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Resource Page
 
This page is divided into the sections listed below. Click on a topic to view the related links.
Assistive Technology Web sites NC Department of Public Instruction-Resources
Content Area Resources NC State University Resources
Copyright Web sites Palm Pilot / PDA Resources
Create and Post a Web site PowerPoint
David Warlick's Landmark Project Quizzes, Tests & Interactivity
Educational Newsletters Rubrics and Authentic Tasks
English as a Second Language Web sites School Television Resources
Evaluation of Professional Practice Searching the Web/Search Engines
Graphics (acquiring & editing) Technology Standards
Learning Styles and Brain Research Video & Editing Resources
Legal Issues WebQuests
Management of Technology and Learning  

 Assistive Technology Web sites

NC Assistive Technology Program 
http://www.ncatp.org 

Digital Divide Web Site
http://www.digitaldividenetwork.org

Vischeck- Web site helps simulate colorblind vision
http://www.vischeck.com 
Usability of Websites for Children- rport from Nielsen Norman Group
http://www.nngroup.com/reports/kids/ 
EvaluWare - software program that helps identify the best computer access methods (from Assistive Technology, Inc.) 
http://www.assistivetech.com/p-evaluware.htm 
Infogrip - company providing keyboards, trackballs, and other assistive technology peripherals 
http://www.infogrip.com 
Freedom Scientific - company providing braille keyboards and other products for the visually impaired 
http://www.freedomscientific.com 
ICDRI - The International Center for Disability Resources on the Internet
http://www.icdri.org/index.html
Bobby Approved Sites - Bobby WorldWide is a tool for Web page authors. It helps them identify changes to their pages so users with disabilities can more easily use their Web pages. 
http://bobby.cast.org/html/en/index.jsp
WAVE 3.0 - Wave 3.0 helps you check if your page is accessible to people with disabilities.
http://www.wave.webaim.org/index.jsp
WAI Quick Tips Reference Card- company providing assistive technology products 
http://www.w3.org/WAI/References/QuickTips/ 
Partnerships in Assistive Technology- listing of NC Community Assistive Technology Resources 
http://www.pat.org/ncat.html
Tadpole-Accessibility- company providing assistive technology products 
http://www.tadpole.com/
NC Network of assistive technology equipment loan programs
http://www.check-it-out.org/
Attainment Company - company providing assistive technology products 
http://www.attainmentcompany.com 

 

  Content Area Resources

Foreign Language

studyspanish.com - free online tutorial to learn Spanish
http://www.studyspanish.com

Fabula
- free software for making bilingual stories
http://www.fabula.eu.org/en/index.htm

Resources for Teaching about the Americas
- Latin America Data Base for Secondary Educators
http://ladb.unm.edu/retanet/

Dave's ESL Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com

The United Nations Cyberschoolbus

http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/

French for Kids with Professor Q

http://www.quass.com/frenchforkids.html

Dia de los Muertos

http://www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/

National Association of Bilingual Education

http://www.nabe.org

Business Spanish

http://www.businessspanish.com/

History of Chocolate
- useful for research in Spanish, social studies, or science
http://www.karachocolates.com/chochist.html

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Foreign Languages, ESL and World Geography

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/world/worldrw.html#foreign

Learn NC Foreign Language Resources

http://www.learnnc.org/index.nsf/doc/ell?OpenDocument
http://www.learnnc.org/DPI/instserv.nsf/Category4

*For additional Resources see English as a Second Language

Language Arts

Literacy Center - is an early childhood education network dedicated to helping kids learn to read
http://www.literacycenter.net

Starfall - website designed to teach children to read
http://www.starfall.com

Information Literacy and the Net - eight hour staff development course that emphasizes student investigations as vehicles to explore the information available over the Internet. The course engages participants in learning the Research Cycle, several types of literacy, Gardner's Seven Intelligences and much more. 
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/studentgal/onlineresearch/oldonline/literacy.htm
Math
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 
http://illuminations.nctm.org
 
Project Interactivate - from the Shodor Foundation
http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/
Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com 
 
Social Studies
Ghosts in the Castle 
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/castles/enter.html
National Geographic Xpeditions 
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
GIS - Geographic Information Systems in Education, Dr. Marsha Alibrandi
http://www.ncsu.edu/gisined/ 
GIS and GPS from Science Junction
http://www.ncsu.edu/sciencejunction/terminal/imse/lowres/6/gisgps.htm 
GIS workshops from NC State Sci-Link
http://www.ncsu.edu/scilink/gis_workshops.html 
Maps
http://www.mcwdn.org/MAPS&GLOBES/MapsGlobesHome.html
National Council on Economic Education 
http://www.econedlink.org
 
Special Needs
LD Online - The interactive guide to learning disabilities for parents, teachers, and children. 
http://www.ldonline.org/

ADD TO MNW
Telementoring resources and links from the National School Network mentor center

http://alpha.musenet.org:81/telementor_wrkshp/tmlink.html

The International Telementor Program
http://www.telementor.org/

Think.com from Oracle - password protected community, free to schools, where students can learn to send email, create a Website of their work, visit people online and communicate or collaborate on a group project.
http://www.think.com

General Resources
BrainPop - this site features a 2-4 minute movie, a quiz, an experiment and more for subjects ranging from science, math, english, technology and health. The materials are geared towards the National Science, English and Math Standards for 3-8 grades.
http://www.brainpop.com
PBS TeacherSource
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/
LearnNC - lesson plans, online courses, article links,discussion board, etc. 
http://www.learnnc.org 
 
MarcoPolo - internet-based educational resource for k-12 teachers of all disciplines. It provides lesson plans, classroom activities, materials to help with planning, and search engines. 
http://www.marcopolo-education.org
Education Place -Resources for elementary-school teachers, students, and parents. Includes
Reading/Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies Centers, Intervention, Professional
Development, searchable activity database, educational games, and textbook support.
http://www.eduplace.com/
State Library Video Services
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/rsb/videoservices.htm
Presenters Online - the Presenters Online website provide quick tips to help you increase your knowledge about the fundamentals of effective presentations
http://www.presentersonline.com
Presenters University - great pointers, courses, and downloads for presentations from InFocus
http://www.presentersuniversity.com
Pocantico Hills School - Pocantico Hills demonstrates how the WWW can be used to display students work at the elementary level
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/pocantic.html
Jig Zone - free online jigsaw puzzles
http://www.jigzone.com
Free online Web calendar hosting 
http://www.calendars.net/indexnof.htm
http://www.localendar.com
National Endowment of the Humanities Council of the Great City School 
http://edsitement.neh.gov 
The Kennedy Center ArtsEdge 
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org 
Sites for Teachers by Dr. V. Sharp & Dr. R. Sharp
http://www.sitesforteachers.com
Kathy Schrock's Guide 
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ 
Project-Based Learning with Multimedia
http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/
Blue Web'n - provides resources by curriculum 
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn 


Copyright Websites 

DPI - General guidelines for Copyright in an Electronic Environment 
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/copyright1.html 
Midlink Magazine- copyright, citing web sources, letter of request for students 
http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/citing.html 
Permission Letter Templates from MidLink Magazine 
http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/permission.html
Three Important Copyright Points - from the Association for the Protection of Internet Copyright. Notice especially the duration of copyright (75 years from date of publication vs. life of author plus 50 years). 
http://www.a-w.org/info.html 
The Copyright Website - Benedict O'Mahoney has put together an informative and fun Web site dealing with copyright issues. Students will enjoy the example lawsuits. 
http://www.benedict.com 
How to site information from the Web - the American Psychological Association (APA) provides examples for making bibliographic citations for information found on the web. 
http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html 
Chilling Effects - the Chilling Effects website provides an article that decribes copyright issues in great detail 
http://www.chillingeffects.org/copyright 
Section 504: What Teachers Need to Know - an article by Tom E. C. Smith
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/legal_legislative/section_504_for_teachers.html
tech-Learning - an article "The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use"
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html
Crash Course in Copyright- the Crash Course Tutorial discusses copyright basics, especially in the distance learning context
http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm
Copyright websites http://www.ncsu.edu/sciencejunction/terminal/imse/lowres/5/copyright.htm

 

 Create and Post a Website

Netscape Composer - tutorial
http://ced.ncsu.edu/ltrc/studio/workshops/netscape_tutorial
Dreamweaver Tutorial - tutorial
http://ced.ncsu.edu/ltrc/studio/workshops/dreamweaver_tutorial
Basic Principles of Web Page Design
http://ced.ncsu.edu/2/mentornet/mnwkshp01basic.html
The Internet for Educator's Web Design Resources 
http://www.fno.org/webdesign.html
The Teachers.Net Web Site Handbook 
http://teachers.net/manual/ 
Web Page Building Tools
http://us.geocities.yahoo.com/v/info.html 
Big Chalk & NPR's site 
http://www.bigchalk.com 
Workshop: Creating Classroom and School Web - the focus of this online workshop is to teach Web page design using Netscape Composer
http://www.it.dpsnc.net/elementary/bean/webpages.htm
Free Web Space
http://www.tripod.lycos.com/
NC Classes Online, free Web space for teachers
http://www.ncgov.com/asp/subpages/what_ncclasses1.asp
Filamentality - design and post a webquest activity 
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ 
webGFX - has templates you can use for your design
http://www.webgfx.ch/templates1/index.html
Freedback - free service to make interactive forms
http://www7.Freedback.com/ 
Response-o-matic- free form processor
http://www.response-o-matic.com/ 
Active feedback- free tools for collecting and analyzing information
http://activefeedback.com/ 

 

 David Warlick's Landmark Project

Landmarks for Schools provides links to information building blocks: Web sites, pages, and interactive tools that provide information in the form of a raw material. 
http://www.landmark-project.com/ 
http://www.landmark-project.com/workshops/index.html - Handouts from David Warlick's workshops from 1996-2001.
http://www.landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php3 - Rubric Builder
http://www.landmark-project.com/slate.php3 - Slate Tools including rubric builder, links builder, collaborator, and question creator
http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/cm.php - Citation Machine
http://www.landmark-project.com/ncsh/index.html - New Century School House


 Educational Newsletters & Listserv resources

Article by Brenda Dyck on using teacher listservs
http://www.educationworld.com/a_issues/issues305.shtml
A to Z Teacher Stuff Newsletter - If you don't want to miss the latest updates to the site, including both A to Z Teacher Stuff & the lesson plans search engine, LessonPlanz.com, find out in the newsletter! The newsletter is generally sent out around the beginning of each month. 
http://AtoZTeacherStuff.com/newsletter/ 
Eduhound - EduHound, a division of T.H.E. Journal, is a highly specialized educational directory with built-in resource links offered free to educators, students and parents. 
http://www.eduhound.com 
Bigchalk - Bigchalk opens a world of information to teachers, students, and parents - enhancing learning, helping with homework, and offering limitless paths of exploration. 
http://www.bigchalk.com 
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators on Discovery Channel School - 

Site of the School Day 
Each school day, from September until June, you will be able to receive in your email a new web site. In this way, you will increase your knowledge of what is out there to support instruction. 
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ 
A primer on listservs for school leaders 
http://www.electronic-school.com/0397f5.html
Jan Brett - Subscribe to receive updates on when new activities and pages have been added to this author's Web site. Great for k-2 teachers! 
http://www.janbrett.com/list/subscribe.htm 
Teach-nology - Teach-nology offers a wide variety of resources intended to bring educators into the world of teaching with technology. Sign up for weekly teaching tip and resources. 
http://www.teach-nology.com 
ExploreLearning - provide strategies for educators to introduce ExploreLearning's unique multimedia
activities into the mathematics classroom, lab, or distance learning curricula.
http://www.explorelearning.com/
Mathgoodies - Math Goodies is a free math help site featuring interactive math lessons, homework help, worksheets, forums and more! We have over 400 pages of activities for students, teachers and parents. Our site has been reviewed in the The N.Y. Times, The Washington Times and the L.A. Times.
http://www.mathgoodies.com/
CNET 
http://www.help.com 


 English as a Second Language Websites

Dictionary of International Languages 
http://www.freedict.com 
Online Spanish Dictionary 
http://www.freedict.com/onldict/spa.html
Dave's ESL Cafe
http://www.eslcafe.com
National Association of Bilingual Education
http://www.nabe.org
Glencoe World Languages
http://glencoe.com/sec/worldlanguages/index.html
Learn NC Foreign Language Resources
http://www.learnnc.org/index.nsf/doc/ell?OpenDocument
http://www.learnnc.org/DPI/instserv.nsf/Category4
ESL Standards for Pre-K-12 Students 
http://www.tesol.org/assoc/k12standards/it/01.html 
Activities for ESL Students
http://a4esl.org 
Search Engines Worldwide - Sort the search engines by country and region. Foreign language teachers can find lesson plans designed for non-English speakers by non-English speakers
http://www.twics.com/~takakuwa/search/search.html  
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages -  develop the expertise of its members and others involved in teaching English to speakers of other languages to help them foster effective communication in diverse settings while respecting individuals' language rights
http://www.tesol.org/ 
Babel Fish - translate webpages
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Korean Phrases 
http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Language/phrases.htm 

 Evaluation of Professional Practice

Harvard University's Education with new technologies: Networked learning community
http://learnweb.harvard.edu/ent/home/index.cfm
Instructional Module Assessment
http://www.glef.org/modules/Assessment/index.php
Looking at Student Work
http://www.lasw.org

 Graphics

Using Images in a webpage 
http://ced.ncsu.edu/2/mentornet/graphics.html
Programs/Downloads/Graphics Manipulation (editing)
Irfanview - graphic editor tutorial and free download 
http://ced.ncsu.edu/2/mentornet/tutorials/irfanview/
Graphic converter - graphic editor for use on a Mac
http://www.lemkesoft.de/en/graphdownload.htm
Still Image Input, Manipulation and Output - skill development activities will introduce you to the skills necessary to input images into your computer and use them to develop unique creations using image manipulation software. 
http://www.ncsu.edu/sciencejunction/route/usetech/imagemanipulation/ 
Kodak Digital Learning Center - great tutorials to help you manipulate your digital images. 
http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/index.jhtml 
creativepro - look for information on fonts, graphics, and printing. Especially take note of the Stock Photography Search. 
http://www.creativepro.com
Colorful (and Confusing) World of Color - series of articles by Gary Priester from Corel Designer.com 
http://www.designer.com/focus/articles/color_wheel_1/color_wheel_1.htm 
Flaming Text - free online tool for generating custom Web page graphics and animations
http://www.flamingtext.com/
Graphics for Multimedia Projects and Web Pages (acquiring images)
Barry's Clip Art Server 
http://www.barrysclipart.com/index.html 
Clip Art Connection 
http://www.clipartconnection.com/index.html 

 Learning Styles and Brain Research

Brain research PowerPoint - presentation by Julie Petlick
http://ced.ncsu.edu/2/mentornet/brain/index.htm

Brain Connection - from Scientific Learning
http://www.brainconnection.com

The Brain Store - resources for growing minds
http://www.thebrainstore.com/store/

Neurosciences on the Internet - from Neil Busis, MD
http://www.neuroguide.com

Kaleidoscope - this site from NCDPI helps students choose projects based on their preferences.
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/techknowpark/LoopCoaster/eSmartz1.html

VARK - visual aural read/write kinesthetic
http://www.vark-learn.com/

Multiple Intelligences Overview
http://surfaquarium.com/MI/index.htm

Learning to Learn - modules about learning styles
http://snow.utoronto.ca/Learn2/mod3



 Legal Issues and Internet use policy

DPI - General guidelines for Copyright in an Electronic Environment  http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/copyright1.html 
The Copyright Website - Benedict O'Mahoney has put together an informative and fun Web site dealing with copyright issues. Students will enjoy the example lawsuits. 
http://www.benedict.com
 

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
http://www.ala.org/oitp/privacy.html
http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech021.shtml
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/coppa.htm

Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA)
http://www.ed.gov/policy/speced/guid/idea/idea2004.html
Americans With Disabilities Act
http://www.access-board.gov/about/ADA.htm
Rehabilitation Act
http://www.access-board.gov/sec508/508standards.htm
Section 504: What Teachers Need to Know - an article by Tom E. C. Smith
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/legal_legislative/section_504_for_teachers.html
KEYT Law
http://www.keytlaw.com/Copyrights/sonybono.htm
tech-Learning - an article "The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use"
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html
Children's Internet Protection Act
http://www.ala.org/cipa/
http://www.sl.universalservice.org/reference/CIPA.asp
Technology Policies and Procedures
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/technology/techpolicies.htm 
What is an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)?
http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/teacher/AUP.html
Wake County - Acceptable Use Policy for Students
http://www.wcpss.net/Technology/aup.html


 Management of Technology and Learning

Management Strategies
http://ced.ncsu.edu/2/mentornet/mnwkshp01mgmt.html
The Leader's Guide to Education Technology http://www.edvancenet.org/res_guide_resources.shtml
Technology can raise achievement - online article discussing how technology can be used to improve student performance
http://www.electronic-school.com/2001/09/0901ewire.html 

 NC State University Resources

NC State College of Education Online Tools for Schools (NC State College of Education)
http://ced.ncsu.edu/onlinetools/
Education Junction - NC State College of Education
http://ced.ncsu.edu/educationjunction/
NC State's Technology Portfolio Development
http://ced.ncsu.edu/techcomps/portfolio/
MentorNet - NC State College of Education
http://ced.ncsu.edu/mentornet/
Internet Teaching 
http://www2.ncsu.edu/midtech/spotlight/coty/lesson.html
Midlink Magazine - A digital magazine by students, for students ages 8-18. http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/
MEGA - Middle Educators Global Activities
http://ced.ncsu.edu/mega/

 

 NC Department of Public Instruction

NC Department of Public Instruction - provides NC resouces for teachers and classroom helpers
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/educators.html
NC Department of Public Instruction Distance Learning
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/distancelearning/
NC Wise Owl (NC DPI) provides Teacher Zone, Kaleidoscope and other reference resources
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/
Kaleidoscope:  http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/
Top 20 Teacher Web sites (NC WiseOwl) a gateway to educational resources for North Carolina teachers
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/Professional/Top20.htm
Web Resources for North Carolina Educators:
http://www.itpi.dpi.state.nc.us/default.html
Marco Polo - MarcoPolo program provides no-cost, standards-based Internet content for the K-12 teacher and classroom, developed by the nation's content experts. Online resources include panel-reviewed links to top sites in many disciplines, professionally developed lesson plans, classroom activities and materials to help with daily classroom planning, and
powerful search engines.
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/
DPI Instructional Technologies Division -
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/it/
DPI Streaming Video
http://video.dpi.state.nc.us/


 Palm Pilot / PDA resources

Palms in Education from Concord Consortium
http://pie.concord.org/list.php3

PDA Resources from Mona Shores Public Schools
http://www.mona-shores.k12.mi.us/Research&Development/PDA.htm

PDA's in Education from Dekalb Schools
http://fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us/~donna_j_mcgauley/pdasineducation.shtml

CoSN guide to hanheld computing in schools
http://www.cosn.org/resources/emerging_technologies/handheld.cfm

Handhelds from the University of Michigan
http://www.handheld.hice-dev.org


PowerPoint

PowerPoint in the Classroom - from the Digital Education Network
http://www.actden.com

MentorNet PowerPoint Basics
http://ced.ncsu.edu/2/mentornet/mnwkshp01ppb.html

MentorNet PowerPoint Basics Part 2

http://ced.ncsu.edu/2/mentornet/mnwkshp01ppb2.html

MentorNet PowerPoint Basics - Part 3 adding pictures & hyperlinks

http://ced.ncsu.edu/2/mentornet/mnwkshp01ppb3.html

MentorNet PowerPoint - Recording and inserting sound

http://ced.ncsu.edu/2/mentornet/mnwkshp01ppbsound.html

PowerPoint templates to download - free downloads from InFocus' Presenters University
http://www.presentersuniversity.com/

Online Power Point 2000 Tutorial
- from Florida Gulf Coast University
http://www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/ppt/index.html

Convert PowerPoint 97 to HTML
- from Eastern Illinois University
http://www.eiu.edu/~mediasrv/Convert.htm

PowerPoint on the Web
from the Chemistry Dept. at Columbia University
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/itc/webdev/design/powerpoint-to-web.html

Power Point templates
from Sonia Coleman
http://www.soniacoleman.com/templates.htm

Power Point Tips
- Lou Doss and Glenn Gurley of Gaston County supply the following 21 primers to make your PowerPoint content sparkle
 
http://www.education-world.com/a_tsl/archives/00-2/lesson0023.html - A lesson plan for students to integrate technology, language arts, and art to create a PowerPoint presentation. 
http://www.wcu.edu/ccenter_inf/CatOnline/MSPP/ - A tutorial on how to create a Powerpoint presentation. 
http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa540/powerpt.htm 
http://lteu.canterbury.ac.uk/training/onlinetutorials/PowerPoint/index.asp
http://www.iupui.edu/~webtrain/tutorials/powerpoint2000_basics.html#about 
http://www.microsoft.com/education/PPT2003Tutorial.aspx

 

Quizzes, Tests & Interactivity

Interactivity and Quizzes
Education Place - lots of resources for educators and students which merge learning with technology.
http://www.eduplace.com/
Edugames - Education Place has a variety of educational games for different subjects.
http://www.eduplace.com/edugames.html
The Internet Site for K-8 teachers and kids - enables teachers to integrate games and thousands of assessment quizzes into their daily lesson plans 
http://www.keystoeducation.com/tests.html
Fun Brain - contains resources for students, teachers and parents. Students can select games by subject area. Teachers can create online quizzes for free. Quiz Lab automatically grades the quizzes and emails the results to you.
http://funbrain.com/

Activities for ESL Students
http://a4esl.org 

How Stuff Works - encourage students to explore and learn about how various things work.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Math Goodies - free math site containing math lessons and homework help.
http://www.mathgoodies.com/
Quizzes only
Keys to Education - Take short quizzes that will give you a sampling of the kinds of questions you will find on many standardized, educational tests. New quizzes will be added all the time, so be sure to check back often! Good luck! Answers are provided when you are done with your quiz. http://www.keystoeducation.com/tests.html
Quizstar is a free quizzing system from HPR*TEC.
http://quiz.4teachers.org/index.php3
12Teach - make your own online tests for teaching free of charge 
http://12Teach.com/default.asp
Tests and Quizzes - all subject areas http://www.nvnet.org/nvhs/edresource/hubpages/testsquizes.html 
Use some of existing quizzes from Quia
http://www.quia.com
 

 

Rubrics and Authentic Tasks

Intel ACE Project Evaluation Rubric
ACE Rubric

Teach-nology

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

Creating a Rubric for a Given Task

http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/rubrics/rubrics.html

Midlink/Rubrics -
rubrics for assessing web lessons
http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/ho.html
http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/rubrics/index.htm

Multimedia Mania Rubric

http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/mm2002.rubric.htm

RubiStar

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

Emerging Technologies
http://www.emtech.net/Alternative_Assessment.html

Chicago Public Schools
http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/Ideas_and_Rubrics/ideas_and_rubrics.html

Teacher Helpers
- assessment and rubric information 
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html

Multimedia Communication

http://www.webproject.org/

Assessment

http://www.temple.edu/CETP/temple_teach/a-Authen.html

Portfolio exploration
- examples of a different portfolio projects with detailed explanations
http://www.coe.iup.edu/njyost/portfolios/links.htm

Instructional Intranet - Chicago Public Schools

http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Assessments/index.html

Slate/Rubrics -
rubrics for assessing web lessons
http://www.landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php3

Rubrician.com

http://www.rubrician.com


 

 School Television Resources

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) Video Resources, Distance Learning and Streaming
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/distancelearning/
How to use television effectively- from UNC TV, TV for Teachers
http://www.unctv.org/education/tvforteachers/usingtv00.html
PBS TeacherSource TV Resources - public television listings for all grade levels and many subject areas
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/planning/schedulex/subject.shtm
Discovery.com School TV Resources - educational series and program schedules from The Discovery Channel and The Learning Channel
http://school.discovery.com/ontv/index.html
The History Channel - program schedules and search tool
http://www.historychannel.com/classroom/
Arts and Entertainment Classroom - program schedules and search tool
http://www.aetv.com/class/

 

 Searching the Web/Search Engines

Comparing Search Engines - "In Search of the Perfect Search Engine" 
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/200102/picksofmonth.html 
Strategies for Searching the Internet -Annette Woodlief
http://ced.ncsu.edu/2/mentornet/mnwkshp01search.html
The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) - designed for teachers to type a topic, grade level, and other information into a search screen that then retrieves from more than 150 web sites- lessons, instructional units and other free educational material. 
http://www.thegateway.org
How the Net works
http://ced.ncsu.edu/2/mentornet/mnwkshp01netw.html
About Search Engines - discusses different search engines 
http://ced.ncsu.edu/2/mentornet/interns/search.html
Backflip - create your own personal directory of your favorite websites that you can access at any computer
http://www.backflip.com/login.ihtml 
Backflip Tutorial
http://www.ncsu.edu/ced/mentornet/backflip/backflip_tutorial.htm
Search Engines Worldwide - Sort the search engines by country and region. Foreign language teachers can find lesson plans designed for non-English speakers by non-English speakers
http://www.twics.com/~takakuwa/search/search.html  
Topic Oriented Directories
Yahoo 
http://www.yahoo.com 
Galaxy 
http://galaxy.com 
Snap 
http://www.looksmart.com 
Education Related Directories
Gateway to Educational Materials
http://thegateway.org 
LightSpan 
http://www.lightspan.com/ 
Eduhound - EduHound, a division of T.H.E. Journal, is a highly specialized educational directory with built-in resource links offered free to educators, students and parents.
http://www.eduhound.com
Planet K-12 
http://planetk-12.planetsearch.com 
Search Engines
Alta Vista 
http://www.altavista.digital.com 
Excite 
http://www.excite.com 
HotBot 
http://www.hotbot.com 
Google 
http://www.google.com 
Ask Jeeves 
http://www.ask.com 
Kid Friendly Search Engines
Start Squad - age appropriate Web sites from the NC Libraries
http://www.startsquad.org/ 
Ask Jeeves 
http://www.ajkids.com/ 
Yahooligans 
http://www.yahooligans.com/
KidsClick 
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ 
Meta Search Engines
Metacrawler 
http://www.metacrawler.com 
Dogpile 
http://www.dogpile.com 

 

 Technology Standards

North Carolina Advanced Teacher Competencies 
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/tap/advance.htm 
National Standards for Technology 
http://cnets.iste.org/teachers/t_stands.html 
North Carolina Standard Course of Study
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/
North Carolina Computer Skills Curriculum
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/computer.skills/index.html
Learn NC Resources - click on "Guide to the Standard Course of Study for Limited English Proficient Students to see the SCOS for grades K-12.
http://www.learnnc.org/DPI/instserv.nsf/Category4
Tutorials about the Technology Competencies 
http://www.ncsu.edu/ced/techcomps/ 
NC State Technology Portfolios 
http://www.ncsu.edu/ced/techcomps/portfolio/index.html  
INTASC Standards 
http://21stcenturyschools.northcarolina.edu/special/standards.html 

Nortel Networks, Learn It:
An Instructional Resource for Integrating Technology into the 21st Century Classroom

http://www.nortellearnit.org


 

 Video Resources

Apple's iMovie software - capturing footage
http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
Editing footage using iMovie
http://www.apple.com/imovie/edit.html
Kid Filmmakers - a year round traveling fimmaking academy for students
http://www.kidfilmmakers.com/
Pinnacle Systems - video-editing software
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/ProductPage.asp?Product_ID=577&Langue_ID=7
ExploreNet's Digital Storytelling
http://www.digitalstorytelling.org/
ExploreNet's tips and recommendations for purchasing digital storytelling equipment
http://www.digitalstorytelling.org/support/whatweuse.htm
Serious Magic's Visual Communicator
http://www.seriousmagic.com/proverview.cfm

 

 WebQuests

Permission Letter Templates from MidLink Magazine
http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/permission.html

WebQuest Taskonomy
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/taskonomy.html

WebQuest Homesite
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

Matrix of WebQuest Examples
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html

Matrix of Examples
http://webquest.org/

Rubric for Evaluating WebQuests in North Carolina
http://www.ncwiseowl.org/WebQuest/Info/rubrics.html
 
WebQuest Rubric 
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/rubrics/rubrics.html

North Carolina WebQuests
Albert Root Elementary
http://aldertrootes.wcpss.net/internet.html 
Catawba County 
http://www.catawba.k12.nc.us/webquest 
Guilford County 
http://its.guilford.k12.nc.us/webquests 
Iredell-Stateville Schools Teacher WebQuests 
http://www.iss.k12.nc.us/schools/webquests/summer.htm 

Additional WebQuest Resources
Malaspina Faculty of Education 
http://www.mala.bc.ca/www/discover/educate/edte611.htm 
WebQuest 
http://www.oswego.org/staff/cchamber/webdesign/web_quests.htm 
New Mexico State University 
http://education.nmsu.edu/webquest/examples.html 
LSU WebQuest 
http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest
EdSMRT 595: "Thinknology: Using Instructional technology to enhance Thinking Skills."  
http://itc.utk.edu/~jklittle/edsmrt595/clinton/webquests/default.html 
Barley Sheaf School Library media Center 
http://www.frsd.k12.nj.us/barleylibrary/lib/teacher/tr3.htm
Macomb ISD Web Site 
http://www.misd.net/IL/Lessons/wq/
Middle School 
http://www.middleschool.net/less_tut/webquests/webqmain.htm 
WebWeaver Products, 1997-98 
http://www.slc.k12.ut.us/webweavers/prod98.html 
Sample Math WebQuests on the Net 
http://www.wfu.edu/~mccoy/NCTM99/examples.html 
WebQuests 
http://www.Indiana.edu/%7Ew210/previouswq.html 
Dr. Alice Christie's Matrix of WebQuests 
http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/wqmatrix.html 
http://www.west.asu.edu/achristie/675.wq.resources.html 
University of Maine College of Education and Human Development 
http://webby.umeedu.maine.edu/coehd/edt525.html 
WebQuest 
http://www.manteno.k12.il.us/drussert/webquest.htm 
Spartenburg District 3 County Schools 
http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests.html
WebQuests by ACT Now! Participants 
http://www.suhsd.k12.ca.us/actnow/curriculum.html 
WebQuest Bookmarks 
http://www.itrc.ucf.edu/other/seirtec/it/webquest.html 
Patterns and Triton WebQuest Showcase 
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/may0600/session1.html 
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/may0600/session2.html 
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/may0600/session3.html 
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/apr2900/session1.html 
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/apr2900/session2.html 
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/apr2900/session3.html 
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/dec0499/session1.html 
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/dec0499/session2.html 
http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/dec0499/session3.html 
Webquests and Resources for Teachers 
http://www.davison.k12.mi.us/dhs/staff/hewitt/hewitt14.htm
JamesQuests 
http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/curry/dept/cise/soc/resources/jvc/unit/webquests/ 
WebQuests 
http://www.biopoint.com/WebQuests/webquest.html
WebQuest Resources 
http://www.esu7.org/resources/webq.html
WebQuest Resources 
http://www.wol.pace.edu/~dsachs/webquest.html 
WebQuest Resources 
http://www.coollessons.org/coolunits.htm#WEBQUESTS 
Sample WebQuest Links 
http://www.elko.k12.nv.us/scmiddle/webquest/webquest.html 
WebQuest Resources 
http://www.aea10.k12.ia.us/instruct/webquest.html 
The Kentucky Academy of Technology Education 
http://coekate.murraystate.edu/kate/full/webquest/default.htm

L.L. Grable and J. H. Petlick, 2002, for NC State College of Education. All rights reserved
URL: http://ced.ncsu.edu/mentornet/mnworkshops02.html
March 19, 2009