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Teacher Resources Webliography
LESSON PLANS
The Question Mark
http://www.questioning.org
Check out this thought provoking site by Jamie McKenzie. Take a look at “Building
Slam Dunk Digital Lessons” to help develop your problem or question based lessons.
The “Module Maker” will help you create your own question based online research
activities.
Layered Curriculum
http://www.help4teachers.com/index.htm
This site provides practical ideas for differentiation and handling the varying
learning levels in secondary classrooms. Don’t miss the 100+ sample lessons in a
wide variety of subject areas including resource room strategies.
Verizon Thinkfinity
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/teacher/teacher_index.aspx
The lessons in this database are tied to both a variety of national standards and
the ISTE technology standards. Click on the “Lesson Plan Index” and then search
by subject and grade level. Free registration is required to access the complete
list of resources.
Smithsonian Education Lesson Plans
http://smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/lesson_plans.html
Use the search feature on the left side of the screen to find materials geared to a
specific subject and grade level. Most plans revolve around some online
Smithsonian resources. Be sure to examine some the “Idea Lab” options.
NY Times on the Web Learning Network Daily Lesson Plan
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html
This is a rich collection of teaching options for use with all subject areas.
McREL Lesson Plans
http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/index.asp
Access to teaching ideas is via subject area and then links to topics within the
area. Each lesson plan includes a description of the student product, materials and
resources needed, teacher’s notes, and a brief description of the lesson or activity.
Last updated 3/24/09
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Discovery Education--Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide
This is a “must see” site. It is updated frequently and contains a plethora of links,
teaching ideas, puzzlemaker, etc.
RUBRICS
University of Wisconsin-Stout--Teacher Created Rubrics for Assessment
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics.shtml
Use these rubrics as is or tweak them to meet your purposes.
RubiStar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
This is a top online rubric creation site. Free registration is required to save
rubrics. There are many teacher developed rubrics you can use or create your own.
WEB SITE EVALUATION
Cornell University Library--Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages
http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webcrit.html
This great chart provides a look at the five important criteria for web evaluation.
Quick
http://aam.hct.ac.ae/aam/library/semester%202/org.uk/menu.htm
This web site evaluation tool is produced in the United Kingdom. It gives a good
strategy for middle school students to assess the information provided on a web
site. There are concise explanations of 8 points of evaluation. Take the online quiz
to see how knowledgeable you are!
DIGITIZED MEDIA
Annenberg Media Learner.org
http://www.learner.org/
Explore the riches of this web site’s videos on teaching core subject areas.
Registration is free in order to access videos on demand for many of the
workshops.
United Streaming
http://www.unitedstreaming.com
This site provides excellent videos in all subject areas for videostreaming.
Registration is required.
Last updated 3/24/09
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DIGITIZED MEDIA continued
Gloucester County AVA--EVAN
http://gcava.org/
This video on demand system is provided by the Gloucester County AVA
Commission. It contains great “sounds” for incorporation in PowerPoint
presentations.
WEBQUESTS
WebQuest.org
http://webquest.org/index.php
This web site offers a description of the webquest, templates for creating a
webquest and sample webquests that you can use as is or adapt for your unit of
study. We’ll be happy to teach you how to create your own webquest.
COPYRIGHT
Midlink Magazine
Before You Post Your Work… http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/posting.html
This is a great site for copyright information.
PLAGARISM PREVENTION
Turnitin.com
http://www.turnitin.com
This site is used by many staff members to identify information copied directly
from the Internet.
Are you interested in using blogs, wikis, podcasts, etc. in your classroom?
See us for help.
Last updated 3/24/09