CARBONITE is an
inexpensive online backup service. Never lose another lesson plan or file.
GOOGLE WEB PAGES -- Make your own website in minutes with this great FREE
website creator.
PICASA -- Free from Google, this is a top flight photo editing program. Much
better than programs for which you'd pay hundreds of dollars.
The WWW
Virtual Library is a great place to research just about anything.
If you want to be on the Web, but don't know (or want to know) coding, go to SCHOOLNOTES.
I s your computer
diving you crazy. Click on this site to get out of PC
HELL. To rid your computer of spyware that snoops on
you, go to ActiveX. For "Real
Help for Regular People," go to John
Frazzini Talks Computers.
Want to have
access to your bookmarks/favorites from every computer? Check out
BookMarkSync, a real-time automatic
synchronization service. Fre
Become an expert
on Microsoft Office 2000 with the free Online
Tutorials offered by Florida Gulf Coast University. Learn Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Access, and FrontPage.
Want to make
informed decisions when purchasing tech equipment for your classroom and school?
Evaluate products and companies with the School
Technology Buyer's Guide from eSchool News.
Tutorials on how to do everything Net-related. |
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EDUCATION ONLINE SEARCH -- Free college and
career education portal to help you learn about careers
and the schools offering education and degrees for the
fields you choose...a collection of more than 400 career
articles and education articles.
TEACHERS ON
TARGET -- Professional development site for teachers
and administrators.
ACADEMIC INFO --
25,000 resources with extensive subject guides and
distance learning information.
OWL.ORG
-- NEA member site. Discussion boards, lesson plans, teaching tips, and more.
TEACHERS.NET-- This is an exciting new resource with chat rooms, lesson plans, articles, and
even a web page builder.
TEACHERS NETWORK
-- The TeachNet Project connects teachers with web-mentors.
FLASHCARD
EXCHANGE
--Flash Cards for every grade level and subject.
SITES FOR
TEACHERS-- Links to literally thousands of sites for teachers. If it's online, it's
listed here.
LESSON PLAN
SEARCH
-- Just like it says, FREE lesson plans and a searchable database.
MICHIGAN LEARNPORT
-- LearnPort is a joint effort of the Michigan Department of Education and
Michigan Virtual University to create a statewide professional development
portal for Michigan educators.
GAME TEMPLATES -- Templates for games in MS Office
format. Easy to use in classrooms.
WORKSHOP
EXERCISES -- Free professional development activities
and exercises.
ACADEMIC YEAR
CALENDARS -- Print your own calendars for the school year.
KID 2 KID
VIDEO CONFERENCE PROJECTS -- Booklet from the Berrien County ISD.
ProProfs FLASHCARDS -- 10,000
sets of flashcards over all subjects.
TEACHERS PAY TEACHERS -- Sort
of an e-Bay for lesson plans. You can buy what you need from other teachers or
sell your own lessons for profit.
HIPPOCAMPUS -- Multimedia content for
a high school subjects.
SCHOOLHOUSE ROCKS -- Lyrics and
videos for the popular television series.
EDUCATION ATLAS-- Comprehensive
guide to education websites -- 8,000 sites.
CLASSROOM RESOURCES --
Collection of lessons and web resources in 14 different subject areas.
KEEP TOOLKIT
-- From the Carnegie Foundation, helps teachers create and organize web-based
materials. Even has templates and assessments.
PICS4LEARNING -- Copyright-friendly
images for education.
FREEPLAY MUSIC -- Royalty-free music
for classroom use.
MUSEUM OF HUMOR -- Plans, printables,
and more to help you include humor into your lesson at every grade level from K
to Grad School. Delightful site!
PRESCHOOL PLAYGROUND
-- Ideas for teachers and parents of preschool youngsters.
KIDS HOMEWORK HUB -- All
kinds of neat things to help kids with their homework.
NEA TEACHER
TOOLKIT -- Web applications to facilitate communication and achievement.
BEHAVIOR ADVISOR -- Step-by-step
directions for implementing behavior management strategies.
EDUCATOR’S REFERENCE DESK --
The Educator's Reference Desk brings you 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to
online education information, and 200+ question archive responses.
KID’S SONGS –
Music and lyrics to a variety of popular songs for children. Sing along!
CYBER SAFE – Teaches kids how to
be safe on the Internet. Shows parents the laws and their rights.
PLAGIARISM STOPPERS --
Teacher's guide on identifying and preventing plagiarism.
MICLIMB -- Contains the clarification of each Michigan benchmark.
TEACHABLE MOMENT -- Timely teaching
ideas of issues of the day.
LESSON PLAN CENTRAL -- Free
plans, webquests, worksheets, and clip art.
BEST WEBQUESTS -- Database of
webquests organized by grade level and subject.
MIDDLE SCHOOL NET -- A "must" for
middle school teachers.
CALENDARS
-- A guide to locating events for each day of the year.
RUBISTAR
-- A tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the
time to develop them from scratch.
TEACHERS
FIRST -- Lesson plans for every subject and teaching style.
CLASSROOM
MANAGEMENT -- Resources from the Michigan Teacher Network.
GUIDE
TO GETTING ALONG -- Online exercises dealing with conflict resolution.
eTHEMES
-- Database of child-friendly web resources organized around 500 themes,
complete with grade level sorting and standards.
M.I.T.
COURSEWARE -- M.I.T. has put the syllabus, lecture notes, exams, and answers
online for more than 35 of their courses. Free for teachers to use.
MARCO POLO -- Provides standards-based Internet content for k-12 teachers.
PRE
SCHOOL EDUCATION -- Lots of information for early childhood educators.
GATEWAY
TO EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS -- Easy access to thousands of educational
resources.
ABC
TEACH -- Free printables for use at home and school.
THE
SOLUTION SITE -- Database of unit plans searchable by grade level, subject
area, keywords, or standards.
TEACH
TOLERANCE -- Teacher resources to aid in fighting hate and promoting
tolerance.
TEACHER
XPRESS -- The most massive collection of teaching resources on the Web.
Updated daily!
PUZZLE
CHOICE -- 20 different types of printable crosswords, word searches, and
number challenges.
FIELD
TRIPS -- Virtual field trips to all sorts of interesting places. This is a
very cool site.
FBI
for KIDS -- Two black labs show kids how the FBI works and guide them on a
virtual field trip. K-5 site.
STATE
STANDARDS -- See the state educational standards and incorporate them into
your lesson plans.
CYBERSMART
-- Original standard-based lesson plans for K-8 curriculum.
ED
TECH RESOURCES -- Net Day compass provides teachers and administrators with
a tool for technology planning.
SCAMBUSTERS
-- Deals with all those Internet myths and legends you've heard about.
ENCHANTED
LEARNING -- Great activities and resources in every subject for elementary
school teachers.
NICKELODOEN
TEACHERS SITE -- All the cool things on Nick are now linked to a teachers
site with classroom resources.
BRAIN
POP -- Delightful cartoons show your students how things work. Movies on 80
different subjects.
CYBER PILOT'S LICENSE -- A complete course in navigating the Internet. Help your students earn their CyberPilot's License.
THE LEARNING PAGE -- Free units and worksheets for kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades.
CLASSROOM.COM -- 100 activities for the online classroom.
PAGOO -- (Page-you) is an online paging service. Use your one phone line for computer work and still know when others are trying to phone you. 30-days free, then $3.95 per
month.
AWESOME
CLIP ART FOR KIDS -- Has great art, but also wonderful puzzle and worksheet
makers for teachers.
eBOARD -- Your own "virtual cork board" where you can post messages, assignments, and even pictures for all to see.
$39 per
year.
EVERYBOOK -- The future of reading. Download texts off the Net.
Ever wonder if your students are using the Net to cheat? Read Digital Deception, an article from Electronic School. The article even
includes links to all the most popular "cheating sites" on the Net. Then, go to PLAGIARISM.ORG, a site that lets you check students' papers for plagiarism -- online.
Education World, the Educator's Complete Resource Guide to the Internet, offers education professionals, parents, students, and administrators a place where they can start each day to find the lesson plans and research materials they are looking for. This site is updated daily with fresh new lesson plans and curriculum ideas, articles on issues that are of interest to educators, parents, and students, and much more.
Michigan
Teacher Network provides easy access to K-12 education
related Web resources that have been carefully evaluated
for quality, relevance, and effectiveness. MTN
describes thousands of high quality resources that can be effectively
used with students in the classroom, for professional development, or for
educational planning and problem
solving. Curriculum resources described in MTN are correlated to the Michigan
Curriculum Framework content standards.
USA TODAY COLLEGIATE
PROGRAM -- Touted as a resource for college profs, but there's a lot here a
high school teacher can use, too.
MAKE STUFF -- Make all sorts of things
from everyday materials.
KINDERSTART -- A site designed for
parents and teachers of children 7 years old and younger.
PRINT--POSTER -- Free printable
posters to spice up your classroom.
TEACHNET -- Lesson plans and articles for
K-12 teachers.
HOMEROOM TEACHER -- Feild trip and
activity planners, lesson plans, and free educator clip art.
CLIFFS
NOTES -- Actually has some good resources teachers can use in
the classroom.
KATHY
SCHROCK'S TOOLS FOR EDUCATORS -- A categorized list of sites for curriculum
and professional growth.
THE
LEARNING NETWORK -- From the New York times a spectacular teacher lesson
plans resource.
THE
LESSON PLANS PAGE -- Home to over 1,000 free lesson plans on a variety of
subjects.
CNNfyi
-- Lesson plans relating to the news of the day from CNN.
EDUWEB
ADVENTURES -- Online activities and adventures for Art, Art History,
Science, Nature, History, and Geography.
ENC ONLINE --
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse provides K-12 teachers with information about
teaching materials and professional development.
CHILD-SAFE
SEARCHING ON THE WEB -- Tools for teachers and parents to make safe use of
the Web.
AMERICA
LINKS UP: A KIDS ONLINE TEACH-IN -- Formerly Parents.net, lots of tools and
online safety tips.
TOOLS FOR TEACHERS has lesson plans, activities with graphics and procedures, articles. You may never have to make up your own lessons again.
Want to share and share alike. Go to THE LESSON EXCHANGE. You can post your lesson plans and get plans from other teachers.
PBS
TEACHER SOURCE. More than 1,000 free lesson plans from PBS.
NET SCHOOL. A comprehensive Web service for K-12 teachers offering lesson plans, online workshops, and training for beginners.
CYBERBEE. In addition to curriculum treasures, Cyberbee has a page creator that you can use to build your own web page.
FEDERAL RESOURCES FOR EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE. Hundreds of teaching and learning resources from more than 30 federal agencies.
COOL FACT OF THE DAY -- Good for K-6 teachers. Be sure to visit the playground. From the Learning Kingdom.
KIDS CONNECT -- This site is run by the American Association of School Librarians and is staffed by volunteer librarians. They promise to answer homework
questions within 48 hours (via e-mail). And it's FREE!
THE
HOMEWORK SPOT -- Great homework helper for students at every level.
HOMEWORK ONLINE. The most awesome collection of study guides, student resources, search engines, and information sources on the Web.
HOW STUFF WORKS. Seem much smarter than you really are by using this site. It tells how everything works (engines, cell phones, your toaster...everything).
TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING. Hundreds of projects, tools, lesson plans and success stories from Technology & Learning magazine. Also, "Teachers' Choice" websites and
software reviews.
KIDS ALMANAC -- Wow your students with "kid-related" facts, words-of-the-day, and this-day-in-history tidbits.
LANDMARKS
FOR SCHOOLS -- Gives teachers raw information to use creating lessons.
CHILD
AND ADOLESCENT MENTAL HEALTH -- Rich resource for parents and teachers.
PRESCHOOL
EXPRESS -- Activities in a wide range of topics and skills.
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