Teacher+Resources

Assessment Tools
Quizlet - Make your own flashcards, or print cards made by others for every subject and many standardized tests. Study Stack - Another site with flashcards for every subject. Class Tools - A variety of tools...including templates that can be used for a variety of assessments, including Random Name Picker.

Getting Creative
Use the following sites to enhance your lessons or to create fun, free, technology based projects for students.

Odosketch - Users can "paint" pictures, save images, watch videos of other works of Odosketch are being created. Story Bird - Students can create their own books online. In order to save, users must have an email account. Jam Studio - Create music and save files--be sure to click on the In the Classroom icon for additional information on accounts and saving. Students currently cannot access this site. Fodey - Create news paper clippings from research...or a number of other things on this graphic design web site. Blabberize - Make a picture talk. You'll need a microphone or a phone to call in to record. Students currently cannot access this site. Animoto - Create movies with your own pictures and their music for free. Go Animate - You and your students can create animated cartoons to demonstrate understanding of a wide variety of concepts. Students currently cannot access this site. Auto Motivator - Create motivational or comical posters. Xtra Normal - Create avatar videos. Edu Glogster - Online poster making. Big Huge Labs - This website lets you put pictures, from flickr or from your computer, into billboards, magazine covers, movie posters, badges, calendars, and a whole lot more. Live Binders - Create an online three ring binder of information for a project the share with others. Whiteboard - Create a web-based document to create, share, and collaborate. Acrobat - This is a ** online word processor that allow multiple authors to collaborate on one project ****.** You can access your docs online with having to send as an attachment in email and send back and forth. You can add lists, see who's working online right now, add images... Comic Master - This website will create a graphic novella - it's simple and free. Web 2.0 Tools Livebinder - Check out the livebinder with some Web 2.0 tools that you can use in your classroom. Make sure you click on the tabs at the top, and also click on the links under the tabs to see all of the information. Skype in the Classroom - Livebinder with ideas on how to effectively use Skype in the classroom. Click on the tabs at the top for more resources.

Miscellaneous
Visuwords - Graphical dictionary that is a great vocabulary resource. Vozme - Take text and convert to speech. Voki - Create your own speaking avatar. Tagxedo - Create a word cloud that spins into a picture. Word It Out - Word cloud generator. Wordle - Another word cloud generator.

All Subjects
Arts Edge - Search a variety of completely turn-key lessons complete with learning objectives, required materials/knowledge, resources and resource lists, and step-by-step lesson plans(introduction, engage, build knowledge, apply, reflect and assessment). Search by theme or by grade/subject. EDSITEment from National Endowment for the Humanities - Search completely turn-key lesson plans by topic. K-12 Databases Lesson Plans - Lesson plans that utilize the K-12 databases for every subject. Free Resources from Federal Government - Primary Source documents, videos, photos and more that can be used free from our federal government. Pittsburgh Teachers Institute - Lessons for a variety of subjects. Sweet Search for Teachers - Links for teachers sorted by subject. Watch Know - Hosts educational videos for all curriculum. Search by age level of students or by course. Also includes a search box for quick searching. Shmoop - Teacher resources for various novels, periods in history, poetry, economics and more. PBS for Teachers - Contains online professional development, TV programming and multimedia web content and lesson plan ideas. Teachers' Domain - Offers free digital media from public TV broadcasters for educational use. Also provides some lesson plans. Thinkfinity - Provides interactive games, themed lesson plans, education blogs and more from a variety of educational websites. WatchKnow - Gathers and organizes educational videos through wiki-style collaboration.

Language Arts
Read Write Think -Great interactive site for organizational tools for language arts instruction. Search by grade level and topic.

History
Texas State Historical Association - Quick search anything related to Texas History in the search box at the top of the page; the results page allows for further research by clicking on highlighted words. Wealth of knowledge about Texas History Sweet Search for Social Studies - Comprehensive collection of social studies resources listed by subject area. JFK Library - Access primary source documents from Kennedy's administration on this site; includes important papers, photos and recordings. Israel's Holocaust Memorial - digital memorial to Israel's Holocaust victims. Currently includes photographs. Coming soon - survivor testimonies. Library of Congress - Lesson plans, presentations and resources by topic are available. Texas Archive of Moving Images - Find lesson plans linked to images in the Texas Archive of Moving Images.

Science and Math
Genetics - Contains links to various genetics websites. NASA - For Educators - Includes information about NASA's various missions, image galleries, multimedia materials, classroom resources and lesson plans. National Science Digital Library - Provides teacher resources and lesson plans for science, technology, engineering and math.

Cyberbullying
@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNumIY9D7uY @http://www.netsmartz.org/Educators http://k12bullyprevention.wikispaces.com/ @http://www.netvouz.com/tg2lls/folder/3992064175409463673/Librarian+Tools+Information+Literacy+Teaching+Tools+Internet+Safety+Materials

Black History Month
Biography.com Black History Timeline Pathways to Freedom National Geographic's Underground Railroad Brain Pop Spotlight: Black History Month This Day in Black History Arts & Crafts Projects for Black History Month Famous Firsts by African Americans Civil Rights Movement MLK Teacher Vision Black History Month Lesson Plans & Resources 400 Famous African Americans Fact Monster Black History Month University of Washington Black History Infoplease Black History Month PBS Videos for Black History Month