RubiStar <http://rubistar.4teachers.org/>
a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratchRubrician <http://www.rubrician.com/>
Rubrics from The Staff Room for Ontario Teachers <http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~elaine.coxon/rubrics.htm>
Rubric Template <http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/july/rubrics/Rubric_Template.html>
Scientific Report Rubric <http://edweb.sdsu.edu/triton/tidepoolunit/Rubrics/reportrubric.html>
Plagiarism
Check Out How to Combat Plagiarism <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/plagiarism.html>
Turn It In <http://turnitin.com/>
Bullying
Making a Difference in Bullying <http://www.yorku.ca/lamarsh/articles/bullying>
Debra Pepler articlesStudy Skills
How to Make the Most of Your Textbook <http://www.windwords.org/resource/skills/study_text.html>
[study skills]
ePals Classroom Exchange: <http://www.epals.com/index.html>
Connect with classrooms from 99 countries speaking over a 100 languages. 12,381 classrooms, representing more than 900,000 students, are now registered with ePALS!
General Topics
All Experts <http://www.allexperts.com/>
Ask any question! Allexperts.com is the oldest & largest free Q&A service on the InternetICONnect Ask KC <http://www.ala.org/ICONN/AskKC.html>
Are you a Kindergarten-12th grade student looking for information on the Internet for a report or project to do for school? Let KidsConnect, the on-line question answering and referral service, help you out! Click the BUTTON [...] or send the question you need help with to KidsConnect [...] A volunteer school librarian will get back to you in usually two school days.)CIESE Educational Links <http://njnie.dl.stevens-tech.edu/askanexpert.html>
Suitable for all grades the Ask an Expert Page provides links to experts in a number of different categories. One of the greatest values of the World Wide Web is the people that are part of the Internet community. This site offers a quick one-step process for finding experts in any field.Education.com <http://education.com/home/index.jsp>
[developed by Knowledge Adventure]
Education.com is dedicated to providing a destination where families, kids and teachers can find customized learning in a global interactive community by participating in entertaining educational activities such as multi-player learning games, knowledge competitions, online classes, after-school clubs, club reporting, international pen-pal relationships and much more.Educational Web Adventures <http://www.eduweb.com/adventure.html>
Eduweb® is an award-winning developer of educational Web sites and activities for museums, zoos, and other educational organizations and corporations. Since 1996, Eduweb has produced over 50 immersive, interactive, and in-depth adventures about art, science, and history. Eduweb specializes exclusively in educational games, simulations, and learning modules.Headbone Zone <http://www.headbone.com/education/education.b.html>
Use the Headbone Derby to teach the Internet for Free! These Internet research contests are packed with puzzles your class will solve by finding information online! Your students learn Internet research skills while investigating topics such as technology, history, and more.Quia! <http://www.quia.com/index.html>
[hundreds of teacher-written activities on all levels]TeachersFirst's Weekly Brain Twister <http://www.teachersfirst.com/twister/index.htm>
Each week's twister is a game based on a collection of ten questions. The questions are selected to challenge middle school or elementary students, depending on which quiz you select. [A new quiz is posted each Friday. Questions are drawn from all general curriculum areas.]Virtual Field Trips <http://www.surfaquarium.com/virtual.htm>
Hebrew
Hebrew for Me <http://www.zigzagworld.com/hebrewforme/>
Language Arts
Funster Multiplayer Word Games <http://www.funster.com/>
What's in a Name? Find words using only the letters in a given name. Word Know-It-All — The vocabulary challenge game.
[Play against yourself or other people on the site. Log in with a made up name and password.]Math
Ask Dr. MathTM <http://mathforum.com/dr.math/>
Online Activities <http://www.saxonpub.com/tech/basic_facts/basicFacts.html>
Basic Facts Sheets: This activity allows teachers or parents to customize basic facts practice by specifying the number of problems to be completed, the highest number to be used in the problems, and a target completion time. The activity generates a graded sheet that can be printed or saved to a file. The timing option requires a JavaScript-enabled browser.
Basic Facts Practice: This applet can generate an endless succession of addition/subtraction or multiplication/division practice problems. A results graph and report card can be generated to show the student's results. A web browser that suppororts Java (such as Netscape Navigator 3.0+ or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0+) is required to run the applet.Science
Scientific American: Ask the Experts <http://www.sciam.com/askexpert/>
Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computers, Environment, Geology, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics
Blackboard.com <http://blackboard.com/>
Create a FREE course Web site to bring your learning materials, class discussions, and even tests online. Supplement an existing class or teach a course entirely on the Web.Filamentality <http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/>
Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning activities. It helps combine the "filaments" of the Web with a learner's "mentality". Support is built-in through Mentality Tips that guide you along the way to creating a Web-based activity you can share with others even if you don't know anything about HTML, Web servers, or all that www-dot stuff.Teachers Utilizing the Internet <http://www.americatakingaction.com/lounge/building.htm>
There are numerous internet sites available which walk you through the steps of building your own classroom page, homework page, lesson plans, calendars, etc.TeacherWeb <http://www.teacherweb.com/>
AOL@School Teacher - Lesson Plans <http://school.aol.com/teachers/lesson_plans/index.adp>
AskERIC Lesson Plans by Subject <http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/>
A to Z Teacher Stuff <http://atozteacherstuff.com/>
American Teachers: Teacher Workspace <http://www.americanteachers.com/teacherworkcenter.cfm>
Awesome Library <http://www.awesomelibrary.org/>
Beacon Learning Center <http://www.beaconlc.org/BEACON/>
BEACON houses a variety of educational resources to be used by students, teachers, parents, and others involved in developing and implementing curriculum.
The Guided Learning Center offers individual lessons which students will complete while connected to the Internet. These lessons include tutorial instruction, interactive student activities, practice lessons, and various assessment options.
Model lesson plans provide proven ideas for teaching and assessing specific curriculum content. Curriculum resources such as software and Web site reviews help users make educated choices about technology purchases and uses. Teacher Learning resources on BEACON include modules on curriculum alignment and authentic assessment as well as downloadable training manuals on curriculum and technology topics.
A joint venture brought to you by Bay District Schools | Florida Department of Education | Technology Literacy Challenge FundBlue Web'n <http://www.bluewebn.com/wired/bluewebn/>
Columbia Education Center <http://www.col-ed.org/>
[Oregon]Curriculum Web Pages <http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/CardinalForestES/Gradepages/>
These pages were created to help teachers and students easily locate web resources. Designed by a team of technology training specialists, each page addresses a specific curriculum area of the Fairfax County Program of Studies.Ed Helper <http://www.edhelper.com/>
Lesson Plans - Worksheets - Teacher's Lesson Plans - WebQuests - Primary Teacher Resources - Math Lesson Plans - Writing Lesson Plans - Reading Lesson Plans - Science Lesson Plans - Technology Lesson Plans - Social Studies Lesson Plans - ...Education World <http://www.education-world.com/>
Education World — Scavenger Hunts: Searching for Treasure on the Internet <http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr113.shtml>Intel Education: Unit & Lesson Plans <http://www.intel.com/education/teachtech/lessonplans/index.htm>
The Lesson Plans Page <http://www.LessonPlansPage.com/>
Little Explorers <http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html>
Picture Dictionary with linksPuzzlemaker <http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/index.html>
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. Build your own maze or print our specialty hand-drawn mazes created around holidays and classroom topics.Teacher Vision <http://www.teachervision.com/tv_index/?mc>
Seasonal Features, Lesson Plans, Tips and Tactics, Research Center, Newsletter Sign Up, Student ActivitiesTeachers Utilizing the Internet <http://www.americatakingaction.com/lounge/building.htm>
There are numerous internet sites available which walk you through the steps of building your own classroom page, homework page, lesson plans, calendars, etc.Teachers First Content Matrix <http://www.teachersfirst.com/matrix-f.htm>
Web Links, Lesson PlansTeAch-nology <http://www.teach-nology.com>
TeAch-nology.com offers teachers FREE access to lesson plans, printable worksheets, over 150,000 reviewed web sites, rubrics, educational games, teaching/technology tips, advice from expert teachers, current education news, teacher downloads, teacher finance help, web quests, and teacher resources for creating just about anything a teacher could need.Online Quizzes
Science Lesson Plans
The Electric Club <http://www.schoolnet.ca/general/electric-club/e/index.html>
from Canada's SchoolNetPenguin WebQuest <http://www.mhcbe.ab.ca/st_francis/gr1/Webquests/penguin%20webquest.htm>
for Grade OneThe Science Classroom <http://theramp.net/sciencespot/Pages/sciroom.html>
offers loads of lesson plans, activities, and project ideas for middle school science educators aligned to the Illinois Learning Standards. Many of the lessons are from my classroom, while others have been added from the classrooms of my teaching friends. Each subject area also contains a list of links for lesson plans, activities, and projects.Web-Based Projects
Q. What is a WebQuest?A. 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, and was outlined then in Some Thoughts About WebQuests.
[This definition was taken from] The WebQuest Page - OverviewBlue Web'n Learning Sites <http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/>
Curry School Popular Projects <http://curry.edschool.Virginia.edu/curry/projects/>
University of Virginia, Curry School of EducationDistrict 115's WebQuests <http://www.yorkville.k12.il.us/webquests/webquests.htm>
Educational Web Adventures <http://eduweb.com/index2.html>
ESC-2 WebQuest Matrix <http://www.esc2.net/TIELevel2/matrix.htm>
Global SchoolNet's Global Schoolhouse <http://www.gsn.org/>
GOALS (Global Online Adventure Learning Site) <http://www.goals.com/>
The GOAL of the 'Global Online Adventure Learning Site' is to bring real life adventures to the World Wide Web, with emphasis on science, technology and nature.GlobaLearn.com <http://www.globalearn.org/>
[expeditions with standards-based curriculum]The Jason Project <http://www.jason.org/>
[Science]Kidlink <http://www.kidlink.org/english/general/intro.html>
Learners Online <http://learnersonline.com/>
Weekly Online Lessons [archived—for Grades 6–12]LessonPro.Net <http://www.lessonpro.net/>
LessonPro is a free program provided by e-Tutor, Inc. that allows teachers to write lessons and students to study the lessons on-line via Internet browsers from anywhere around the world at any time.The Library of Congress American Memory Learning Page <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/index.html>
Lightspan.com <:http://www.lightspan.com/>
Lightspan.com is a FREE education portal for educators, parents, and students, providing resources, research tools, and grade-specific activities.
International Schools CyberFair <http://gsh.lightspan.com/cf/index.asp>
Monthly Community Activities (Lesson Plans) Created for teachers who are interested in learning how to design monthly Internet lesson plans that encourage their students and community to work together
The International Competition encourages schools around the world to share the knowledge and skills teachers and students have gained by researching specific aspects of their community. Schools develop collaborative projects using the Internet for communication.The Global Schoolhouse <http://www.gsn.org/project/index.html>
[in Global Schoolhouse, click on Collaborative Projects > Project Registry > Simple Project Search]LSU Webquest <http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest/>
Marco Polo: Internet Content for the Classroom <http://marcopolo.worldcom.com/>
NickNacks Tellecollaborate <http://schubert.ugate.net/nicknacks/>
[information/resources for collaborative projects online]OnlineClass <http://www.onlineclass.com/>
K–12 inquiry-based teaching units that focus on Internet resourcesPlainfield Webquests <http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webquest.htm>
San Diego City Schools Technology Challenge Grants Projects <http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects/>
Taylor Topics <http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~taylor/topics/index.htm>
A site with links to topics of interest on selected subjects for K–12 classrooms.Teaching.com <http://www.teaching.com/>
Technology Integration <http://www.co-nect.net/sregion/webque.html>
TrackStar <http://trackstar.hprtec.org/>
TrackStar is an on-line interface that helps instructors organize and annotate Web sites (URLs) into lessons. The list of resources acts like a table of contents and remains visible throughout the lesson allowing the user/student to easily browse through the lesson and stay on track.Web Worksheet Wizard <http://wizard.hprtec.org/>
This web-based utility will allow you to create a lesson, worksheet or class page on the World Wide Web. All you need to use this utility is your browser and some time.The WebQuest Page <http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html>
WebQuest Collections <http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest_collections.htm>WebQuests for Learning <http://station05.qc.ca/css/CyberSite/webquest/wq.htm#Collections>
West Bend Webquest Resource List <http://www.west-bend.k12.wi.us/webquest/index.htm>
Why Files <http://whyfiles.larc.nasa.gov>
...you and your students will find challenging on-line investigations, hands-on activities that can be done at home, video interviews with NASA researchers and scientists, and much more!...in the teacher area you will find information about Problem-Based Learning (PBL), summaries of the on-line PBL activities, frequently asked questions, information about the video programs, downloadable Educator Guides and many other helpful resources.Yahoo! Groups: webquest <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/webquest>
This is a forum for sharing ideas, insights, problems and solutions for those using the WebQuest model in their teaching.
Education Place Current Events <http://www.eduplace.com/ss/current/index.html>
Activities and Teacher's Guide: Grades 1–3
Activities and Teacher's Guide: Grades 4 and up
Last Month's Current EventsFact Monster <http://www.factmonster.com/>
News Online <http://www.newspapers.com/>
[a searchable catalog of publications, local, national, foreign, international, and specialty]PresseWeb Media on the Web <http://www.presseweb.ch/index.asp?nav=anglais>
[searchable database of newspapers all over the world in many languages)Robert Niles—Journalism and Online Publishing Help <http://robertniles.com/>
Internet News Alert Services
Google News Alerts <http://www.google.com/newsalerts>
Google News Alerts are sent by email when news articles appear online that match the topics you specify.Yahoo! Alerts <http://alerts.yahoo.com/>
Yahoo! Alerts provides convenient delivery of your most important information on Yahoo! right to your email box, Yahoo! Messenger, or mobile device. [You will need to set up a Yahoo! identity.]News Media Web Sites
ABC News <http://abcnews.go.com/>
CNN Interactive <http://www.cnn.com/>
The Miami Herald <http://www.herald.com/>
The New York Times <http://www.nytimes.com/>
Time for Kids <http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/>
[from Time Magazine]The Washington Times <http://www.washtimes.com/>
Catalist, the official catalog of LISTSERV® lists <http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html>
Daily Apples <http://www.dailyapples.com/>
[miscellaneous items of interest to teachers, including sources for freebies, lesson plansEducational Mailing Lists for Teachers <http://www.sfusd.k12.ca.us/resources/listserv.html>
E-Mail Discussion Groups/Lists and Resources <http://www.webcom.com/impulse/list.html>
Internet FAQ Consortium <http://www.faqs.org/>
This archive contains Usenet Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) postings in Hypertext format and in FTP archive textual format.K–12 Newsgroups <http://www.ozemail.com.au/~reed/global/k12news.html>
[clicking on a link will automatically subscribe you to the newsgroup if your e-mail program is set up for newsgroups]Net-Happenings E-Mail List <http://www1.classroom.com/community/email/archives.jhtml?A0=NET-HAPPENINGS>
Founded in 1993 by Web education expert and former biology teacher of twenty years, Gleason Sackmann, Net-happenings distributes announcements about the latest Internet resources, especially education-related.Tapped In <http://www.tappedin.org/>
TAPPED IN™ is the online workplace of an international community of education professionals. K-12 teachers and librarians, professional development staff, teacher education faculty and students, and researchers engage in professional development programs and informal collaborative activities with colleagues.
Guests are welcome, and membership is free.The Teacher's Guide—Teacher Mailrings <http://www.theteachersguide.com/listservs.html>
Yahoo!Groups <http://groups.yahoo.com/>