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ERIC is a wonderful research tool for educators and students alike. It is the World's largest digital library of educational literature. It meets the standard 6.5 by being a free accessible technology that allows users to compile a multitude of valuable research information specific to their needs.

This online writing lab meets the requirements of Standard 6.5: Candidates use technology to gather, sort, and analyze information needed for their own research projects. The site has many useful tools in working with research and projects. There are links to guide you through your research and organize your paper in a professional way. I have found it to be very helpful.

Candidates use technology to gather, sort, and analyze information needed for their own research projects

Sweet Search is a search engine designed for students who are researching anything their minds think of!! When you go to the homepage for Sweet Search, it gives you other search engine links that can specifically target your goal. Some of these include links for social study content, biographies, how to use the web effectively, etc. Our librarians really promote this website and encourage the students to use this search engine when they are researching.

This is a website where you can get links to a ton of helpful websites for researching projects including APA/MLA/Chicago formatting tips and dictionary/thesaurus. This corresponds with standard 6.7.

This is a website where you can get links to a ton of helpful websites for researching projects including APA/MLA/Chicago formatting tips and dictionary/thesaurus. This corresponds with standard 6.7.

Students can explore this website for research and play educational games. This website is for students in preschool through high school. Teachers and Parents can also learn more information about children with special needs in the online articles or books.

One of the best websites I found while researching Standard 6.4 was the National Education Association's Lesson Plan site. The site focuses on lesson planning and provides teachers with a number of strategies for whatever topic they need. Not only does the NEA provide ideas for lesson plans, but they also offer different strategies and support for inside the classroom. Even better- it's free! There is no sign up or membership requirements. This is an excellent site to advance a teacher's own learning process and update their educational practice.

Research has consistently shown that parent participation is a leading factor in determining student success. However, our modes of parent participation have remained largely unchanged in decades. Parents rely on sparsely scheduled open houses and parent-teacher conference nights. Additional appointments are usually only available during the teacher's contractual time, which is often going to clash with work schedules or other commitments.

I find the history channel website to be very useful for history teachers. It has videos on most historical events, games for students to play that are relevant to subjects in history and social studies. It could also be used as good source for students when doing research projects and paper. A great icebreaker for teachers to use is "This Day in History."

Dogpile.com makes searching the Web easy, it is very similar to Google, however it removes duplications of sources and gives the most relevant results on researched topics. There are also useful videos you can view if you learn better that way.

This is a great site for kids/students of all ages. It is for primary student research but also has a section for parents and teachers. For teachers it has downloadable and printable material and other recommended websites.

This site contains an endless amount of free resources for teachers. You can make flashcards, create custom word searches or use already made worksheets for your classroom. All the research is done for you. Just locate what you want to do and go directly to that website. Free resources rock!

This website goes along with Standard 6.1 by providing teachers with multiple ways to enhance their classroom. There are free worksheets to print out, many links to other websites to get educational material, educational games, and more. It has lesson plan ideas sorted by subject area and even emergency lessons for substitutes to keep students engaged. As a beginning professional, you can look at tips on how to write a lesson plan and improve it as well.

If knowledge was power this site would be invincible. With countless free lesson plans, activities, and games for both students and teachers this site has it all while adhering to standard 6.1.

Teachnology.com is a teacher's resource site that offers educational and instructional tools for teachers. This site reflects Standard 6.5, because this site features research in educational topics and teacher development, student and teacher safe search engines, information in educational technology, teacher newsletters, and teacher forums that allow teachers to communicate on updates and ideas in the educational world. Teachnology.com also offers classroom resources such as lessonplans, worksheets, templates for graphic organizers, and rubrics that can be used in the class.

World's largest and most advanced online repository of math and science simulations for grades 3-12. Research-proven, inquiry-based learning tools for teachers and students. Web-based for anytime, anywhere learning. 6.1 Candidates integrate instructional technology to facilitate learning in their classrooms, to supplement instructional strategies, to design instructional materials, and the enhance hands-on experiences and problem solving. I felt like this website met the standards of 6.1. This is a great resource for teachers and parents who are teaching math or science. There are a variety of lesson plans as well as interactive "gizmos" that will help students learn. Students can do the interactive portion and then be asked to complete the lesson plan. It's such a helpful site that will benefit the students and teachers.

Great site for Math and Science. Access to state standards as well as by textbook or by grade level.

This website is a great place for teachers to tell students to go to when doing a research project. It gives very good information on how to gather information off the internet, and is very inciteful on how to analyze the information that has been gathered. It even has interactive games and questions.