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| Teacher Features |
Webmaster -- Carol Bach Last updated on May 17, 2007
cbach@luthernorth.org Based on a template from Yahoo SiteBuilder 2.3
cbach@luthernorth.org Based on a template from Yahoo SiteBuilder 2.3
Luther North Online Library
| TEACHER TOOLS |
Offers free online tools & resources to help teachers locate & create ready-to-use Web lessons,
quizzes that can use multimedia,) Rubistar (create customized rubrics,) Academic Skill Builders
(educational games for students to polish math & language skills,) PersuadeStar (tools for
students to write persuasive essays,) Classroom Architect (design your floor plan,) Equity (view
1000's of online lessons or create your own,) Assign-a-Day (post your own online calendar with
hyperlinks & projects,) Casa Notes (create take home notes in English & Spanish,) PBL
Checklists (make customized checklists for multimedia projects,) Teacher Tacklebox (locate
top rated tracks, WebQuests, & ThinkQuests for your subject,) Web Worksheet Wizard (make &
post a simple Webpage within minutes,) NoteStar (assists students with collecting group notes
& citations for papers,) ThinkTank (helps students set up topics for reports. Use alone or with
NoteStar,) & Project Poster (provides students with tools to create & post a simple Webpage for
a project.) Also includes tools for students & resources for professional development.
Answers.com Teacher Toolkit
Use the site "favored by teachers all over the world" for facts, explanations, & definitions on 4
million topics. The complete reference source for you & your students. From lesson planning to
student research, plagiarism issues to classroom website features, you'll find various ways to
make Answers.com a springboard for further investigation of any topic being covered in your
classroom. Includes free classroom worksheets, free tools, free poster center, & links to
education blogs.
Cool Tools for Teachers
Great links to tools & templates, including "The Big 6" information literacy skills with
assignment organizer.
Del.icio.us
Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking service that enables users to store & tag information
resources in an online account that can be accessed by others. It has several social networking
features. They include the production of RSS feeds, a "Your Network" feature that enables you to
identify a set of del.icio.us users & see what they bookmark, & a "Links for You" section, where
other del.icio.us users can send you links to resources. There is a subscription option that
enables you to subscribe to a specific tag & see all the resources from all the del.icio.us users
on that topic.
Dr. B's Online Lessons & Resources
Resources for integrating technology into the curriculum. They can be used as interdisciplinary
& intercultural lessons & guides linking language arts social studies, math, science, arts &
humanities. Study guides & activities incorporate video & the technology of the Internet as tools
to assist in the learning process. Also included are research & writing guides for students as
well as workshops & tutorials for teachers.
Flickr
An online photo management & sharing application. You can upload photos from your desktop,
send by email, or use your cameraphone. Organize by creating collections, sets, & tags. Use
groups & privacy controls to share your photos. Make Stuff -- cards photo books, framed prints,
Target pick up, DVD's, etc. Get updates from family & friends. Search for photos using the flickr
search engine.
HighBeam Research Tour
HighBeam Research can make you more efficient, more competitive, & more productive. In one
convenient place, you can research: free web sources, including journals & newspapers, paid
online services (including sites to which you have a subscription) & proprietary databases.
Access a caliber of research tools previously only available to schools with large budgets.
My Teacher Tools
Links to various categories of tools for teachers: preparation, reference, search, interactive,
financial, & miscellaneous.
Online Graphic Organizers
Loads of multi-purpose graphic organizers that students can fill-in online & then print using
Microsoft Word. They are also printable in .PDG format for use as worksheets.
Online Tools for Classroom Use
Great links from Kathy Schrock: online tools for teachers, online tools for students, & training
materials.
Picasa
A free software download from Google that helps you: locate & organize all the photos on your
computer, edit & add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks, & share your photos with
others through email, prints, & on the Web. Includes instructions for creating a photo collage.
Printable Calendar Templates
A service that provides unlimited printable calendar templates in .RTF (Rich Text Format,) ready
to print at the touch of a button.
Printable Graphic Organizers from Freeology
Numerous printable graphic organizers like Venn diagrams, pyramids, chain of events, ladders,
pros & cons, character study, SQ3R, KWLH, Cornell Note Taker, timelines, characterization,
story plot graphs, storyboards, bookmarks, vocabulary cards, etc.
Printfree Monthly Calendars
Create your own monthly calendar
Teacher Tools from Jefferson County Schools
Curriculum, technology, & resource tools
Tools for Teachers
Features quiz generators, worksheets & flashcards, games & puzzles, certificates & charts,
forms, surveys, & calendars, miscellaneous tools, templates for the classroom, places to post
homework, WebPage building, bookmarks & documents online, & free email accounts.
Treadwell's Teachers' Toolkit
A collection of 48 free ( or very cheap) resources for educators
Sites for Teachers from Education Network
Lots of links for quizzes, puzzles, worksheets, reproducibles, maps, "general goodies," writing &
anti-plagiarism resources, bookmark organizers, gradebooks, "cool applets," clip art for
teachers, vendor tools, email & listservs, online instruction, book resources, & resources for
WebPage & online course development
WebQuest Central
Links to collections of WebQuests from all over the Internet
WebQuest Portal
Quality WebQuests categorized by grade level & subject area
quizzes that can use multimedia,) Rubistar (create customized rubrics,) Academic Skill Builders
(educational games for students to polish math & language skills,) PersuadeStar (tools for
students to write persuasive essays,) Classroom Architect (design your floor plan,) Equity (view
1000's of online lessons or create your own,) Assign-a-Day (post your own online calendar with
hyperlinks & projects,) Casa Notes (create take home notes in English & Spanish,) PBL
Checklists (make customized checklists for multimedia projects,) Teacher Tacklebox (locate
top rated tracks, WebQuests, & ThinkQuests for your subject,) Web Worksheet Wizard (make &
post a simple Webpage within minutes,) NoteStar (assists students with collecting group notes
& citations for papers,) ThinkTank (helps students set up topics for reports. Use alone or with
NoteStar,) & Project Poster (provides students with tools to create & post a simple Webpage for
a project.) Also includes tools for students & resources for professional development.
Answers.com Teacher Toolkit
Use the site "favored by teachers all over the world" for facts, explanations, & definitions on 4
million topics. The complete reference source for you & your students. From lesson planning to
student research, plagiarism issues to classroom website features, you'll find various ways to
make Answers.com a springboard for further investigation of any topic being covered in your
classroom. Includes free classroom worksheets, free tools, free poster center, & links to
education blogs.
Cool Tools for Teachers
Great links to tools & templates, including "The Big 6" information literacy skills with
assignment organizer.
Del.icio.us
Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking service that enables users to store & tag information
resources in an online account that can be accessed by others. It has several social networking
features. They include the production of RSS feeds, a "Your Network" feature that enables you to
identify a set of del.icio.us users & see what they bookmark, & a "Links for You" section, where
other del.icio.us users can send you links to resources. There is a subscription option that
enables you to subscribe to a specific tag & see all the resources from all the del.icio.us users
on that topic.
Dr. B's Online Lessons & Resources
Resources for integrating technology into the curriculum. They can be used as interdisciplinary
& intercultural lessons & guides linking language arts social studies, math, science, arts &
humanities. Study guides & activities incorporate video & the technology of the Internet as tools
to assist in the learning process. Also included are research & writing guides for students as
well as workshops & tutorials for teachers.
Flickr
An online photo management & sharing application. You can upload photos from your desktop,
send by email, or use your cameraphone. Organize by creating collections, sets, & tags. Use
groups & privacy controls to share your photos. Make Stuff -- cards photo books, framed prints,
Target pick up, DVD's, etc. Get updates from family & friends. Search for photos using the flickr
search engine.
HighBeam Research Tour
HighBeam Research can make you more efficient, more competitive, & more productive. In one
convenient place, you can research: free web sources, including journals & newspapers, paid
online services (including sites to which you have a subscription) & proprietary databases.
Access a caliber of research tools previously only available to schools with large budgets.
My Teacher Tools
Links to various categories of tools for teachers: preparation, reference, search, interactive,
financial, & miscellaneous.
Online Graphic Organizers
Loads of multi-purpose graphic organizers that students can fill-in online & then print using
Microsoft Word. They are also printable in .PDG format for use as worksheets.
Online Tools for Classroom Use
Great links from Kathy Schrock: online tools for teachers, online tools for students, & training
materials.
Picasa
A free software download from Google that helps you: locate & organize all the photos on your
computer, edit & add effects to your photos with a few simple clicks, & share your photos with
others through email, prints, & on the Web. Includes instructions for creating a photo collage.
Printable Calendar Templates
A service that provides unlimited printable calendar templates in .RTF (Rich Text Format,) ready
to print at the touch of a button.
Printable Graphic Organizers from Freeology
Numerous printable graphic organizers like Venn diagrams, pyramids, chain of events, ladders,
pros & cons, character study, SQ3R, KWLH, Cornell Note Taker, timelines, characterization,
story plot graphs, storyboards, bookmarks, vocabulary cards, etc.
Printfree Monthly Calendars
Create your own monthly calendar
Teacher Tools from Jefferson County Schools
Curriculum, technology, & resource tools
Tools for Teachers
Features quiz generators, worksheets & flashcards, games & puzzles, certificates & charts,
forms, surveys, & calendars, miscellaneous tools, templates for the classroom, places to post
homework, WebPage building, bookmarks & documents online, & free email accounts.
Treadwell's Teachers' Toolkit
A collection of 48 free ( or very cheap) resources for educators
Sites for Teachers from Education Network
Lots of links for quizzes, puzzles, worksheets, reproducibles, maps, "general goodies," writing &
anti-plagiarism resources, bookmark organizers, gradebooks, "cool applets," clip art for
teachers, vendor tools, email & listservs, online instruction, book resources, & resources for
WebPage & online course development
WebQuest Central
Links to collections of WebQuests from all over the Internet
WebQuest Portal
Quality WebQuests categorized by grade level & subject area
