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The web site of the Iowa Core curriculum.

This is a web site that I use as a resource for my curriculum as well as a site where teachers collaborate with each other.

It would be wrong of me if I did not include a history website.  This site provides up to 200 videos about the American Experience.  You can view the videos by time periods and there are lesson plans that can accompany the videos.  This is a great way to supplement learning and make it come to life.

This website provides tutorials for students, parents, and teachers to teach math skills. They could be very beneficial for teachers as an enrichment opportunity for students who lack basic skills. They could also assist parents with homework completion and retaining math skills over the summer time.

This is a list of printable graphic organizers categorized by grade level and subject. They could be utilized in just about any classroom and can save teachers preparation time.

here's a list of Ancient Egypt websites that I used with my son when he studied Ancient Egypt. Hope you history people find it interesting.

This is a great site for English teachers. It gives different categories like writing, literature, etc. Then within those categories, there are links to additional sites with lesson plans.

Great youtube lessons for English Language Learners.

Read the highlighted sections of this report. Research is finding the connection between neuroscience and education that can benefit student learning. THis research suggests students with dyslexia who utilize their right brain tendencies (which suggests to me the creative side of the brain) can make improvements in comprehension. I would like to read more studies on this effect!

This website will introduce people, who are caring for young children, to the Public TV series, A Place of Our Own/Los Ninos En Su Casa. On here, you will find includes extensive resources including episode summaries and instructions for featured activities and recipes. I will be using this website for training purposes.

This is a good place for parents to look for information when searching for quality child care. You can access a child care options calculator which will help families examine their financial situation both with and without child care. Families can get an idea of their monthly budget and how child care will impact that budget. Find Alex the Bear on this website, who will help your child with the transition to child care. This website also explains what Child Care Resource and Referral can do for you and will help with finding a local CCR&R. This website is also a great resource for anyone interested in becoming a child care provider. I would use this website in my research for a parent or provider.

I would use this site to receive up-to-date early childhood news and information from around the nation and also for research. You can sign up to receive an e-newsletter with the latest news affecting child care and early childhood development. There is also great information for military families who need help in finding child care.

A webiste designed for students, parents, teachers and others who work with students with special needs. The website is designed to provide a road map for transition planning from MS to HS, HS to college, work and or living on their own. The site includes on link to college planning tools, financial aid applications, career exploration including interest inventories, information on disability disclosure, Iowa Department of Special Education, Iowa Compass (a statewide information source for referral services). There are actitivities geared for students as well as adults. I use this site often in my work when working with students ages 13 and up and also, their parents. It provides a foundational understanding about transition and the reasons why we need to plan early and often in preparation for life after the educational services end.

Dr Laura Riffel, expert in Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports provides everything for FREE to persons who access her site. This includes tools, stratgies, ideas, supports, and BLOG TALk RADIO (blogging with video and audio) about PBIS. The site provides resources for parents, teachers, administrators and students (about anyone who works with people with challenging behaviors). Both myself and my colleagues have attended one of her seminars and incorparate her teachings into our building. I have been tapping into her resources for several to use positive behavior interventions to work with our behavior focus students instead of the typical punishment system in place in most schools. I have also shared this resource with parents and paraprofessionals to help provide them with the tools to work with theor students. A great resource and easy to use for persons with limited background in behavior anaylsis and behavior modification training.

A site to get free or nearly free apps on Fridays for your devices. Youcan also submit apps you have developed for consideration to be added to their page. The apps center around education, special needs,family and family fun. These apps are used by our teachers, students, parents and aea support staff to provide service, supports or specially designed instruction using 21st century skills to our students with IEP plans.

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I like to use photos with various guidance and counseling lessons. This site has some great animal pictures. I had a subscription for the magazine at one time and like it. The benefit for me now is the photos are easily accessible and I can choose which ones would work best at a particular time.

Joyce Valenza's library guides include informaton on video tools, digital storytelling, wikis, blogs, podcasting, widgets, social networking and bookmarking, and many more... Joyce has so much information on her site under new tools.

Games in Education is a wiki with many links to online educational games for mathematics, science, literacy, global Issues, etc. There is also a list of game creation tools. Who said learning can't be fun?