Education Web Sites for Teachers
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General education web sites•
Kathy Schrock’s Best Teaching sites and resourceshttp://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
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Education World-one of the best education sites for all type of
resources and professional development – www.educationworld.com
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Education Planet - a great search site for resources and tools for
teaching – http://www.educationplanet.com/
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A great education resource page; many topics; discussion forums;
professional development – www.lessonspage.com
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Educators Network – get weekly news letters about lesson plans;
other educational resources –
http://www.theeducatiorsnetwork.com/main/resourcefeature.htm
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Riverdeep - get daily emails about great lesson plans and other
educational resources – http://www.riverdeep.net/
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A great education resource page, many helps and resources; up to
date web sites for lesson plans; teacher forum and suggestions –
http://www.teachersfirst.com/
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A mega educational site with many resources –
http://www.eduhound.com/
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Classroom management/mentoring sites for teachers:
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Reach Every Child-lesson plans; class management ideas –
http://www.reacheverychild.com/index.html
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Great educational site, a lot of ideas; converse with other teachers –
http://www.teachnet.com/
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Great resource site for student teachers, survival guide –
http://teachernet.com/index.htm
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Tips for new teachers – great site to correspond with other schools
around the globe – http://www.gigglepotz.com/begteacher.htm
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A great discussion board for beginning teachers; many topics; share
experiences – http://www.teacherfocus.com/phpBB2/
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Great mentor site discussion forum; share ideas and problems –
http://teachers.net/mentors/
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Teachers Helping Teachers; forum for student teachers –
http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/
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Another great mega resource site –
http://www.teachers.teach-nology.com/index.html
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A great mentor site for new teachers, as well as master teachers –
http://www.inspiringteachers.com/mentors.html
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Classroom tools
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Helpful Classroom Resources – (puzzles, games, worksheets, etc.) –
http://www.schoolexpress.com/
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Worksheet Generator –
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson _plans/worksheets/
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Web quests – involving technology in the classroom; inquiry
learning – http://webquest.sdsu.edu/materials.htm
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A great site to create online games and create online quizzes (now a
paid site) – www.quia.com
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Interactive games (online), upper elementary – Mr. Field’s Web page
(history teacher in England) – http://www.schoolhistory.co.uk/
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International Education website; as well as many resources for all
levels; students can connect with students around the world –
www.gigglepotz.com
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International correspondence; collaborative teaching –
www.epals.com
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History Sites
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Documents, good for DBQ’s…American history –
www.ourdocuments.gov
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History mall; search engine for history –
http://www.historsearch.com/teachermall.html
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History/Social studies site for K-12 teachers –
http://my.execpc.com/~dboals/boals.html
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Social studies school service (a good catalog site to purchase
materials) – http://www.socialstudies.com/?af@dboals
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History channel – a must site for social studies teachers –
www.historychannel.com
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Eyewitness to history, good resources and documents –
http://www.isbiscom.com/
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NCSS – National Social Studies Association –
http://www.socialstudies.org/
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New York State Council for Social Studies Association –
http://www.nyscss.org/
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Capital District Council for Social Studies – http://www.nyscss.org/
V.
Teacher web pages
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History Links – http://home.san.rr.com/ig/index.html
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My Social Studies Web Page –
www.brittonkill.k12.ny.us/dandersonweb/index.htm
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Puzzle maker and review sheet creator –
http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html
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Great technology site for all topic areas: make quizzes, develop
critical thinking skills; Track Star –
http://www.4teachers.org/tools/index.shtml