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PowerSchool Teacher School Dude
PowerSchool Admin Staff Email Online
Ask Eric - The Educator's Reference Desk Did You Know - video
Atomic Learning I-Safe Educator Times
Brain Based Learning ideas for the classroom  

General Computer Maintenance

ICUE - NBC News Learning Community

http://www.dist31.k12.il.us/

Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP In-service - Microsoft Publisher
Web Resources for Educators
March Half Day In-service
United Streaming

Crayola Company – Tap into this rich educator resource filled with lesson plans, art techniques, creative writing projects, science experiments, parent involvement information and the complete Crayolaฎ Dream-Makersฎ program.
Submitted by Sherrie Fuhl

Stony Native America Lore – Several stories of Native American Indian Lore
Submitted by Sherrie Fuhl


Free sounds - www.webplaces.com/html/sounds.htm
www.maiermedia.com/sounds

Free Clipart

 

EFL Web – Teacher resource for ESL or EFL. Contains materials relevant to ELT, ESOL, TESOL, TESL, and TEFL. * allows interactive voice-to-voice communication through Global Village.
Submitted by Tom Harmon

Everything ESL - It features 32 lesson plans,  103 downloadable classroom activities, 24 teaching tips, 244 discussion topics, and 45 resource picks.  
Submitted by Susan Scott

Dave's ESL Cafe - It has all kinds of helpful hints for teachers of second language learners.
Submitted by Susan Scott & Debbie Schmidt

Englishtown - This site contains a lot of free information and activities for English language learners. Its focus is on EFL, but there are plenty of things students and teachers can find here.
Submitted by Tim Collins

Alice's House of EFL, ESL, ETC. - Using karaoke, singing, and movies for teaching English, essays on teaching writing, using drama in the classroom.
Submitted by Georgia Trilikis


Stories, Folklore, and Fairy Tales Theme Page – This page is a good teacher and student resource for finding information on fairytales.
Submitted by Beth Lasoski

Poetry For Kids – Read poetry and work on rhythmic rhymes. Has poetry examples and a how to link to use for definitions of poetry terms and an introduction to the mechanics of verse.
Submitted by Kathy Vanstrom

Poetry Daily - Daily postings of poetry and links to their poetry/university sites.
Submitted by Jennifer Ritchie

Dictionary Skills – Learning how to use a picture dictionary to do a search. Makes surfing the Internet very easy. A picture-dictionary format is used to link to hundreds of carefully-chosen child-friendly sites. There is also a Spanish, French, German, or Portugese version. 
Submitted by Kathy Vanstrom

The National Council of Teachers of English – Teacher resource for English teachers. Contains many links and resources for a variety of educational English activities from a professionally recognized association.
Submitted by Tom Harmon

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site -This is a collection of reviews of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.
Submitted by Debbie Schmidt


PBS TeacherSource Mathline - Search the Mathline videos by math categories and topics to find clips that match your criteria. You may also match the clips to state and national math standards.
Funbrain – This site has games and quizzes in a variety of subject areas for K-8 kids. Teachers can also create customized quizzes for students to take on-line or they can draw from an archive of quizzes designed by educators.
Submitted by Cindi Barry

Puzzlemaker – By Discovery School. It allows teachers to create customized word searches, crosswords, cryptograms, mazes, and math puzzles to supplement their lesson plans.
Submitted by Cindi Barry and Beth Lasoski

Today, Hooray! – a page that allowed students to begin their day working on the Internet looking at current events, a word of the day, math problems etc.

Bigchalk - bigchalk.com uses the Internet to put everyone closer to the information they need.
Submitted by Debbie Schmidt


PE Central – This site provides the latest information about developmentally appropriate P.E. programs. There are lesson plan and assessment ideas, ideas for integrating PE with the rest of the curriculum and reviews of the latest books and trends.
Submitted by Carol Roberts

PE Links 4U – This site features lots of information gathered from workshops and conferences held around the country. Guest editors will ask questions on various topics and ask for feedback from the readers.
Submitted by Carol Roberts


The Bizarre Stuff – This site offers classic home science experiments intended for teachers who want to spice up their classrooms.
Submitted by Peter Eigenfeld

CNN FYI - Ultimate news and information site for students and teachers. Provides teachers with lesson plans and projects.
Submitted by Peter Eigenfeld

Periodic Table of Elements - Click on an element for information about that element, or type in an element for a search.
Submitted by Jane Haege


Oriental Institute Virtual Museum - Allows the teacher to bring dramatic examples of ancient Near Eastern art, architecture, and everyday belongings directly into the classroom as a way to make discussions about the cultures of these areas more rich and rewarding for students.
Submitted by Jim Mannis

Exploring Leonardo – A student centered web site with multiple opportunities for students to discover the life, discoveries and inventions of Leonardo da Vinci. There are also games based upon these activities that allow students to use what they have learned in an imaginative practical way.
Submitted by Jim Mannis

Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau - Helpful information about the history of the city and current happenings.
Submitted by Jennifer Ritchie

50 States - Good for geography/history
Submitted by Dodie Carney


First Search - (Autho = 100-279-137  PW = FEW!BACXN) - This database provides full-text access to many professional journals, including access to the ERIC database.

Cool Stuff - Educational Resources on the Web - The best educational sites organized by subject area. Maintained by Dr. Scott Mandel, director of Teachers Helping Teachers.

Mt. Prospect Public Library – This site provides information about the Library and the Mount Prospect community as well as access to some of best resources and sites available on the Internet.

Answers Unlimited – This service lets you ask questions and get answers in real time. Staff from twelve participating libraries in the North Suburban Library System and Night Owl are available to answer questions during the hours listed. 

TeAch-nology offers teachers free access to lesson plans, printable worksheets, over 150,000 reviewed web sites, rubrics, educational games, teaching / technology tips, teacher downloads, web quests, and teacher resources for creating just about anything a teacher could need.

Teacher Vision another good source of free lesson plans, worksheets maps, quizzes, classroom management and much, much more. 

Educator's Konnect - List of resources maintained by a teacher at Willow Bend School. Submitted by Linda Kwiecinski

Teacher Resources for Elementary Teachers – A wonderful list of resources maintained by a teacher at Pleasant Grove Elementary School in Georgia. 
Submitted by Linda Kwiecinski

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Terrific links for teachers to learn to use the web & ideas to use in the classroom in all subject areas.
Submitted by Jennifer Ritchie & Dodie Carney

Webquests and Resources for Teachers - This web site contains Web Quests that have been developed for teachers in all grades to use to engage students in on-line instruction in various subject areas.

Lesson Plans Page - This site allows you to search by grade level and subject to find a lesson plan.
Submitted by Marcy Ward

SCORE - The acronym S.C.O.R.E. stands for Schools of California Online Resources for Educators. It contains online supplemental activities in mathematics, science, social studies, and language arts for many grade levels.
Submitted by Jane Haeger


In and Out of the Classroom Tutorials - These practical tutorial guides are designed to help students, teachers, and administrators learn how to use Microsoft software in the classroom.

4 2 Explore - Thematic Internet Integration – Each topic contains an easy and more difficult description, four good web starting points, activity ideas, word lists, and many more links and resources for students and teachers. Great ideas!
Submitted by Linda Kwiecinski

KidsKonnect - A safe Internet gateway for kids – Designed and maintained by teachers in a nearby school district. Contains an alphabetized list of research topics with links that have already been screened for reliable content. Also included are reference sites and info on the 50 states.
Submitted by Linda Kwiecinski

Power in the Palm of Your Hand - This page provides educators with resources for effective use of the handheld computer.

Skewl Sites - This site aggregates other websites created by teachers for teachers. The purpose is to create a portal to a large volume of teacher-created and teacher-reviewed online material.
Submitted by Tim Collins


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