Wilma's+Links

Teaching with Google Earth Lee's Summit School District in Missouri "absolutely terrific resources for instruction - tools, tutorials, presentations, WebQuests, and on and on"  Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth access to a world class education, providing thousands of video lectures from the world's finest scholars. Topics are liberal arts and science focused - no education or special education yet, but still. . .  The Teacher Tap is a free, professional development resource that helps educators and librarians address common questions about the use of technology in teaching and learning by providing easy access to practical, online resources and activities.  Sheppards' Useful Link s. Choose from scores of links. Included are a section specifically on search tools with scores of good tools, an education set, a science set, and one on weather. The general set includes both serious topics and "cool stuff". This is a good site to get people hooked on using search tools - now all you have to do is teach them how to identify the descriptors to use in the search!  PROJECTEXPLORER is able to reach a diverse audience, providing opportunities to access and share information. Project Explorer story-based learning covers multiple subject areas that foster cross-cultural understanding. Susquehanna Township School DIstrict to see this page containing a list of excellent technology resources for education.  The ZAC browser (Zone for Autistic Children) ZAC is the first web browser developed specifically for children with autism, and autism spectrum disorders such as Asperger syndrome, pervasive developmental disorders (PDD), and PDD-NOS. We have made this browser for the children - for their enjoyment, enrichment, and freedom. Children touch it, use it, play it, interact with it, and experience independence through ZAC.  LeadScape of the National Institute for Urban School Improvement (NIUSI).
 * Academy 1: Mining Meaningful Data
 * Academy 2: Identifying School-wide Patterns of Student Performance
 * Academy 3: Looking at Student Work to Target Instruction

 S.C.O.R.E. - Schools of California Online Resources for Educators. Bunches of links in math, science, social studies, and language arts, including full lesson plans with embedded links for resources.  EDUCAUSE This website, subtitled "transforming education through information technologies", provides information and resources including cutting edge uses for social networking sites.  DIGITAL RESEARCH TOOLS - This wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars (particularly in the humanities and social sciences) conduct research more efficiently or creatively. Whether you need software to help you manage citations, author a multimedia work, or analyze texts, Digital Research Tools will help you find what you're looking for. We provide a directory of tools organized by research activity, as well as reviews of select tools in which we not only describe the tool's features, but also explore how it might be employed most effectively by researchers.   Science and Math for Girls. The Girls Science and Math Project website Brain Cake is engaging, full of great ideas and fun things to do. Making Learning about Quarks fun. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Okay, this is obscure, but in physics these days kids DO need to learn stuff that wasn't even stuff when I was in high school. This graphic novel-type website features the Quarksters and was developed by a college professor and her colleagues to make learning about quarks less intimidating. E-pals. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">ePals is a great way for teachers to connect their classrooms with other across the globe - even has translation features, email, blogging, et cetera. Check it out to see all the super features. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> Teaching Roman Numerals through Cartoons. I realize this is probably not as useful as most (ahem) of the things I send you, but I could not resist this website - the designer has created a series of cartoons that teach Roman numerals. (I'm so intrigued because I and many of my colleagues are pretty pathetic in this area). <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> Annenburg Classroom FactCheck A great site that provides a lesson strategy for teaching accuracy checking on internet content. Making Teachers Nerdy <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">Folks, I couldn't help myself - how often do you run across a site called Making Teachers Nerdy, and find that it is page after page of "best of" links, like the best Google keywords for finding classroom resources? Internet Use in Classrooms. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">This would be a great resource for your students whom you are teaching effective use of internet and Web 2.0 resources. Center On Instruction. Your gatewaw to cutting-edge scientifically based research and information on K-12 instructio in reading, math, science, special education and English language learning. Hitchhikers Guide to Course Development. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">I ran across a site that provides a really thorough intro to and support for development of online instruction. It truly is super. It includes tutorials on differing aspects of planning, content development, and assessment/evaluation through online instruction. <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> Progress Monitoring <span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; line-height: normal;">This link takes you to a webinar including a PPT on incorporating progress monitoring into teacher ed. What I like about it is that it provides a really good progress monitoring 101, clarifying some definitions of terms, and giving the teacher educator or professional development provider a tool that can be pretty much turned around and used to develop his or her own instructional tools.

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