Awesome Links
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| Select sites that expand learning and/or teaching activities |
| www.quia.com (Free trial and inexpensive. Make customizable Internet-based quizzes, games, etc. Track student scores. Create a class web page.) |
| www.unitedstreaming.com (HUGE digital video library) |
| www.coolschooltools.com (Learn how to make whiteboard movies to post to your website for students to view. NOTE: This site has high math content but applies to other subjects as well.) |
| www.electronicwhiteboardswarehouse.com/index.html (Click on the “Portable Whiteboards” link to learn about easily-portable technology that turns a normal whiteboard into an interactive electronic whiteboard.) |
| Select curriculum-related and/or professional development-type sites |
| www.grantwiggins.org/ (see especially the Understanding by Design link) |
| http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-131452.html |
| www.ascd.org |
| www.singaporemath.com (This site has subject materials for science, English, art, and health beyond math. I am only familiar with the math content. NOTE: The math content is phenomenal. Internationally, Singapore's students rank at the top in mathematics.) |
| www.learningfocused.com/index.php?page=107 (The toolbox is great.) |
| Select character education/proactive behavior management sites |
| www.habits-of-mind.net (resources and information on how to teach habits that foster intelligence, such as persistence, taking in information with all of the senses, wonder and awe, finding humor) |
| www.disciplinewithoutstress.com (self-discipline) |
| www.kellybear.com |