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Mind Mapping [] Mind mapping is a great technique for both teachers and students. Students can use mind mapping as a study tool to increase memory, while teachers benefit from incorporating mind mapping into their classroom discussions to encourage detailed discussions.

Augmented Communication, Assistive Technology http://trainland.tripod.com/pecs.htm A great website to find templates for Picture Exchange Systems (PECS) to use with children on the autism spectrum. Includes lots of real pictures and boardmaker pictures to enhance nonverbal communication. Includes links to other sites that offer similar supports to children with special needs.

Humanities http://www.edsitement.neh.gov Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, this website offers lesson plans and links to websites for the following categories: Art & Culture, Literature and Language Arts, History and Social Studies and Foreign Language. This is a fantastic site for middle and high school resources.

CollegeBoard [|www.collegeboard.com] A great website for directing students, parents, or teachers to information about the SATs or college planning. A great site for teachers of AP courses too.

Read, Write, Think http://www.readwritethink.org/ Wonderful reading and writing lessons for various grade levels. This site also integrates technology into many of its lessons.

Academic Skill Builders http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/ This is another site full of academic learning games. Children can learn basic math, language arts, vocabulary, and thinking skills through the various games available.

Fun Brain! Various Games for interactive learning http://www.funbrain.com/ There are various learning games for levels K-8 in different subject areas, from Math to Grammar. There are even Blogs!

Media Awareness Network http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/games/index.cfm This site provides a number of fun games for kids to teach them some pitfalls of the internet (suitable for grades K-8).

Cyber Smart Inc. http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/lesson_plans/k1_02.asp This web-site provides teaching materials for different grade levels (Grades K-1; Grades 2-3; Grades 4-5; and Grades 6-8). The materials include lesson plans, student activity sheets, and audio-visual review of lessons.

Teacher Toolbox

http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/mrsthonus/ Mrs.Thonus Third Grade Stars – This is a great example of a teacher’s class website.

http://www.education-world.com/tools_templates/index.shtml#goals This is a fabulous site for teachers of grades K-8. Tons of templates for assessments, awards, back-to-school ideas, bulletin board, calendars, classroom & graphic organizers, flyers, signs, posters, holiday worksheets, ice breakers, language arts, math, parent-teacher communication, goal-setting, and teacher-quote notepads.

Lesson Plans http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/ Tons of lesson plan ideas on all subjects K-12

Jefferson Lab http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/teachers.php Hands-on activities, games, puzzles & worksheets for all subjects.

Lesson Plans with Technology http://tcet.unt.edu/START/instruct/lp_tech.htm This site is dedicated to providing educators with lesson plans on integrating technology into lessons. Also provides standards that will be met by using these plans.

I keep bookmarks http://ww2.ikeepbookmarks.com/browse.asp?account=106042&clientWidth=0 Games, simulations and other great stuff! Check it out!

Great Ideas for all areas of the Classroom http://www.nea.org/classroom/index.htmlx Great Ideas for special occasions or everyday activities in the classroom.

Busy Teachers Cafe http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/ Busy teachers cafe is a K-6 grade site with a focus on language arts. This site has ideas for theme units, literacy centers, and classroom management.

Internet 4 classrooms K-12 http://www.internet4classrooms.com/k12links.htm This link helps teachers use the internet more effectively.

Teaching Resources http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/teach.jsp This site has a lot of fun ideas/resources for the classroom!

Teaching K-8 http://www.teachingk-8.com/index_signrttxt.html This site has an incredible amount of resources for just about all areas of learning for all grades up to eighth grade.

Teacher resources http://edhelper.com/ This site has great worksheets for teachers.

[|Kids Space Connectionhttp://www.ks-connection.org/] This site is an international site for kids they can find penpals, join clubs and work on projects.

Fun Brain http://www.funbrain.com/ This site is a resource for all areas.

Enhance Learning http://members.shaw.ca/priscillatheroux/differentiatingstrategies.html This site includes many strategies to differentiate lessons.

Best Education http://www.bestedsites.com/ This site has resource for all subject areas

PBS Kids Web License [|http://pbskids.org/license/] Get your driver's license for the Internet here.

RubiStar [|http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php] This Web site is designed to help with creating rubrics. You have the ability to look at sample rubrics, choose pre-created categories, or create your own rubric. Registering with them gives you more tools, and it is free to do. It's a great tool for all teachers and is a well designed site.

Education World [|http://www.education-world.com/] Tons of lesson plans, articles, technology integration ideas, and more.

The Lesson Plans Page [|http://www.lessonplanspage.com/index.html] Over 3,000 free lesson plans.

Sim School http://simschool.org/ You can practice your classroom management skills in a virtual school.

Tapped In http://tappedin.org/tappedin/ This is an online community of educators. We visited this site in class.

MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Teaching Online http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm Great resource of lesson plans and other materials (songs, articles, etc.) for a wide variety of subject areas. It's more geared to college professors, but there are great gems that could be used for other grade levels.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ Tons of lesson plans and other resources for a variety of subject areas.

Educational Resources and Lesson Plans http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edres.htm Thousands of links to resources and lesson plans on the Internet.

A to Z Teacher Stuff http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/ Free lesson plans, ideas, and other resources.

Teacher Tube http://www.teachertube.com/ Free Videos to go along with just about any kind of lesson. You can view and upload videos or power points.

Pete's Power Point Station http://www.pppst.com/index.html Free Power Points for every subject and every grade. There are some lesson plans also. Most Power Points give you the ability to save and edit them, while others do not allow you to edit the content.

Funschool by Kaboose http://funschool.kaboose.com/index.html Tons of games and activities for kids from Preschool to 6th Grade. They have interactive games you can play online and also games you can print out and use. It's a very fun and colorful site.

PBS Teachers http://www.pbs.org/teachers/ Lots of lesson plans, activities and games for preK-12 covering a variety of subjects. Many of the resources are tied to PBS' programming, like NOVA, Nature, Cyberchase and Between the Lions.

ABCTEACH http://www.abcteach.com/ Tons of free printables. This website has some members only links, but a lot of printables are free. Clipart, worksheets, flashcards; these are just a few of the items you can find here.

Learning Planet.com http://www.learningplanet.com/stu/kids0.asp Has games that cover subjects such as english, math, and Social Studies. Does have pop ups, but they are just annoying, and aren't innapropriate. The site covers different age groups, Pre-school-K, 1st-3rd, and 4th-6th.

Help for teachers [|http://www.teach-nology.com] Provides teachers with free help and free worksheets.

Discovery chanel [|http://www.school.discoveryeducation.com] Lesson plan library, puzzles maker and custom worksheets.

World Almanac for Kids http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/WAKI-Home.aspx Great site for all kinds of information including animals, books, geography, language, mythology, nations, science, religion, United States, numbers, technology, sports and weights & measures. The information is spelled out very simply for kids.

kimskorner4teachertalk.com http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/classmanagement/inexpensive.html This is a website that provides teachers with many ideas in regards to classroom management, lesson planning, ideas for parent-teacher conferences, teaching strategies, icebreakers, and bulletin board ideas. This website also offers links to other educational websites. There is also a link of where to find inexpensive materials for the classroom. Did you know that you can get free down loadable books, posters, and bookmarks? Check out this website!

NY Times Learning Network[|http://www.nytimes.com/learning/] Daily lesson plans and articles specifically designed for teachers.

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Dave's ESL Cafe [|http://eslcafe.com/] Primarily an employment site for ESL and EFL teachers, this site also contains lessons on grammar, sample quizzes, a user-generated list of lesson ideas, and forums for teachers and students alike.

Woodlands Junior School  [|http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.] This site offers students, ranging from ages 7-11 a variety of interactive games and quizzes in the areas of math, science, and literacy. It also provides teacher resources, such as web quests for science, Logo lesson plans for math etc...