Websites

=The following are websites that would be great to use with students. =
 * [|MyVocabulary.com]- Erin Beauvais shared this website that has interactive word puzzles, printable word lists, thematic activities, lesson plans, and test prep.
 * Civil War Anniversary - 2011 marks the sesquicentennial or 150th anniversary of the Civil War. The years of the Civil War were a time of great conflict for our nation. Using primary sources, lessons and interactives from Thinkfinity.org, immerse your students in the Civil War, and help them understand how its outcome continues to impact their lives to this day.
 * [|The Learning Network: Celebrate Black History] - In recognition of Black History Month, here is a collection of New York Times and Learning Network materials for teaching and learning about African-American history. Includes historical Times front pages, crosswords, lesson plans, and current Times resources. (Another great find by Kim King)
 * [|Inventors and Inventions]- quick information about a variety of inventors and inventions.
 * ====Teachinghistory.org- A single destination for K-12 American history content, teaching methods, and current research. ====
 * ====[|TweenTribune] - "[|TweenTribune] is free and jam packed with [|current news stories] that are chosen by site coordinators from the Associated Press for the "tween" (age 8-14) audience. Middle school audiences will find the articles easy to read and relate to. The site is easy to navigate with a subject indexed toolbar and it is searchable. There is even a "your town" section for local news stories. All stories are current because the creators scour the internet daily for age appropriate material. It greatly reduces the pressure of searching by giving an article research tool that is much more specific than simply using a search engine." ====
 * ====[|Veterans' Stories: The Veterans History Project] - Two new primary source sets from the Library of Congress can bring your students face to face with American war veterans. Veterans' Stories: The Veterans History Project and Veterans' Stories: Struggles for Participation let veterans tell their stories firsthand through interviews, diaries, photographs, and drawings. All these items were collected by the Veterans History Project, and they're accompanied by teacher guides and analysis tools that make them easy to use in the classroom. ====
 * ====[|National Metric Week] - This page contains items and ideas for use during National Metric Week, although most of them are useful throughout the year. ====
 * ====[|U.S. Census] - The U.S. Census is out with their "Back to School 2009-2010" fact sheet. It's loaded down with interesting stats (with links to their original sources). You can find more fact for feature pages at: [|__http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/__]. ====
 * ====[|Video Podcasting] - quick introduction to vodcasting. ====
 * ====[|Calculation Nation]- Part of the NCTM conference Kim King attended was the launching of a new game site. This online gaming is a way to motivate your students in practicing math applications in a "video game" way. Sign up for fun at Calculation Nation! Free registration gets you access to the beta version of this online gaming site from Illuminations. Challenge others in math strategy games, and see how you rank. ====
 * ====[|Public release tasks]- public release tasks, assement information, data analysis, VSC, and more for school improvement in Maryland. ====
 * ====[|WikipediaVision] - if you're doing a lesson for students that highlights that Wikipedia is constantly being updated by random people all over the world, show them this! (Leslie Weingarden - the media specialist at Thomas Stone found this while reading a blog) ====
 * ====[|Math Solutions] - online math resources featuring differentiated instruction and [|math games] ====
 * ====[|internet4classroom]-Jen Anderson found this. She said, "It matches Tenn. curriculum, but I found lots of good stuff." ====
 * ====[|Brain Pop]- It has videos on every subject � even Spanish. Teachers can look up �movies� that match state standards by state, subject, and grade. It has some free stuff, but it cost $1,000 for a school subscription (or $200 for one classroom). There�s a 5-day free trial. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Funbrain] -Lots of great stuff including web books and comics. This is where Diary of a Wimpy Kid began! ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Thinkfinity] - Thinkfinity.org is the Verizon Foundation�s online portal to 55,000 standards-based, grade-specific, K�12 lesson plans and other educational resources provided with many of the nation�s leading educational and literacy organizations. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Fun Works] - "The FunWorks is a nationally acclaimed STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) career exploration website developed for and by youth aged 11 to 15. It provides interactive career experiences and makes use of music and sports to help teens explore potential careers. The site was produced by the nonprofit Education Development Center with funding from the National Science Foundation....The FunWorks" ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Jeopardy Games]-Here's another website for some games. Looks as if they are listed by grade/content. Also, remember that there is a power point template in a folder named Jeopardy on the G:// drive. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Teaching Tolerance] - Free educational materials dedicated to reducing prejudice and supporting equitable school experiences for all children. This is where you'll find the Cesar Chavez resources. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Teaching Ethics] - �The Ethics Workbook I: World History was written for younger students in typical secondary world history classes in grades 7 � 10 as a first introduction to ethical issues. It treats a wide array of topics and simplifies the thinking of the most common ethicists and philosophers across the span of civilization.� ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Lure of the Labyrinth Pre-algebra game]- an online pre-algebra middle school math game developed to reach today�s tech-savvy students in a contemporary new way. Click [|lureofthelabyrinth.doc] for an article with more information about the project. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Newseum]- Just put your mouse on a city anywhere in the world, and the front page of the local newspaper pops up each day. Double click and the page gets larger. (Great find by Kathy Davis!) ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Copyright Kids]- great kid friendly site to learn about copyright and fair use laws. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Free Rice] - website that Narehood and others have shared where you can do some good and have some fun at the same time! ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Carve a pumpkin]- website Jill Kolniak found where you carve a virtual pumpkin- great tool to use with Smartboard ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Make Belief Comix] - create your own comic strips to share with your students, or better yet, have your students create them! To see an example, click [|here.] ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Washington Post Lesson Plans] - lessons for every grade and skill level, using every section of the daily Washington Post ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other sites with great, free online resources to use with the newspapers in your classroom... ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Parade Classroom] ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Newspaper Association of America Foundation] ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|The Virginia Press Association NIE site] ====

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The following are websites that lend themselves to professional development. =
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Mathematics Improvement Toolkit- free math webinars geared toward middle grades teachers.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Bloom's Revised Taxonomy - Kim King found this site. Her comments were: "Over the summer, I found many new sites on raising the thinking of our students (including a new "take" or revised taxonomy) We have always used Bloom's taxonomy and there are many different uses of matrixes and questions to ask for each level. I thought this site might be useful with some ready-to-use templates and possible activities."
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Ten Websites for Book lovers]- links to 10 fantastic online resources that book lovers will just love! ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|MiddleWeb] - MiddleWeb provides a wealth of resources for schools, districts, educators, parents, and public school advocates working to raise achievement for all students in the middle grades. ====
 * ====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|SCHOOL BEHAVIOR DOT COM] - This site is one of several recommended to us by middle grades school counselors as helpful to both teachers and counselors themselves. Developed by psychologist and school consultant Leslie Packer, the site focuses on "awareness, empathy and skills." Dr. Packer writes in her introduction: "Knowing that most educators welcome practical knowledge and tools that they can use, I created this site to help educators learn about neurobehavioral disorders -- the 'hidden' disabilities that can impair a student's academic, behavioral, and social-emotional functioning and that can occasionally create chaos in your classroom." ====