|
|
English/Language Arts
Elementary
|
|
Afterschool Training
Toolkit is designed to give afterschool program directors
and instructors the resources they need to build fun, innovative,
and academically enriching activities that not only engage
students, but also extend their knowledge in new ways and increase
academic achievement.
*On-line resources |
|
ALTEC: Empower
learners of all types and ages. Find instructional Web-based
technology for students, professional development opportunities,
program support, and online assessment for
educators.
* Web-based |
|
Annenberg Learner:
Videos, interactives, workshops, and distance learning are all
available on this site. Arts, Foreign Language, Mathematics,
Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts are all
represented.
* Web-based |
 |
Bembo's Zoo: A fun
site with letters changing to animals - very primary but fun!
* Web-based
|
|
|
Birmingham Grid for
Learning: Wide variety of interactive English
activities.
* Web-based |
|
|
BrainPOP creates
animated, curriculum-based content that engages students, supports
educators, and bolsters achievement. Our award-winning online
educational resources include BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP,
BrainPOP Español, and BrainPOP ESL. Features free lesson plans,
video tutorials, professional development tools, graphic
organizers, & best practices.
* Web-based * Requires subscription and
membership |
|
|
Dipity is a site that
allows your students to create and share interactive timelines
about any subject or topic. Dipity timelines implement the latest
in Web 2.0, combining multimedia & social media content with
timestamps, geolocation & real-time updates.
* Web-based * Save on-line * Customized by
user
* Cannot save to computer |
|
|
Discovery Education
has so much to offer teachers it will never fit in this annotation.
Lesson plans, videos, puzzlemakers, science fair ideas, contests,
grants, science help and more. There are so many resources for
educators, librarians, students, and schools to use.
* Web-based |
 |
Don't Use Said:
Another option to said site, but this also highlights spoken word,
then inserts punctuation!
* Web-based
|
|
|
Edsitement! Check out
this site for great educational material -suggested Websites and
lesson plans - in literature/language arts, art/culture, social
studies/history and foreign language.
* Web-based |
|
|
Educatus: An
intriguing collection of educational lessons, currently consisting
of 12,000+ images represented in over 1,000 lessons.
* Web-based |
|
|
Eduweb: Students may
think they are just playing games, but learning is really what is
going on. Grounded in the idea of game-based learning, students
work through creative learning games and activities, all the while
learning in a fun and engaging environment.
* Web-based |
|
Grammar Ninja is an
educational game that can be played at school or at home on your
computer or on a Wii. Students use the game to identify nouns,
pronouns, conjunctions, articles, adverbs and verbs. This game is
very interactive and great to play on the interactive whiteboard
with students. The sound effects will drawn the students
in.
* Web-based
|
|
|
Khanacademy: Over
2,100 videos and 100 self-paced exercises and assessments covering
everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history. It
includes complete custom self-paced learning tools; a dynamic
system for getting help; and a custom profile, points, and badges
to measure progress.
* Web-based |
|
Kids' Poetry Page:
Magnetic poetry kits.
* Web-based
|
|
|
Lee's Summit:
Templates for teacher or student generated review games such as
Hangman, Jeopardy, Millionaire, among others. Lesson Plans,
activities and more!
* Web-based |
|
|
Library of Congress
website has over 13 million digitized primary source items.
Teachers, students, parents, and the community can all find
something here. Tip: Visit the American Memory section of the site
to browse 100 separate collections arranged by topic.
* Web-based |
|
Magnetic Chat: Click
and drag "magnetic" letters to practice spelling and word
families.
* Web-based |
|
|
Merlot stands for
Multimedia Educational Research for Learning and Online Teaching.
This site offers classroom activities, lessons from peers in the
field of education, and much more.
* Web-based |
|
|
National Geographic
Kids: Encourage your kids to do some writing!
* Web-based |
|
|
National Library of Virtual
Manipulatives: A must with the SMART Board! Interactive,
virtual manipulatives from preK-12.
* Web-based |
|
PicLits.com is a
creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully
selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the
right words in the right place and the right order to capture the
essence, story, and meaning of the picture. *
Web-based |
|
Power Proofreading:
Proofreading topics including spelling, punctuation, format,
etc.
* Web-based
|
|
|
PowerPoint
Collection: Download a premade PowerPoint ready for
classroom use - math, science, social studies, art, language
arts.
* Web-based * Download to computer |
|
Professor Garfield:
Are you looking to engage kids in a safe online setting and provide
21st century learning opportunities? Professor Garfield provides an
environment where children can safely create, interact, read,
engage, and express themselves through a variety of innovative
online tools including an e-book reader and comics lab.
* Web-based |
|
Read, Write, Think:
A collection of online interactive tools (such as Venns, plot maps,
and timelines) supporting literacy in K-12 classrooms.
* Web-based |
|
Reading Eggs makes
learning to read interesting and engaging for kids, with great
online reading games and activities. And it really works! Children
love the games, songs, golden eggs and other rewards which, along
with feeling proud of their reading, really motivate children to
keep exploring and learning.
* Web-based |
|
Roy, A Tale of a
Singing Zebra: Interactive reading games, guided reading activities
with other literacy ativities.
* Web-based |
|
|
Scholastic: Three
interactive games - rhyming words, beginning sounds, naming objects
belonging in certain places (ex. Home)
* Web-based |
|
|
Smithsonian: The
Smithsonian Education website offers sections for families,
students and educators. The section for Educators includes a
browsable lesson plan area (searchable by subject, keyword or grade
level) and IdeaLabs, student interactive tutorials that enhance the
use of the site.
* Download to computer |
|
|
SOS for Information
Literacy: Learn how to effectively incorporate information
literacy into your lesson plans. S.O.S. for Information Literacy is
a dynamic, collaborative web-based multimedia resource for
educators, K to 16. This site links lesson plans and teaching ideas
for information literacy through a comprehensive quality control
system to ensure that lessons are high caliber. Create an account
and build your own lessons or activities.
* Web-based |
|
Starfall: Reading
activities for the emergent through more advanced reader.
* Web-based |
|
Study Stack: Find
flashcards to study or create your own flashcards! Study flashcards
or use the other activities such as matching, crosswords, hangman,
scrambled word, or bug chase. Study flashcards anytime and anywhere
by printing your flashcards or by using them with applications on
your cell phone, PDA, or iPod.
* Web-based |
|
|
The National Archives' Digital
Classroom offers a multitude of resources for the use of
primary sources in the classroom. With access to copies of primary
documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United
States, teachers can develop their own activities and lesson plans
that make historical periods come alive for their students or
choose from dozens of resources that have already been developed
and are featured here.
* Web-based |
|
|
Thinkfinity is the
place for you. This site offers thousands of lesson plans and
interactives that align to both state and national standards. They
have a consortium that includes partners National Geographic
Xpeditions, Smithsonian's History Explorer, Arts Edge and other
leaders in the education field.
* Web-based |
|
|
Topmarks: A variety
of topics - all interactive
* Web-based |
|
Visual Thesaurus is
where words are conceptually connected. (Be aware of "explicit"
words - be sure to try it before showing your students!)
* Web-based |
|
Webspiration
Classroom™: Improve writing and thinking skills with
Webspiration Classroom™ service, the online writing, visual
thinking and collaboration tool for students and teachers. Teach
necessary concepts and skills to help students write effectively
and evaluate and synthesize information.
* Web-based * Save on-line * Can
save to computer |
Middle Grades
|
|
Afterschool Training
Toolkit is designed to give afterschool program directors
and instructors the resources they need to build fun, innovative,
and academically enriching activities that not only engage
students, but also extend their knowledge in new ways and increase
academic achievement.
*On-line resources |
|
ALTEC: Empower
learners of all types and ages. Find instructional Web-based
technology for students, professional development opportunities,
program support, and online assessment for
educators.
* Web-based |
|
Annenberg Learner:
Videos, interactives, workshops, and distance learning are all
available on this site. Arts, Foreign Language, Mathematics,
Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts are all
represented.
* Web-based |
|
|
Birmingham Grid for
Learning: Wide variety of interactive English
activities.
* Web-based |
|
|
BrainPOP creates
animated, curriculum-based content that engages students, supports
educators, and bolsters achievement. Our award-winning online
educational resources include BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP,
BrainPOP Español, and BrainPOP ESL. Features free lesson plans,
video tutorials, professional development tools, graphic
organizers, & best practices.
* Web-based * Requires subscription and
membership |
|
|
Dipity is a site that
allows your students to create and share interactive timelines
about any subject or topic. Dipity timelines implement the latest
in Web 2.0, combining multimedia & social media content with
timestamps, geolocation & real-time updates.
* Web-based * Save on-line * Customized by
user
* Cannot save to computer |
|
|
Discovery Education
has so much to offer teachers it will never fit in this annotation.
Lesson plans, videos, puzzlemakers, science fair ideas, contests,
grants, science help and more. There are so many resources for
educators, librarians, students, and schools to use.
* Web-based |
|
|
Don't Use Said:
Another option to said site, but this also highlights spoken word,
then inserts punctuation!
* Web-based
|
|
|
Edsitement! Check out
this site for great educational material -suggested Websites and
lesson plans - in literature/language arts, art/culture, social
studies/history and foreign language.
* Web-based |
|
|
Educatus: An
intriguing collection of educational lessons, currently consisting
of 12,000+ images represented in over 1,000 lessons.
* Web-based |
|
|
Eduweb: Students may
think they are just playing games, but learning is really what is
going on. Grounded in the idea of game-based learning, students
work through creative learning games and activities, all the while
learning in a fun and engaging environment.
* Web-based |
|
|
Khanacademy: Over
2,100 videos and 100 self-paced exercises and assessments covering
everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history. It
includes complete custom self-paced learning tools; a dynamic
system for getting help; and a custom profile, points, and badges
to measure progress.
* Web-based |
|
Kids' Poetry Page:
Magnetic poetry kits.
* Web-based
|
|
|
Lee's Summit:
Templates for teacher or student generated review games such as
Hangman, Jeopardy, Millionaire, among others. Lesson Plans,
activities and more!
* Web-based |
|
|
Library of Congress
website has over 13 million digitized primary source items.
Teachers, students, parents, and the community can all find
something here. Tip: Visit the American Memory section of the site
to browse 100 separate collections arranged by topic.
* Web-based |
|
|
Merlot stands for
Multimedia Educational Research for Learning and Online Teaching.
This site offers classroom activities, lessons from peers in the
field of education, and much more.
* Web-based |
|
|
National Geographic
Kids: Encourage your kids to do some writing!
* Web-based |
|
|
National Library of Virtual
Manipulatives: A must with the SMART Board! Interactive,
virtual manipulatives from preK-12.
* Web-based |
|
PicLits.com is a
creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully
selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the
right words in the right place and the right order to capture the
essence, story, and meaning of the picture. *
Web-based |
|
Power Proofreading:
Proofreading topics including spelling, punctuation, format,
etc.
* Web-based
|
|
|
PowerPoint
Collection: Download a premade PowerPoint ready for
classroom use - math, science, social studies, art, language
arts.
* Web-based * Download to computer |
|
Professor Garfield:
Are you looking to engage kids in a safe online setting and provide
21st century learning opportunities? Professor Garfield provides an
environment where children can safely create, interact, read,
engage, and express themselves through a variety of innovative
online tools including an e-book reader and comics lab.
* Web-based |
|
Read, Write, Think:
A collection of online interactive tools (such as Venns, plot maps,
and timelines) supporting literacy in K-12 classrooms.
* Web-based |
|
|
Scholastic: Three
interactive games - rhyming words, beginning sounds, naming objects
belonging in certain places (ex. Home)
* Web-based |
|
|
Smithsonian: The
Smithsonian Education website offers sections for families,
students and educators. The section for Educators includes a
browsable lesson plan area (searchable by subject, keyword or grade
level) and IdeaLabs, student interactive tutorials that enhance the
use of the site.
* Download to computer |
|
|
SOS for Information
Literacy: Learn how to effectively incorporate information
literacy into your lesson plans. S.O.S. for Information Literacy is
a dynamic, collaborative web-based multimedia resource for
educators, K to 16. This site links lesson plans and teaching ideas
for information literacy through a comprehensive quality control
system to ensure that lessons are high caliber. Create an account
and build your own lessons or activities.
* Web-based |
|
Study Stack: Find
flashcards to study or create your own flashcards! Study flashcards
or use the other activities such as matching, crosswords, hangman,
scrambled word, or bug chase. Study flashcards anytime and anywhere
by printing your flashcards or by using them with applications on
your cell phone, PDA, or iPod.
* Web-based |
|
|
The National Archives' Digital
Classroom offers a multitude of resources for the use of
primary sources in the classroom. With access to copies of primary
documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United
States, teachers can develop their own activities and lesson plans
that make historical periods come alive for their students or
choose from dozens of resources that have already been developed
and are featured here.
* Web-based |
|
|
Thinkfinity is the
place for you. This site offers thousands of lesson plans and
interactives that align to both state and national standards. They
have a consortium that includes partners National Geographic
Xpeditions, Smithsonian's History Explorer, Arts Edge and other
leaders in the education field.
* Web-based |
|
|
Topmarks: A variety
of topics - all interactive
* Web-based |
|
Visual Thesaurus is
where words are conceptually connected. (Be aware of "explicit"
words - be sure to try it before showing your students!)
* Web-based |
|
Webspiration
Classroom™: Improve writing and thinking skills with
Webspiration Classroom™ service, the online writing, visual
thinking and collaboration tool for students and teachers. Teach
necessary concepts and skills to help students write effectively
and evaluate and synthesize information.
* Web-based * Save on-line * Can
save to computer |
Secondary
|
|
Afterschool Training
Toolkit is designed to give afterschool program directors
and instructors the resources they need to build fun, innovative,
and academically enriching activities that not only engage
students, but also extend their knowledge in new ways and increase
academic achievement.
*On-line resources |
|
ALTEC: Empower
learners of all types and ages. Find instructional Web-based
technology for students, professional development opportunities,
program support, and online assessment for
educators.
* Web-based |
|
Annenberg Learner:
Videos, interactives, workshops, and distance learning are all
available on this site. Arts, Foreign Language, Mathematics,
Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts are all
represented.
* Web-based |
|
|
Birmingham Grid for
Learning: Wide variety of interactive English
activities.
* Web-based |
|
|
BrainPOP creates
animated, curriculum-based content that engages students, supports
educators, and bolsters achievement. Our award-winning online
educational resources include BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP,
BrainPOP Español, and BrainPOP ESL. Features free lesson plans,
video tutorials, professional development tools, graphic
organizers, & best practices.
* Web-based * Requires subscription and
membership |
|
|
Dipity is a site that
allows your students to create and share interactive timelines
about any subject or topic. Dipity timelines implement the latest
in Web 2.0, combining multimedia & social media content with
timestamps, geolocation & real-time updates.
* Web-based * Save on-line * Customized by
user
* Cannot save to computer |
|
|
Discovery Education
has so much to offer teachers it will never fit in this annotation.
Lesson plans, videos, puzzlemakers, science fair ideas, contests,
grants, science help and more. There are so many resources for
educators, librarians, students, and schools to use.
* Web-based |
|
|
Edsitement! Check out
this site for great educational material -suggested Websites and
lesson plans - in literature/language arts, art/culture, social
studies/history and foreign language.
* Web-based |
|
|
Educatus: An
intriguing collection of educational lessons, currently consisting
of 12,000+ images represented in over 1,000 lessons.
* Web-based |
|
|
Eduweb: Students may
think they are just playing games, but learning is really what is
going on. Grounded in the idea of game-based learning, students
work through creative learning games and activities, all the while
learning in a fun and engaging environment.
* Web-based |
|
|
Khanacademy: Over
2,100 videos and 100 self-paced exercises and assessments covering
everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history. It
includes complete custom self-paced learning tools; a dynamic
system for getting help; and a custom profile, points, and badges
to measure progress.
* Web-based |
|
|
Lee's Summit:
Templates for teacher or student generated review games such as
Hangman, Jeopardy, Millionaire, among others. Lesson Plans,
activities and more!
* Web-based |
|
|
Library of Congress
website has over 13 million digitized primary source items.
Teachers, students, parents, and the community can all find
something here. Tip: Visit the American Memory section of the site
to browse 100 separate collections arranged by topic.
* Web-based |
|
|
Merlot stands for
Multimedia Educational Research for Learning and Online Teaching.
This site offers classroom activities, lessons from peers in the
field of education, and much more.
* Web-based |
|
|
National Geographic
Kids: Encourage your kids to do some writing!
* Web-based |
|
|
National Library of Virtual
Manipulatives: A must with the SMART Board! Interactive,
virtual manipulatives from preK-12.
* Web-based |
|
PicLits.com is a
creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully
selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the
right words in the right place and the right order to capture the
essence, story, and meaning of the picture. *
Web-based |
|
|
PowerPoint
Collection: Download a premade PowerPoint ready for
classroom use - math, science, social studies, art, language
arts.
* Web-based * Download to computer |
|
Professor Garfield:
Are you looking to engage kids in a safe online setting and provide
21st century learning opportunities? Professor Garfield provides an
environment where children can safely create, interact, read,
engage, and express themselves through a variety of innovative
online tools including an e-book reader and comics lab.
* Web-based |
|
Read, Write, Think:
A collection of online interactive tools (such as Venns, plot maps,
and timelines) supporting literacy in K-12 classrooms.
* Web-based |
|
|
Scholastic: Three
interactive games - rhyming words, beginning sounds, naming objects
belonging in certain places (ex. Home)
* Web-based |
|
|
Smithsonian: The
Smithsonian Education website offers sections for families,
students and educators. The section for Educators includes a
browsable lesson plan area (searchable by subject, keyword or grade
level) and IdeaLabs, student interactive tutorials that enhance the
use of the site.
* Download to computer |
|
|
SOS for Information
Literacy: Learn how to effectively incorporate information
literacy into your lesson plans. S.O.S. for Information Literacy is
a dynamic, collaborative web-based multimedia resource for
educators, K to 16. This site links lesson plans and teaching ideas
for information literacy through a comprehensive quality control
system to ensure that lessons are high caliber. Create an account
and build your own lessons or activities.
* Web-based |
|
Study Stack: Find
flashcards to study or create your own flashcards! Study flashcards
or use the other activities such as matching, crosswords, hangman,
scrambled word, or bug chase. Study flashcards anytime and anywhere
by printing your flashcards or by using them with applications on
your cell phone, PDA, or iPod.
* Web-based |
|
|
The National Archives' Digital
Classroom offers a multitude of resources for the use of
primary sources in the classroom. With access to copies of primary
documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United
States, teachers can develop their own activities and lesson plans
that make historical periods come alive for their students or
choose from dozens of resources that have already been developed
and are featured here.
* Web-based |
|
|
Thinkfinity is the
place for you. This site offers thousands of lesson plans and
interactives that align to both state and national standards. They
have a consortium that includes partners National Geographic
Xpeditions, Smithsonian's History Explorer, Arts Edge and other
leaders in the education field.
* Web-based |
|
|
Topmarks: A variety
of topics - all interactive
* Web-based |
|
Visual Thesaurus is
where words are conceptually connected. (Be aware of "explicit"
words - be sure to try it before showing your students!)
* Web-based |
|
Webspiration
Classroom™: Improve writing and thinking skills with
Webspiration Classroom™ service, the online writing, visual
thinking and collaboration tool for students and teachers. Teach
necessary concepts and skills to help students write effectively
and evaluate and synthesize information.
* Web-based * Save on-line * Can
save to computer |
|
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