Websites and Online Productivity Tools that Educators Can Use In the Elementary and Secondary Classroom
Compiled by Hope Marie Cook
The Library of Congress- American Memory
-Over 7 million digital terms, documents, photographs, maps, films, diaries, and audio recordings.
-Online archive of over 100 collections of rare and unique items important to America’s heritage.
-The learning page for teachers with lesson plan activities and ways to use collections
- Teaches about history and culture and can help to enhance your Social Studies curriculum
-Documents can be downloaded and printed using photo paper
The Digital Classroom
http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/
-Provides materials from the National Archives and Records Administration
-Includes reproducible primary documents and curriculum units correlated to national standards.
-Virtual Presidential Libraries- radio addresses, press briefings, etc.
-Lesson plans and activities have cross curricular connections.
Connecticut History Online
http://www.cthistoryonline.org/
-A collection of Connecticut-related images of people, places and other subjects from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries
-Each primary source image is accompanied by a record that provides basic information such as the date, place, “creator” (photographer, engraver, or other source) and subject(s)
-Lots of lesson plans and activities for teachers
Marcopolo
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/index.aspx
-A partnership among the leading national and international educational organizations and the MCI Foundation.
-Internet Content for the classroom
-Features seven disciplined-specific Web sites that house Partner-created and reviewed internet-based lessons and resources-all at no cost
-Standards-based content of the highest quality easily accessible to teachers and students
History Channel
http://www.historychannel.com/
Although this is a dot.com there are many wonderful resources on this site. Teacher guides with questions and vocabulary as well as a calendar with featured program descriptions and air dates.
Education World- The Educator’s Best Friend
http://www.education-world.com/
Scholastic.com
http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/
EDSITEment-The Best of the Humanities on the Web
Lesson plans are subject cataloged by
Lesson plans highlight events for the month
Large collection of research websites that enhance lessons
International Children’s Digital Library
-5 year project funded by the National Science Foundation and the Institute for Museum and Library Services
-Purpose to create a digital library of international children’s books
-Research conducted by the University of Maryland, College Park and the internet archive
-Long term goals:
10,000 books in 100 different languages that is free via the internet
To collaborate with children as design partners
To better understand concepts concerning “fair use” in the digital age
To evaluate the impact that access to digital materials has on collection development.
To find out more about children’s attitudes toward books, libraries, reading technology, other countries and cultures.
BLUE WEB’n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
SBC has a long commitment to improving education.
Blue Web'n is an online library of 1800 + outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects). You can search by grade level (Refined Search), broad subject area (Content Areas), or specific sub-categories (Subject Area). Each week 5 new sites are added. You can get a list and description of these additions sent to you by signing up below for free weekly updates!
Landmarks Citation Machine
-This site helps students create bibliographies by helping them cite sources using MLA or APA citation rules.
-Teachers can demonstrate this site to students in an effort to help students concentrate more on the content of the paper and less on the mechanics of memorizing the rules of putting together a list of reference resources.
CRAYON-Create Your Own Newspaper
-Helps you customize a news page with links to various news sources
-Students can enter their zip code to get news that is local to where they live
-This is an excellent site for making curriculum connections to current events and for getting students comfortable with reading and discussing the daily news
The New York Times Learning Network
http://www.nytimes.com/learning
-Daily Lesson Plans
-Daily News Quiz (Interactive or can be printed)
For Parents and Students-Conversation Starters offers a set of questions and related articles about newsworthy and provocative stories from the previous week's New York Times to help you begin conversations with your child about current events. This feature is updated every Thursday afternoon.
CNN Student News
http://www.cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/fyi/index.html
NICENET
-Gives teachers and students a forum to collaborate and share ideas
-Similar to Blackboard or Web CT and was designed for post-secondary and secondary classrooms, distance learning and collaborative academic projects
-Requirements: Access to a web browser and internet connection
-Allows conferencing, link sharing, sharing of class schedules
-Free to use and void of advertisements
Calendar Server.com
http://www.calendarserver.com/
-A free service where you can publish your events to an online calendar
-Teachers can use this service/product to communicate with parents about upcoming school or classroom evens such as open house, science fairs, home work assignments, etc.
Rubistar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
-A rubric maker that can be used to create an assessment tool for project based learning activities
-Teachers can use this time saving tool to analyze the performance of their students
-Allows students to evaluate their own progress
Personal Educational Press
http://www.educationalpress.org/educationalpress/
-This is a free online utility for teachers, parents, and tutors. It turns your computer into a printing press for free educational materials
-You can make single- or doubled-sided flashcards, bingo boards, word lists, study sheets, quizzes, word scrambles, and match-across worksheets
Project Poster
-Students can publish projects and reports to the internet
-Teachers can share students’ progress with parents by having parents check the website
-Also gives students alternative means to demonstrate their writing and organization skills
NYPL Digital Gallery
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
-Provides access to over 275,000 images digitalized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints, and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera and more
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