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ESU#6
Technology Resources
ESU#6 web site:
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This site provides resources for
educators. Click along the left side, choosing the category
desired. These resources will be utilized during ESU#6
workshops, but are available for teachers to use at any
time.
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ESU#6 | Last Updated November 2, 2003
Finding Internet Projects
- Quia--Quintessential
Instructional Archive. Create your own quizzes, web
pages, and games. Explore the activities other teachers
have already created that are ready for your use in the
classroom!
- Scholastic
Network--This site offers many resources. The company
has matched their Internet resources to states'
standards, allowing teachers to easily find Internet
projects which match state standards.
- TrackStar--this
site has now adding a feature for matching their tracks
to standards. Click on "themes and standards."
Example Track on
Classroom Management: Go to TrackStar (above link) and
then enter track ID 7853, then press
[Enter/Return]. At next screen, click on "View in
Frames"
- Cyberguides--CyberGuides
are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units
of instruction centered on core works of literature.
These are based on California's standards, but will
assist teachers from other states as well.
- Blue
Web'n--Blue Web'n is a searchable database of
Internet learning sites categorized by subject area,
audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects,
resources, references, & tools).
- Tammy's
Technology Tips: Integrated Technology Projects--Use
the building block model to design an integrated
technology project, complete with hyperlinks. Or search
for a project by subject or grade level.
- Marco
Polo--this site has wonderful resources for classroom
teachers. Check out the "illuminations" for math sites
correlated to standards. There are some very impressive
resources available through this site.
- Web
Quest Page--A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented
activity in which most or all of the information used by
learners is drawn from the Web.
- PBS
TeacherSource--Many good resources on this site,
including 1300 lesson plans and activities, matched to
standards.
- Apple Learning
Interchange--Apple has developed an online
educational environment to facilitate the interchange of
ideas among teachers, education leaders, visionaries, and
innovators.
- Gateway to
Educational Materials--this site provides access to
lesson plans, curriculum units and other education
resources on the Internet!
- www.4kids.org--This
page has well defined projects for students.
- TeachersFirst--collection
of Internet resources and lesson plans drawn from around
the world. Each resource is selected and reviewed by one
of TeachersFirst's reviewers, all of whom have classroom
teaching experience. Reviewed resources are grouped by
subject and grade level.
- Classroom
Connect--view various resources available through
Classroom Connect. One very popular item is the Classroom
Connect Newsletter.
- Journey
North--Engaging Students in a Global Study of
Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change
- Pathfinder
Science--"Creating student scientists, not just
science students!"
- The
RAC Model (Research, Analysis,
Communication)--provides a model of instruction that
integrates technology with higher order thinking to teach
curricular standards. This is provided by a rural K-12
Maryland school, Caroline County Public School.
- ExploraSource--This
is a free online service that finds resources to address
curriculum topics and national, state, and local
standards (click on "Standards Viewer)
- Chuck
Friesen's Math Home Page--Dr. Friesen is the
Directory of Technology for Lincoln Public Schools. His
background is in math, so he has assembled a site with
very useful links to math resources.
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Subject Specific Resources
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Citing Resources
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Search Engines, Directories and
Tips
Searching Resources
Internet Search
Tools: Click on "Internet Search Tools-Quick Reference
Guide." This resource helps you determine which search
engine to use and how to use it. This bookmark is also
available in PDF format. To help retain clarity when
copying, a black and white version is also available.
The
Four NETS for Better Searching: The most comprehensive
engine out there at the moment seems to be Google, and
that's what we'll focus on here.
Nueva--This
is a fantastic site! There are pages of questions (how do I
find quotations, quality sites that have been evaluated,
company sites, etc.) Check this one out!
Librarians' Index to the
Internet
What is
Information Literacy?--This is a web page designed by
Joyce Valenza.
Search Engines allow the user to search a database
that is compiled by a computer program that collects
information from web servers, indexes it, and creates a
keyword-searchable database
Directories are general or subject-specific lists
compiled by a human being.
Meta search engines search a group of search
sites.
- Metacrawler--this
metasearch engine indicates on which search engine(s)
matches were made.
- Inference
Find--this metasearch engine categories your matches
as to where the site was located (whether educational
site, government site, commercial site, etc.)
- List of Other
Meta search sites
Portals are special web sites that offer a
collection of services, resources that could include search
engines, news email, etc.
Tips to help you complete more effective
searches
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Sites of Interest
- Innovative
Teaching: Using Inspiration/Kidspiration--This site
has numerous tips for using this software.
- Learn NC --this
web site provides a collection of resources designed by
experienced North Carolina educators for classroom
teaching and learning and for professional development.
If you are looking for ideas for assessments, try looking
at the Instructional
Resources section, then click on the pop-up menu for
"Assessment Resources."
- Project
Bartleby
- Favorite
Web Sites--Sites that are favorites for teachers.
This is a list from Deb Eberspacher who assists with
workshops at ESU#6.
- HPR*TEC--High Plains
Regional Technology in Education Consortium
- www.4kids.org--helps
you find all kinds of resources on the web
- How
Stuff Works--an interesting site which provides
answers to how a variety of products work.
- Classroom
Today--This web site, sponsored by Classroom Connect,
allows students to see how much they know about various
events which shaped history.
- www.4teachers.org--this
site provides a variety of resources, including project
based learning activities
- Library
of Congress: American Memory--searchable collection
of photographs
- Tammy's
Technology Tips for Teachers --this site has
wonderful resources. You'll find project ideas not only
for Internet but for ClarisWorks, HyperStudio, and Kid
Pix.
- Tech4Learning--This
site has many resources, including ImageBlender!
- Kathy
Schrock's Web Site
- ePals Classroom
Exchange
- Monarch
Watch
- Global
Grocery List
- Where
on the Globe is Roger
- The
webQuest Homepage
- Reading
Road--This site is dedicated to understanding and
providing materials to support the early stages of
reading development. Our reading activities are organized
in three groups: (see below for descriptions)
Group 1: Alphabet
Soup
Group 2: Sight
Words
Group 3: Phonics
Phun
- DiscoverySchool.com--many
resources can be found at this site. You can create your
own web page, put quizzes up on the web, find clip art,
plus much more!
Clips Art
- Discoveryschool.com
clip art site--Educators can use up to 10 clips free
of charge. Be sure to see the copyright page at this site
as you need to credit Discoveryschoolcom when using their
clipart.
- Country
Clip Art (free ones) by Lisa--This site includes a
variety of country-style graphics. If you use these
graphics on a web page, you need to give credit to Lisa.
Be sure to read the instructions on her site.
- Clip
Art--Free clip art for a variety of topics
- Cherished
Teddies clip art site. These are provided free of
charge
- Backgrounds
Etc. clip art site: scroll down toward the bottom of
the page to find all types of clip art (cherished teddies
from above is on this site also)
Nebraska Resources
Training Materials
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On-Line Resources
- QuizStar
from SCR*TEC--create a custom quiz that students can take
on-line
Example: Click on
this link to see a quiz
over the Nebraska Driver's Manual. You will need to enter
your name, on the next screen choose "add me to this
class."
- TrackStar--this
site allows you to create your own site very quickly and
has added a feature for matching their tracks to
standards. Click on "themes and standards" to see the
matches to standards.
Example Track on
Classroom Management: Go to TrackStar (above link) and
then enter track ID 7853, then press
[Enter/Return]. At next screen, click on "View in
Frames"
- SCR*TEC's Web
Worksheet Wizard--This web-based utility will allow
you to create a lesson, worksheet or class page on the
world-wide-web. All you need to use this utility is your
browser and some time.
Example Worksheet:
Enter #5939 to see a sample one done on Cooperative
Learning.
- TeacherWeb--free
personal website that's as easy to use as the bulletin
board in your classroom. Post assignments, announcements,
and other educational material on your own classroom's
web page. With TeacherWeb, you simply type in new
homework assignments & special announcements while
viewing your website.
- eBoard--the
easiest way to post messages, photos and files online.
You can use it for group communication or as a homepage.
Using the familiar image of notes on a corkboard, it
enables you to post pictures, announcements, files,
messages, links and interactive discussions online in
seconds. To get to my eboard, type "sblankenship" and use
the password "esu6" to see the most recent emessage(s) I
have posted.
- Quia--Create your
own games, quizzes, and home pages. This site also
contains thousands of activities in over 40 subject areas
(created by other educators).
- Zoomerang--this
site allows you to survey groups. This can be used for
collecting data for grants, for surveying teachers after
staff development activities, or collecting data
regarding school issues. The free surveys will allow up
to 50 responses and the site will provide the survey
on-line for 10 days.
- Blink--allows you
a place to deposit your bookmarks so you'll have them
wherever you go!
- School
Notes--this site allows you to post class notes,
assignments, announcements. Students and parents find the
notes by going to this site and entering the zip code for
the school.
- Homestead--here
you can create your own personal web page: students can
put up pages, school organizations, teachers, small
businesses, etc.
- Calendars
Net--free on-line calendar hosting! Put your
calendars for activities, lunches, meetings for
organizations, etc. on the web where parents, teachers,
and students can easily find them!
- Fun Brain--K-8 site
which allows teachers to create quizzes or utilize
others' on-line assessments
- Lightspan:
Your Class On-line--a free classroom Web site! Your
Class Online combines valuable educational resources from
Lightspan.com with your own content and information to
create a site that's unique to your classroom
community.
- eHomeRoom--Track
all school and non-school activities in one integrated
and customizable calendar reachable by students, parents
and teachers.
- Project
Based Learning Checklists--This site contains
age-appropriate, customizable project checklists for
written reports, multimedia projects, oral presentations,
and science projects. The use of these checklists keeps
students on track and allows them to take responsibility
for their own learning through peer- and
self-evaluation.
- Profiler--Profiler
inspires cooperation and collaboration among teachers and
students to help them improve their skills around a
general topic. Use Profiler to strengthen your school
district's ability to share expertise. You can take a
survey to assess your technology abilities and find
someone who can help you strengthen these skills within
your school.
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Events & Grant Information
- Midwest
Internet Institute--scheduled for July 28-29, 2003 at
Lux Middle School in Lincoln, NE. The focus for this
conference is on Internet and how it can be integrated
into the curriculum.
- NETA Spring
Conference--scheduled each spring at Holiday Inn
Central in Omaha.
- Excellence
in Education grants--There will be no Tier I and Tier
II grants for 2001-2002 and 2002-2003.
- Community
Technology Fund--The Community Technology Fund was
created by statute (86-1512) "to provide incentives for
collaborative community and regional approaches toward
more effective and efficient use of technology to meet
the needs of citizens, political subdivisions, and other
entities as determined by the commission." It is
estimated that 2002 fund information will be released
November 2001, with applications for 2002 funds due in
February 2002.
- Nebraska
Technology Training Grants (formerly NEBSAT)--This
link to the NITC site provides not only the Tech Training
grant information, but also other applicable grants.
Grants are due April 2, 2002, with announcements of
recipients in May or June 2002.
- Sites for finding technology articles: edtechNOT.com,
Jamie McKenzie's site,
Alan November's
site, and the Thornburg
Institute (David Thornburg and Ted McCain).
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