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Mathematics/Science Language Arts Social Science Fine Arts Teacher Tools Technology Misc. Home WIT-L Moderator and Links Manager: emfabiyi@pepperdine.edu			NetDay Speak Up Day http://www.netday.org/speakupday.htm Mark your calendars ! This sounds like a neat way to get students involved in discussions about technology use in our schools. This web site also has good links for technology planning and a question and answer service if you have difficulty finding information on particular technology planning topics. Education World's Back to School section http://www.education-world.com/back_to_school/index.shtml Education World in itself is a very practical web site. One article on eliciting parental involvement in particular is worth reading (http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/profdev/profdev080.shtml). Back to School Activities: EnchantedLearning.com http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/backtoschool/ Enchanted Learning is one of my favorite primary grade sites, but the activities listed here, such as a back to school scavenger hunt, could probably be adapted for older kids. Back to School Icebreakers from About.com http://7-12educators.about.com/library/weekly/aa081000b.htm Here are some games to promote community building. Perhaps these would work well in advisories! CNN Special Report: Back to School: The American Student http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/back.to.school/ This special report give us some food for thought as we begin the school year. The 2002 back to school report is a bit more interesting.(http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2002/back.to.school/). top Alan November's web site http://anovember.com/ Fantastic tips for searching the Internet and for helping kids to weed out inaccurate and misleading web sites. He recommended many web sites to help us figure out who is controlling the information we see on the Internet, including those found at this website: http://www.edrenplanners.com/infolit/ Collaborative Classroom http://collaborativeclassroom.com/ He presented a great session at MACUL about how he structures projects with his 8th grade journalism students.He recommended a couple of web sites...http://interactimulations.com/ and http://coe.ksu.edu/pbl/. Generation YES http://www.genyes.org/index.php This is a really neat professional development program in which students work directly with teachers to infuse technology into their curricula. Gail Lovely's K-2 What's Online for YOU? http://gaillovely.com/resources/K-2%20MACUL_files/v3_document.htm Here is Gail Lovely's PowerPoint presentation on the web. She identified some fabulous sites for younger kids that I previously had never seen. Also check out her other resources at http://gaillovely.com/ . MACUL presenters' handouts http://www.macul.org/conferences/2004/handouts.html Handouts for other sessions can be found here. top Terrible Training Tips http://www.quicktrainingtips.com/AprilFool-2002.htm Another odd site, this one about training practices. U.S. Dept. of Education Emergency Planning site http://www.ed.gov/emergencyplan/ The U.S. government recently unveiled this site for school leaders. It has links to pages that cover topics like preparing for a terrorist attack, dealing with trauma in schools and school emergency response to violence. When I Become a Teacher http://homepage.mac.com/lesleyu/iMovieTheater.html Funny video about teaching practices. Teachers Against Prohibition http://teachersagainstprohibition.org/index.php Web site about teachers who are against drug policies that effect education. top DiscoverySchool.com Brain Booster Archive http://school.discovery.com/brainboosters/ Here's a page at DiscoverySchool.com with links to a variety brain teasers. Handy when you need something challenging for your students. BrainQuest http://www.brainquest.com Here's another good site that students can visit on their own or with a partner. BrainQuest has a neat two minute quiz that's fun and educational. There's a puzzle section, but a couple of the puzzles have not been functioning in the past few days. 20 Questions http://come.to/20Q Man vs. machine. Think of an object and the computer will try to guess what you are thinking of. The computer will pose questions and try to guess what you are thinking based on your answers. I tried it and it guessed cellular phone in 16 tries and salad in 23. This is a good tool for whole class and individual student use. top Project-Based Learning http://www.glef.org/PBL/index.html This module, developed by educational experts, helps teachers understand the concept and practice of project-based learning (PBL). The site defines PBL for educators, explains why it's an important approach and offers high-quality instructional outlines, suggested activities and reading material, research to support PBL as an effective teaching strategy, and more. Braille Bug http://www.afb.org/braillebug/ Nice web site designed to teach sighted children about braille. Craft Projects and Craft Patterns http://www.allcrafts.net/ Autoshop 101 http://www.autoshop101.com/ Automotive training and resource site. Just Think Media Lesson Bank http://www.justthink.org/lessons/lessons.html#devmineng Lessons to help your students learn how to analyze media. Market Penetration Is Not Curriculum Integration http://www.fno.org/oct02/penetration.html Interesting article about how getting lots of computers doesn't mean good technology integration Federal Resources for Educational Excellence http://www.ed.gov/free/new.html Free resources from the U.S. Dept. of Education. FFFBI (The Fin, Fur and Feather Bureau of Investigation) http://www.fffbi.com/hq.html This site uses interactive stories and original thinking games to get kids to solve mysteries and learn crucial problem solving skills such as using the Internet for research and investigation, reading, and writing. Bring the World Into the Classroom: A Chat with David Warlick http://newsobserver.com/business/story/2171037p-2057671c.html Good interview of David Warlick printed in The News & Observer, Feb. 5, 2003 by Christina Dyrness. BrainQuest http://www.brainquest.com BrainQuest has a neat two minute quiz that's fun and educational.
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