TIE Online Class: Web Lit for Educators

Love using these as a closure activity

Webquest that relates the novel: animal farm to the different forms of government

my daughter's tumblr - blog- she says tumblrs are much easier than blogs. Any thoughts???? A much easier format???

Students use checkbooks and real bookkeeping skills to keep track of their finances just like they would if they were older.

There's no need to adopt all facets of a token economy such as Beth Moore's all at once. The fifth grade teacher recommends starting small with classroom jobs. Next, give students "salaries" for their work in the form of coins or classroom currency. The checkbook is another strong step.

Teachers need to push through the hard lessons because those are the ones that create critical thinking skills.

Lesson and ideas to get students in your class to show respect for others as well as have respect for themselves.

This site has been around for a long time. The author reviews web sites for teachers.

This site has a little of everything that elementary teachers can use. Resources for classes, classroom management suggestions, links to other sites and strategies for teaching subjects.

This website site can help me gets students to write a better biography of historical figures as we learn about them in class. It goes step by step through the process which should make the idea of writing a biography less overwhelming.

This RSS feed site recommends a place called Watchknow to get free videos to use in a classroom. The best part is they are ranked by educators so you are less likely to get a dud and/or waste your time.

Schools in Michigan cut school librarians because of budget cuts. They found that test scores in these schools fell. Schools with strong media centers scored significantly higher on standardized tests

New York Life worked with four high schools throughout the country of which one of them was in Minnesota. They created media centers that helped build true centers for teaching and learning. They also provided a toolkit to help you develop your own media center for learning.

This article asks the question "Whether it best to have outdated books or no books?" They come to the conclusion that no books is the better option. They also look at books versus technology. They look at funding options that might work for every school.

Rubrics galore!  Wonderful resource!  Subject specific.

Web evaluation surveys.

I teach world geo. Loved to have more materials.

Great activity on the Bill of Rights

RUBRICS