials for educational purposes that would not infringe on owners' copyrights. (Posted October 16, 1996) SITE ADDRESS: http://www.adec.edu/ admin/papers/fair10-17.html SITE NAME: The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use IT'S ABOUT: This article clarifies some of the details regarding copyright issues in a very easy-to- understand style. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/ archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html SITE NAME: What is Copyright? National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH) IT'S ABOUT: The National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH) is a diverse nonprofit coalition of arts, humanities and social science organizations created to assure leadership from the cultural community in the evolution of the digital environment. This links talks about copyright. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.ninch.org/ISSUES/COPYRIGHT/ FAIR_USE_EDUCATION/FAIRUSE_Intro/ WhatIsCopyright.html SITE NAME: What is Fair Use? National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH) IT'S ABOUT: The National Initiative for a Networked Cultural Heritage (NINCH) is a diverse nonprofit coalition of arts, humanities and social science organizations created to assure leadership from the cultural community in the evolution of the digital environment. This links talks about fair use. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.ninch.org/ISSUES/COPYRIGHT/ FAIR_USE_EDUCATION/FAIRUSE_Intro/ WhatIsFairUse.html Top General Reference Sites SITE NAME: 50State.com IT'S ABOUT: Use this site to link to states and capitals resources. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.50states.com/ SITE NAME: Aaron Shephard's RT Page IT'S ABOUT: Information on Readers' Theater, free Readers' Theater scripts, tips for creating scripts. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.aaronshep.com/rt/ SITE NAME: About Us IT'S ABOUT: Use this site to learn the correct format for citing web references. SITE ADDRESS: http://homeworktips.about.com/library/ weekly/aa052298.htm SITE NAME: Adventures of Cyberbee - Citing Electronic References IT'S ABOUT: As use of Internet resources by students has increased, the question being asked is how does one cite web references. This site helps understand the procedure. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.cyberbee.com/citing.html SITE NAME: Ancient Near East and the Mediterranean World IT'S ABOUT: Materials on the archaeology, art history, language, law and religions of Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, Egypt, Nubia and Persia. From the University of Chicago Library and National Endowment for the Humanities. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/dl/proj/neh2/ SITE NAME: Auburn University - Citation Style Guide IT'S ABOUT: Go to this link to learn about citing references in various styles: APA, MLA, Chicago Manual, Turabian. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.lib.auburn.edu/citations.html SITE NAME: Ask Jeeves Kids IT'S ABOUT: This kids search engine allows the user type a search question to find web links. It, also, includes: dictionary, thesaurus, biography, science, clip art, astronomy, world atlas, math help, and history links. SITE ADDRESS: http://ajkids.com/ SITE NAME: Awesome Library - Homework Helper IT'S ABOUT: This site contains several search engine links. You can browse the site in several different languages! SITE ADDRESS: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/searchek.html SITE NAME: Biographical Dictionary IT'S ABOUT: This dictionary covers more than 28,000 notable men and women who have shaped our world from ancient times to the present day. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.s9.com/biography/ SITE NAME: BioInteractive Virtual Labs IT'S ABOUT: This site contains mini-biology lessons. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/vlabs/index.htm SITE NAME: Booknotes IT'S ABOUT: Video, audio and text archives of C-SPAN's one-hour, weekly interview program. Interviews feature nonfiction authors since 1989, such as Walter Cronkite, Katharine Graham, Anita Hill, Frank McCourt, Edmund Morris and Richard Nixon. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.booknotes.org SITE NAME: CIA World Factbook 2002 IT'S ABOUT: Part of the CIA website, this location gives a lot of flags, maps and facts about places all over the world. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ SITE NAME: CPS (Chicago Public Schools) - Student Zone IT'S ABOUT: Located on the CPS website, this is the place for students to find help with schoolwork and homework. Start by choosing a grade level. You'll find links to Web sites filled with interactive activities and information that make learning fun. SITE ADDRESS: http://zone.cps.k12.il.us/Library/ SITE NAME: D & W's Teacher Spot IT'S ABOUT: This site was created by 2 teachers. Some of the links include the topics: Beginning Teacher, Grading, Classroom Management, Software Suggestions, Puzzles, and more. Some of the suggested are free and some items must be purchased. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.theteacherspot.com/welcome.html SITE NAME: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection IT'S ABOUT: More than 8,000 maps of the world, focusing on 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.davidrumsey.com SITE NAME: Dictionary.com IT'S ABOUT: Need a definition of a word? Use this site to find word meanings (in English & other languages). The site also contains a thesaurus (with synonyms and antonyms), translator, and word games. SITE ADDRESS: http://dictionary.reference.com/ SITE NAME: DiscoverySchool.com IT'S ABOUT: One link from this site is in the rubric list, but the site provides a tremendous amount of material for teachers of every discipline. Lesson plans, worksheet generators, quizzes, clipart, etc. SITE ADDRESS: http://school.discovery.com/ SITE NAME: eduScapes: A Site for Lifelong Learners IT'S ABOUT: Welcome teachers, parents, students, and life-long learners of all ages! If you are looking for educational ideas or resources, this website is for you. SITE ADDRESS: http://eduscapes.com/ SITE NAME: emuseum IT'S ABOUT: This is a virtual museum with multiple "floors" to visit and an abundance of information for many disciplines. SITE ADDRESS: http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/ SITE NAME: Encyclopedia Mythica IT'S ABOUT: This is an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, legends, and more. It contains over 6100 definitions of gods and goddesses, supernatural beings and legendary creatures and monsters from all over the world. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.pantheon.org/ SITE NAME: Essential Vermeer IT'S ABOUT: More than 250 pages with text, graphics, links and videos for studying the work and life of Dutch master Johannes Vermeer. From painter Jonathan Janson. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.essentialvermeer.20m.com/ SITE NAME: Fact Monster - From Information Please IT'S ABOUT: This site contains an online dictionary, atlas, encyclopedia, and homework help. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.factmonster.com/ SITE NAME: FilmSound.org IT'S ABOUT: A site devoted to film sound, with essays, a glossary, cliches, sound samples, and links to other sites and sound libraries. Hosted and maintained by Swedish educator Sven Carlsson. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.filmsound.org SITE NAME: Flood Brook Union School Technology and Resource Page IT'S ABOUT: Links to a variety of resources to help integrate technology into the classroom. No descriptions of the links but there are several that are useful. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.floodbrook.k12.vt.us/www/ areas/curriculum/technology.htm SITE NAME: FilmSound.org IT'S ABOUT: A site devoted to film sound, with essays, a glossary, cliches, sound samples, and links to other sites and sound libraries. Hosted and maintained by Swedish educator Sven Carlsson. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.filmsound.org SITE NAME: Gander Academy Readers' Theatre IT'S ABOUT: Information on Readers' Theater, free scripts, tips on creating and using RT scripts. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/langrt.htm SITE NAME: Geoffrey Chaucer Website, The IT'S ABOUT: From Harvard University, a range of glossed Middle English texts, translations, selections from relevant works, critical articles, graphics, and general information on life in the Middle Ages. SITE ADDRESS: http://icg.harvard.edu/~chaucer/ SITE NAME: History Channel: Hear the Words that Changed the World IT'S ABOUT: An audio archive of more than 300 historic speeches from the 20th century. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/ SITE NAME: History Channel: This Day in History IT'S ABOUT: Essays and audio clips describing the events of a particular day. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/ SITE NAME: History Matters IT'S ABOUT: This site is designed for teachers of high school and college classes in American History. It contains an enormous amount of reliable information, authentic sources, etc. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.historymatters.gmu.edu/ SITE NAME: Kids Web IT'S ABOUT: Kid's Web goal is to present students with a subset of the Web that is very simple to navigate, and contains information targeted at the K-12 level. Each subject section, contains a list of links to information that is understandable and interesting to schoolkids. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.npac.syr.edu/textbook/kidsweb/ SITE NAME: Leadership Institute for Technology Integration IT'S ABOUT: This web page contains links to a variety of online resources that may be of interest to school-based leaders and teachers in K-12 schools who wish support the integration of technology into the curriculum. Because the web is a dynamic, ever-changing environment we must stress that this list is just an example of where teacher/leaders might begin and should not be viewed as THE online resource source. SITE ADDRESS: http://neirtec.terc.edu/Template/resources/ OnLineResources.html SITE NAME: Lycos Homework Zone IT'S ABOUT: This site includes many reference links: encyclopedia, almanac, dictionary, atlas... SITE ADDRESS: http://www.lycoszone.com/homework.asp SITE NAME: Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary IT'S ABOUT: Site with links to databases of lesson plans, grant resources, etc. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.teachnet.org/ SITE NAME: NASA Space Site IT'S ABOUT: This is the home page for NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). There are links for kids, students, educators, and media. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.nasa.gov/ SITE NAME: PBS Teacher Source IT'S ABOUT: PBS site with links on how to use technology in the classroom. Lesson plans, technology tutorials, and a standards match that includes state and national standards. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/teachtech.htm SITE NAME: Pro Teachers IT'S ABOUT: Site of Readers' Theatre websites. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.proteacher.com/070173.shtml SITE NAME: Refdesk.com IT'S ABOUT: This site has an assortment of reference links: time, search engines, dictionary, thesaurus, facts-at-a-glance, weather, news, encyclopedia, and more! SITE ADDRESS: http://www.refdesk.com/ SITE NAME: Scholastic Teachers IT'S ABOUT: Part of Scholastic site related to teaching with technology. Lesson plans, discussion board, tutor, etc. SITE ADDRESS: http://teacher.scholastic.com/technology/index.htm SITE NAME: Simpson's Contemporary Quotations IT'S ABOUT: More than 10,000 quotations from 1950-1988. SITE ADDRESS: http://bartleby.com/63/ SITE NAME: Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery IT'S ABOUT: Images and educational information from the National Portrait Gallery. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.npg.si.edu SITE NAME: Story Cart Express IT'S ABOUT: Free Readers' Theater scripts that can be downloaded and printed. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.storycart.com/ SITE NAME: Teaching with Technology IT'S ABOUT: Site with many links to resources related to teaching with technology (primarily the internet). How to use the internet for lessons, how to search the internet, internet lessons, projects, and activities. No descriptions of the links other than the title. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.blountk12.org/learninglinks/ teaching_with_technology.htm SITE NAME: US Department of Education IT'S ABOUT: The U.S. Department of Education publishes a wealth of information for teachers, administrators, policymakers, researchers, parents, students, and others with a stake in education. You will find many of these publications on this web site. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.ed.gov/about/pubs.jsp SITE NAME: Vocabulary University IT'S ABOUT: This is the home of Vocabulary University®. This site provides FREE vocabulary puzzles to enhance vocabulary mastery. Teachers have endorsed this site, which enriches classroom curriculum. These exercises help prepare for SSAT*, GED*, PSAT/NMSQT*, SAT* and ACT* tests. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.vocabulary.com/ SITE NAME: Yahooligans - The Web Guide for Kids IT'S ABOUT: This site is more than just a search engine for kids. It contains school, reference, news and other links. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.yahooligans.com/ SITE NAME: Web Elements Periodic Table IT'S ABOUT: This site contains the periodic chart of chemical elements with factual information and related cartoons. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.webelements.com Top Lesson Plans Sites / Teaching Tools (See also: General References) SITE NAME: ALEX IT'S ABOUT: Search for lesson plans by subject, grade level, or keyword. Tutorials, Tech Tips, instructional strategies, etc. from the Alabama Learning Exchange. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.alex.state.al.us SITE NAME: A to Z Teacher Stuff IT'S ABOUT: Created for teachers by a teacher--This site was designed to help teachers find online lesson plans and resources more quickly and easily. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/ SITE NAME: Collaboratory Project IT'S ABOUT: The Collaboratory Project is a Northwestern University initiative that provides project consulting, training, technical advice, and Web-based resources and services to K-12 teachers and their students who are interested in using Internet technologies to advance education. The Collaboratory is an easy-to-use, web-based collaborative environment that teachers use to develop project-based activities that are linked to Illinois Learning Standards. SITE ADDRESS: http://collaboratory.nunet.net SITE NAME: edHelper.com IT'S ABOUT: This site includes 11443 Lesson Plans, 1296 WebQuests, 5000 Free Worksheet Generators, 1600 Word and Critical Thinking Problems, Exams and Puzzles for Standardized Tests. SITE ADDRESS: http://edhelper.com/ SITE NAME: Education World - Lesson Planning IT'S ABOUT: This site contains links to lesson plan indexes. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.education-world.com/search/search.jhtml SITE NAME: Educator's Reference Desk (formerly AskERIC) IT'S ABOUT: This new site includes the 2000 lesson plans, 3000 value-added pointers to education information & organizations, and 200 question archives you have been accessing at askeric.org for over 10 years. The AskERIC site and question-answer service itself was discontinued on December 19, 2003. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.eduref.org/ SITE NAME: Educator's Toolkit (created by Ontario teacher Carolyn Bierworth) IT'S ABOUT: This http://www.dist31.k12.il.us/resources/ tools/tools.htm#_Rubric_Generators site has links to teacher and theme resources. There are a lot of Special Ed resources in the teacher section. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.eagle.ca/~matink/ SITE NAME: Enchanted Learning IT'S ABOUT: This site has activities and pictures for primary grade programs. In addition, there are links to a Spanish dictionary, state flags, and Olympic references. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html SITE NAME: ExploreMath IT'S ABOUT: A relatively new site, ExploreMath is designed with multimedia math activities for educators and older students. SITE ADDRESS: http://exploremath.com/ SITE NAME: ExploreScience IT'S ABOUT: ExploreScience is designed with multimedia science activities for educators and students. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.explorescience.com/ SITE NAME: Free Educational Online Tools IT'S ABOUT: This site has links to many educational topics: rubric generators, subject content, lesson plans, and more. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.dist31.k12.il.us/resources/ tools/tools.htm#_Rubric_Generators SITE NAME: Gander Academy's First Day Activities IT'S ABOUT: Use the links on this elementary school site in Canada to find ideas to use with your students on the first day of school. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/firstday.htm SITE NAME: HPR*TECH (High Plains Regional Technology in Education Consortium) IT'S ABOUT: HPR*TEC has several features that are wonderful teacher helpers for the 6-12 teacher, and since it is a federally funded project, the resources are FREE for teachers. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.hprtec.org SITE NAME: ISBE (Illinois State Board of Education) IT'S ABOUT: The Illinois State Board of Education is a great resource for any teacher. It gives links to information about: certification, standards, school report cards, special education, and more. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ SITE NAME: Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators (at Discovery School) IT'S ABOUT: Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning. SITE ADDRESS: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html SITE NAME: MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) IT'S ABOUT: MERLOT is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Links to online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.merlot.org/Home.po SITE NAME: Outline Maps (Houghton Mifflin) IT'S ABOUT: This site contains links to printable outline maps. It requires Adobe Acrobat Reader (there is a link to download Acrobat Reader). SITE ADDRESS: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/ SITE NAME: PuzzleMaker at Discovery School IT'S ABOUT: Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. SITE ADDRESS: http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ SITE NAME: QUIA IT'S ABOUT: This site contains resources for Spanish classes. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.quia.com/jg/109415.html and http://www.quia.com/jg/113151.html SITE NAME: StartSpot Network IT'S ABOUT: The StartSpot Network, a division of StartSpot Mediaworks, was founded with the desire to improve people's ability to quickly and easily find the best topical information on the Web. Frustrated by unwieldy search engine results and bottomless portals, we felt there had to be a better way. What began as a highly acclaimed site, LibrarySpot.com, has evolved into a simple network of topical "Spots," the StartSpot Network. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.startspot.com/network/ SITE NAME: Teachervision.com IT'S ABOUT: Part of the Family Education Network, this site is created for teachers by teachers. This sites has areas on: Lesson Planning, Email Newsletters, Classroom Management, Subject Areas, and professional development. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.teachervision.com/ SITE NAME: Teachnology IT'S ABOUT: Teach-nology.com offers teachers FREE access to 19,000 lesson plans, 5,600 printable worksheets, over 200,000 reviewed websites, rubrics, educational games, teaching tips, advice from expert teachers, current education news, teacher downloads, web quests, and teacher tools for creating exciting classroom instruction. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.teach-nology.com SITE NAME: Trackstar IT'S ABOUT: TrackStar helps instructors organize and annotate Web sites (URLs) for use in lessons. The resource list remains visible allowing the user to easily stay on track. This site allows educators to create a "track" to guide students to online resources specific to classroom instruction. The directions for creating a track are very detailed and extremely easy to follow. Teachers can also search for existing tracks created by teachers on specific topic areas. SITE ADDRESS: http://trackstar.hprtec.org/ SITE NAME: Matrix of Examples IT'S ABOUT: Here is a matrix to help you find lesson ideas. SITE ADDRESS: http://webquest.sdsu.edu/matrix.html SITE NAME: Web Worksheet Wizard (part of hprtech.org) IT'S ABOUT: Web Worksheet Wizard is a web-based utility that allows teachers to create a webpage that can be used as a resource for students or even guide them through an assignment SITE ADDRESS: http://wizard.hprtec.org/ SITE NAME: Worksheet Generator at Discovery School IT'S ABOUT: Now you can create customized worksheets in less than 5 minutes! Choose from several vocabulary and math worksheet templates in the "Create a Worksheet" area below. Or just use a teacher-created worksheet in our library of "Worksheets to Go"! SITE ADDRESS: http://school.discovery.com/ teachingtools/worksheetgenerator/ Top Multiple Intelligences / Engaged Learning Indicators SITE NAME: AENC - (American Education Network Corporation) Multiple Intelligence Chart IT'S ABOUT: Click on a section of the pie chart to learn about the characteristics of a particular intelligence. Follow the link to learn about Howard Gardner. SITE ADDRESS: SITE NAME: Bibliography of Research and Resources on Technology and Engaged Learning (North Central Regional Education Laboratory) IT'S ABOUT: Go to this site to learn more about Technology and Engaged Learning. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/techbib.htm SITE NAME: Dr. Thomas Armstrong, Educator and Psychologist - Multiple Intelligences IT'S ABOUT: This site was created by Dr. Armstrong,. He has done study in the fields of multiple intelligences, Valdez, Nowakowski, and Rasmussen (1994) developed the indicators described below. These indicators of engaged learning can act as a "compass" for reform instruction, helping educators chart an instructional course and maintain an orientation based on a vision of engaged learning and what it looks like in the classroom and community. The myth of ADD/ADHD, and the natural genius of kids, has been guided by a belief that all children are gifted children. Learn about the various multiple intelligences characteristics at this site. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.thomasarmstrong.com/ multiple_intelligences.htm SITE NAME: LDRC (Learning Disabilities Resource Community) - Eight Styles of Learning IT'S ABOUT: Learn about the characteristics of the eight styles of learning SITE ADDRESS: http://www.ldrc.ca/projects/miinventory/ miinventory.php?eightstyles=1 SITE NAME: Learning Actions - Engaged Learning Tools (North Central Regional Education Laboratory) IT'S ABOUT: This (PDF file) tool shows the relationships between four categories of learning actions and indicators of engaged learning. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.ncrtec.org/pd/lwtres/laelt.pdf SITE NAME: NCREL Meaningful Engaged Learning (North Central Regional Education Laboratory) IT'S ABOUT: What are the indicators of Engaged Learning? , Valdez, Nowakowski, and Rasmussen (1994) developed the indicators described at this site. These indicators of engaged learning can act as a "compass" for reform instruction, helping educators chart an instructional course and maintain an orientation based on a vision of engaged learning and what it looks like in the classroom and community. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/engaged.htm SITE NAME: Six Essential Learnings in a Technological Society (Illinois State Board of Education) IT'S ABOUT: Technology is defined to be the combination of human imagination, inventiveness and the electronic/optical tools to transform ideas into reality. Effective use of information and technology will require students to develop new roles in living, learning and working in an increasingly complex and information-rich society. The following essential learnings for technology are fundamental to the work of the Illinois State Board of Education as they develop content standards, performance standards, and assessments for all academic areas. SITE ADDRESS: http://justmyweb.com/6essentiallearnings.html SITE NAME: Web Literacy and Critical Thinking: A Teacher's Tool Kit IT'S ABOUT: This practical guide offers classroom activities and exercises to train your students to be discerning consumers of information on the Internet. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/ archives/TL/2003/03/toolkit.html Top Physical Education Sites SITE NAME: Adventures of Cyberbee - Physical Education IT'S ABOUT: Use this site to find suggestions when teaching Physical Education. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.cyberbee.com/pe.html Top Rubrics & Assessments (See also: General References) SITE NAME: Rubistar IT'S ABOUT: RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratch. SITE ADDRESS: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ SITE NAME: Rubrics and Assessments IT'S ABOUT: Page with links to sites related to help with rubrics and other assessment tools. SITE ADDRESS: http://home.socal.rr.com/exworthy/rubric.htm SITE NAME: Rubric Builder IT'S ABOUT: Another site that lets you build rubrics. To create a rubric, you must give your name and your email address. You can search this site on a topic without giving your name & email address. SITE ADDRESS: http://landmark-project.com/classweb/ tools/rubric_builder.php3 SITE NAME: Teaching and Learning on the Internet IT'S ABOUT: A rubric that can be used to assess a teacher's level of technology use as a learning tool. SITE ADDRESS: http://dragon.ep.usm.edu/~int/ capstone/tonette/assess.html SITE NAME: The Staff Room for Ontario's K-12 Teachers (by Elaine Coxon) IT'S ABOUT: This site gives suggestions and numerous subject related rubric samples from various school districts. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.odyssey.on.ca/ ~elaine.coxon/rubrics.htm Top Tutorial Sites (See also: General References) SITE NAME: Adventures of Cyberbee - Tutorials IT'S ABOUT: This site gives tutorials on: Microsoft Word, Palm Pilots, DreamWeaver, graphics editing, Netscape, PowerPoint, and web construction. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.cyberbee.com/how.html SITE NAME: Education World IT'S ABOUT: Link with tutorials and articles about using technology in the classroom. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/ SITE NAME: EduHound (Everything for Education K-12) IT'S ABOUT: EduHound.com is a highly specialized educational directory with built-in resource links offered free to educators, students and parents. EduHound.com seeks to harness the vast information resources of the Web, while enabling educators to use the Internet as a classroom tool. SITE ADDRESS: http://EduHound.com SITE NAME: Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Teacher Helpers IT'S ABOUT: This site has links to PDF, Flash, and HTML versions of slide shows that Kathy Schrock developed for various workshops and conferences. SITE ADDRESS: http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/shows.html SITE NAME: Microsoft Education - Tutorials IT'S ABOUT: Learn how to use and integrate Microsoft software in the classroom with in-depth step-by-step tutorial guides for students, teachers, and staff. SITE ADDRESS: http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=Tutorials SITE NAME: Online Practice Modules (Internet4Classrooms) IT'S ABOUT: Included in this site are tutorials for: PowerPoint, Word, Internet Explorer, Excel; DreamWeaver, Inspiration, HyperStudio, Works, Netscape, and more! SITE ADDRESS: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line.htm Top Download the complete Weblinks in the PDF format. This document contains more than 12 pages. © The Illinois Community College Board, Illinois Board of Higher Education, and Illinois State Board of Education, in conjunction with a Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Use Technology (PT3) grant from the U.S. Department of Education, funded this project to infuse technology into the core curriculum at Illinois Community Colleges and Universities.