Once you get hooked on using this, you'll wonder how you
lived without it! "Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web
site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering
good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning activities. It
helps combine the "filaments" of the Web with a learner's "mentality".
Support is built-in through Mentality Tips that guide you along the way to
creating a Web-based activity you can share with others even if you don't
know anything about HTML, Web servers, or all that www-dot stuff."
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/
Welcome
Back to School
Teacher created site with lots of downloadable goodies like charts, awards,
notices, nametags and bookmarks.
A
New Teacher Survival Guide
Well done website by a real teacher! Great resource for new and veteran
teachers alike. Covers getting organized, the first day, classroom management,
discipline and grading.
EdHelper
You'll need a lot of time to explore this site - over 10,000
lesson plans alone. Also webquests, file downloads, word and critical thinking
problems and links - for every subject - grades 1 to 9. Good one to bookmark
because of its many, many resources.
http://www.edhelper.com/
Tek-Mom
A great site of Search Tools and Reference Tools for Students.
These are actually specific directories where you can let kids search safely.
Should be bookmarked on all classroom computers!
http://www.tekmom.com/search/index.html
Click on one of the many culture links and learn how to say "hello". Each
Hello has the written word and a sound. It even includes non-verbal languages
like Braille and Sign Language. Very neat for a welcome to our room, school,
etc. bulletin board. From the Internet Public Library.
Links to many sites with ideas for monthly or themed bulletin
boards.
http://home.bellsouth.net/p/s/community.dll?ep=16&groupid=20303&ck=
http://www.teachertools.org/bulletinboards_dynam.asp
http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/decor/bboards/index.html
Personal
Educational Press
This site will allow you to produce your own educational
material for any unit of study that you desire. You can print out flash cards,
lists, bingo cards, study sheets, quizzes, matches, scrambles, tracing sheets,
and big signs. All free :-)
http://www.educationalpress.org/educationalpress/
Homeworkopoly
This is a neat idea - You can download a 35" square
Monopoly game board with Chance cards to use as a bulletin board. It can be
customized to make up your own street names. There are some basic instructions
for its use - kids keep the game going by doing their homework.
http://www.teachnet.com/homeworkopoly/index.html
Map
Collections
A terrific resource from the Geography and Map Division
of the Library of Congress. These digital maps include "General Maps",
"Cities and Towns", "Conservation and Environment", "Discovery
and Exploration", "Cultural Landscapes", "Military Battles
and Campaigns" and "Transportation and Communication" You can
Search by Keyword | Browse the Subject Index | Creator Index | Geographic
Location Index | Title Index.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gmdhome.html
Growth
Charts
Measure your students on the first day of
school, then hand out copies of the latest growth charts for their age group
from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistic's Web site. The revised
charts even include new data to highlight a variety of US ethnic origins and
natural body sizes. At the end of the school year, measure your kids again,
then have them chart the data so they know how many millimeters they grew
each month.
http://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts
Great free graphics for educational use. All are easy to
search by subject area.
http://classroomclipart.com
http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html
http://pics.tech4learning.com
http://www.teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm
http://www.clipsahoy.com/index2.html
Some of our tried and true favorites!