INTERACTIVE SITES FOR STUDENTS
http://illuminations.nctm.org
A library of over 100 online activities for students Pre-K through grade 12 that "help to make math come alive in the classroom..." as well as hundreds of online resources and lessons for teaching mathematics.
http://www.ReadWriteThink.org
Teachers can access lesson plans, online interactive tools for students, strategy guides, and suggestions for building professional libraries from this literacy-oriented site.
http://www.headsprout.com
This program is designed to improve K-5 students' reading comprehension skills.
http://www.funbrain.com
This is an interactive website full of educational games (e.g., Math Baseball) and web books for students in grades K-8.
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com
This site includes elementary school level games that build skills in areas such as health/science, art, music, math, language arts, geography and social studies.
http://www.mrnussbaum.com
K-8 students enjoy the dozens of interactive games and activities that pinpoint specific skills in many areas in math, language arts, science, and social studies. The site also contains contests, moderated chats, educational virtual worlds, and quests.
http://www.starfall.com
Starfall is a free public service intended to motivate children in grades K-2 to read with a focus on phonics.
http://www.aplusmath.com
Math-oriented games, flashcards, and a "Homework Helper" comprise this site for K-12 students.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com
Students can engage in virtual travel to anywhere in the world.
COLLECTIONS OF TEACHER RESOURCES AND TOOLS
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http://www.edublogs.org
Blogging for teachers and students is made easy with this site. Use blogs to share ideas, news, downloads, and links, or use a blog as a forum for online discussion and collaboration.
http://www.tnelc.org
Tennessee Department of Education’s Electronic Learning Center provides educators with over 200,000 archived lectures and lessons for professional development, information about upcoming professional learning opportunities, and practical, research-based instructional strategies.
Over 20,000 lesson plans are available to teachers (pre-K to 12), as well as tools such as graphic organizers and tips on classroom management.
Created by the State Educational Technology Directors Association, this site hosts a large collection of practical, research-based tools as well as an explanation of "scientifically based research."
Instructional programs and related research findings are presented for critical review by educators.
A collection of scientific evidence regarding "what works" in the classroom. Produced by US Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, topics include students with learning disabilities, adolescent literacy, early childhood education, middle school math, drop out prevention, character education, and much more.
Educators will find effective practices, news, research, resources, and information about upcoming professional learning and grant opportunities related to the charter school community on this website.
Instructional resources for teachers who teach K-12 students with topics covering brain-based teaching and learning, data-driven instruction, and professional leadership.
Teachers can access this database of more than 17,000 instructional resources collected by Federal Resources for Educational Excellence.
A free web-based set of curriculum resources for teachers and students (grades 8-12). Resources include interactive lessons, virtual labs, and audio and visual materials.
This is a free tool to help teachers develop custom rubrics (useful for guiding instruction).
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QuizStar is a web-based resource for teachers to use to create online quizzes, which can be customized with audio and video files. The system also allows easy management of student performance data.
Teachers can use this site to obtain funding for classroom materials that support student learning. Teachers submit project ideas and donors choose which to support.
This resources can be used to organize / schedule parent-teacher meetings.
An Internet search tool created for students.
A free service that allows teachers and students to create custom posters, puzzles, maps, slideshows and more using their digital photos.
PROGRESS MONITORING / DATA MANAGEMENT TOOLS
A report-generating, web-based data management system useful for facilitating progress monitoring.
A report-generating, web-based data management system useful for facilitating progress monitoring.
A report-generating, web-based data management system useful for facilitating progress monitoring.
Computer-based assessments in the areas of literacy and math.
INTERVENTION PROGRAMS AND INFORMATION
Teachers can access this site, created by the Center on National Response to Intervention, for RTI resources, information, and results of reviews of RTI tools.
A program designed to improve skills in the areas of reading, spelling, expressive language, and critical thinking.
An intervention system for students who need additional Tier II or Tier III levels of support.
An intervention backed by years of research and designed "...to drastically reduce the number of first-grade students who have extreme difficulty learning to read and write..."
BLOGS ( recently added section)
The National Science Teachers Association's blog offers "activities, ideas, resources, and strategies for teaching science in the early childhood years."
Teachers share ideas found to work in their own classrooms (all grade levels and subject areas).
Winner of the 2008 Edublog Award for Best Teacher Blog, this blog includes information on the Flat Project Classroom (linking student and teachers all over the world using videoconferencing) and information about how to use Wikispaces. Among many other ideas, it also provides information on over 100 applications and software programs for use in the classroom.
Winner of the 2009 Best Individual Edublog, this blog offers free resources and lesson plans for teachers in their efforts to integrate instructional technology.