EDUF560-Su2010

A good introduction to Marshall McLuhan's Four Laws of Media

Complete handbook for the CPS student science fair. Includes all documents required, including endorements, abstract, and safetly contract, all of which may be edited and printed.

On-line resource to create diagrams and graphic organizers. Free to use; registration required. Teacher and student friendly. Recommended uses: water cycle, rock cycle. Relatively easy to use. On-line save option. Can edit simultaneously from remote sites (real time collaboration).

Published weekly by Time magazine, TFK contains non-fiction articles geared toward kids. Each week has a theme and worksheets that accompany. TFK can be accessed two ways - one is the physical magazine, sent weekly to your school. It is fee based, but comes with student copies and a TE which includes enrichment worksheets. TFK can also be accessed online and individual articles can be printed. A quiz for the entire edition is available weekly online, along with hundreds of free, sortable worksheets.

tons of tools and stuff for teachers/ all disciplines

Thousands of pre-made PP presentations for educators. Free to use, easy to download. Presentations may be sorted by topic, theme, or alphabetical order.

Movie Worksheets including Bill Nye

This is a great resource for worksheets on movies that you would show in the classroom. Especially helpful for Bill Nye video worksheets!

Art Institute of Chicago database to their collections

Edutopia by the George Lucas Foundation

Richard Louv is the author of _Last Child in the Woods_, associated with the term "nature deficit disorder" and a co-founder of the Children & Nature Network. This article is a good overview of his ideas.

an editing tool for video and images. Assemble title cards, film footage, infographics, and pan images to create a professional-looking product.

FCRR is a organization that has many tools and techniques for literacy instruction. They are the creators of Dibels. Great for center activities!!

lots of links to all things art

From education.com.

For those who utilize scantron testing, this is where you login to view your data. You can also create quizzes/tests built around specific concepts.

Wordle is a webiste that allows you to create "word clouds". You type in a number of words (could be key vocabulary terms) to create a "word cloud" that can be tweaked to give more prominence to words that you deem most important.

The World Factbook offers information on many aspects of countries including history, people, and economy. It is a good way to get factual information on countries and even offers a section to compare countries across categories.

This is a link to the web edition of the Spanish language newspaper "Hoy". It is useful because it allows students to read about local news in Spanish. It is also interesting to read an article on the same topic from an English language newspaper and a Spanish language newspaper and investigate the differences in opinion.

This is a lesson plan that asks students to investigate their culture and what defines them as individuals. It does not specifically teach Spanish, but would be a good way to begin a discuss of other cultures.

A website full of information about Mexico. This could be useful for students looking to study more about Mexico.