Miscellaneous Sites
Resources for teachers of any subject area
| Link | Description |
| Presentations ETC NEW! | A wonderful collection of over 20,000 background slides and templates for PowerPoint and Keynote |
| Teacher Created Resources NEW! | This site offers teacher resources galore! It has an online store plus lots of great free resources. |
| VoiceThread NEW! | A site which describes itself as "really simple voice recording within your web browser (which) allows you to collect the voices of an entire group on a single page"; it truly is easy, fun, can be passworded and has all types of educational uses! |
| Back to School & End of School Resources NEW! | Tips, tricks, ideas, and lots of new links to sites to help you begin the school year & end the school year from Kathy Schrock |
| Instructional Jeopardy Games | Fun Jeopardy games broken down by curriculum and grade level that are ready to use in your classroom |
| Jeopardy Templates for Teachers | Jeopardy templates plus other games |
| Instructional Games | Fun instructional games for your class created in PowerPoint |
| Jig Zone | Online puzzles - all kinds! 6 pieces to 240 pieces. Improve your mouse skills! |
| "How Stuff Works" | This site explains "how stuff works!" |
| School Notes | Teachers can post notes to students and parents online. |
| Gander Academy | Web Resources categorized by themes |
| Funbrain | Educational games and activities |
| edHelper | A single shop for educational resources |
| Gaggle email for Students | Filtered email site for students. Teacher can monitor communication. |
| Teach-nology.com | "The Web Portal for Educators" |
| Educational Web Adventures | Eduactional adventures of all kinds!! |
| Word Central | Merriam-Webster's site just for kids |
| Tiny URL | This cool site makes long URLs more usable |
| Rubric Generator | Online rubric generator makes creating rubrics quick & easy! |
| RubiStar | Create Rubrics for your Project-Based Learning Activities |
| Merriam Webster Online | Access full collegiate dictionary, thesaurus, and other features |
| Internet Picture Dictionary | Designed especially for ESL students and beginning language learners of all ages, this site contains words from animals to vegetables. Has flash cards, word scrambles, spelling games, and more. |
| Encyclopedia | The Internet's premiere free encyclopedia |
| TrackStar | Simply collect Web sites, enter them into TrackStar, add annotations for your students, and you have an interactive, online lesson called a Track. |
| Puzzlemaker | Discovery School's Puzzlemaker for teachers and students |
| Technology Tips for Teachers | Tammy Worcester's technology tips, ideas, and activities |
| Ask Jeeves for Kids | Tons of resources for kids |
| Evaluating Internet Resources | Learn to evaluate the quality and validity of websites |
| Keyboard Shortcuts | Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts |
| ePals | PenPals for your class |
| Online Newspapers | Thousands of newspapers on the Net |
| Learn the Net | The Internet Owner's Manual |
| incompetech | Royalty-free music |
| Lee's Summit | Tons of sites to help you integrate technology into your classroom - technology and instruction interwoven |
| Beginning Teacher Needs | This site has lots of help for new teachers including advice from experienced teachers |
| Teacher Helpers | As more and more educators get digital cameras, camcorders, interactive whiteboards, or other "gadgets" to use in the classroom, they need ideas like the ones gathered on this page to help them best use the tools to support teaching and learning. |
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Last Updated: May 28, 2008