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Indicator Web Sites will include links that might be of interest to students, teachers, parents, administrators, or anyone that is looking for resources in Reading, Math, Social Studies, and Science. They are in the form of hyperlinks that match to the tested standards for grades K - high school.

From keeping track of grades to sharing lesson plans, from helping students collaborate to communicating with parents, teachers now have a host of web-based tools at their disposal to help them stay organized and make their jobs easier.

Whether you are trying to boost your grades before applying for college or are struggling to bring up a low GPA, you'll likely want some help that will get you back on track without straining your wallet. The following list is full of sites that will make it easier for you to find free help with your homework. Get general homework help, join a social network with other students, look for help on a specific subject, and learn how to research and study better with these awesome websites.

This project is open to all PreK - 6th grade classrooms worldwide. The project dates will be August 31 to September 30, 2009. The CWACOM project offers teachers 3 activities to share with their students.

"Welcome to the Where the Wild Things Went Online Project 2009. This project is open to all PreK - 6th grade classrooms worldwide. The project dates will be October 12 to October 30, 2009. This project offers teachers 3 ideas to share with their students."

Darren Cannell (http://twitter.com/dcannell), an assistant principal in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in Canada. He and his family will be embarking on a worldwide trip, traveling to 35 countries starting in September, and that as part of his travels, his 2nd grade son will be blogging about it. Starting on September 2o, 2010 Daxtin and his family will be travelling around the world this journal will be about this eight month journey."

iPads at Burley Follow along as a public elementary school in Chicago integrates the iPad into its first and second grade classrooms.

PreSchool through Third Grade Students all over the world are invited to join in the fun as we use the contents of a "General Mills Lucky Charms" box of cereal to reinfoce math skills in your classroom!

This project is a 3-Day PROJECT FOR PREK - THIRD GRADE CLASSES!! Project Dates are March 15 - 19, 2010

60second Recap™ aims to break this cycle of canonical irrelevance. We want to help teens (yes, teens of all ages!) engage with literature. We want to help them see it not as some chore to be endured, but as -- dare we say it? -- the gift of a lifetime. How? Through the language of our time -- the language of video. Video that's focused, engaging, informative ... and short enough to hold just about anyone's attention. Smirk if you must. Consider this yet another mile-marker on civilization's road to perdition. But here's the fact: You won't get non-readers to read by forcing them to read more. You'll get them to read by opening their eyes to the marvels awaiting them between the covers of that homework assignment. With 60second Recap™, teens finally have an alternative to the boring, text-based study guides that have burdened them for generations. And -- who knows? -- maybe that's just what they'll need to begin a love affair with literature, one that will last a lifetime. Mission 60second Recap™ wants to make the great works of literature accessible, relevant, and, frankly, irresistible to today's teens. Through 60second Recap™ video albums, we seek to help teens engage with the best books out there ... not just to help them get better grades, but to help them build better lives.

"More and more websites are coming online to give students the ability to unleash their creativity in new and innovative ways. From abstract art to pointillism, students now can click and draw their way into original works of art, and today's freebie gives you a great list of places to begin. The sites are labeled by grade level to help guide you to those that best suit your students. In addition, I've added ratings to give teachers and students an idea of how much interactivity is available at each site. Some allow students to create from beginning to end, while others simply generate the final product with minimal effort. What you will not find here are basic virtual coloring sheets. I tried to find sites that would give students a chance to generate their own original works of art. What could be better? I will warn you that some of these sites will drag you in to create for long periods of time. Don't worry, you'll just be channeling your inner artist. Have fun!"

"Ever wonder what it would be like if we let our students pick the tools we use in class? This collection of web 2.0 tools is just that- a list of tools and ideas for what students see as being useful for their learning in and out of school. To begin the project, 8th grade students were engaged in a conversation about what school would look like if all of the rules we currently had were disbanded. They were no longer bound by walls, schedules, age restrictions or standardized tests. No technology was outlawed. It was a bit of a hurdle for them...after eight years of the current school arrangement, it was difficult for them to imagine anything else. With a little encouragement and a push they rose to the occasion, and here are the tools they think we ought to consider using. As this is a dynamic site, there may be some entries in need of editing. We will get to them! We left the duplicates in for emphasis as well as different points of view. Enjoy!"

"TRAILS is a knowledge assessment with multiple-choice questions targeting a variety of information literacy skills based on sixth and ninth grade standards. This Web-based system was developed to provide an easily accessible and flexible tool for library media specialists and teachers to identify strengths and weaknesses in the information-seeking skills of their students."

"PaperRater.com analyzes documents immediately, 24/7, in real-time. We provide in depth analysis to help the student improve grammar and writing. You would expect PaperRater.com to take into account all rules related to spelling and grammar. However, you may be surprised to learn that Paper Rater also helps the student to improve the document's readability, word choice, and style. Additional analysis and comments are provided that help the student to improve his/her writing, not only on this assignment, but in all future writing assignments. Coming Soon! Even though PaperRater.com is the most powerful writing tool available on the internet today, we are currently developing many additional features, including: * grammar and writing tutorials * grammar and writing webinars * ability to create a personal database online for essays and research papers * search hundreds of online databases automatically"

Vermont educators/students take National Ed. Tech Standards for students--who will be tested on these skills--and create "verbal pictures" for each grade level on a wiki

Today's school curriculum presents students with assignments that lack a real-world context and activities that lead to uninspired projects and end in a letter grade. Many students either learn to do just enough to get by or they lose interest and drop out. In this interconnected world, with ubiquitous access to powerful technology and access to a worldwide community, new models of teaching and learning are possible.

If you learned it you should have got an A on it (Scholar Ladies video and Beyoncé remix) Singing and dancing students, teachers and administrators in the YouTube video, "Scholar Ladies (Get An A On It)" share a positive message about high expectations for school learning and good grades.

tutorial for making self grading test using Google docs (using google form)

"Tim Ludwig is a grade 12 student and member of the Ontario Minister of Education's Student Voice Panel. He is talk is: "What teachers need to hear from an 'at-risk' student."" Only 7 minutes long, very powerful message about schools and teaching.

Projects By Jen K6 Online Projects A message to all members of Projects By Jen Hi Friends Another friend of mine, Mark Carls, is growing a Voice Thread wiki at http://elementaryvoicethreads.wikispaces.com/ If you have ever made a VT and would like to share it with other teachers WORLDWIDE to see what your class has done.....please consider adding the link to the wiki. It is grade level based -- and the ones you have sent me have been superb -- so please consider sharing it out to many many others.