General Education Websites
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Sites for teachers about teaching or with teaching ideas
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Sites for teachers about teaching or with teaching ideas
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Commercial or Professional Organizations related to teaching
ASCD
Scholastic
products for interactive classroom
Recall Plus study software
AFT- American Federation of Teachers, a teacher union
NEA- National Education Assocation, a teacher union
PLTW- project lead the way, wants to connect with science and math teachers to promote future engineers
Discovery Channel Education resources
PBS- tons of resources from public broadcasting
AAE Teachers- Association of American Educators
NCREL- North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
REL: Regional Educational Laboratories- research based school reform
Eye on Education- sells books about teaching
Newsweek- Newsweek education program
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Companies that sell technology for hands-on activities or interactive learning
Promethean- not only do they have instant feedback devices, but they have a special white board that interacts with what is being presented. I saw their stuff at a conference and was very impressed. Check out their site!
Smartroom.com- an audience response system to spontaneously quiz your kids and know what they think
Qwizdom- an audience response system to spontaneously quiz your kids and know what they think
There is actually a company called audience response that sells systems
PASCO- probeware
Vernier- data collection technology
Turning Point- audience response systems
Edulaunch- online training on webdesign in high schools
Want to create your own teacher website? Check out these links- some list free places to host your site, others are tools you can use to create a site
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Technology or Multimedia information that focuses on teaching or instruction delivery
- 4 teachers- Online space for teachers integrating technology into the classroom
- i movie
- Teacher's Domain, multimedia resources for the classroom
- free Concept Mapping software
- Inspriation concept mapping software
- Classroom technology integration
- Center for learning technologies in urban schools
- Explore Learning interactive computer simulations
- the GLOBE program- interactive online learning
- Recall Plus study software
- project based learning with multimedia
- quick and easy method to make videos of classroom
- DIAGNOSER program to monitor student perceptions in science
- Web-based inquiry science environment (WISE)
- Modeling across the curriculum
- Molecular Literacy Project
- Molecular Logic Project
- Shodor- computational science- has curriculum for science areas
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- DNA learning Center
- HHMI biointeractive
- Ed Gateway- place you can organize electronic communication
- Smartroom.com- an audience response system to spontaneously quiz your kids and know what they think
- Qwizdom- an audience response system to spontaneously quiz your kids and know what they think
- There is actually a company called audience response that sells systems
- PASCO- probeware
- Vernier- data collection technology
- Gaggle.net- safe email for students
- Brain Pop- some stuff is free, other stuff requires a subscription
- Discovery Channel Education resources
- Copyright info for Educators
- Software to make comics
- Turning Point- audience response systems
- ETIC- Educational Technology Information Center
- THE Journal- technology information for educators
- MERLOT- Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
- Innovate- Journal of Online education
- Models of effective technology integration
- CREATE- challenging regional educators to advance technology in education
- Quizhub- online quizzes for students to take, membership may be required
- Wikipedia- the free online encyclopedia
- Logotron- thinking with pictures (a company)
- Webpage design suggestions, rubrics, samples
- Funbrain- quizzes, teacher info, more
- R*TEC: Regional Technology in Education Consortia- lots of lessons, ideas, help
- GEM:Gateway to 21st Century Skills- a site promoted by the US gov't (educational technology)
- Government compiled list of educational technology websites, organizations, or related information.
- United Streaming- on demand video that is not free; part of Discovery Channel curriculum materials
- Annenberg videos that focus on education- A Private Universe is among their videos
- Sunburst Technology- offer hardware and software that allows teachers and students utilize technology, multimedia, and more
- Weston Woods- works with teachers to develop innovative curricula
- Cyber City Online- a huge educational environment online- tons of links to other websites
- Edutopia- sponsored by George Lucas, offers magazine and e-newsletter
- Webquests
- Free Clipart for teachers- EduHound sponsors clipart provided for free to educators
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Small Learning Communities, Houses, School-to-Career, Academies, etc.
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