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SUGGESTED SITES FOR ONLINE RESOURCES

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Everyday Teaching

http://www.everydayteaching.com/

Eduhound

http://www.eduhound.com/site_sets.cfm

United Streaming

http://www.unitedstreaming.com/

BrainPop

http://www.brainpop.com/

LISD Hotlists

http://hotlists.wikispaces.com/

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Backflip

http://www.backflip.com/login.ihtml

With Backflip's organization and powerful search, you'll never lose anything interesting again. As you discover interesting Web pages, use the “Backflip it!” button to save them and Backflip organizes them for you. Then, simply go to your Backflip account and you'll find all of your favorite pages filed in your personal directory, which can be accessed from any computer. Backflip also makes it easy to share and discuss the interesting things you find online. Enter the email addresses of anyone you'd like to share with and Backflip take cares of the rest. Your friends are notified and they can view Web pages you select, whether they're Backflip members or not. They can make comments, view each other's comments, and if you choose, they can even contribute more interesting pages.

TrackStar

http://trackstar.hprtec.org

TrackStar organizes and annotates Web sites.

A track is a collection of annotated links to Web sites on a particular topic. Each link has a title, a URL, and can have an annotation (directions, questions, or tasks for your students). Web-supported lessons can also be created. The list of links functions as a table of contents that remains visible throughout the lesson. This function allows the student to move through resource sites by staying “on track” and well connected to the lesson.

RubiStar

http://rubistar.4teachers.org

RubiStar is a free tool that helps teachers create quality rubrics. It includes design suggestions, or allows you to choose from pre-made ones. RubiStar allows for online creation, editing, and storing of rubrics. Rubrics, prepared by teachers, are also available for viewing.

NoteStar

http://notestar.4teachers.org/

Using the NoteStar NoteCards tool, students can take notes from online sources as they browse the Internet. Source information (i.e. title, url, etc.) is automatically captured in order to assist in citation of work. Once their notes are gathered, students may then organize notes to suit their project's goals.

Project Checklists

http://4teachers.org/projectbased/

This site provides customizable project checklists for written reports, multimedia projects, oral presentations, and science projects. The use of these printable checklists keeps students on track and allows them to take responsibility for their own learning through peer- and self-evaluation. .

Casa Notes

http://casanotes.4teachers.org/

Casa Notes is a template-based system that quickly makes and customizes notes, which can be sent home to parents or given to students.

Certificate Creator

http://www.certificatecreator.com/

The Certificate Creator allows you to search through pre-built templates of awards and certificates in categories such as early education, sports, elementary education, secondary education, business, religious, and holidays to be customized and printed. Certificates can also be created from scratch using Certificate Creator’s library of certificate clip art. There is a fee connected with this site.

Weekly Assignment Sheets

http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/assignment/

Create a weekly assignment sheet to distribute to students or parents.

Puzzlemaker

http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html

Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students, and parents. Puzzlemaker allows you to create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists.

Virtual Visits

Virtual field trips from various sources:

http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/instruct/general/vvisits.htm

Texas Hill Country Virtual Hike

http://geoweb.tamu.edu/faculty/herbert/hillcountryvft/

Metropolitan Museum of Art

http://www.metmuseum.org/home.asp

E-Aquarium

http://www.mbayaq.org/

Web cams for Kids

http://www.childrenssoftware.com/lc/webcams

Virtual Field Trip Network (VFTN)

http://www.vftn.org

WebQuests

http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_quest/

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html

A Web quest is meant to guide students through a process of inquiry using a set of assigned tasks, which leads them to a conclusion or results in a product.

Hall Pass

http://www.teach-nology.com/arcade/

Hall Pass is one of 13 arcade style games. In Hall Pass, you're a teacher on hall duty and your job is to stop students from running in the halls to win big points. These are quick, fun games for use as a “break” in a workshop or even with your classes.

QuizCenter

http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html

Quiz Center is a tool that can be used to create, administer, and grade quizzes online. These online quizzes provide instant feedback to you and your students. No Web development background is needed.

QuizStar

http://quizstar.4teachers.org.

QuizStar helps you create custom quizzes for others to take online.

Worksheet Generator

http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html

Create custom worksheets for almost any subject or use ready-made worksheets.

Worksheets: Web Worksheet Wizard

http://wizard.hprtec.org/

A Web-based utility that allows you to create unique Web documents, personalize articles, include images, add hyperlinks, and include email links that can be used to contact you. Web Worksheet Wizard is for teachers only. The Project Poster http://poster.hprtec.org/ was created so that students can create quick and easy Web pages.

Templates

http://search.officeupdate.microsoft.com/TemplateGallery/ct149.asp

This site provides 27 templates, such as: bell schedule

, a certificate for outstanding class performance

, a student disciplinary action form

, syllabus, different types of tests, lesson plans, multiple grade book templates, etc. Templates require download to use.

Teaching Tools: Graphs

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/Graphing/

Four types of graphs and charts are available for you to consider.

Student Research

http://www.itools.com/research

- Encyclopedias

- Periodicals

- Biographies

- Quotations

http://www.itools.com/search

Different search engines in one place

Noodle Quest

http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest

Noodle Quest is a search strategy development tool. You or your student enters information and Noodle Quest recommends a search engine.

Citation Styles

APA - Electronic Reference Formats Recommended by the American Psychological Association http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html

APA ‑ Purdue University ‑ Online Writing Lab ‑ printer‑friendly and PDF versions of handout ‑ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html

MLA ‑ Purdue University ‑ Online Writing Lab ‑ printer‑friendly and PDF versions of handout ‑ http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html

Copyright

Crash Course in Copyright

http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm
Information on fair use, multimedia and online presentations, copyright in the digital library, etc.

Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism: Preventing, Detecting and Tracking Online Plagiarism

http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/~janicke/plagiary.htm

Glossaries and Encyclopedias for computer/technology/Internet terms

3-D Dictionary
Browsable illustrated dictionary of general computer terms (1000 words)

Online Computing Dictionary

No list to browse so user must know term (12,000 terms).

Webopedia
Search by word or browse by category, including graphics, multimedia, and networks; Extended definitions and offsite links to additional information (4000 computer terms).

Whatis.com
Short articles with links to further information (2000 terms).

TechEncyclopedia
Encyclopedia with good graphics, but no browsing (20,000 terms).

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SUGGESTED SITES FOR ONLINE RESOURCES

Backflip

TrackStar

RubiStar

NoteStar

Casa Notes

Puzzlemaker

Virtual Visits

WebQuests

Hall Pass

QuizCenter

QuizStar

Worksheet Generator

Worksheets: Web Worksheet Wizard

Templates

Teaching Tools: Graphs

Noodle Quest

Citation Styles

Copyright

Glossaries and Encyclopedias for computer/technology/Internet terms

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