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This page last updated on 
April 25, 2010

 

Rubrics Resource Page
Using Digital Cameras in the Classroom
 
SMART Resources
Publications
Totally Teachers~best finds on-line for teachers
WebQuest Resources
Web 2.0
Teacher Thursdays/Workshops
ArchIndy TC Meetings
Opportunities for Professional Growth with Technology

SMART Resources

K-3 Resources - Interactive, multi-media websites to use with SMART board and your K-3 students.

SMART Notebook Resources - Search by subject and grade for lessons specifically created for SMART boards.

SMART Notebook Resources - Search by subject, grade level AND Indiana Academic Standard.

SMART Training Center - Two minute tutorials, quick reference guides and more can be found here.

Interactive Websites for K to 12 - Provides standards-based cross curricular web resources designed to enhance online learning opportunities. 

NCTM - National Council for Teachers of Mathematics - Might make for an interesting "game day" on the SMART board in Math class.

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Publications

THE Journal (Technology Horizons in Education) Online

Education Week 

eSchool News

Encyclopedia of Educational Technology

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Totally Teachers

Indiana Department of Education - Academic Standards and Resources

Quia - One of the best on the Internet. Helps teachers create, customize and share learning activities to support YOUR lessons.

Rubistar - Use Rubistar to create rubrics for your learning activities. This is a very easy to learn rubric generator.

Eduscapes - This is Dr. Annette Lamb's "one-stop" for teachers. Be sure to access to Teacher Tap, Literature Leaning Ladders and 42Explore.

ThinkQuest - By students for students, using technology. Very powerful presentations to support teaching and learning. Click on the ThinkQuest Library and then enter a search word.

CIESE - Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education. Teach collaboratively with real-time data using this website. 

Verizon Thinkfinity - This website features lessons and projects that support 21st century learning skills.

Discovery School - Home of the infamous PuzzleMaker. A must-see for teachers. Clip art, ideas and much, much, more.

Ed Helper - Lesson plans, worksheets, webquests and more. This is like a search engine created especially for teachers.

Education World - An excellent guide to finding useful education resources on the Internet.

Scholastic - Check out the on-line activity centers categorized by subject and grade level. Many engaging and worthwhile activities.

Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators - One of the most well-known sites for teachers and created by a teacher. Updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse - Identifies effective curriculum resources and manages information and products to improve K-12 math and science teaching and learning.

EPN - The Education Podcast Network. 

TeacherSource - PBS provides over 3,000 lesson plans, many of them involving technology.  

Marion County Public Library

21st Century Learning Skills

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WebQuest Resources

The Official WebQuest Page - Where it all began, folks! What are webquests? Why are they such a powerful learning tool? How can YOUR class use them? How can they be evaluated?

QuestGarden - New from Bernie Dodge.  Are you a teacher that believes in constructivist teaching and learning but haven't had the time to learn to create web pages with Dreamweaver or Front Page? Bernie Dodge and his new QuestGarden is the place for you.  Create, adapt, and find  webquests quickly in Dr. Dodge's QuestGarden. Check it out!

Dr. Alice Christie's Web Quest Site - Dr. Christie of Arizona State at her best! Plenty of quality webquests. Click here to see a concise explanation of webquests and their components. Be sure to check out KidQuests that are written especially for emerging readers and writers.

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Web 2.0

High School Online Collaborative Writing - use wikis as a tool for cooperative learning. 

Wikispaces - another place to facilitate online sharing. 

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Teacher Thursdays/Workshops

TimeLiner

Publisher For Professionals I

Publisher For Professionals II

PowerPoint

Kids Pix Kidspiration

Templates for PowerPoint Review Games

Fayette County Schools

Jefferson County Schools

Microsoft Word Tutorial I

 

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ArchIndy TC Meetings

3 Cool Tools for TCs

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Opportunities for Growth

PBS TeacherLine

Indiana Computer Educator's Conference - (be sure to click on "Annual Conference") This is the state wide educational technology conference. Many, many teachers attend to gain insights and share ideas on how to utilize technology in the classroom.

Hoosier Educational Computer Coordinators  

NECC (National Educational Computing Conference)

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