Resources

[|Physical Education Resources]
[|Art Resources]

** 21st Century Learners **
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Shift Happens – Globalization in the infor mation age @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q

 **Classroom 2.0** Live and Interactive Webinars. Learn about Web 2.0 and social/participatory media in education. Free signup.

 Horizon Report 2010 on what's on the horizon for educational technology

Bloom's Ditigal Taxonomy

**Video-Based Sites**
YouTube: [|www.youtube.com]

YouTube for Educators: [|www.youtube.com/edu]

Teacher Tube: [|www.teachertube.com]

**[]** Watch YouTube videos without comments, suggestions, or the 'other' things

Science videos and more [|www.untamedscience.com]

** Broad Teaching Support Sites **
 What Works in Education []

Google for K-12 Education <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">AASL's Best Websites for Teaching and Learning <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;">@http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/bestlist/bestwebsitestop25.cfm

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Lesson Plans: Thinkfinity lesson plans <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;">[]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Searchasaurus a search engine for young students http://www.badgerlink.net/ then click on Searchasaurus.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Great instructional technology wiki http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">** Ideas and examples of technology rich instruction **
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Science based resource <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] []

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Read some teacher blogs <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;">http://blogs.edweek.org

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">New media tips from teachers. View video @http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-new-media-classroom-tips

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">** Academic Standards **
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> CA Content Standards: [] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">National Standards for English language arts or math

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Geography based learning**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">** [|Google Earth] **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Read Google Earth In The Science Classroom for some most interesting ideas and features available in Google Earth

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">** Project/Problem Based Learning (PBL) **
>> @http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning-introduction-video
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3em;"> Video on Project Learning (also review related sites on right side of page)
 * <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 3em;">New Skills for a New Century -- Edutopia article
 * <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 3em;">Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy site
 * <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 3em;">Problem, Project and Inquiry Based Learning site

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">** Essential Questions **

 * <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 3em;">The Great Question Press
 * <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 3em;">From Now On Educational Technology Journal

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">** Student Voices **

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3em;">// The Digital Disconnect //
 * <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 3em;">Listening to Student Voices on Technology: Today's Tech-Savvy Students Are Stuck in Text-Dominated Schools
 * <span style="background-position: 100% 50%; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 18px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 3em;">Speak Up Reports from 2007, 2008, 2009

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">** WebQuests **

 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3em;">Read [|Tom March's] materials on WebQuests
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3em;">Look at [|Bernie Dodge's] webquest materials and examples
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3em;">Complete the [|WebQuest about WebQuests]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Computational Search Engine **
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Dramatized Literature Site **
<span style="background-position: 100% 50%; color: black; cursor: pointer; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;">@http://www.60secondrecap.com/

====<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// ***Several (though not all) of the above sites and descriptions were contributed by Dr. Susan Cramer, at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh.** // ====

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Classroom Management
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// **<span style="background-position: 100% 50%; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; padding-right: 10px;">[] ** // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// ** Excellent teacher guide; help & advice for new teachers; discipline & classroom management; the first days of middle school (for all teachers); advice on job hunting; what to expect your first year of teaching; teacher “workbox”, how to stay balanced, etc. ** //

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// **<span style="background-position: 100% 50%; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; padding-right: 10px;"> [] ** // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// ** Nine years of article summaries (2000-2009)from Harry & Rosemary Wong, authors of book “The First Days of School”. ** //

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// **<span style="background-position: 100% 50%; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; padding-right: 10px;"> [] ** // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// ** Send for free copy of “Seven days to eliminating disruptive behavior in your classroom” ** //

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// **<span style="background-position: 100% 50%; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; padding-right: 10px;"> [] ** // <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">// ** “Inside the classroom”; classroom management; tips; routines; visuals; advice & ideas from veteran 21 year teacher Sandra Blair. ** //

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**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 0px 0px;"> Integrated Curriculum **
[|Assistive Technology] Amazing video on the use of the technology to aide students with special needs. Short feature on Redwood Elementary in Oakland, CA is very inspiring.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//The sites below were compiled by Brenda Power, Editor, Choice Literacy.//**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Multimedia Sites Featuring Video and Podcasts**
<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">The Screen Actors Guild hosts Storyline Online, chock-full of video read alouds. Well-known actors read children's books, and the videos are optimized to play at almost any bandwidth (even dial-up). I was surprised at the variety of books - there are many current and diverse new titles here: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://www.storylineonline.net/

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">The Education Podcast Network has hundreds of free podcasts, helpfully organized by topics and grade levels: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://www.epnweb.org/index.php?openpod

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">Teaching students how to preview books is a big part of helping them develop the skills to make appropriate choices. Video book trailers are fairly new on the scene, and an intriguing new addition to the book preview toolkit for teachers. Keith Schoch has posted an excellent round-up of video book trailer resource links for primary through high school grades, as well as suggestions for how to use them: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://bit.ly/76I95V

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">If you haven't discovered the TED Talks on the web, you are in for a treat. These are inspiring brief lectures from visionaries in almost every public realm. Scott McLeod at his Dangerously Irrelevant blog has compiled a handy guide to the Top 20 TED Talks for School Administrators. This is terrific free professional development on the web for summer renewal: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/2009/05/top20tedtalks.html

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">We linked to Grammar Girl's fun podcasts of quick grammar tips a couple years ago in the newsletter. Since then, the broadcasts have been enhanced to include print transcripts. Teens and adults alike enjoy these weekly broadcasts, and it's very helpful to have the text available to reinforce the ideas: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">Jim Trelease shares advice on how to read a book you don't want to read in this nine-minute video for reluctant readers of any age. This link also includes a summary of the video for dial-up users: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">__ http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/tree-book-video.html __

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Gender-based Literature Sites**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">There are a wealth of wonderful sites for either gender, and the best are heavy on humor and updated often.

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">Readergirlz was awarded a "Reading Innovators" Award this year from the National Book Foundation. Designed to help teen girls connect with their favorite authors and other readers, it has lots of fun features like playlists of favorite tunes from writers: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://www.readergirlz.com/

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">What I like about the The Boy Reader Blog is how authentic the posts are. The blog includes far more than just book suggestions - there are tales of putting books in boys' hands and getting their reactions, back and forth with colleagues about the quality of specific texts, and just a lot of fun, real-world nitty-gritty details of what books hook boys: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://www.theboyreader.blogspot.com/

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Children's and Young Adult Literature**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">While we linked to scores of individual posts in the "kidlitosphere," these are the sites that readers returned to most <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">often. Anneographies by Anne Bustard presents favorite children's book biographies organized by birthday. You can check out the archives to figure out upcoming famous folks you might want to highlight on their birthdates in your classroom with read-alouds and biography book shares: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://annebustard.blogspot.com/

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">The 5 Great Books Blog is exactly as advertised - posts of five terrific children's books around various themes. It's a fine blog to bookmark for quick and timely collections for book baskets or read alouds: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://5greatbooks.wordpress.com/

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">This is one of those essays that sticks with you long after you've read it. In The Defiant Ones published in The New Yorker, Daniel Zalewski makes connections between the rise of popular children's books celebrating characters who "revel in clever mischief" and parenting styles which avoid any real discipline of willful children. If you are seeing a rise in your school of children who just won't take "no" for an answer, maybe it's time to rethink some of your read-aloud favorites: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://bit.ly/nIGb7

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Differentiating Instruction**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The Dare to Differentiate Wiki has an excellent collection of resources for organizing flexible groups and helping students become more independent within them: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">http://daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com/Flexible+Grouping

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">Kathy Collins compares differentiation in classrooms to holiday meal planning, and realizes the process is all about attitude and heart: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/1035.cfm

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">Is there any teacher on the planet who is better than Debbie Miller at conferring with children? In this blog post from Stenhouse's Quick Tip Tuesdays, Debbie shares some of her favorite open-ended prompts for deeper conversations with students: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://bit.ly/cLNFh4

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">We talk about "scaffolding" learning, but what does that really mean? Terry Thompson has a practical and helpful take on the difference between scaffolding and rescuing, as well as a quick self-test that might help you slow down and rethink your teaching style. "Are You Scaffolding or Rescuing?" is a provocative article for discussion in a study group or grade-level team meeting: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://www.choiceliteracy.com/public/1073.cfm

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Writing Instruction**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">The National Writing Project has posted 30 Ideas for Teaching Writing culled from their journal archives, with links to the original articles: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/922

<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">If you're looking for a place for students to publish their writing for an authentic audience and get inspired at the same time, the "My Hero" website is a terrific resource. People from all over the world post writing and multimedia creations about their heroes. This nonprofit site also has an extensive resource base for teachers that includes lessons, calendars, and standards connections: <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://www.myhero.com/myhero/home.asp

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Offbeat and Fun**

 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;">"How a Poem Happens" is a wonderful blog for teachers who love poetry and want to nurture their own reading habits. Each week a poem is presented, along with an interview with the poet about their creative process. A number of the poems are also about reading and writing, useful on their own for read alouds and discussion in middle or high school classrooms: **
 * <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://howapoemhappens.blogspot.com/ **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Haiku reviews of children's, young adult, and adult literature. Obviously pithy and frequently hilarious, I can't help but think assigning haiku book reviews to students might be a fun way to teach the form and value of using a few words to make big points: **
 * <span style="color: #2357c3; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">@http://www.emilyreads.com/ **

Storyboarding

If you are looking to teach storyboards in your classroom, in an art or other subjects, this website really is a great resource to do so.


 * http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2010/05/start-of-storyboard-week.html**

For Lessons that involve creating a soundtrack, or for music teachers. This site below is an excellent free resource of tons of free programs that you can download. Especially if students want to create music but do not have the expenses to buy music equipment or software.**

FILM MAKING TECHNIQUES
This is a great resource for any teacher that wants to know how to set up a film project for their class. The academic language in here is great. Also good for the ELL learners and learners with severe audio impairments who rely heavily on visuals.

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=**CD Cover Resource**= This is a great resource for anyone wanting to teach a cd cover design. For art or even other subjects. It includes a template either in illustrator format, Photoshop, PDF. The best part about this website is it has all the different types of inserts, such as inside the cd, outside, the traybox, and this site even includes a DVD design layout as well!!!
 * Also good for artists such as myself who make music and want an easier way to go about knowing the exact dimensions**
 * of a cd without the intense google search online!**
 * [|Cd Design Cover Webstie]**

=**Soundcloud**=
 * For any music teachers, or other subjects, you can have students instantly listen to your instruction at anytime, including adding widgets and apps**
 * on the phone. This is website is a great tool not only for independent bands and producers, but it could be for music teachers.**
 * Here is the website below :**


 * [|SoundCloud]**