This website contains of a wealth of information on Internet safety tips for kids, preventing identity theft, and fire safety. There is also information about first aid, crime prevention, and personal safety. Each page contains several suggestions along with other helpful links. For kids on the Internet, they suggest to never give out personal information, avoid strangers, and immediately leaving inappropriate sites.
Cybersmart is a free online collaborative workshop designed to prepare students, parents and teachers to the dangers of the Internet. This site provides hands-on opportunities for teachers to learn internet-safe methods they will be encouraging in their classrooms. The curriculum is based on the categories of S.M.A.R.T: "safety and security online, manners, bullying, and ethics, authentic learning and creativity, research and information fluency, and twenty-first century challenges. It also provides Internet solutions to some of the world's most impoverished regions. CyberSmart! Africa, for example, finds solutions for schools in Africa so they can be engaged in 21st century technology.
This is a good and through guide for parents as introduction into internet safety. However, it is clearly dated and needs an update. I thought it had good information just was not up to date enough.
Students can use this fun interactive recorder fingering chart to learn how to play notes correctly on the soprano recorder. The image of the recorder shows the correct fingering, along with playing the note. It also has a corresponding audio recordings for students to play along with. There are many photos for students to look at fingerings.
This site offers a glimpse into a plethora of careers. It offers readers a job description summary of the main components of any particular career, along with the average pay and necessary education to obtain such employment. This would be an invaluable web-based tool for people conducting career courses.
This website was created to help homeschool teachers and students, but has some great resources for any teacher. I really like this site because of the wide range of subjects it covers. You can find everything from articles to printable worksheet for almost any curriculum.
This site has people for all walks of life telling stories. Would be great to get an authentic voice from the Great Depression or other units you are studying. Also good for ESL listening to get exposure to various dialects.
This site is mostly online quizzes for ESL students. It is pretty basic, but I liked it. It could be used in pairs or alone to review vocab or to test grammar. It also has bi-lingual quizzes. Not flashy, but effective.
This is another great website with a good list of lesson plans for each grade and subject. There is also a selection of printable worksheets, graphic organizers, and classroom management advice.
This is a great website for with a wealth of information for teachers. There is a large library of lesson plans for all grades and subjects. There are numerous professional development articles on various school climate topics. It also has a wealth of student worksheets and templates for new teachers to set up their room.
This is an enormous library website with a plethora of links to other reliable websites on every school subject. It would be great for teachers who need to increase their background knowledge or teachers who want to show ia related site in class. This website would also help older students who are doing research for a paper.
The tag line reads "Hundreds of educational websites rated by popularity". However, at this time the site is under construction, but I think it could be a good resource to find other teacher sites.
the tag line says "All Teachers only provides results from websites geared toward teachers. No need to dig through irrelevant search anymore - ALL results are for teachers". I think this seem like a good website to find other teacher websites.
This website is for teachers to link with other teachers. There are forums, blogs, and many other resources. There are many options for teachers to use, as well as many links to other informational and educational websites. I did notice a few pop up ads while browsing through the site, so I see that as a downfall.
DSO Kids is a great resource for students to continue their music education at home, as well as for teachers to utilize in the classroom. There is access to music for at home listening, games for students, and composer information. They also have great lesson plans to go along with classical pieces of music for teachers to use in their classroom.
The New York Philharmonic Kids Zone website is a great resource for elementary music teachers. It has a great section where students can learn all about instrument families, hear the instruments played, and watch videos of the instruments. There are other music games that have to do with note reading and other music areas.
This website is a great resource for educators who are looking for creative ways to incorporate technology into their classrooms. The content is geared for K-12 learning, yet it also includes some resources for adult literacy courses. Although it is mainly projected towards educators in the more remote region of the Pacific Northwest, there are many examples and resources for all over the country.
Although the name is silly, there are really many great resources for students and teachers alike for learning and teaching English. There is a community forum that leads discussions regarding other internet resources, lesson plans, etc. This website also incorporates technology into the lesson plans, giving ways to use the internet, film/video, and even music! For students, there are practice quizzes, flashcards templates, and lists of other helpful websites in learning English as a second language. There is a lot of creativity on this website for any teacher who wants to think outside of the box in English teaching.
