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General Curriculum

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The File Cabinet 
Resources for grades K-8 in a variety of curriculum areas as well as resources on Web 2.0 tools

How Stuff Works
Discovery Channel site.

Interactives
Various K-12 online interactive activities for the Arts, Foreign Language, Literature and Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies and History

SAS Curriculum Pathways
Online core curricula resources for grades 8 and above; U.S. resource

Compass Learning Odyssey  
Online standards aligned Pre K-12 curricula 

Teachers’ Domain 
Digital media for the classroom

Virtual Middle School Library
Resources for teachers & students!

The Smithsonian 
The Smithsonian online for students and teachers

Docjax 
A search engine for documents such as ebooks, PowerPoints, pdfs, etc.

Questia 
Online library with research resources, books, magazines, and newspapers. includes tools for highlighting and bookmarking

Sweet Search 4 Me 
A search engine that only searches sites that have been reviewed as appropriate for K-8 grades

Internet4Classrooms: Links for K-12
A free web portal designed to assist anyone who wants to find high-quality, free Internet resources to use in classroom instruction, developing project ideas, reinforcing specific subject matter areas both in the class and at home and even for online technology tutorials.

KidsClick!
A web search site designed for kids by librarians - with kid-friendly results!

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids 
Multiple subject areas that are US based, but some topics are neutral. 


Free Resources

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UDL Toolkit 
Great resources to support Universal Design for 
Learning in your classroom

Cool Tech for Teachers 
Excellent resource for Web 2.0 programs and software for teachers and students

Education World Tools & Templates 
Great collection of templates, forms, classroom organizers, assessments, calendars, and more

FreeTech4Teachers 
Great online resource for Web 2.0 resources and software for teachers and students

Free4me 
Online resource full of links to free software and materials for the classroom

Free Resources for Educational Excellence 
Collection of free resources addressing Arts & Music, Health & Phys Ed, History & Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, and Science. the resources are categorized into Animations, Primary Docs, Photos, and Videos


Printables

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CSI:Mathematics 
Excellent online resources for printable math activities in a variety of grade levels

TinSnips 
Online resources, teaching tools, worksheets, and activities for students with autism spectrum disorders

teAchnology 
Lots of teacher time savers, printable worksheets, 
games, and downloads

ESL Flashcards 
Printable vocabulary flash cards. note that this site is ad supported

Free Online Graph Paper 
Free online PDFs of various graph papers. Includes an online generator so you can create customized graph paper and print it


Vocabulary & Visual Dictionaries

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Merriam-Webster 
Learner's Dictionary

Visual Dictionaries

OneLook Dictionary Search

Merriam-Webster Online

VisuWords



Language Translation 

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Google Translator 


Writing Tools

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Tools that provide a variety of methods for practicing short periods of daily writing:

Oneword

Provides a single word prompt and you have 60 seconds to write about it.

OhLife
Sends you a friendly email asking, "How'd your day go?"

Penzu
A free online digital journal. 

100 Word Challenge
Receive a weekly writing challenge to write a response that is less than 100 words.

Tools for Selecting a Topic to Research or Write About:

42explore
Topics and resources for elementary and middle school students.

eThemes
Thematic resources for writers of all ages.

Hot Topic Papers
Summarizes key issues associated with many contemporary topics.

Preparing a First Draft Planning Tools:

Inspiration 

Webspiration


Cmap


Note Taking

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Citelighter

Cornell Notes


i-Lighter


Evernote


Zoho Notebook












Media Literacy

Media Literacy in the Elementary Classroom

Language Arts / English

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Story Maps
A collection of teaching aids designed for teachers to use to maximize students' learning. The principal resource on this site is a collection of downloadable Scaffolded Reading Experiences™(SREs). SREs are detailed, adaptable, and research-based lesson plans designed to support teaching widely used fiction and nonfiction texts. 

Word Dice
Online tool for creating and using word dice (can choose one or two dice)

Storyline Online
A cool site where celebrities read children's books! There is an activity guide provided for each book! 

Read, Write, Think
Online literacy learning with interactive tools that help students accomplish a variety of goals—from organizing their thoughts to learning about language—all while having fun.

Accessible Books  
Early reading material (up to grade 3) that has been put in PowerPoint formats or Clicker formats to increase the accessibility of the books

BookBox
Supports emergent literacy and language skills. The address the distribution challenges of print by piping reading to children on digital and electronic media. They believe that a “book” is a reading experience that can travel in print and other audio-visual media.

Spark Notes
Share with your students: Sometimes you don't understand your teacher, your textbooks make no sense, and you have to read sixteen chapters by tomorrow.
SparkNotes is a resource you can turn to when you're confuzzled. We help you understand books, write papers, and study for tests. We're clear and concise, but we never leave out important info.


Reading Level Alteration

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Simple Wikipedia
Good option to simplify research topics for students

Readability 
Basic text to speech through website bookmarks 

TEXT Compactor 
Simple summaries on a slide of concepts that you cut and paste

42 Explore 
A site that has a great deal of theme pages on a variety of topics at a lower reading level for students

BookBox
Supports emergent literacy and language skills. The address the distribution challenges of print by piping reading to children on digital and electronic media. They believe that a “book” is a reading experience that can travel in print and other audio-visual media.

Windows to the Universe
A website for learning about the Earth and Space sciences for use by the general public, students, and teachers. COOLEST FEATURE: To accommodate users of all reading levels and ages, the site is written in three reading levels approximating elementary, middle school and high school reading levels. These levels may be chosen by using the upper button bar of each page of the main site.


High Interest/Low Readability

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California Distance Learning Program
Improve basic skills like reading and spelling using real-life stories on topics of interest to teens. There is a separate section for teachers that can be accessed by selecting the For Adult Educators link at the top of the homepage.

Spark Notes
Share with your students: Sometimes you don't understand your teacher, your textbooks make no sense, and you have to read sixteen chapters by tomorrow.
SparkNotes is a resource you can turn to when you're confuzzled. We help you understand books, write papers, and study for tests. We're clear and concise, but we never leave out important info.

Windows to the Universe
A website for learning about the Earth and Space sciences for use by the general public, students, and teachers. COOLEST FEATURE: To accommodate users of all reading levels and ages, the site is written in three reading levels approximating elementary, middle school and high school reading levels. These levels may be chosen by using the upper button bar of each page of the main site.

Graphic Organizers

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Aids Students in Reading Comprehension

Education Place Templates
Use graphic organizers to structure writing projects, to help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning research and brainstorming. 

Freeology Graphic Organizers
Over 100 free, printable graphic organizers for a wide variety of topics.

Cmap
Concept maps are graphical tools for organizing and representing knowledge. 

Inspiration
Develop strong thinking and organizational skills, tap the power of visual thinking.

Webspiration
Online diagramming, graphic organizer, mind mapping and outlining tool for writing, brainstorming and collaboration.


Math/Science/Bio

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Windows to the Universe
A website for learning about the Earth and Space sciences for use by the general public, students, and teachers. COOLEST FEATURE: To accommodate users of all reading levels and ages, the site is written in three reading levels approximating elementary, middle school and high school reading levels. These levels may be chosen by using the upper button bar of each page of the main site.

Ancient Dentistry 
Going to the dentist today is like spending the day at the spa, at least compared to dentistry thousands of years ago. While you walk into an office for a routine check-up and patiently wait to the sound of calming music and stacks of magazines, Egyptians were cringing in pain with massive toothaches and a stomach full of anticipation and dread. 

The Brain From Top to Bottom
SO COOL!

Learning Express Science
A gallery of short video modules distilled from over 350 hours in the Annenberg Learner Collection. You can quickly locate 1-5 minute videos to enhance classroom learning.

How Stuff Works Science! 

Learning Express Math
A gallery of short video modules. 

Aha!Math
Web-based supplemental math curriculum for grades K-5 that includes interactive games, lessons, and activities in a variety of contexts

Mathtrain TV 
Free online resource of math tutorial videos created by students for students

Map Maker  
Create maps online that show topography, climate, biology, geology, history, etc.


Geography

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Map Maker  
Create maps online that show topography, climate, biology, geology, history, etc.


Social Studies

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How Stuff Works - Culture


ECS Resources

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Literacy Centre Education Network 
ECS literacy skills , 5 tiered approach, supported in 4 languages (English, French, Dutch, Spanish) 

Accessible Books  
Early reading material (up to grade 3) that has been put in PowerPoint formats or Clicker formats to increase the accessibility of the books

BookBox
Supports emergent literacy and language skills. The address the distribution challenges of print by piping reading to children on digital and electronic media. They believe that a “book” is a reading experience that can travel in print and other audio-visual media.

Storyline Online
A cool site where celebrities read children's books! There is an activity guide provided for each book! 


Presentation Tools

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Google Presentation Tools 

Keynote Mac or iPad apps


Open Office 


Photo Story 3 


Powerpoint Microsoft presentation tool


Prezi 


Zoho Show 

Scholastic Keys 

Grades K-5

Tic Tac Toe

VoiceThread 
Multiple ways for representation. 5 ways to input their data (video, write, audio, etc.). A multimedia sharing repository or electronic portfolio.


Research "Search Options"

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Google Search Options

Google Advanced search 

Search Aid from Berkeley
Finding Information on the Internet

Search Strategies
TEK Mom’s Search Tools for Students 


Research Strategy Worksheet


Alternatives to Search Engines
(Directories allow users to use menus to make choices and select topics of interest)
1. Open Directory Project
2. Yahoo! Directories

Specialized Search Tools
1. Qwiki
2. Wolfram Alpha

Teaching Students About Research
1. Big6 
2. The Research Cycle 
3. A Research Guide for Students


Project Management
1. Assignment Calculator

Selecting a Topic: Sites for Students
1. 42explore
2. eThemes
3 . Hot Topic Papers

Selecting a Topic: Sites for Teachers
1. Internet4Classrooms: Links for K-12
2. Virtual Middle School Library
3. Best Social Studies Sites - 2010
4. Top 100 Educational Websites



Assessment

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HotPotatoes 
Create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the Web.


Differentiated Instruction 
Modifications & Accommodations 

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Multi-Level Teaching
Subject specific resources for teaching multiple levels of learning. 

Teaching Every Student Blog
Tech Solutions for EVERY student


SOCIAL SCRIPTS


Autism Spectrum Resources

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Technology for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder
This site is an evolving collection of technology resources that support students with ASD.


Organizational Skills or Memory Aids

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Remember The Milk.com   
Never forget anything again!

Evernote 
Synchronizes all your devices & allows you to organization all your data (pictures, ideas, etc.)

Pocket Mod 
Not a technology tool but how to build little books for students to make a “pocket” TO DO List  

BackPack

Ta-da List

Things

Toodledo

Todoist

Voo2Do

Notely 
Online tools for students to help with organization and time management


Learning & Content Management Systems

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From posting assignments online to conducting classes, these resources will help blend online and classroom instruction.

Gaggle 
Provides a safe environment for students to use a variety of online applications and learning resource management tools

Traction 
Secure threaded discussion and document management system. A free version for up to 5 users is available for download

mySchoolog 
Online tools for students. Includes organization tools, calendars, document storage, to do lists, and more

AirSet 
Group collaboration applications that include calendars, file sharing, word processing, spreadsheets, text messaging to cell phones, and more

School Loop 
Free web and content management system for schools with additional available features for pay

Desire2Learn Sparks 
Learning management system from Desire2Learn for K-12 to support elearning programs and online professional development

Eduslide 
Learning management system in open source and hosted versions

Curriki 
Online community where teachers, students, parents, and others can create and post content

Schoology 
Free digital learning management system where 
students and teachers can easily create, share, and manage instructional materials and activities

Grou.PS 
Online service where you can create your own personal wiki, social network, Flickr, YouTube, and blog. includes calendars, chats, and file management

Moodle 
Open-source course management system


Online Interactive Whiteboads

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Use these interactive whiteboards in your classroom and students who are home can log in and view your work as well as add their own in real time. Combined with a speaker phone or conference call these whiteboards enhance the audio connection with an interactive visual work environment.

CoSketch 
Online multi-user digital whiteboard.

Dabbleboard 
Online collaboration application centered around a whiteboard.

Twiddla 
A web based meeting “playground” with a whiteboard.


Interact &
Collaborate
User Generated Virtual Communities

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PollEverywhere 
Online polling service that can be used with text messages from cell phones, Twitter, or the web.

Stixy 
Online bulletin board with notes, photos, documents, and to-do lists that can be shared by a group or class

Poodwaddle 
Tool for creating your own homepage with search tools, dictionaries, calculators, and more

VoiceThread  . 
Collaborative work environment where students can post text, audio, images, and video

Glogster EDU 
Online tool for creating multimedia posters with text, photos, videos, graphics, sounds, drawings, and more

Wikispaces  
Free wiki tool. the free version is ad supported, but if you are using the wiki for K-12 education you can request a free upgrade with no ads

Quia 
Inexpensive tool to create online activities, quizzes, calendars, and 
surveys. Grades and quiz/activity results are available online

Flickr Toys - BIG HUGS LABS
An amazing collection of online apps for creating personalized 
magazine covers, posters, movie posters, jigsaws, etc.

Notely 
Online tools for students to help with organization and time management


Technology Instruction

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www.teachparentstech.org 
This site has a variety of videos that teach basic technology skills.


Text Scanning Software

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WYNN
Assistive technology products for those who are blind or have low vision.

Scan and Read Pro 

OmniPage & OmniForm 


http://www.onlineocr.net

ExtractPDF.com 

OCR – Optical Recognition System
What is it?


Text to Speech

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“Reads” the text on a computer screen out loud, providing students who struggle with reading access to text-based information. 

Word Q Speak Q
WRSD has a division wide license for this program. It is installed on every computer!

Kurzweil 

Voz Me  

Natural readers 

Read & Write Gold

Universal Reader Plus 

Natural Reader

Built-in text-to-speech on Macintosh computers 


Speech to Text

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Dragon NaturallySpeaking 

iDictate 


Speak-Write 



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