[LM_NET] HIT: Great Teacher Websites--very long

[Tina Cline <tcline@EDNET10.NET>]

Ok...sorry it's taken me so long to get this out.  The library theme this
year is "Join the Reading Rodeo" and we're hosting our first Chili Cook Off
as a fundraiser, so things have been a little crazy.  Thank you to all the
great ideas I received from so many of you.  I've checked each link and
tried to categorize as best I could, but there is some overlap.  Enjoy!

 

General Websites:

 

http://abcteach.com/  

 

http://edselect.com/

 

http://www.spiritsd.ca/osler/eclection_carlene/eclection_master/index.html

 

Lots of good free things available through the Mamma search engine.

http://www.mamma.com/Mamma?qtype=0
<http://www.mamma.com/Mamma?qtype=0&query=educational+items+free>
&query=educational+items+free

 

Glencoe Website

Resources and activities for teachers for all subject areas.  Simply choose
your state, click on teacher, choose your subject area, and hit enter; on
the right side it will bring up a list of activities in your subject area.
<http://www.glencoe.com/> www.glencoe.com

 

Incy Wincy 

A search engine and directory for Invisible Web sites, ones that are hidden
from regular searches that often have a wealth of information.
http://www.incywincy.com/

 

Internet Archive

All sorts of videos, audios, and images that are now in the Public Domain
are available for downloading or streaming.
http://www.archive.org/index.php

 

 
Portaportal 
A web based bookmarking utility that lets you store links to your favorite
websites online. Now your bookmarks are no longer limited to any one
machine.  http://www.portaportal.com/

 

 

Project Ideas:  Differentiated Instruction

This site has some interesting templates and student project ideas.

http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

 

http://www.kidsclick.org/

 

http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
 
WebPage Builders-Free Online
http://wizard.4teachers.org/

 

Two other sites to check:

 

What's next? (Kent District Library)
http://www.kdl.org/libcat/WhatsNextNEW.asp

 

Books in a Series (Monroe County Public Library)
http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/serieslist.html

 

Neat New Stuff I Found This Week

<http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html>http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html

Copyright, Marylaine Block, 1999-2007.

 

Computer Training

 

PowerPoint in the Classroom   http://www.actden.com/pp/index.htm, 

 

Computer Training Handouts by Program (step-by-step for PowerPoint, Word,
PhotoStory, Movie Maker, etc)
http://www.davis.k12.ut.us/district/etc/paul/handouts.html

 

PowerPoints

PowerPoint templates and PowerPoints that are ready-to-use for numerous
subject areas.

http://www.pppst.com/

http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us/max/readymadeppt.htm

http://www.santarosa.k12.fl.us/webs/ppt_readymade.htm

http://www.nebo.edu/misc/learning_resources/ppt/

http://www.leesummit.k12.mo.us/its/powerpoint.htm
 

PowerPoint Templates--Free

http://desktoppub.about.com/od/templatespowerpoint/

 

Microsoft Tutorials
How-to articles for teachers including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint,
Publisher, Office products, Windows accessories, and Internet Explorer.
http://www.microsoft.com/education/classtipsarchive.mspx#EGB
 
Excel Tutorials
http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/
http://www.baycongroup.com/el0.htm

 

 

Literature & Language Arts Elementary Websites:

 

Read Aloud Books categorized as to theme and linked to teaching lessons
http://www.mrsmcgowan.com/books/index.html

 

Read Aloud Books grades 4-8 http://planetesme.com/resuscitation.html

 

Recommended Titles for Reading Aloud from Carol Hurst
http://www.carolhurst.com/profsubjects/reading/readingaloud.html

 

Read Alouds from the lists of Nancy Keane
http://nancykeane.com/rl/#Readalouds

 

As an elementary librarian, I love and use  the TLA Bluebonnet site. 

http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/

 

Judy Freeman's Excellent Website:  www.JudyReadsBooks.com

 

The Wacky World of Toni Buzzeo!  Great for Librarians and Teachers Alike!
www.tonibuzzeo.com/booksourlibrarianreaderstheater.html  

 

Graphic Organizers

http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm

http://www.region15.org/curriculum/graphicorg.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/

http://www.freeology.com/graphicorgs/

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/graphic-organizers/printable/6293.html

 

Great site for books in a series:
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/title.cfm?browse=0-9

 

Unshelved Book Club:

<http://www.unshelved.com/bookclub.aspx>http://www.unshelved.com/bookclub.as
px

 

Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/index.php

 

http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booklists/children_booklists.html

http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/reading/historic.html

Here are some links to research on audio books, ebooks, and the combination
of both:

 

http://www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/webbasedreadingresources.as
p

 

http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/rt/2
-03_Column/index.html

 

http://www.uwm.edu/~edyburn/EdyburnRRQ.pdf

 

http://nimas.cast.org/about/resources/papers/anno_research.html

 

http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATBasics/Curriculum/Reading/readingsource
s.php

 

http://www.readingrockets.org/research/sources

 

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstoryts.cfm?Articleid=7294

 

http://www.audiobookshelf.com/teachwith.html

 

http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/rah.html

 

http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/vitallink/allanshaw.html

 

http://src.truman.edu/browse/display.asp?abs_id=626
<http://src.truman.edu/browse/display.asp?abs_id=626&year=2005> &year=2005

 

http://thelinguist.blogs.com/how_to_learn_english_and/2007/08/audio-books---
a.html

 

http://nrsi.com/power_reading.htm

 

http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r=1066

 

http://www.pearsoned.com/pr_2007/051407.htm

 

http://www.tcnj.edu/~caties/documents/SchwabArticle.pdf

 

Children's Author Interviews - http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bookbitesforkids

 

What Should I Read Next?  http://www.whatshouldireadnext.com/

 

Picture Books for Older Kids and Adults
http://www.literacyconnections.com/PictureBooksforAdultReaders.html

 

Picture Books for Older Readers Suitable for Shared Reading  

(categorized as to theme)
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/resources/picbooks.html

 

Literature & Language Arts Secondary Websites

 
MiddleSchool.net
All middle school related materials written for teachers by teachers.
http://www.middleschool.net/index.htm
 
 
Net Broadcaster
This site contains numerous free movies to
 download.  Just go to the site, select your movie, and then download it.
If you would like to enlarge the screen, once the movie finishes buffering,
right click the mouse, go to zoom, and select full screen.
http://www.netbroadcaster.com/new/movies/guide.html

 

The Newspaper Index
The best online newspaper offerings from around the world.
http://www.newspaperindex.com/
http://www.abyznewslinks.com/

 

OmniBiography.com 

The largest directory of biographies available on The Web containing
information on more than 110,000 important people from antiquity to the
present time.   http://www.omnibiography.com/index.asp

 

Sparknotes - http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/ 

 

Free Book Notes - http://www.freebooknotes.com/ 

 

Gradesaver ClassicNotes -
http://www.gradesaver.com/classicnotes/titles/index.html

Trying to find the source of a quote?  Go to www.books.google.com
<http://www.books.google.com/>  and put the phrase in quotes.  It's there
along with other literary references to the phrase and its origins

A wonderful citing machine found on Netrekker is called KnightCite was
created by Calvin College.  It's very user friendly for my high school kids.
http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/

 

Landmark Citation Machine: http://citationmachine.net/ 

 

Online Citations from Purdue University:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/584/03/

 

Young Adult Series Finder:
<http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/bpl-bin/series.pl>
http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/bpl-bin/series.pl

The What's Next Database:   <http://www.kdl.org/libcat/WhatsNextNEW.asp>
http://www.kdl.org/libcat/WhatsNextNEW.asp

Great sites for "Books in a Series":
http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/title.cfm?browse=0-9

 <http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/serieslist.html#contents>
http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/serieslist.html#contents

http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/readers/series/juv/.

Graphic Organizers

http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm

http://www.region15.org/curriculum/graphicorg.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/

http://www.freeology.com/graphicorgs/

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/graphic-organizers/printable/6293.html

 

Unshelved Book Club:

<http://www.unshelved.com/bookclub.aspx>http://www.unshelved.com/bookclub.as
px

 

Picture Books for Older Kids and Adults
http://www.literacyconnections.com/PictureBooksforAdultReaders.html

 

Picture Books for Older Readers Suitable for Shared Reading  

(categorized as to theme)
http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/resources/picbooks.html

 

Read Aloud Books categorized as to theme and linked to teaching lessons
http://www.mrsmcgowan.com/books/index.html

 

Read Aloud Books grades 4-8 http://planetesme.com/resuscitation.html

 

Recommended Titles for Reading Aloud from Carol Hurst
http://www.carolhurst.com/profsubjects/reading/readingaloud.html

 

Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

http://www.lib.muohio.edu/pictbks/index.php

http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/booklists/children_booklists.html

 <http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/reading/historic.html>
http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/reading/historic.html

Here are some links to research on audio books, ebooks, and the combination
of both:

 

http://www.k8accesscenter.org/training_resources/webbasedreadingresources.as
p

 

http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/rt/2
-03_Column/index.html

 

http://www.uwm.edu/~edyburn/EdyburnRRQ.pdf

 

http://nimas.cast.org/about/resources/papers/anno_research.html

 

http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATBasics/Curriculum/Reading/readingsource
s.php

 

http://www.readingrockets.org/research/sources

 

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showstoryts.cfm?Articleid=7294

 

http://www.audiobookshelf.com/teachwith.html

 

http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/rah.html

 

http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/vitallink/allanshaw.html

 

http://src.truman.edu/browse/display.asp?abs_id=626
<http://src.truman.edu/browse/display.asp?abs_id=626&year=2005> &year=2005

 

http://thelinguist.blogs.com/how_to_learn_english_and/2007/08/audio-books---
a.html

 

http://nrsi.com/power_reading.htm

 

http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r=1066

 

http://www.pearsoned.com/pr_2007/051407.htm

 

http://www.tcnj.edu/~caties/documents/SchwabArticle.pdf

 

Clip Art and Images:

 

http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=enus

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/ImageFinder 

http://school.discovery.com/clipart/index.html 

http://gallery.schoolcenter.com/

http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/index.htm

http://www.picsearch.com/

http://classroomclipart.com/

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

http://www.kidsdomain.com/clip/

http://www.freefoto.com <http://www.freefoto.com/> 

http://ausmall.com.au/freegraf/index.htm 

http://www.ssdesign.com/librarypr/index.html 

http://yotophoto.com/  

http://www.webclipart.about.com <http://www.webclipart.about.com/>  

http://pics4learning.com <http://pics4learning.com/> 

http://www.thekidzpage.com/freekidsclipart/index.htm

http://www.copyright-free-pictures.org.uk/

http://www.digital-librarian.com/images.html

http://www.math.ru.nl/knopen/art_gallery.html
http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com
<http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/> 

http://www.berinsteinresearch.com/fiolinks.htm

http://www.bu.edu/library/instruction/findimages/index.html
http://www.time.com/time/coversearch/
http://ion.eas.asu.edu/
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm

http://bubl.ac.uk/link/types/images.htm

http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/static/cs/uk/11/clipart/home.html

 

Bookmarks:

 

http://freebies.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ
<http://freebies.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=freebies&zu=ht
tp%3A%2F%2Fwww.basketbizhelp.com%2F1printables%2Fpbookmarks.shtml>
&sdn=freebies&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.basketbizhelp.com%2F1printables%2Fpbookmar
ks.shtml

 

Free Music Sites:

 

Free Music Sites

http://creativecommons.org/wired/

http://www.flashkit.com/loops/

http://www.goingware.com/tips/legal-downloads.html

http://www.soundzabound.com/mambo/

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/music/type_noncopyright.cfm

http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/whatIsFreesound.php

 

 

Once again, thank you to all who contributed to this list.  It is very much
a group effort and could not have been compiled without your help!

 

 

"One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps
someone dead for 1,000 years.  To read is to voyage through time." ~Carl
Sagan

 

Tina Cline

Life School Library 4400 S. RLThornton

Dallas, TX 75224

214-376-8200, xtn. 162

 <mailto:tcline@ednet10.net> tcline@ednet10.net

 




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