IMPORTANT BACKGROUND UNDERSTANDING

Organizing Bookmarks

Backflip
http://www.backflip.com

My Backflip Links
http://www.backflip.com/members/jfriesen

IKeepBookmarks
http://ww2.ikeepbookmarks.com/Default.asp

My IKeepBookmark Links
http://ww2.ikeepbookmarks.com/
browse.asp?folder=33426

Parts of a Lesson

PrePlanning

Lesson Plan Collections
Discovery School
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/tech.html

Read Write and Think
http://www.readwritethink.org/

Teacher's First
http://www.teachersfirst.com/index.cfm

Lots of lesson plan sites
http://www.backflip.com/members/jfriesen/9005379

Calendar Creators
Calendar Server.com
http://www.calendarserver.com/

Calendars.net
http://www.calendars.net/

Assessment

Create Quizzes
http://eleaston.com/quizzes.html

Quiz Star
http://quiz.4teachers.org/

Web Worksheet Wizard
http://wizard.4teachers.org/

Discovery School Teaching Tools
http://school.discovery.com/
teachingtools/teachingtools.html

Rubistar
http://www.4teachers.org/rubistar

Rubric Builder
http://www.landmark-project.com/
classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php

Teach-nology
http://www.teach-nology.com/
web_tools/rubrics/

PBL Checklist
http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/

Introduction

Teacher TV
http://www.teachers.tv/home.do

Class Timer
http://www.vickiblackwell.com/timer.html

Random Name Generator
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/npeek
/rannamegenerator.htm

Random Number Generator
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/
randomnumbergenerator.htm

Research

Search Engines

Google-Look at all of the special search engines available.
http://www.google.com

Clusty
http://clusty.com/about

Dogpile
http://www.dogpile.com

eThemes
http://www.emints.org/ethemes

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html

Scaffolding

Citation Machine
http://citationmachine.net/

Track Star
http://www.4teachers.org/trackstar

Filimentality
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/

Surweb
http://www.surweb.org/

NoodleTools
http://www.noodletools.com/

Timeline Maker
http://www.teach-nology.com/
web_tools/materials/timelines/

Pics4Learning
http://www.pics4learning.com

MyeCoach
http://www.my-ecoach.com

Flamingtext
http://www.flamingtext.com

Cool text
http://www.cooltext.colm

Online Graphic Organizers

Eduplace
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/

Smarttech
http://smarttech.com

Sources for primary documents and data

Landmark Project
http://www.landmark-project.com/index.php

Repository for Links to Primary Documents
http://www.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
Other.Repositories.html

American Memory
http://memory.loc.gov

The Digital Classroom
http://www.archives.gov/education/index.html

Projects

Quest Garden
http://webquest.org/questgarden/author/

Technospud-collection of projects   (since 1999)
http://www.technospudprojects.com/index.htm

Global School House
http://www.globalschoolnet.org/GSH/

Flat Stanley
http://flatstanley.enoreo.on.ca/

Quest Network
http://www.bluezones.com/pages/
expedition_central/index.php

Social Networking

Blogmeister
http://www.classblogmeister.com

Blogger
http://www.blogger.com

Educational Podcast Network
http://epnweb.org/

Flickr-things you can do with a digital picture
http://flagrantdisregard.com/flickr/

Wiki Creator
http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers

Tool Collections

4Teachers
http://www.4teachers.org/

Noodletools
http://www.noodletools.com/

Landmark Project
http://landmark-project.com/index.php

My eCoach
http://my-ecoach.com/

Other Helpful Links

Teaching Matters
http://teachingmatters.com

Energizer Links

Virtual Bubblewrap
http://www.virtual-bubblewrap.com/popnow.shtml

Course Wiki-designspace
(Lessons Plans Created for this Session will go Here)

Links to go Deeper

Understanding By Design Resources
http://www.ubdexchange.org/resources.html

Essential Questions
http://www.galileo.org/tips/essential_questions.html

USE TECHNOLOGY THE SMART WAY:
  • TO LIFT THE LEVEL OF THE LESSON.
  • TO EASE THE TEACHER'S WORKLOAD.
  • TO MOTIVATE STUDENTS.