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Just In Time Ideas

Olympic Webquest
Have students write news articles on the upcoming Olympic games using this webquest. Students work in teams to prepare a Hyperstudio stack.

Multiple Intelligences and Technology
Activities supporting each intelligence using technology.

Multiple Intelligences
Supporting articles & activities

Bulletin Board Ideas
Templates to download for bulletin board use.

Education Portals

Education Planet
This education resource provides various links that all levels of educators can tap into.

Eduhound.Com
Consolidated resource to various education related material for K-12 educators.

Eduscapes
Resource with multiple suggestions on successfully integrating technology.

Proteacher
The Web's little secret for Elementary School teachers. Resources broken out by subject category.

PowertoLearn
Offered as a service by Cablevision.

Online Teacher Resources

4Teachers.Org
QuizStar & other online utilities to integrate into classroom use.

Educational Web Adventures
Online field trips, activities & lessons covering Art & Art History, History, Geography & Economics, Science & Nature. *Nice Resource**

Emints - Database of Resources
Terrific resource put together for teachers in Missouri.

TechTrekers
Developed by Deb Rollins, wide variety of links and resources.

Teaching Tips
Faculty Development Tips offered by U.Hawaii.

Dositey Resources (grade 3 &4)
Cross-curricular resources.

K-3 Teacher Resources

Recipes4Learning
Geared toward K-3 teachers, this site provides ideas for crafts, songs, poems etc.

Grades 4-5 Teacher Resources

Teachers Mentor 4-5
Provides teachers with activities & reference material for elementary grades.

Math activities using number patterns

Webquest Resources

Webquest:The Big Wide World
Explore aspects of life on this world working in groups, researching and answering questions.

Some Thoughts about Webquests
Some guidelines on what webquests are, and the elements to make them successful. Presented by Bernie Dodge.

Building Blocks of a Webquest
Also from Bernie Dodge, this tutorial explains the process.

Webquest-online workshop
Offered from the Disney Learning Partnership. Nice overview of the topic.

The Gateway to Educational Resources Access to lesson plans, curriculum units and Internet Resources

The BrainConnection
The brain and learning. Online resource to help educators stay current on learning theories and curriculum support activities.

Surfing the Net with Kids
Barbara Feldman sponsors this site with links to lesson plans, curriculum, news etc.


MarcoPolo
WorldCom Foundation sponsors this Internet content resource for integration to curriculum.

Graphic Organizers
Information on Graphic Organizers offered by Score

Library of Graphic Organizers
A variety of choices that you can print and use in the classroom.

Graphic Organizers
Houghton Mifflin supplies these online in pdf format.

Teachers.net
Resource providing access to lesson plans, tools, online chat and more

The Teachers Lab
The Annenberg/CPB Math and Science Project

WWW4Teachers.Com
An online reference of resources developed by teachers for teachers.

abteach
This site offers printable worksheets and activity helpers by catagory.

Assessment Resource
Online resources for assessment - a teachers internet use guide.

HomeWork Elephant
This U.K. Education source provides links to lesson plans, online activities & research.

The Teel Family
This site is maintained by a family living in Alaska. There are many links off this site that students would find interesting. Be sure to check out the information on snow!

Teach with Movies
This resource lists movies by age group, title and topic. There are supporting topics with questions and suggestions of additional print and Internet resources. Also provides a listing of movies that are not recommended for use in the classroom.

Curriculum Resource Links

Pacific Bell - Blue Web'n
This resource provides teachers with links to sites, lesson plans, web quests and more. Lots of ideas to enhance curriculum.

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC)
This site specializes in K-12 Math & Science Resources.

PBS Teacher Source
Curriculum resource links for lessons and activities by category that can be searched within the site.

Arts & Entertainment Classroom
A&E offers this resource as a public service - Educators can tape programs for use up to a year. There are suggestion pages for integrating into curriculum, along with National Standards allignment. This resource can be used across the curriculum.

Webquest:Families of the Symphony Orchestra
This webquest has students reading about the different instruments, tapping a Junior Thinkquest site to listen to various instruments and then creating a venn diagram to compare and contrast.

University of Illinois -Collaborative Lesson Plan Archive
Lesson plans submitted by educators, and broken out by grade and catagory.

Quia - Learning Activities & Games
Resource provides reinforcement activities that support topics being covered in the classroom.

Ed's Oasis Curriculum Resource Links
Sponsored by Classroom Connect, this site offers a wide variety of links to lesson plans, web sites and collaboration access with other educators.

Teachers First
Curriculum Resource with lesson plan ideas and Internet Resource links.

Sprocketworks
An excellent interactive resource broken out by subject allowing students to learn visually. Requires Shockwave.

Dole 5 A Day -Nutrition program
This site provides teachers & students with nutrition activities both online & through free products. Teachers can order free materials and CD's to support their curriculum.

Library of Congress Educators Page
Provides guidance on how to integrate the American Memory resource in the classroom


Gigglepotz
A funny name, but this resource provides lesson plans, strategies, ideas for gifted students, special ed. resources and much, much more!! A must see!!


Teaching Time
Games and worksheets are available. **Requires Flash**

Multicultural Calendar
Suggestions and resources to integrate topic into the classroom.

Curriculum and Activities -Maine site
Links to a variety of curriculum activities.

Curriculum Activities
Maine site with links to online activities.

Timesaver Tools

Discovery School Tools
Free timesaver tools.

Graphic Organizer Index
A listing of various organizers, and how to use them.

Yourhomework.Com
This site is a free service to teachers so they can build pages to post homework assignments. Teachers can also build web pages when ready. The site uses easy templates so information can go over the web with ease.

Rubric Generator
Offered through the Teach-nology site, these templates will help save some time developing rubrics on a variety of topics. Behavior, Oral Expression, Technology, Math rubric etc.

Poster Rubric

Another Poster Rubric Choice

Rubric Construction Kit
Free online tool to build rubrics.

Rubrican
Rubric designs

Exercises, Quizzes & Tests *Create Your Own
A listing of free resources for teachers to tap.

Calendar Tool
Try this online calendar for entering activities for use in the classroom. Information is stored on the hard-drive.

Templates for Teachers
An article from Education World with links to online archives of templates for downloading. A wide variety to choose from.

Forms & Templates
Some great ideas for classroom management - the forms are already here, adjust to meet class needs.

Free Language Translation tools

Language Translation
This free site translates English to/from various foreign languages.

Babel Fish Translation
Provided by Alta Vista as a free language translation tool.

Systransoft Language Translation
Free translation service - covers English, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese and Italian.

Online Library Resources

Internet Public Library
Internet Public Library - excellent resource with various category links.

Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library System
Libraries & Frameworks Making the Connection. Links to print and non-print resources.

School-Libraries.Org
On-line resources for librarians and educators

InfoPlease.Com
Access to Almanacs, Dictionaries, Atlases, Encyclopedias plus more

Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet and the World Wide Web.

The Library in the Sky
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory - resources for librarians, teachers, parents & students.

WCSN Library-S.Africa
This S.African Cyber-library includes a variety of links that can be integrated into the curriculum.

Learning Style Resources

MCAS Tutor Links
Learning style & prep links

Classroom Management Resources

Behavior Index
You can handle them all - behavior identification, definition & suggestions for handling them.

Search Engines

Askjeeves
Search engine which provides results based asking a question. Access to links by category.

All-In-One-Search-Page
Over 800 of the Internet's best search engines, databases, indexes, and directories in a single site. The ALL-IN-ONE starting point for Internet searching!

Yahoo - Education
Yahoo -Education Search page with links to various categories.

Magazine Rack
Quick Online Articles

Confessions of a former Technophobe
Not sure about using technology in the classroom, read an article from another teacher.

Simple Methods of Integrating Technology into Primary Classrooms
Article by VaReane Hease on Tech-Learning.

Tech Learning -Multimedia in the Classroom Article
Article focussed on a Foreign Language class integrating technology into student projects. Interesting article for ideas and suggestions for projects. Hyperstudio was the product used.

Reaching Today's Students with Hyperstudio and Multimedia
Provides suggestions on how to use Hyperstudio, as well as providing compelling reasons to make the time investment in creating materials for use in the classroom.


Periodicals

Education-World
Education-World provides articles, lesson plan links.

Education Week Stay current with education news online.

Teachers at Random House
A resource for teachers and librarians providing information on various books and authors.

Instructor Online
Sponsored by Scholastic - this resource is geared toward new teachers.

Electronic School

Massachusetts and U.S. Department of Education -Educator Resources

Massachusetts Department of Education
DOE site with links for Massachusetts related information on education.

U.S. Department of Education -Educator Resources
Department of Education site with government initiatives as well as educator links.

Free - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Links to various Federal Govt. web resources. Check out the "More For Students" section.

Professional Development

Virtual University
Online classes in technology.

Barnes & Noble University
Free online access to training.

Training Cafe'
Free online training sponsored by Winstar and Macromedia.

The Thinking Curriculum
North Central Regional Education Laboratory has provided this article.

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(Last Updated August 2005)