A PDF version of this file can be found on my website here. This is an extensive
list of websites and links for teachers who need information. The topical headings include:
Academic Skills
Arts & Crafts in the Classroom
Assessment
Autism
Behavior & Behavioral Problems
Brain-Compatible Instruction
Bulletin Boards
Character Education
Classroom Management
Classroom Resources
Common Core & Standards-Based Curriculum
Differentiated Instruction
Digital Citizenship & Online Safety
Diversity
Drama Classes
Drama Classes
Early Childhood Education
Economics
English as a New Language
Foreign Languages
Government Educational Sites
History
International Education
Language Arts
Lesson Planning
Literature
Literacy
Mathematics
Middle School
Music
Physical Education
Primary Source
Reading
Response to Intervention
Science
Social Studies
Special Education & Learning Disabilities
Standards-Based Curriculum
Student Teaching
Substitute Teaching
Technology in the Classroom
Testing
A list of Web sites
for use by educators covering many 21st century topics and applications.
Audience: Grades 6–9
This comprehensive
English Language Arts curriculum for the middle and high school teacher
prepares students for the literacy demands of the 21st century.
Academic Skills
Audience: All
This site helps
students of all ages find topics, create thesis statements, generate outlines,
and find relevant videos. Recommended by KDP member Ludmila Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s
College, Newburgh, NY.
Arts & Crafts in the Classroom
Art-related activities
targeted to elementary-age students.
Craft ideas for
elementary-age students.
Arts advocacy site
that includes lesson plans.
Assessment
A free tool for developing
project-based rubrics.
Assessment tools to
use with elementary-level students.
Assessment tools to
use with secondary-level students.
Outlines steps for
developing a rubric.
Autism
Audience: Educators
and Parents
Practical source of
information and teaching tips, and includes book lists, toys and games, child
safety information, discussion lists, curriculum guides, and more.
is a newsletter with
free articles, resources, and teaching materials.
Audience: Educators
and Students
This site has
resources packed with strategies and techniques to help students with autism
and their peers interact with each other. Learn different approaches that
promote social development, including both teacher-initiated and
student-initiated techniques.
Autism links from a
TKES Blog viewer:
Behavior & Behavioral Problems
A reference source for
handling over 100 misbehaviors at school and home.
Brain-Compatible Instruction
A categorized archive
of brain-boosting activities to help students increase higher-order thinking
skills.
Grade Level: All
Discovery Education’s
Brain Boosters is a categorized archive of brain-boosting activities to help
students increase higher-order thinking skills. Recommended by KDP member Marilyn Cook, Port
Aransas, TX.
Bulletin Boards
Teacher-tested tips
for creating bulletin boards.
Character Education
Lesson plans,
activities, and resources to educate youth about the power of philanthropy.
Free resources,
materials, and lesson plans for character education.
Classroom Management
Links to resources for
classroom management.
Suggestions on
discipline and organization in the classroom.
Tips and guidelines
for running a more efficient classroom.
Access to 20 volumes
of Education World’s Classroom Management Tips.
Classroom management
tips arranged by categories.
Classroom Resources
This blog, published
through www.onlinemastersineducation.org, outlines websites full of resources
for kindergarten through high school teachers. For easy navigation, the list is
divided among preschool, elementary, middle, and high school.
Teachers and parents:
Use crosswords to review vocabulary and lessons for all subjects. Students may
actually even enjoy doing the assignment! Crossword puzzles encourage logical
thinking and correct spelling.
Information on
thousands of topics sorted by subject and audience. Can’t find what you’re
looking for? “Ask A Question” librarians will research it and get back to
you.
Free access to
400-plus games and educational activities in a range of subjects, including
math, history, and science.
Teaching and learning
resources from federal agencies.
Hundreds of Web sites
devoted to instructional topics and tools, ranked by popularity.
Online educational
games in math, grammar, science, spelling, and history for kids of all
ages.
Partners with schools,
communities, and businesses to provide collaborative educational, scientific,
and cultural learning activities.
Links to free teacher
resources, including materials provided by NASA.
5,000+ free printable
pages and worksheets.
A great resource for
information to supplement classroom textbooks.
Lessons and activities
by subject.
News, resources,
lesson plans, and “On This Day in History” for classroom use.
Publisher allows you
to read chapters and complete texts of books online before you buy.
Locate book, journal,
and article resources, access historical collections, and find multilingual
resources on culture.
This FREE website is a
3-D satellite view of Earth that can be zoomed in down to street level view in
many places. Be a world traveler, explore the planet's biomes or great architecture,
or see the incredible natural formations of the Earth. Calculate distances and
connect real places around the world to literature. Recommended by KDP member Jessica Hester.
Audience: Professional
educator, teacher
You can sign up for a
free trial of both Webspiration Classroom and WebspirationPRO, helping students
to improve their thinking and writing skills, and allowing teachers to
brainstorm, use visual thinking, and collaborate, respectively. Recommended by KDP member Ludmila Smirnova,
Mount Saint Mary’s College, Newburgh, NY.
Audience: All
Revolver Maps are
interactive visitor globes rendered by the Revolver Engine, a strongly
specialized 3-D converter. Recommended by KDP member Ludmila Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s
College, Newburgh, NY.
Download videos from
streaming video sites, such as YouTube (blocked at many public schools), and
convert them to various other usable formats. You can integrate valuable video
in the instructional setting or share with teachers for faculty training
purposes! Recommended by KDP member Jessica Hester.
Audience: K–3
teachers
This site offers great
ideas for units, holidays, and the reading curriculum. Find printables,
lessons, activity sheets, and more. Recommended by KDP member Madeline Kovarik,
Rollins College, Winter Park, FL.
Audience: K–12
students and teachers
Watch thousands of
FREE, kid-safe videos on all major educational topics, useful for elementary
through secondary school. Includes helpful age filter. Recommended by KDP member Jessica
Hester.
Audience: All
You provide the text
and Wordle makes a “word cloud”! Create original looks with different fonts,
layouts, and color schemes. You’ll find plenty of uses: warm-up activities in
the beginning of lessons, vocabulary study, special cards, art projects, and
more. Recommended by KDP member
Ludmila Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s College, Newburgh, NY.
Common Core & Standards-Based Curriculum
This Edutopia blog
offers resources for high school mathematics teachers that will help
communicate how common core will shift high school math classrooms, with
example videos, articles about assessment, and lists of tech tools for educators.
Audience: All
Find Common Core
“flipbooks,” tools, Web sites, lesson plans, and many other great resources on
this site created by the Kansas Association of Teachers of Mathematics. The
flipbooks are a handy way to organize and also "unpack" the
standards. Recommended by Keon Ruiter, Professional Representative of the KDP
Executive Council.
Audience: Grades 3–8
students and teachers
To aid in transition
to the Common Core standards everywhere, the New York State Education
Department developed sample 3–8 math and ELA questions to show how the Common
Core should drive instruction and how students will be assessed. Educators and
parents will benefit from gaining a better understanding of the instructional
shift required by the standards. Recommended by Keon Ruiter, Professional Representative of the KDP
Executive Council.
Differentiated Instruction
What do you most want
to know about differentiated instructional techniques? Start with this index
page, categorized and with descriptions, to find what you need. This i4c site
offers various links under these sections:Learning Styles, Instructional
Theory, Practical Tips for the Classroom, and Sample Units and Lessons.
Digital Citizenship & Online Safety
Hang this poster in
your classroom to remind all students and teachers how to conduct themselves on
Facebook and other social media sites, how to be safe from outsiders, and also
to inform students about “Facebullying,” an increasingly common, and dangerous,
form of cyberbullying. Download the poster from Fuzion.
This guide to online
manners can help students learn more about how their online actions impact them
now and in the future, arranged in a helpful Do’s and Dont’s list.
Diversity
Audience: All
Sponsored by the
Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance gives educators multiple ways
to increase inclusivity in schools, teaching, and learning in response to
diverse trends and realities in society. The site provides many ideas and
activities for classroom teachers' use. Recommended by KDP member Patty Phelps.
Drama Classes
Early Childhood Education
Early Childhood Education
Provides articles,
message boards, chat area, and extensive Web guides.
Economics
The
CommonSenseEconomics.com Web site provides numerous links to creative teaching
ideas for the 20 National Voluntary Standards in Economics that advance
learning economics, personal finance, and entrepreneurship. The Instructional
Resources and Cool Stuff for the Classroom sections give links to video clips,
Web sites, and innovative ideas for teaching introductory economics.
Link to this free,
interactive money-management football computer game and high school curriculum
that helps teens learn how to manage money wisely. "Financial Football,”
developed in conjunction with the NFL and PLAYERS INC, tests students’ fiscal
knowledge by combining the structure and rules of the NFL with financial
education questions of varying difficulty. At the Practical Money Skills for
Life site, educators can find many games
and lessons plans to
help students understand finances. Practical Money Skills for Life also offers numerous resources to help
anyone become financially literate.
English as a New Language
Lesson ideas for
teachers and definitions of English slang and idioms for students.
Free English teaching
and learning materials.
Resource to help
elementary teachers increase Hispanic children’s achievement when their first
language is not English.
Lesson plans, teaching
tips, downloads, discussion topics, and resource picks.
Advice, lessons,
ideas, and encouragement from foreign language instructors.
Ready-to-use, free
EFL/ESL daily lesson plans based on current affairs. Each lesson plan contains
a news article, communications activities, pair work, and reading and
vocabulary exercises.
Audience: K–12
students and teachers
A fun place to teach
and learn English as a Second Language! Students will find online ESL learning
tools, like quizzes, games, and topical lessons. Teachers can get great ideas
and materials to use in class: music, film, video, lesson plans, and more.
is a free online video
Web site designed to help preschool and English as Second Language (ESL)
children learn English words. Over 500 online activities, available in a
special “word show” format, encourage children to watch, listen, and learn.
Some of the most
essential materials for studying ESL here, sorted by the topic.
Foreign Languages
Audience: All
Looking for a
multitude of foreign language resources or some basics about a particular
language? University of Northern Iowa Professor Emeritus Jim Becker has created
the place to start. Teachers and students can find a variety of languages and resources
as well as other language sites to aid teaching and learning a language.
There’s fun stuff, too. Check out the site meter to see from where in the world
the site’s hits hail.
Government Educational Sites
Audience: All
This site is sponsored
by the U.S. Department of Treasury, with links to government agencies and
offices. Find plenty of interesting facts and games, like the “coin of the
month,” career information, the lawmaking process, and much more. Recommended by KDP member Madeline Kovarik, Rollins College,
Winter Park, FL.
Audience: PreK–12
The Environmental
Protection Agency has assembled a list of websites and documents about basic
environmental issues, meant for use in the classroom. Recommended by KDP member Stephanie Schaefer.
Sponsored by the U.S.
Electoral College, this site allows students to predict who will win the next
presidential election and create their own election results. This resource also
informs students as to why candidates focus on particular states and what role
the Electoral College plays in presidential elections. Grade Level:
PreK–12 Recommended by KDP member
Madeline Kovarik
History
Over the past six
years, the Library of Congress has documented several hundred talks,
discussions, and conferences that have taken place under its leadership. On
this site, visitors have access to all of these talks in their entirety, along
with webcasts from the National Book Festival. Visitors can scan through a
complete list of all 303 webcasts, or browse a thematic list that organizes the
talks into areas such as religion, government and education.
Description: Through
games, standard-based lesson plans, maps and more, Xpeditions helps integrate
the U.S. geography standards into learning-both at home and in the classroom.
The lesson plans on this site were written by educators and have been tested in
the classroom.
Lesson plan explores
the decision-making process that precipitated the Civil War.
Lesson plan for grades
6–8 and 9–12.
This Awesome Stories
Web site mixes history and science and has enough primary resource material,
including photographs, to excite the middle school brain. Topics include Inca
mummies, how bodies tell tales, peat bog mummies, iron-age bodies, frozen
mummies, Franklin Expedition mummies, Egyptian mummies, and King Tut.
Details life in two
American communities from John Brown’s raid through the era of
reconstruction.
Follow the journey of
the people who arrived in America more than 12,000 years ago. Select by
primary, elementary, middle school, secondary, or post-secondary level grade
levels.
A lesson plan packet
to help students learn about historic Jamestown.
A chronicle of the
government’s activities. Lesson plans and classroom activities are located in
the Digital Classroom section.
Site includes
exhibitions, American treasures, and digitized historical collections in both
audio and visual formats.
Free, Web-accessible
repository of nearly 200 video oral histories and roundtables with legendary
African Americans.
Links to and
information about publications, resources, and activities for teachers of
history.
Includes national
history standards.
Fundamental issues of
teaching world history and geography.
When is National
History Day? Every day! It’s not just a day—it’s an experience! Integrate
history and meet educational standards in your curriculum using resources from
this site. Also find high quality curriculum materials and challenging contests
that teach students critical skills they need to be effective citizens in the
21st century.
TimesMachine has fully digitized archives of the New
York Times. Search by year or browse front pages, complete with images and ads
from yesteryear—such as the sinking of the Titanic, the start of the League of
World Nations, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Fascinating! The full
archive is available to New York Times home subscribers only; but your local
library can provide complimentary access to all New York Times archives through
ProQuest.
International Education
This site of resources
devoted to teachers and students features lesson plans, media, current events
covering about 30 countries, and professional development opportunities for
educators, as well as an interactive section for
students to
explore.
Expose your students
to global issues; study the United Nations and learn about other countries and
cultures through CyberSchoolBus. Hosted and “driven” by the UN, this section of
the UN’s site is a virtual gold mine of resources: quizzes, games, videos,
articles, webcasts, community, and curriculum. You also can view the site in
other languages. Practice French, Spanish, Russian, and more.
Connect securely with
students and teachers globally through this social network for learning,
e-mailing, blogging, and collaborating with students and classrooms across the
globe. This sight “where learners connect” has grown tremendously in the last
few years to include district participation, learning in biodiversity, as well
as expanding knowledge of other languages and cultures.
International Children's
Digital Library The
ICDL Foundation's goal is to build a collection of books that represents
outstanding historical and contemporary books from throughout the world.
Ultimately, the Foundation aspires to have every culture and language
represented so that every child can know and appreciate the riches of
children's literature from the world community.
My Wonderful World Campaign This National Geographic-led campaign, is
backed by a coalition of major national partners to expand geographic learning
in school, home, and the community. You even can download and print a world map.
Founded by Jane
Goodall, Roots & Shoots is a global program that helps groups plan and
implement community-inspired service-learning projects that promote care and
concern for animals, the environment, and the human community. Educators,
college students, group leaders, and others will find curriculum and programs
to engage others in service-learning projects, campaigns, and more.
Roots creep underground everywhere
and make a firm foundation. Shoots seem very weak, but to reach the light, they
can break open brick walls. Imagine that the brick walls are all the problems
we have inflicted on our planet. Hundreds of thousands of roots & shoots,
hundreds of thousands of young people around the world, can break through these
walls. We CAN change the world. - Dr. Jane Goodall
Language Arts
Looking for language
arts lessons? Lessons and practices given at this site are based on Colorado
standards, but can be adapted for your state. The site is a teacher-led network
offering tested lessons.
Lesson plans for
children’s literature in grades K–6.
Free, downloadable
Reader’s Theater scripts adapted from stories written by Aaron Shepard and
others.
Access to high-quality
practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction.
Tools to help young
readers.
Original content
articles about educational practices and studying techniques for reading and
math.
Audience: K–12
This educator-run site
of poetry and essay contests offers students an opportunity to write for
something besides a grade. All entries are evaluated for quality and there are
no entry fees or required purchases. Contests occur several times throughout
the year. See the site for comments from teachers.
Lesson Planning
This site is
jam-packed with information and resources for teachers—most importantly, a
directory of free lesson plans. Teachers also can link to tips on teaching,
articles, and a discussion area.
Grade levels:
PreK–12.
This site provides a
plethora of links to lesson plans, teacher guides, and other instructional
resources for children’s literature in grades K–6. To see all the links
available, be sure to scroll past a few advertising and general links. The site
is maintained and regularly updated by Edmund J. Sass, professor of education,
College of Saint Benedict, Saint John’s University.
This National
Endowment for the Humanities site offers a variety of lesson plans by grade
level and subject in the areas of art and culture; literature and language
arts; foreign language; and history and social studies.
Searchable directory
of free online lesson plans and resources for all grades and subjects.
Visit the Teachers Section of the Library of Congress (LOC)
online—it’s your primary source source! How often have you wanted to use a
primary source and didn't have enough time to look one up or investigate a
site’s quality? Look no further for primary sources! The Teachers section at
LOC, including Teachers Preview, is an excellent web site for resources on
every subject. It also offers an educator-friendly section on how to teach using primary
sources. At LOC-Teachers, you
can choose categories, subjects, and much more through a drop-down search tool,
or link to podcasts, webcasts, lesson plans, and other resource sites through
the site menu. Get on board the LOC—it’s well worth the surf. Recommended by Marilyn Cook, KDP Web Committee
Grade Level: All
This website provides
links to webcasts of authors who have presented at the National Book Festival
since 200—a fantastic resource for teachers of literature. It also links to
news releases and, best of all, provides information on how to host your own
book festival! Recommended by Rebecca Yoder,
KDP member and South Carolina 7th Grade Accelerated English Teacher.
Grade levels: All
grades.
Teachers can find
lesson plans by theme, subject, grade, or season to fit their curriculum. Grade
levels: PreK–12.
Lesson plans and
educational strategies for all teachers, including a link to 21st Century
Schoolhouse and online courses.
Lessons and activities
for PreK–12 grade students in all curricular areas.
The TeAchnology site
provides a vast wealth of resources for educators, including more than 30,000
lesson plans for educators of various levels and subject areas—from math and
science to physical education and vocational education. The plans give the
national standard covered as well as other pertinent information. Other
resources include worksheets, rubrics, education news, teaching tips, and
teacher tools for creating exciting classroom instruction.
Primary and
intermediate teachers’ resources, including lesson plans, thematic units, free
printables, books, and suggested awards
Literature
Visit Miami University
of Ohio’s academic Web site to search for books and information related to
them, design literature-based thematic units for all subjects, and post your
literature project. Teachers, parents, and students can find abstracts of more
than 5,000 picture books and Weblinks for key words to help you integrate content
and picture book resources.
Here is the site for
teachers (Pre-K–12) who love children’s books. Be prepared to spend quite a bit
of time here, because the resources are many. This Random House site offers
teacher guides, monthly planning calendar of books (or search by theme),
interviews with authors and illustrators , a librarian’s section, classroom
clubs , and much more.
Literacy
Grade levels: Early
Childhood.
Part of The Early
Childhood Education Network, The Literacy Center offers safe learning
activities for young children. It follows a modified Montessori approach to
teaching reading with the assumption that the online lessons will be supported
by appropriate offline instruction. Lessons are available in four languages.
Mathematics
Grade Level:
Elementary, Middle
AAA Math features a
comprehensive set of interactive arithmetic lessons. Practice is available on
each topic, which allows thorough mastery of the concepts. Search lessons by
subject.
Grade Level: High,
Undergraduate
CPMP-Tools is an
innovative suite of both general purpose and custom software tools designed to
support high school student investigation and problem solving in algebra,
geometry, statistics, and discrete mathematics.
Grade Level: All
GeoGebra, a free and
multiplatform, dynamic mathematics software for all levels of education, joins
geometry, algebra, tables, graphing, statistics and calculus in one easy-to-use
package.
Grade Level: All
Find mathematics
lessons, interactive tools, standards, and recommended Web sites for teaching
and learning mathematics. Apply for the Illuminations Summer Institute, or
download flyers and sign up for their monthly newsletter. Take advantage of the
dynamic print tool.
Grade Level:
Elementary, Middle
Math Cats is created
for children to promote open-ended and playful explorations of mathematics
concepts through online and offline activities.
Grade level:
Elementary
An online resource for
students to practice mathematics multiplication facts through activities and
games. Additional resources are provided for teachers, parents, and students. Recommended by KDP member Elizabeth Kim Strauss.
Grade Level: Middle,
High, Undergraduate
S.O.S. is an online resource
providing short explanations on mathematics topics ranging from algebra to
differential equations. High school, college students, and adult learners can
get help with homework, refresh their mathematical memory and prepare for
tests.
Grade Level: All
Wolfram Alpha is a
computational knowledge engine that provides calculations from its own internal
knowledge base, rather than searching the Web and returning links. In
mathematics it shows steps along a computation process, provides sources for
information, and provides details using multiple representations. Wolfram Alpha
also available as an application.
Audience: PreK–6
This interactive math
glossary is a wonderful way for students to discover math terms visually and
aurally. Definitions are linked to one another for added clarity. The use of
Harcourt materials by your school is not required in order to use this website. Recommended by KDP member Michelle Caffrey.
Grade Level: High
School
If your students are
struggling to understand the concepts of Algebra I or are preparing for a
standardized test, they may benefit from the free video tutorials offered by
Mometrix Academy. Find fifty videos covering seven topics of the mathematics
course on this website.
Grade Level: PreK–12
Create equivalent fractions by dividing and shading shapes, and match each
fraction to its location on the number line. This would make a good learning
station/center to reinforce the concept of equivalent fractions. This resource
also can be downloaded as an iTunes app. Recommended by KDP member Madeline
Kovarik
Grade Level: PreK–5
Sponsored by NCTM, this curriculum-supporting site helps students explore
political elections and percents, guiding them to the correct response.
Recommended by KDP member
Madeline Kovarik
Middle School
Provides middle school
teachers with the opportunity to collaborate online by sharing curriculum
resources for grades 6–8.
Links to resources for
new middle school teachers.
Music
Resources, lessons,
and ideas on teaching with music, particularly ESL students.
Music curriculum for
elementary music teachers, home schoolers, or persons interested in learning to
read music.
Audience: 6–12
Discover the
relationship between jazz music and democracy with a set of three short
(5–6-minute) films and a free downloadable study guide. The videos feature
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and jazz legend Wynton Marsalis. The
short films and study guide will provide teachers with a fresh way of thinking
about the affinities between these two American institutions. The Rockefeller
Foundation underwrote this project for Teachers College, Jazz at Lincoln
Center, and The Documentary Group. Recommended by KDP member Sandy Pope.
Physical Education
Information about
developmentally appropriate physical education programs for children and youth.
Primary Source
Grade levels: 7th–12th
This section of the
Library of Congress Web site offers an extensive collection of primary
documents—photos, patents, political cartoons, and advertisements—pertaining to
every aspect of American History. These documents are free for use in classroom
presentations. Recommended by Madeline Kovarik, professor and
member of the KDP Communications Committee
Grade level:
ProfessionalK–12 teachers, undergraduates
This site, developed
by the education team of the National Archives, provides lessons and tools for
teachers to create interactive group and individual activities using primary
source documents from the National Archives. It is perfect for civic and social
studies education and bringing history into the present. Educators can search
for documents and activities from the National Archives, customize activities,
create a new activity with its own web address, and organize activities in an
account to share with students.
Grade level: All
Visit the Teachers Section of the Library of Congress (LOC) online—it’s your primary source
source! How often have you wanted to use a primary source and didn't have
enough time to look one up or investigate a site’s quality? Look no further for
primary sources! The Teachers section at LOC, including Teachers Preview, is an excellent web site for resources on
every subject. It also offers an educator-friendly section on how to teach using primary sources. At LOC-Teachers, you can choose
categories, subjects, and much more through a drop-down search tool. or link to
podcasts, webcasts, lesson plans, and other resource sites through the site
menu. Get on board the LOC—it’s well worth the surf. Recommended by Marilyn Cook, KDP Web Committee
Reading
Audience: K–12
teachers and parents
Teachers and parents
can find an abundance of resources for kids in grades 4–12. Find current
research and policy developments, practical advice on teaching reading and
writing, and links for additional resources.
Audience: K–5
The Florida Center for
Reading Research (FCRR) provides a free, downloadable collection of activities
for use in kindergarten through fifth grade classrooms, along with teacher
resource guides and professional development DVDs that offer important insights
on differentiated instruction. Recommended by KDP member Nicole Titus.
Audience:
PreK–12
Literacyhead is a
weekly online magazine for connecting literacy and the visual arts. The
teaching resources make connections to visual arts, reading, and writing in an
integrated lesson. Recommended by KDP member Claudia Pitchford.
Audience: All
This official Web site
for Robert Munsch, who penned Love You Forever and many other books, would make
a great listening center. Students can hear the author himself read his books,
and can submit their own pictures, poems, and letters. Recommended by KDP
member Madeline Kovarik, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL.
Audience: PreK–5
In his blog, educator
Keith Schoch shares thoughts and expertise about teaching with picture books.
Readers can comment and discuss. Recommended by KDP member Madeline Kovarik.
Guide to English Phonetic System: Learn IPA Sounds in Phonetics
Guide to English Phonetic System: Learn IPA Sounds in Phonetics
The IPA chart is a
unique classification of sounds according to different aspects. There are 107
phonetic symbols and 52 diacritics in this phonemic transcription chart.
Each of them
represents its place in the mouth or throat. So everyone can reproduce the
sound quickly. The sounds in phonetics
also vary by the manner of pronouncing them. What’s important here is how lips,
tongue, and teeth work to produce one or another sound. The way you use breath
is also essential. It’s vital to
document each new phonetic sound in the language so that people can improve
their sounds in phonetics.
Response to Intervention
Audience: All
educators implementing intervention programs
This site, established
by the Office of Special Education Programs, US Department of Education, is the
Technical Assistance (TA) Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and
Supports for Response to Intervention. Its purpose is to give schools
capacity-building information and technical assistance for identifying,
adapting, and sustaining effective school-wide disciplinary practices.
Therefore the site is a virtual library of tools and resources, including
videos and a Resource Catalog where you can search by subject, resource type,
or author.
Audience: Educators
and Administrators implementing RTI
RTI Action Network, a
program of the National Center for Learning Disabilities funded by the Cisco
Foundation and in partnership with the nation’s leading education associations
and top RTI experts, is dedicated to the effective implementation of RTI in
districts nationwide. At this site, educators and parents can find information
on the basic principles of RTI, as well as guides for large-scale
implementation. Resources include an RTI glossary, parents and families
section, an online community, various forms of RTI-related professional
development opportunities.
Audience: PK–12
educators
Jim Wright’s one-stop
directory to free, high-quality Response to Intervention (RTI) resources very
well could be the first and last stop to definitions, working strategies, and
academic solutions for teachers of struggling learners. Though not the most
visually appealing site, its categories such as “Select the Right Intervention”
and “Use Teams to Problem Solve,” make it easy to find a selection of resources
that suit particular needs. Recommended by Clinton Smith, KDP
Communications Committee member and Special Education Teacher.
Science
Audience: 7–12
BioCoach activities
are online, multimedia supplemental lessons designed to reinforce what students
have learned in class. The activities contain self-assessment tests at the
end.
Audience: 7–12
This page contains 17
online tutorials about biological anthropology topics, such as classification
of living things, early theories of evolution, and primate behavior. Within the
lessons, vocabulary terms are provided along with an audio file for
pronunciation, and each topic contains graphics as well as practice quizzes and
puzzles for review of the material.
Audience: K–8
This site contains
lessons and activities to help children learn about earth science.
Audience: 11–12
A Canadian high
school’s page lists all the information on topics taught in upper-level
biology, including syllabi, text, and graphics.
Audience: All
This site offers
current events, maps, articles, careers, and satellite images for geology and
earth science.
Audience: All
This site, sponsored
by Discovery, helps people understand how things work, such as computers,
electronics, engines, and cars. Visitors can read articles, watch videos, or
play educational games.
Audience: All
The JASON Project
connects students with scientists and researchers using technology and
integrated, standards-based curriculum such as after-school and out-of-school
activities. These projects provide mentored, authentic, and enriching science
learning experience. Teachers can download some online curricula for free or
sign up to join one of JASON’s integrated offerings.
Audience: K–6
KidsGeo is a geology
resource for elementary students and teachers. Visitors can find songs,
pictures, and video clips to help teach geology to elementary students. Recommended by KDP member Jessica Hester.
Audience: All
This site offers
project ideas, posters, and education programs to teach students about the
planet Mars.
Audience: K–4
The NASA Kids’ Club
page offers activities and games to help students learn about science and space
as well as math skills such as pattern recognition. The skills taught are based
on national standards for each skill level.
Audience: K–5
This US Department of
Agriculture-Agricultural Research service page takes a behind-the-scenes look
at what scientists really do, and how this science affects everyday lives.
Teachers can find games, science fair projects, and links to resources.
Audience: All
This page contains
links to science and science education sites by topic (e.g., biology,
chemistry, earth science, physics).
Audience: All
Sumanas offers
multimedia services for educational publishing and biotechnology. The “Science
in Focus” page contains presentations about science topics in the news.
Audience: 3–8
This site lists over
1,000 science project ideas, for the classroom, science fair, or home-schooled
students. Dr. Shawn and Dr. Michelle also offer project tips, report-writing
tips, and supplies for sale.
Audience: K–5
Meteorologist Nick
Walker provides information about weather, including weather basics, local
forecasts, recommended books, and weather curriculum.
Audience: Elementary,
Middle, Secondary
Sponsored by NOAA Sea
Grant and the National Marine Educators Association, the Bridge buoys an “ocean
of free teacher-approved marine education resources,” including lesson plans,
research and data connections, and wide seas of professional development
options. Materials are reviewed extensively. Good site for students, too!
Recommended by KDP member
Marilyn Cook.
Audience: Grades
PreK–12 educator/teacher
Here is a unique way
to teach and learn the basic steps of the Scientific Method—rap and video, with
lyrics that are simple, rhythmic, and catchy. Also get a free mp3 download of
The Scientific Method Rap audio track. Accompanying leveled quizzes, printable
lyrics, and other educational resources are also available.
Recommended by KDP member Dana
Gillis.
Audience: Grades
4–6
Thanks to Discovery
Education and the Siemens Foundation, teachers and students can access a
variety of science activities that “engage and amaze your students.” Through
this “learning by doing” section, teachers can find videos, tools, and
revealing hands-on activities, as well as new, original experiments with
intuitive directions, materials lists, and home extensions.
Social Studies
Audience: All
The Center for Civic
Education is an organization dedicated to promoting the study of citizenship.
Teachers can find resources for the classroom and for professional
development.
Audience: All
Visitors can find and
compare the countries of the world based on key facts including GDP, inflation
rate, public debt, income distribution, and population growth rate. This
database, which comes directly from the CIA, allows users to simply compare
countries in a side-by-side comparison. Recommended by KDP member Matthew Kopjak.
Audience: All
Merrill Education’s
site contains links to some of the most useful internet sites for social
studies educators.
Special Education & Learning Disabilities
Audience: All
The Awesome Library
lists resources and provides online multimedia materials for special education
teachers.
Audience: All
GreatSchools is geared
toward parents of children with learning disabilities, but contains information
helpful to anyone who works with these students.
Audience: K–6
educators
Teachers Helping
Teachers allows teachers to share lesson plans. Special education teachers can
view and contribute to a collection of lesson plans and activities designed for
learning-disabled or emotionally disturbed children.
Standards-Based Curriculum
This Edutopia blog
offers resources for high school mathematics teachers that will help
communicate how common core will shift high school math classrooms, with
example videos, articles about assessment, and lists of tech tools for
educators.
Student Teaching
Suggestions to succeed
in the teaching environment.
Classroom activity
suggestions for student teachers.
Information on
learning to teach, finding a job, and running a classroom.
Substitute Teaching
Follow these helpful
hints to have a pleasant, productive day when you substitute teach and to be
asked to return.
Songs, games, lesson
activities, and templates to help a sub survive even the most difficult experience!
Pros and cons of
substitute teaching are explored and suggestions for being an effective
substitute teacher are explored.
Ideas to keep students
engaged when substituting in a classroom.
Resources to inform
and to gather information from substitute teachers.
Technology in the Classroom
Audience: All
4Teachers.org helps
teachers integrate technology into the classroom by offering online tools and
resources. Teachers can locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes,
rubrics, and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use.
Available professional development resources address issues such as equity,
ELL, technology planning, and at-risk or special-needs students.
Recommended by AJ Edwards
Audience: All
The Assignment
Calculator provides steps for the research and writing process using intermediate
due dates. This resource includes hints and “how-to” resources for each step,
and reminder emails during each step of the project.
Recommended by AJ Edwards
Audience: All
This free software
converts PowerPoint presentations to flash, allowing users to share them easily
without sending large e-mail attachments. Converted files maintain effects,
sound, animation, etc. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s
College, Newburgh, NY.
Audience: All
The CAST site defines
the center and its work in making technology and universal design for learning
(UDL) an integral part of teaching and learning. Teachers and administrators
can use CAST's professional development and consultation services.
Recommended by KDP member Susan
Trostle Brand.
Audience: All
Delicious (formerly
del.icio.us) is a social bookmarking tool for saving and accessing online
resources. Users can share them with others, and see what others are
bookmarking. This resource also provides popular bookmarks in different areas
of interest. Recommended by AJ Edwards
Audience: All
Diigoallows users to
save and access online resources, as well as create highlights and notes on the
saved resources. Educators can upgrade their account and create a group login
for their classroom, so that students can share resources with each other. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s
College, Newburgh, NY.
Audience: PreK–12
This resource,
sponsored by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, is dedicated to advancing
educational improvement, particularly in the areas of technology, project-based
learning, and curriculum integration. High quality videos located on this site
can help educators identify ways to implement projects and to integrate
technology in the curriculum. Recommended by KDP member Patty Phelps.
Audience: All
ePals is an online
community for schools, connecting teachers and students locally, nationally, or
internationally with classrooms in 200 countries and territories. Educators can
collaborate on projects with other classrooms, create classroom e-mail
accounts, and find other collaborative software resources. Recommended by AJ Edwards
Audience: All
FastStone is a free
image browser, converter, and editor that supports all major graphics formats.
Some features include image viewing, management, comparison, red-eye removal,
e-mailing, resizing, cropping, color adjustment, musical slideshow. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s
College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
Google offers e-mail
and online collaboration tools geared toward the classroom. There is no
hardware to maintain or software to install, no ads, and no cost for schools. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s
College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
Haiku Learning
Management System helps teachers organize their classroom and manage lesson
plans. Teachers can create online lessons with articles, images, audio, and
video for their class; manage discussions; auto-grade assessments; and track
scores through a gradebook. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova,
Mount Saint Mary’s College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
iKeepBookmarks.com
allows users to upload and keep bookmarks on the web. School accounts can be
set up. Links can be organized by topic, by classroom, or even by individual
students. Recommended by AJ Edwards
Audience: All
Internet4Classrooms is
a resource for using the Internet effectively in the classroom. Links are
available for K–12, grade level help, technology tutorial, assessment
assistance, on-site training, and a daily dose of the web. Recommended by AJ Edwards
Audience: All
This free software
converts PowerPoint presentations to flash, generating a web-friendly format
that maintains effects, sound, animation, etc.
Recommended by KDP member
Ludmilla Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
Jing allows users to
make screenshots with descriptions, drawings, and five-minute video tutorials
to share instantly over the web. A free version is offered. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s
College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
Learning.com, a
web-delivered curriculum and assessment provider, helps educators create their
own lessons, integrate those lessons with Learning.com curriculum, and manage
everything online. Additional classroom resource software is available for
download. Recommended by AJ Edwards
Audience: All
Mindomo is an online
resource for creating, viewing, and sharing “mind maps.” Educators can create
assignments, design lesson plans, and brainstorm with students to help them
solve problems collaboratively. Recommended by AJ Edwards
Audience: All
Moodle is a course
management system designed for online courses and blended learning. The
software is open source and free to use. Recommended by AJ Edwards
Audience: All
Nicenet provides the
Internet Classroom Assistant, a web-based classroom environment that gives
teachers and students a forum to collaborate and share ideas. This free service
brings web-based conferencing, personal messaging, document sharing,
scheduling, and link/resource sharing to a variety of learning environments. Recommended by AJ Edwards
Audience: 6-12,
undergraduate and graduate
NoodleTools helps
guide students through the research process. Site users learn how to assess the
quality of sources, create notecards, and format bibliographies in MLA, APA, or
Chicago/Turabian style. Notecards and bibliography can be created online, saved
automatically, and exported into Microsoft Word. Recommended by AJ Edwards
Audience: All
PBworks is an online
collaboration tool for educators and students. It provides access to
information sources, supports hosting and sharing of information between
students across any distance, and allows even young students to build web
pages, embed images and video, and post documents. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s
College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
Users create poems and
prose by matching works with pictures. The object is to put the right words in
the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning
of the picture. PicLits can be shared via e-mail or blog. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s
College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
On this page of the
Scholastic Teachers’ site, Peggy Healy Stearns offers advice for teachers on
how to set up computers in the classroom. Recommended by AJ Edwards
Audience: All
Screencast-o-Matic
allows users to make a screen capture, record video with audio (aka
screencast), and upload it for free hosting without downloading any
software. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova,
Mount Saint Mary’s College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
Users can create
screencasts for their Twitter followers through this free web-based recorder.
No software download is required. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova,
Mount Saint Mary’s College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
Scriblink is a free
online whiteboard that allows users to collaborate in real-time. No
registration is required and built-in chat, image uploading, and file-sharing
features are available. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s
College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
Users can upload
PowerPoint presentations and convert them to a web-friendly format. They can
embed presentations on a web site, collect feedback from online viewers, and
discuss presentations in groups by interest.
Recommended by KDP member
Ludmilla Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
Surv users can create
online surveys and collect responses via e-mail or weblink. Users can customize
question types, distribute to up to 200 respondents, and follow results in real
time. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova,
Mount Saint Mary’s College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
Teachers Love SMART
Boards provides resources for teachers who use Smart Board interactive
whiteboards in the classroom. Users can read others’ comments and share their
own experiences with others. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova, Mount
Saint Mary’s College, Newburgh, NY
Twitter is a social
networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read
messages known as tweets in 140 words. For classroom applications, see 25
Recommended by KDP member
Ludmilla Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
Vidipedia features
videos uploaded by participants, free to download and free to upload. There are
clips for history, science, people, politics, and technology. Recommended by AJ Edwards
Audience: All
A VoiceThread is a
collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos
and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments using voice, text,
audio file, or video. VoiceThreads are stored online, and they can be exported
to mp3 files. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s
College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
This wikispace page,
compiled by Lenva Shearing, lists web 2.0 tools particularly useful for
teachers. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova,
Mount Saint Mary’s College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All Webs is
a free website builder that can be accessed on slower connections. Websites
created with Webs software are easy to update for novice users. Pages can be
designed without graphics that take time to load.
Recommended by KDP member
Shannon Rice.
Audience: All
Wetpaint is a free
tool that has some of the design power of traditional web site-building tools,
but incorporates the ease-of-use associated with wikis. It also offers the
wiki's power of collaboration, allowing group writing, editing, and design
activities. Recommended by AJ Edwards
Audience: All
Wikis are simple web
pages that groups or classrooms can edit together. Users can edit pages
directly in the browser using simple text editing tools, add image and media
files, and save revisions as they are added. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s
College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
WiZIQ is a free,
web-based virtual learning and teaching environment for webinars, meetings, and
web conferences. No downloads are required. Recommended by KDP member Ludmilla Smirnova, Mount Saint Mary’s
College, Newburgh, NY
Audience: All
Writeboards are
sharable, web-based text documents that let users save every edit, roll back to
any version, and easily compare changes in collaborative environments. Recommended by AJ Edwards
CarrotSticks is an online multiplayer game that
improves math skills for students in grades K–5. Kids choose the problem
difficulty level and can practice on their own or compete with friends.
Creaza offers
an integrated, web-based toolbox for creative work, where learners can create,
publish, and share digital stories. You can use the toolbox along with various
thematic universes, combining these themes with your own uploaded
content.
DonorsChoose allows teachers to express to the world
their classroom needs and donors to easily help fund them. Public school
teachers post classroom requests that range from pencils to microscopes to
musical instruments to books. Search for any school in any city in the
country.
Edmodo provides teachers and students a secure
place to connect and collaborate, share content and educational applications,
and access homework, grades, class discussions and notifications. See how
teachers are using Edmodo in unique ways!
Educreations is a community where anyone can teach
what they know and learn what they don't. Create and share video lessons with
your iPad or web browser. Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable
whiteboard that captures your voice and handwriting to produce video lessons.
Finished lessons are posted, and you control who sees them.
Fun Brain has online educational games in math, science,
spelling, reading, and history for K–8 students. Visit the math and reading
arcade, play word games, and get sneak peeks of anticipated new reads!
Glogster EDU is an online learning tool that can be
used to creatively introduce any curriculum topic or lesson. Educators and
students can create GLOGS—online multimedia posters—with text, photos, videos,
graphics, sounds, drawings, data attachments, and more. Assorted pricing
options are available, including a free, basic membership.
Google Earth allows you to take a virtual journey to
any location in the world. Explore 3D buildings, imagery, and terrain. Find
cities, places, and local businesses. Classroom resources for educators are
wide ranging. Students can take virtual field trips, study climate change, and
track earthquakes in real time. Teachers can find sample lesson plans, search
for projects, and involve students in real-world situations.
Interactive
Whiteboard Games is
offered by PBS for educators. Students will enjoy participating in these
collaborative, fun, and engaging experiences, while exploring curriculum from
trusted programs such as Curious George, Super Why, and Arthur.
Knewton is a technology company that uses data to
continuously personalize online learning content for each individual student.
It then analyzes data about students’ performance in order to provide tailored
activities for each student.
Audience: All
Start your 3-ring
binder for the Web! You can pool your online resources and organize them
easily. Step-by-step instructions guide you through the process, and other
binders can be viewed to get great ideas. Recommended by KDP member Krystine Shea.
MangaHigh is a free, games-based math teaching
resource, fusing computer games and academic subjects to supplement traditional
pedagogy.
MasteryConnect makes it simple to share and discover
common formative assessments and track mastery of state and Common Core
standards. Built-in grading tools save teachers time. Teachers can assess core
standards, monitor student performance, and report student mastery to parents
and administrators. Different pricing plans are available, including a free,
basic membership.
MentorMob helps you create “learning playlists” to
engage students, while incorporating social media, gamification, and mobile
access. Help students construct their own learning and differentiate their
experience. Creating and editing learning playlists opens the door to being
able to share your skills and get feedback from others. Browse top educator playlists!
Open Study is a “study group,” a social learning
network where students ask questions, give help, and connect with other
students studying the same things.
PlanBoard offers online lesson planning, with no
software to download, so you can plan and view your academic year. You can add
items for each class, get a synopsis on weekly schedules, and look at an
overview of your day. Planboard also allows you to integrate and track
standards. Choose from Common Core Standards, Ontario Curriculums, TEKS, or
create your own custom standards.
Prezi is a free media presentation tool for
free-form brainstorming and structured presentation. Prezis can include text,
images, video, and other presentation media. It is a great tool for general
presentations, portfolios, collaborative design, and more. Recommended by KDP
member Heather Cleckler.
Quizlet builds software that helps students
learn. Students define what they need to learn and the tools are then provided,
such as flashcards, matching, sample quizzes, and much more. It’s simple and
free of charge.
Schoology helps to manage lessons, engage
students, share content, and connect with other educators. Educators can post
assignments, create tests and quizzes, and provide links to resources. This
includes conducting online courses, providing remediation, and hosting
discussions.
Slideshare offers users the ability to upload and
share—on websites and social media sites—PowerPoint presentations, word
documents, webinars, and PDF portfolios. Share and view lesson plans and other
popular educational presentations.
Socrative is a student response system that allows
teachers to engage their classrooms through educational exercises and games via
smartphones, laptops, and tablets. Teachers initiate an activity by selecting
it on their main screen (e.g., multiple choice, true/false), and students
respond on their devices. Students’ results are visible on the teacher’s screen
or sent in an e-mail.
StudySync is designed to increase reading and
writing for middle and high school students. Research-based and aligned with
the Common Core Standards, StudySync maintains an extensive digital library of
texts, video lessons, and an online writing and anonymous peer review
tool.
TeachersPayTeachers is an online marketplace where teachers
buy and sell original downloadable materials, hardgoods, and used educational
resources. Find PowerPoint presentations, books, printables, unit plans, and
more.
TED-Ed offers teachers educational videos,
similar to those from TED.com, which can easily be used as a teaching tool.
Also, teachers can take any educational video and “flip it” to create a
customized lesson.
TimeToast allows you to create timelines and share them
on the Web. Browse from those already made, or create your own. Free of charge
and simple to make for creative classroom assignments.
Pinterest is a virtual bulletin board and can be used for sharing Web
resources with students, parents, or colleagues. For example, encourage
resource sharing and collaboration by having a class contribute to a Pinterest
for one or more units. Here’s one pinterest created to share technology resources with other teachers. Recommended by KDP member Kurt Martinson, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada
Testing
Audience: 7–12
This site provides
practice questions for the SAT. Recommended by KDP member Krystine Shea.
Audience: PreK–12
Educator
Free math and science
practice for students taking SAT, ACT, Advanced Placement, and other
standardized tests. Most math quizzes allow students to compare their results
with the average results of other visitors.
Audience: Elementary
and Middle School
This distance tutorial
program offers online lessons designed to help at-risk students having trouble
with criterion testing in math, reading, and language arts.
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