70 Resources in 70 Minutes
0. (BONUS) Focused Flow Chart for Email
http://lifehacker.com/5502057/the-focused-email-flowchart-helps-you-power-through-your-inbox
1. Technology Standards & Performance Indicators for Students (NETS from ISTE)
"What students should know and be able to do to learn effectively and live productively in an increasingly digital world …”
http://nets-implementation.iste.wikispaces.net/Student+Friendly+Standard+Names (Student-Friendly Standards Names)
National Educational Technology Standards for Students
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007_Standards.pdf (PDF)
http://nets-implementation.iste.wikispaces.net/ (NETS Implementation Wiki)
http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS-S_2007_Student_Profiles.pdf (Profiles)
(The profiles highlight a few important types of learning activities in which students might engage as the NETS are implemented)
2.
www.nylearns.org - NY Learns: a gigantic free database of lessons tied to NYS Standards
3. http://www.ed-links.org/techssentials/ (Invaluable Ed Tech Resource)
Welcome to Techssentials-- a "low-hassle" place to acquire essential computer technology skills and explore ways to integrate technology with teaching and learning.
4.
teachingandlearningatmohonasen.blogspot.com -A blog that will pass along ideas, news, and opportunities. Add it to your Feed Reader!
5. http://www.districtadministration.com/viewpage.aspx?pagename=staticpage/CurriculumHotspots_07.htm (Curriculum Hotspots)
The latest guide to the best education sites on the Web.
6.
www.AwesomeHighlighter.com - highlight important notes from any page and save them or send them.
7. http://www.educause.edu/7Things (Professional Growth)
Seven Things You Should Know About... (Several Educational Technology Topics)
8.
www.issuu.com - publish your own work or the work of your students
9. http://tarheelreader.org/ (Fluency)
Tar Heel Readers are online books, many written by children and teachers, that are focused on beginning reading levels.
10.
http://phet.colorado.edu/index.php- Interactive Science/Tech demos
11. http://storylineonline.com/ (Fluency)
Storyonline has books read by members of Screen Actors Guild.
12.
http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/- primary document library- also
http://www.digitalvaults.org/
13. http://www.readthewords.com/ (Comprehension)
Allows students to have a text read~ creates an audio file from any written text, website or RSS; supports txt, doc, pdf and html files. You can control reader speed and choose(or create) an avatar.
14.
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2010/02/100-video-sites-every-educator-should.html- 100 Video Sites Every Educator Should Know.
15. http://www.storyjumper.com/ (Comprehension - Digital Story Telling)
StoryJumper is a place to create and discover stories for kids
16.
http://www.google.com/options/
17. http://www.internet4classrooms.com/computer_lab_help.htm (Technology Integration)
Integration Help for Computer Lab Teachers
18.
http://books.google.com/ Google Books
19. http://oakdome.com/k5/
K-5 Computer Lab Activities
20.
http://scholar.google.com/ Google Scholar
21. http://www.abcya.com/
ABCya! is the leader in free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students to learnon the web. All children's educational computer games and activities were created or approved by certified teachers.
22.
http://www.google.com/ig - iGoogle - your home page
23. http://www.eschoolnews.com/ (Professional Growth)
Technology News for Today's K-20 Educator
24.
http://maps.google.com/?hl=en Google Maps- becoming a standard
25. http://www.stager.org/podcasting.html (Educational Podcasting)
Support for Progressive Educators
26.
http://docs.google.com/ Google Docs- online "microsoft-office-like" applications and your personal storage.
27. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html (Educational Websites & Resources)
Curriculum Material Online
28.
http://www.google.com/reader/ Google Reader
29. http://www.techlearning.com/ (Professional Growth)
Practical resources and expert strategies for transforming education through integration of digital technologies.
30.
http://www.google.com/chrome Google Chrome- a different browser
31. http://www.Kids.gov/
This a great resource that is divided into age groups K-5, and 6-8. After you select an age group then it is divided into subject areas (and sub-categories). After these selections are made you are given a list of relevant and appropriate links and a description of them. I have found so many great sites from this site. (Thanks Meghan!)
32.
http://earth.google.com - Google Earth
33. http://www.kizclub.com/ (Educational Resources)
Learning Resources for Kids
34.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ A MUST SUBSCRIBE blog for every teacher
35. http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/customer_login.asp?accessdenied=%2Flibrary%2Fasp%2Fhome%5Ftumblebooks%2Easp (Fluency)
TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in a format they'll love.
36.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/12/15-most-popular-posts-on-free-tech-4.html- the most popular posts on FreeTech4
37. http://www.p21.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=82&Itemid=40 (Professional Growth)
21st Century Skills for Students & Staff
38.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2009/11/six-easy-ways-for-students-to-create.html- Six Easy Ways for Students to Create Videos Online
39. http://teachertube.com/ (Educational Videos)
Teach the World!
40.
http://freetech4teachers.pbworks.com/History+-+Geography+-+Economics+-+Social+Studies -Social Studies Resources
41. http://www.tlsbooks.com/kidspagearchive.htm (Free Worksheets)
You'll find a variety of free printable worksheets for home and school use.
42.
http://freetech4teachers.pbworks.com/Foreign+Language+-+ESL- Foreign Language/ESL
43. http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm (Free Reading Comprehension Worksheets)
Featuring free reading comprehension worksheets for teachers and parents to copy for their kids. They include original stories, poems, essays, and articles. They are most appropriate for upper elementary through middle school years.
44.
http://freetech4teachers.pbworks.com/General+Technology+-+Content+Creation- general technology-integration-to-classroom links from FreeTech4
45. http://www.lauracandler.com/
Laura Candler's Ready-to-Use Resources for Today's Classroom
46.
http://freetech4teachers.pbworks.com/Mathematics- Great Math Links from FreeTech4
47. http://www.starfall.com/ (Phonics)
Interactive Phonics Games
48.
http://freetech4teachers.pbworks.com/Science Great Science Links from FreeTech4
49. http://languagearts.pppst.com/reading.html (Reading, Word Identification, Comprehension Games)
Many educational games - base words, prefixes, suffixes and more
50.
http://freetech4teachers.pbworks.com/English+-+Language+Arts Great English/ELA links from FreeTech4
51. http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/lookcover/lookcover.html (Practice your spelling - Game)
The game starts out with 10 different words, but you can click on the words to erase them and add your child’s spelling words for the week. It is a fun way to practice spelling words and integrate computer technology.
52.
http://www.shmoop.com- electronic learning guides to great literature
53. http://www.kgurbanvillage.com.au/sharing/digital/index.shtm (Digital Storytelling)
Teachers creating digital storytelling for instructional purposes
54.
http://twitter.com/writing_prompts Writing Prompts from Twitter
55. http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/language_arts.html (Digital Storytelling)
Take a look at this digital storytelling on 'favorite books.' Imagine your students; reviewing their favorite books, though perhaps with more conversation and the 'why' of choices.
56.
http://www.ted.com - TED Talks Great talks/keynotes... "Ideas Worth Sharing"
57. http://www.freechild.org/issues.htm (Writing Prompts)
Social justice issues - real purposes (8 and older - some issues may cause parental concern at young ages)
58.
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/02/map-as-history-animated-historical-maps.html- Historically animated and Narrated Maps
59. http://storybird.com/ (Composing)
Storybirds are short, visual stories that you make with family and friends to share and (soon) print.
60.
http://www.paperrater.com/ Free Online Proofreading and Plaigiarism Detection- Tool for Students
61. http://www.janbrett.com/games/flash_card_dolch_word_list_main.htm (Word Identification)
Jan Brett Sight Word List - Dolch Word Flash Cards
62.
www.aviary.com online software that rivals Photoshop and also audio mixing software.
63. http://www.spellingcity.com/ (Practice your spelling)
SpellingCity: the ultimate online spelling program.
64.
http://web.wm.edu/hsi/index.html HSI: Historical Scene Investigation
65. http://crocodoc.com/ (Researching and Collaboration)
Crocodoc lets you mark up and annotate documents online. Even PDF files.
66.
http://www.placefy.com/- fun geography/ bell ringer game
67. http://www.diigo.com/ (Researching and Collaboration)
Great social bookmarking system; among the tools are annotation, bookmarking with tags, sticky notes and sharing to individuals and groups. Works well for researching.
68.
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com an excellent blog to subscribe to.
69. http://www.customtyping.com/ (Improve your typing skills)
NOT FREE-but can he customized. Several districts use this with great results-assessments (data!), guides, games and more, very organized.
70.
http://www.whopooped.org/ .............
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Educational Website Reviews
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/website-reviews/all-ages/educational?action=new-releases
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (FREE - to install on your computer at home)
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
Proven to thoroughly detect and remove even the most advance malware (tip: malware is very bad for your computer)
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KIDS Sites
www.si.edu/
www.yahooligans.com/
scholastic.com/
www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
www.howstuffworks.com/
http://pbskids.org/
kids.discovery.com/
disney.go.com/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
http://www.nick.com/
K-5 Sites
Adrian Bruce's Educational Teaching Resources - Reading Games - Math Games
http://kids.aol.com/KOL/2/Games/FlashHolder/KOL-Fun-Wordz (Word Identification)
Game - Type as many words as you know in 2 minutes
Very Useful Sites (6-12)
Automatic Bibliography Composer
http://www.easybib.com/
Read Write Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/index.asp?grade=0
Stumble Upon
http://www.stumbleupon.com/
Website Design for Teachers
http://www.webdesignerwall.com/
Delicious - Social Bookmarking
http://delicious.com/
Writing Prompts & Ideas
http://www.orato.com/
http://bleacherreport.com/
http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/
http://www.squareamerica.com/
**http://www.treehugger.com/**
****Did You Know?**** - Globalization; Information Age
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q
The Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites
Health & Science
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2327436,00.asp
Technology
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2327445,00.asp
Best Ed. Sites
http://www.bestedsites.com/
Award-winning educational websites http://www.computedgazette.com/page11.html
Sites for Teachers
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
Ten Cool Sites http://apps.exploratorium.edu/10cool/index.php
Archive of Web Seminars (Educational Leadership Topics)
http://www.districtadministration.com/webseminars/webseminararchive.aspx
Internet Safety
A Parent's Guide to Internet Safety
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/pguide/pguidee.htm
kidsites.com - your guide to the best kid sites on the web
http://www.kidsites.com/
Surfing the Net with Kids
http://www.surfnetkids.com/
http://www.safesurfer.org/
Internet Filter Software Reviews http://internet-filter-review.toptenreviews.com/
Education Software (Great Prices for Educators & Students) http://www.campustech.com/
Explore & Learn
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/
http://www.earthalbum.com/
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php
http://www.howtocleanstuff.net/
http://www.fixya.com/
Free Online Books
http://bartleby.com/
http://www.dailylit.com/
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Health
http://webmd.com/
http://www.mayoclinic.com/
Information Portal for the Busy Professional
CEOexpress.com
Free File Sharing Sites
http://drop.io/
http://www.mediafire.com/
Free Productivity Software
http://www.tucows.com/
http://www.zoho.com/
Homeschool.com's Top 100 Educational Web Sites of 2008
http://www.homeschool.com/articles/top100-2008/default.asp
TUTORIALS
Google Docs
http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html
http://services.google.com/apps/resources/overviews_breeze/DocsSpreadsheets/index.html
Google Docs Tutorial http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=bebba8f772a34eae096e
More amazing Google resources
http://news.google.com/
http://www.google.com/products
http://maps.google.com/
http://picasa.google.com/
State Testing Information
Regents Testing in New York State
New York State Testing - A Guide for Parents
Regents High School examinations
**Wikipedia**
NYS Standardized Tests
A Brochure for Parents
Parents: What you need to know about the grades 3-8 testing in New York
Response to Intervention (RTI)
New York **State**
**RTI Diagram - BuffaloState University**
**RTI Bulletin - PDF file**
RTI Resources from LDA of NYS
**National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Inc.**
No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Results New York
Information & News Sites
http://www.factcheck.org/
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.webmd.com/
http://www.sciencedaily.com/
http://www.nasa.gov/
http://www.nytimes.com/
http://www.npr.org/
Useful Internet Sites for Personal Productivity
http://www.youconvertit.com/
http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
http://www.imdb.com/
http://www.wired.com/
http://www.makeuseof.com/
http://arstechnica.com/index.ars
http://www.flickr.com/
NEWS - Government & Politics
http://www.slate.com/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
http://www.drudgereport.com/
http://townhall.com/
http://glassbooth.org/
Check the Reviews before...buying, watching, eating, etc.
http://lifehacker.com/http://www.cnet.com/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/
http://www.yelp.com/
http://animoto.com/
http://www.blippr.com/
http://www.ohgizmo.com/
http://www.expotv.com/
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/
Personal Productivity & Recreation for Teachers and Parents
http://www.typobuddy.com/
http://www.somethingstore.com/
http://www.catalogchoice.org/
http://www.gazelle.com/
http://www.eons.com/
http://www.lovefoodhatewaste.com/
http://www.scrapblog.com/
http://www.evite.com/
http://purpletrail.com/
http://twitter.com/
http://www.pageonce.com/
http://kbb.com/
http://www.whitepages.com/
Free Music for listening / culture
http://www.pandora.com/
http://concerts.wolfgangsvault.com/
http://www.wolfgangsvault.com/
http://www.songza.com/
http://radiotime.com/Index.aspx
Cool Sites with Photos (Writing Prompt & Journaling Ideas)
New! Google Reader Play is a fun way to browse interesting stuff on the web. Give it a try!
http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/03/22/binder-clips-apparently-work-great-as-cable-organizers/
http://www.caglecartoons.com/images/preview/%7B276623f3-ae10-43de-914b-ba2e691fab7b%7D.gif
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/boston/seating-sofas-armchairs/livingstones-modular-seating-by-stephanie-marin-112053?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+apartmenttherapy%2Fmain+%28Main%29
http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2010/03/todays-pic-the-worlds-largest.html
http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/03/23/potd
http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2010/03/dummies-are-much-smarter-than-they-used-to-be.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BradDelongsSemi-dailyJournal+%28Brad+DeLong%27s+Semi-Daily+Journal%29
http://dvice.com/archives/2010/03/chainable-usb-p.php
http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/458440329/the-ungooglable-man
http://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/lock-hide-files-folders-windows-free/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ITHelpDeskGeek+%28Help+Desk+Geek+-+Help+Desk+Tips+For+IT+Pros%29
http://10steps.sg/inspirations/artworks/50-most-creative-anti-smoking-advertisements/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+10Steps+%2810Steps.SG%29
