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Teacher Resources

Standards   Tech Integration   Lesson Plans
         
DBQ Resources   Research Skills   Web Quest

Standards

NYS Learning Standards: http://sls.edutech.org/prolinks/standards/standards.htm

NY Educational Tools: http://www.nyedtools.com/

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml?src=pb

 

Tech Integration

David F. Warlick focuses on making the integration of technology practical for teachers & students.

Landmarks for Schools: This is the “core” of David’s work. It has many resources and ideas that teachers can use in their classes.  http://www.landmark-project.com/index.php

Pi-Net Library: This stands for “Personal Internet Library.” It is a way of creating bookmarks that can be accessed from any computer & can be shared with other teachers.  http://pinetlibrary.com/index.php

Link to .txt file on how to set-up and use Pi-Net Library.

Teacher Line: PBS sponsors a teacher development site that works to help teachers integrate technology into their lessons. Classes can be taken for credit. http://teacherline.nylearns.org/

Technology Tutorials On the Web: What is it & how do I learn to use it? This site has many useful tutorials that can start a teacher on the road to understanding the technology that students work with on a daily basis. http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line2.htm


Lesson Plans

The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education: This site targets interdisciplinary Science projects. http://njnie.dl.stevens-tech.edu/currichome.html

Global Schoolhouse: A site where students from different areas can collaborate together on projects. http://www.globalschoolnet.org/GSH/

International Education and Resource Network: An international research collaboration site. http://iearn.org/

Kathy Shrock’s Guide for Educators: This site has lesson plans & activities that can be used with students. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Marco-Polo Internet Content for the Classroom: Internet based lessons and activities based on the National Standards.  http://www.marcopolo-education.org/index.aspx

Regents Exam Prep Center: The Oswego Central School District maintains a web-based Regents Preparation Center. http://regentsprep.org/

Regents Review Live: NYS Regents Review Web-site with video streaming and PowerPoint presentations. Video streaming requires RealPlayer.  http://www.regentsreviewlive.net/

 

Web Quests

A Web-Quest is an Internet based project where all the information for the project is posted to the web & the bulk of the resources are pre-selected by the instructor. It can also include print materials as well.

The Web-Quest Page: Bernie Dodge is one of the “fathers” of the Web-Quest. This page is a clearinghouse of information about web-quests. It includes a wide variety of web-quests, articles on web-quests, and web-quests on web-quests.  http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html

 

Examples of Web Quests

GVBOCES Examples: http://webquest.edutech.org/example_frames.htm

LSU Web Quests: http://asterix.ednet.lsu.edu/~edtech/webquest

Macomb County Examples: http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/wq/webqindx.htm

Matrix of Examples/Bernie Dobbs: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html       

Plainfield, Indiana Examples: http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/Subject.htm

Triton Curriculum Matrix: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects/tritonmatrix.html

San Diego University Collection: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest_collections.htm

Web Quests-Internet Innovations: http://www.biopoint.com/WebQuests/Welcome.html

Oracle THink Quest: http://www.thinkquest.org/

 

Web Quest Resources & Templates

Building Blocks: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/buildingblocks/p-index.htm

Design Map: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/Process/WebQuestDesignProcess.html

Filamentality: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil

Hot Lists and Web Quests: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/hotlists/hotlists+webquests.html

Instant Web Quest: http://www.instantprojects.org/webquest

Process Checklist: http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/processchecker.html

Ozline.com: http://www.ozline.com/learning/

Quiz Star: http://quizstar.4teachers.org

Rubric: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquestrubric.html

Rubrics for Web  Lessons: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/rubrics/weblessons.htm

TracStar: http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar

Web Quest Template: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/LessonTemplate.html

 

DBQ Resources

The Genesee Valley BOCES keeps an updated list of DBQ Resources & training materials. http://sls.edutech.org/prolinks/curriculum/dbq_links.htm

The Genesee Valley BOCES also maintains a list of Primary Source Documents. http://sls.edutech.org/research/virtual/primary_source_links.htm

 

Research Skills

The Big-6: This is an information literacy model. Using specific steps it helps students analyze tasks in an effective way. http://www.big6.com/