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Lesson Plans, Activities, Tools
Searchable Lesson Archives | Lesson Planners | Standards Locators
WebQuests, Hunts | Web-based Projects | Virtual Field Trips
Puzzles, Quizzes, Activities | Integration Ideas | Keypals and e-Pals | Keyboarding
Videoconferencing | Software for Creating Your Own Activities | Screen Annotation Applications
Posting Classroom Pages | Rubric Assessment
Digital Storytelling, Probeware, GPS, Data-Mining
Posting Photos, Sharing/Storing Files
Bookmark ManagersAlso check out the Web Design Resources, especially the links to Graphics
Additional Lesson Plan resources can be found in:
Internet Ethics & Safety
Resources for Teaching About TechnologyTeacher Tools :
Internet Tools Which Make a Teacher's Life Easier - from Internet 4 Classrooms
ENC Online - Curriculum Resources - search these very deep resourcesand
The Map of Creativity - global projects in a fascinating registry
from the Next Generation Foundation
NTeQ - center for Inquiry based teaching with technology - be sure to see the Lesson Planner
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Cool Free Tool for Teachers - from Least Tern
But not Least...III - our ongoing weblog of new tools
Searchable lesson archives: the best subject-specific resources are listed at Research Starters:
- K-12 Lessons and Websites - from Los Angeles County Office of Educaiton - grouped by subject - not overwhelming - seems to have a good quality standard, but not all links are up to date
- AOL@SCHOOL Teachers - Lesson Plans - worth a look - growing - you should know about student resources too - this is a portal site for lesson plans, teacher tools, and (new) current Education News
Apple Learning Exchange - well edited Internet resources in a searchable database - do not require Apple computers
- CREATE for Mississippi - Technology Integrated Lessons in English, Social Studies, Math and Science - Middle School
- Hotlists from iwebquest.com are selected resource sites - grouped topically (scroll down the page) - you can also access the lists from the iwebquest homepage (select Hotlists from the menu).
- IDEAS - teacher-selected web-based resources in all k12 subject areas - from Wisconsin (but not limited to WI in use) - explore some of the new media-based lessons
- Lesson Plan Library from Discovery School/Kathy Schrock
- Pro!Teacher - elementary and early middle level lesson archives PLUS teacher message boards - by curricular topic
- Scholastic.com maintains a large file of lesson plans, most of which can be mapped to state standards - access the Teacher section as well for teaching tips that often embrace new technologies
- Teacher.Net Lesson Plans - submitted by teachers, searchable by topic or division
- Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute - archive of complete lesson plans, most of which can have a technology integration component
Lesson Planners
- Collaborative Lesson Modules - we have gathered links to the best online modules and information as part of our study of inquiry and collaborative learning
- Computers: Tools for Learning - a pedagogy (interesting in its identification of integration elements) and a Model
- Design Your Own Lesson, from the Star Center (Texas) - a data base form that you can fill in and print - excellent examples - from Tammy Worcester
- Intel Education - Unit Plan Design - this simple template will help you to prepare a sound student-based unit
- Lesson Design and Performance Models - overview of Dr.Madeline Hunter's 8-step method
- MS Word Lesson Plan Template can be downloaded from Teacher Tools, courtesy of Prince William County Schools (VA) - the site also includes other useful technology integration materials
- NCRTEC Lesson Planner - a template that will be invaluable to teachers
- STEPS and The Lesson Architect - free account will enable you to use an online lesson planner - the standards are Florida, but you can leave this step blank and insert your own latter
- Teacher Universe Lesson Planner available through RiverDeep is available online or as an AW orWord document planner that can be downloaded
- The Teacher's Internet Use Guide has a site devoted to the creation of standards-based lesson plans integrating Internet resources (this is a link to the site map)
- Least Tern offers a Filemaker Pro database solution - please contact us.
- Achieve's National Clearninghouse Standards Database - state, grade, category, keyword searching
- R*TEC Teachers - search for lessons by state standard
- Riverdeep Standards Locator
- Standards by State - from Intel
- Teacher's Toolkit from Scholastic helps you to align lessons to Standards - registration required.
WebQuests, Web Hunts
- Webquests and More - why to and how to
- Filamentality - a tried and true resource for creating your own Quests, Hunts, etc. - hosts your quests for up to a year - also a good resource for learning about types of web-related resources - indexes their own products and those in three other resources.
- Pre-Writing
Your WebQuest - JavaScript interactive form is a good planning guide
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The Research Cycle - created by Jamie McKenzie - includes two Module Makers to guide you through the creation of an effective Internet research project
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TeAch-nology.com
Worksheet Makers - a webquest maker is available - currently
for free and also with paid membership
- Trackstar - "tracks" can be simple lists, hunts, or full quests
- Web and Flow - fee-based site, but the first 30 days are free ($25/yr) - from the designers of Filamentality, a quest making system that is a bit more sleak (less time-consuming)
- WebQuest Template to download the source code for a plug-and-play .html page for your own quest
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Bernie Poole's EdIndex of Web Resources has a section on WebQuests and Hunts - select Webquests and Scavenger hunts from the dropdown menu (open it in a new window to remove the frames or directly to Scavenger).
- BestWebQuests.com as well, where you can find a Matrix of selected quests and tips for improving your efforts
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edHelper.com offers a listing of webquests, searchable by subject and grade level - links are not necessarily current
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iWebQuest - excellent quests, including Egypt, Greece, Mathematics, AUP - includes teaching tips, a discussion board and free email for teachers, students and parents to encourage collaboration and feedback
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Ozline.com - from Australian Tom Marsh - "helping educators work the web" with special attention to WebQuests - keyword search of three web archives
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WebQuest
Portal - sample quests by grade and subject - click
on Top / Middling / New in the navigation bar to access
the matrices
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The WebQuest Page - templates and a huge library of examples and links to WebQuest resources - the Training Materials link is especially helpful - site maintained by Bernie Dodge - don't Click Examples because it has been replaced by the WebQuest Portal (see above)
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Spartanburg, NC has created a page of WebQuest resources
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A Rubric for
Evaluating WebQuests - for you to use after you have completed the
design steps - from the WebQuest Page and Bernie Dodge
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another from Tom Marsh - BestWebQuests.com
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another, in article form: A
Checklist for Evaluating WebQuests, from Juanita Y. Benjamin
Finding Online
Assessing
Web-based Projects - links to sources offering or connecting to many projects -
Our more complete listing of web-based collaborative projects listing can be found at Resources for Collaboration in the Classroom
- Collaborative Projects from CIESE - science projects for k-12 - Stevens Institute of Technology
- Teach-Nology listing of Online Projects has some that you might not find elsewhere - brief annotations
- TrackStar - annotate websites to create a web-based activity - free - from the homepage, activities created by other teachers can be searched by theme, author, keyword or state standards addressed
- Web Worsksheet Wizard - create web pages for web-based activities - hyperlink - free - students access via your page ID
Puzzles, Quizzes and Activities - See also - Creating Your Own Instructional Materials and subject-based links at Research Starters
Play online
- BrainPOP - subscription-based online resource for supplementing math, science, health, technology and now English
- Education Place - from publisher Houghton Mifflin, Brain Teasers, a Defininition Guessing Game, GeoNet online game (MS), and cloze story writing
- Gary Ollwit's Educational Freeware - download these applications for PC only - wordsearch, mouse skills, math drill, money, time, grammar
- Interactive Things to Do - resources for games, puzzles, problem-solving activities - many but not all relate to science - from the Franklin Institute Online
- Kids Hub -free games and activities - includes a new Middle School Hub and a High School Hub - science, social studies, math, spelling, language arts - many are structured for collaborative use - at the upper levels, contains quizzes and guides to homework helpers - the Quiz Hub requires a subscription
- Play Kids Games.com - math, alphabet, vocabulary, memeory and problem solving interactive games for elementary school
- Scholastic's Online Activities Center - interactive learning activities in subject categories - elementary and middle school
- SuperKids Educational Tools - hangman, scramble, logic games, more
- Teachers Hub - a compact "k-12 learning center" with cross-curricular activities, resources and quizzes for elementary, middle and high school levels, as well as materials for the teacher - creators also create school websites and quizzes by subscription
Create OnLine
- Create a Graph - create printable charts and graphs from a data set - appropriate for elementary and middle school - image can be captured for use in presentation
- Create-A-Venn - interactive tools for create a 3-circle Venn diagram - can be printed, downloaded as a .gif image (for use on a web page or other document) or saved in the searchable site library - limited to one text item per section, no formatting control
- Discovery School Quiz Center - requires that you join and set up a Custom Classroom account - it's free - quizzes can be stored in your account - students can access your quizzes in in private group
- Easy Test Maker - free test generator that allows you to mix formats on one test - requires registration
- Edict Virtual Language Center - create online crosswords, cloze exercises and quizzes for no charge - for $6/month, you can also make a small website with links to your activities, a private chat, and a discussion board - use limited to education - access our puzzle at Mac Shortcut Keys - Java must be enabled! IE does not work on a Mac - print puzzles or play online
- Hot Potatoes - create your own web-based tests, quizzes and cloze activities with this free suite of tools - cross platform - this is a software download, but it is free to educators
- JS Quiz Maker - download this freeware java-driven engine for making your own online quizzes and self-tests - this will need IT support!
- Puzzlemaker - make your own to print or use online - include math puzzles, mazes, word searches
- Quiz Lab - fee-based tool for creation online quizzes, student tracking - sign on with a team and save
- QuizStar - create online quizzes or use those created by others - set up a free account - quizzes can be stored
- Quia - this site used to be free, and still maintains an archive of free interactive puzzles, games and learning activities - good for language learning, math and social studies - lowcost membership for individual teachers and for schools
Download Paper Copies
- abcTeach - free downloads of paper activities, more with subscription - elementary and middle level
- Teacher Tools & Templates - from Education World - includes templates for graphical organizers
Ideas for Integration - This entire web site is about integration. but we have provided some overview materials. See also:The most effective integration will come from the integration of your own ideas with the various sources and lists on our website. Here are useful ideas to jump start you:
- Using the laptop in High School - from Least Tern
- Jerries's Curriculum Hotlists - for elementary School
