Great Websites for Teachers!

(Email jmartin@newcaneyisd.org for login information)

General Websites:

http://explore.ecb.org/surf/surf_report?subject=101 : Surf Report - Educational Communication Board

http://abcteach.com/

http://edselect.com/

http://www.spiritsd.ca/osler/eclection_carlene/eclection_master/index.html

http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/worksheetsindex.cfm : Word Search and Cryptogram worksheet maker.

http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com Puzzlemaker (crosswords and wordsearches)

http://www.virtuallrc.com/ Information for all subject areas: Art, Biographies, and Geography & History sections are really good

Lots of good free things available through the Mamma search engine.

http://www.mamma.com/Mamma?qtype=0&query=educational+items+free>
&query=educational+items+free

Internet Archive

All sorts of videos, audios, and images that are now in the Public Domain
are available for downloading or streaming. (Of course no streaming can be done during school hours)
http://www.archive.org/index.php

Project Ideas: Differentiated Instruction

Computer Training

PowerPoint in the Classroom http://www.actden.com/pp/index.htm,

Computer Training Handouts by Program (step-by-step for PowerPoint, Word,
PhotoStory, Movie Maker, etc)
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/district/etc/paul/handouts.html

PowerPoint templates and PowerPoints that are ready-to-use for numerous
subject areas.

http://www.pppst.com/

http://www.santarosa.k12.fl.us/webs/ppt_readymade.htm

http://www.nebo.edu/misc/learning_resources/ppt/

http://www.leesummit.k12.mo.us/its/powerpoint.htm

PowerPoint Templates--Free
http://desktoppub.about.com/od/templatespowerpoint/

Microsoft Tutorials
How-to articles for teachers including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Publisher, Office products, Windows accessories, and Internet Explorer.
http://www.microsoft.com/education/classtipsarchive.mspx#EGB

Excel Tutorials
http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/
http://www.baycongroup.com/el0.htm

Literature & Language Arts Secondary Websites

MiddleSchool.net
All middle school related materials written for teachers by teachers.
http://www.middleschool.net/index.htm
www.all4ed.org
www.texasreading.org/utcrla/

The Newspaper Index
The best online newspaper offerings from around the world.
http://www.newspaperindex.com/
http://www.abyznewslinks.com/

OmniBiography.com
The largest directory of biographies available on The Web containing
information on more than 110,000 important people from antiquity to the
present time. http://www.omnibiography.com/index.asp

Sparknotes - http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/

Free Book Notes - http://www.freebooknotes.com/

Gradesaver ClassicNotes -
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/index.html

Landmark Citation Machine: http://citationmachine.net/

Online Citations from Purdue University:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/584/03/

Young Adult Series Finder:
http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/bpl-bin/series.pl

The What's Next Database:
http://www.kdl.org/libcat/WhatsNextNEW.asp

Great sites for "Books in a Series":
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/title.cfm?browse=0-9 <http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/serieslist.html#contents>

Graphic Organizers
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm
http://www.region15.org/curriculum/graphicorg.html
http://www.freeology.com/graphicorgs/
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/graphic-organizers/printable/6293.html

Picture Books for Older Kids and Adults
http://www.literacyconnections.com/PictureBooksforAdultReaders.htm
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/resources/picbooks.html

Clip Art and Images:

http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=enus
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/ImageFinder (image and sound databases)
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html
http://gallery.schoolcenter.com
http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/index.htm
http://classroomclipart.com/
http://pics4learning.com <http://pics4learning.com/>
http://www.copyright-free-pictures.org.uk/
http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/ (really cool space images)
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/ (really cool optical illusions)
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm (beautiful art!)
http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/static/cs/uk/11/clipart/home.html

Free Music Sites:

http://creativecommons.org/wired/
http://www.flashkit.com/loops/
http://www.goingware.com/tips/legal-downloads.html
http://www.soundzabound.com/mambo/
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/music/type_noncopyright.cfm
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/whatIsFreesound.php (more sound effects, instead of songs)

Genealogy:

http://www.familyhistory101.com/research-census/census1930.html

Compiled From: School Library Media & Network Communications
[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Tina Cline
Tuesday, October 16, 2007 10:15 AM