Websites Used In Workshop

The Best of the Best Websites

Websites That Enhance Instruction and Enrich Student Learning

May, 2006

Judi Wolf

http://www.techteachconcepts.com

techteach@adelphia.net

Information Literacy, Safety, and Copyright:

Media Awareness Network - http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm

Fact or Folly - http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/wa_teachers/fact_or_folly_teachers/index.cfm

Martin Luther King Website (HOAX _ White Supremacist one) -http://www.martinlutherking.org/

Kathy Schrock’s Website Evaluation Guides - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html

Email Hoaxes - http://www.snopes2.com/

The Cyber Safety Test from PBS - http://pbskids.org/license/

*Netty’s World - http://www.nettysworld.com.au/

Jo Cool or Jo Fool - http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/special_initiatives/games/joecool_joefool/jo_cool_kids.cfm

Privacy Playground – from the Media Awareness Network (above)

*Netsmartz For Kids http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexfl.htm

Copyright and Fair Use - http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf

Teacher’s Permission To Use - http://www.landmark-project.com/permission1.php

Student Permission to Use - http://www.landmark-project.com/permission_student.php

Technology For the Teacher:

Smart Board Grants - http://www.smarterkids.org

Best Buy Teacher Grants – www.bestbuy.com/teach (online in July)

KeyBoard Graphic – http://www.teachnet.com/graphics/powertools/neattools/keyboard.pdf

Personal Education Press - http://www.educationalpress.org/educationalpress/

Discovery School Teaching Tools – Sign up at Custom Classroom http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html

Rubric Maker – http://rubistar.4teachers.org

Education World Teacher Templates and Tools - http://www.education-world.com/tools_templates/index.shtml

Marco Polo - http://www.marcopolo-education.org/

Annette Lamb’s Four To Explore - http://42explore.com/

The Scholastic Network - http://www.scholasticnetwork.com/

Teacher’s First Matrix - http://www.teachersfirst.com/matrix.htm

PBS Teacher Source - http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

Laura Candler’s File Cabinet - http://home.att.net/~teaching/filecab.htm

Skeleton Game - http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/skel/skel.html

The Way Back Machine - http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

Kid-Friendly Search Engines:

Yahooligans - http://www.yahooligans.com/

KidsClick - http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/

The Internet Public Library For Kids - http://www.ipl.org/youth/

Fact Monster - http://www.factmonster.com/

Ithaki 4 Kids - http://kids.ithaki.net/

Managing Those Websites:

Web Worksheet Wizard - http://wizard.hprtec.org/

Using Pictures From The Internet:

Google Images – (Click the Image Tab) - http://www.google.com

Alta Vista Images - http://www.altavista.com/image/default

Pics4Learning - http://www.pics4learning.com/

PicSearch - http://www.picsearch.com/

Shutterfly - http://www.shutterfly.com/home/signin_member.jsp

Jigzone - http://www.jigzone.com/

Yahooligan’s Big Picfture - http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/news/

Mystery Pictures - http://www.offwell.free-online.co.uk/mystery/mystery_index.htm

Prepared Slide Shows - http://208.183.128.3/ce/ppt.htm

Brain Pop - http://www.brainpop.com/

United Streaming – http://www.unitedstreaming.com

Current Events:

Yahooligan News - http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/news/

New York Times Learning Network - http://www.nytimes.com/learning/

Washington Post For Kids - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/kidspost/

Time For Kids – http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/

*Kids’ Newsroom - http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/

Online Stories and Other Audio:

Kennedy Center Online Stories - http://www.kennedy-center.org/multimedia/storytimeonline/

Book Pals Storyline - http://www.bookpals.net/storyline/

Book Hive –Listen To Famous Storytellers - http://www.bookhive.org/zingertales/

Story Place - http://www.storyplace.org/

Voices From The Days Of Slavery - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/collections/voices/

Living Voices – Stories of Native Americans - http://www.nmai.si.edu/livingvoices/voices.html

Testimonies of Holocaust Survivors - http://www.bl.uk/services/learning/curriculum/projects/voices/main.htm

Ellis Island Immigrant Stories - http://www.wwnorton.com/inventing/interface/ch18/ch18_features.htm

The American Memory Project - http://memory.loc.gov/learn/

Literature and the Extension of Reading :

Book Adventure - http://bookadventure.org/

Book Hive - http://www.bookhive.org/

CyberGuides - http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html

Kids Books - http://www.scpl.lib.fl.us/kids/kids_booklists.html

Book Talks - http://nancykeane.com/booktalks

Writing Their Own Stories With The Help of PBS - http://pbskids.org/stopandgo/

Manipulating Math:

Base Ten Blocks - http://www.arcytech.org/java/b10blocks/b10blocks.html

Pattern Blocks - http://arcytech.org/java/patterns/patterns_j.shtml

Virtual Manipulatives from Utah State University   - http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html

Illumination Tools - http://illuminations.nctm.org/mathlets/shapebalance/index.html

Aunty Math - http://www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org/aunty/get-started.html

Reaching Out To Others:

Scholastic Author Chats - http://www2.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/authorstudies/authorstudies.jhtml?IndexLetter=S

KeyPals - http://www.epals.com/

Ask Earl - http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/ask_earl/

Ask Dr. Universe - http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/
Ask The Experts Website - http://askanexpert.com

Interactive Websites:

A Math Dictionary For Kids - http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

National Geographic For Kids - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

StarFall - http://www.starfall.com/

*Math Facts Timed Drills - http://home.indy.rr.com/lrobinson/mathfacts/mathfacts.html

Rate Your Plate - http://www.sp.uconn.edu/~cthompso/

Ben’s Guide To US Government - http://bensguide.gpo.gov

The US Mint For Kids - http://www.usmint.gov/kids/flashIndex.cfm

Kids Bank - http://www.kidsbank.com/

Look, Cover, Write, and Check - http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/toftwood/lcwc.html

Houghton Mifflin Spelling Match Game - http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmsv/smg/

Harcourt Brace Spelling - http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/harcourt_brace_spelling.html

Simulations:

Weather Maker - http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/wwatch/winter/blizzard/index.htm

Forces Lab  - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/lab/loads.html

States of Matter - http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/

Virtual Field Trips – http://www.eduweb.com/portfolio/adventure.php

Efield Trips – http://www.efieldtrips.org

Discovery Web Cameras - http://dsc.discovery.com/cams/cams.html

WebQuest Examples:

An Insect’s Perspective - http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/grant/insects/

Rocks and Minerals Detectives - http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/brannon/webquest/kmbindex.html

Dr. Green’s Rainforest Mystery - http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/drgreen/

Paper or Plastic - http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/paper/

Where To Find WebQuests:

The WebQuest Page - http://webquest.org/

TechTrekers WebQuests - http://www.techtrekers.com/webquests/

Science WebQuests - http://www.can-do.com/uci/k12-lessons.html

Saskatoon ’s School District ’s WebQuest s - http://sesd.sk.ca/teacherresource/webquest/webquest.htm

Online Collaborative Project Examples:

Monster Exchange - http://www.monsterexchange.org/

Community of Clocks - http://www.fi.edu/time/Frick/Silverman/

The Alphabits Project - http://www.technospudprojects.com/Projects/alphabits/home.htm

Egg Roll 2004 - http://www.technospudprojects.com/Projects/eggroll2004/egg_roll_2004info.htm

Dear Soldier - http://www.technospudprojects.com/Projects/dearsoldier/index.htm

Earth Day Grocery Project - http://www.earthdaybags.org/

Tunia’s Travels  - http://members.cox.net/tunias_travels/Tunia.htm

Where To Find Online Projects:

CIESE Collaborative Projects - http://www.k12science.org/collabprojs.html

CIESE Data Projects - http://k12science.ati.stevens-tech.edu/realtimeproj.html

Global School Network - http://www.gsn.org/ - Go To Global SchoolHouse

Technospuds - http://www.technospudprojects.com/

Keeping Informed:

ECOL Listserv (Early Childhood Listserv) - http://www.umaine.edu/eceol/

4-8 Grade Listserv – http://www.edu-web.net

KinderKorner Listserv - mailto:kinderkorner-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Middle Web - http://www.middleweb.com/

Kathy Schrock’s Site of the School Day - http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/sos.html

Surfing The Net For Kids - http://www.surfnetkids.com/

The Classroom Flyer - http://pages.info.riverdeep.net/riverdeep/ed/ClassroomFlyerSignup.atl

Education World Newsletters - http://www.educationworld.com/maillist.shtml

Teacher’s First Newsletter - http://www.teachersfirst.com/

Students Posting to The Internet:

Project Poster - http://poster.hprtec.org/

Crunch Magazine - http://nces.ed.gov/NCESKids/CRUNCH/ShowOff.asp

Kids Space - http://www.kids-space.org/

Writer’s Window - http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/writers/home.html

Information About Hooking A TV to a Computer:

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