TIE Online Class: Web Lit for Educators

Great story...made me smile!!

Another good music theory website. Has animated lessons that help keep student interest. Good for middle school kids and up.

A great resource for creating, modifying or "stealing" rubric for just about any subject. I have used this for a number of year. You can create and save rubrics to the site and share them.

I teach kids to crochet and I have found several free patterns here as well as instructions

A blog about bringing art and technology together

This is about the arts surviving NCLB

Lori Jones K-12 Art The importance and fun of keeping a sketchbook as record and art

An inspirational video for educators

Grade 6-8 9-12 Brief Description Students view photographs of migrant families during the Great Depression, try to interpret the photos to answer questions about the subject's life, and then write a cinquain poem based on their interpretations. Objectives Students willGain understanding of the personal struggles faced during the Great Depression Learn to interpret information from a visual medium (photograph) and express that knowledge in written form (poem).

Literature is alive with iconic characters known around the world for their incredible exploits and heroic actions. James Bond and Sherlock Holmes are such characters. Less well known are the life stories of some of the authors of famous fiction. Many of these authors had real-life adventures that rivaled those of the fictional characters they created. Use the following discussion guide to explore with students how biographical information can influence fiction. Grade Level: 9-12 Student learning objectives: Students will be able to see how real-life experiences help an author to shape a fictional character he or she is creating. These experiences often form the basis for many of the plots involving these characters.

Great hands on learning about strength and structure, hands-on learning

This is a unique site for a nontraditional home construction. Great for research on different building techniques in different countries for an architecture class.

Great site to go when you have questions with AutoCAD. Great tutorials to explore and learn.