Technologies and the Future of Writing Spring 2009 Mod 1

This is a political website dealing with all the most current issues and conflicts.

This site offers a list of numerous phto contests from all over the place and every category you can imagine.

This is an outspoken website for the very liberal and artistic magazine, 'Adbusters'

This website combines dramatic and intense scenes with one's photography abilities. Great for aspiring photojournalists

This website gives you example lesson plans, sample worksheets, examples of useful projects and much more.

This website provides the reading level for text. All you need to do is type 150 of the text you are interested in, and the website will determine the readability level of the text. This is perfect for education majors trying to decide appropriate text for lesson plans.

This site is used to measure the readability of a textbook or article. You type a section of words, and the process with lead you to what grade and level that particular reading is meant for.

A.C. Moore's store website. This can be used to look up items sold inside of the store, to order items online, and to come up with new craft ideas for the classroom.

Quotations for teachers.

Research on autism. This site gives you what autism is, what are common signs, how it's diagnosed, the causes, how it affects people, how it's treated, the research being conducted, and how to find out more information.

There are descriptions of autism, what life is like with autism, some research done and programs created, how the community helps out, and about Autism Society of America.

This site allows you to type in the grade range and topic that you are teaching. It will then link you to resources you can use in the classroom.

In correspondence with the New York Times, this website provides recent news relevant to education issues, lesson plan archives and daily lesson plan updates. The website has three categories; teacher connections, student connections, and parent connections.

Lesson planning site! This site is specifically used for giving teachers ideas of connections for using in their lesson plans.

This site is really great for picking a lesson plan topic or even unit plan topics. It lists the topic, for example U.S. History, then under that there is a list of ideas.

This site provides everything a teacher could be looking for. There are lesson plans, ideas for technology integration, and solutions to school issues.

Teaching website. Has lesson plan ideas, how to develop as a professional, information on the administration, technology integration, school issues you may face, and more.

This site has great new ideas for teachers. It has puzzle makers, lesson plan guides, technology information and so much more.

group blog about education and class readings

Kiddie Chat is a blog that provides individuals in currently in or considering the teaching profession educational advice, information, and insight.

Teachnology.com is an innovative website that provides future and current teachers with a plethora of lesson plans in all content areas and grade levels.

Time For Kids is such an exciting resource that presents headline news as it would be informational and interesting to children.

Scholastic.com is a valuable resource for teachers to utilize in that it provides the options of lesson plans, teaching strategies, timesaving tools, planning calendar, printables and mini-books, as well as an online stoor for resources.

TeachersCount.com saves teachers time by searching the headlines and writing summaries on top education articles.