TeacherTools

=Teacher Tools=


 * ==Teacher Resources==
 * ==Activities and Assessment==
 * ==Survey and Forms==
 * ==Quizzes and Tests==
 * ==Puzzles and Word Searches==
 * ==Teacher Professional Development ==

Teacher Resources
 [|OATS-] Open Source Assistive Techology Software www.oatsoft.org/ Users can search for free software and developers can share their resources. EXCELLENT place to start. [|Project Possibility] www.projectpossibility.org/index.php Sharing development of free open source software. [|IAE-Pedia] iae-pedia.org/Main_Page Information Age Education free education oriented encyclopedia with links to free programs, videos and lessons [|Blue Web'n] www.filamentality.com/wired/bluewebn/ Search by content or type of activities for blue ribbon interactive sites [|Thinkfinity] www.thinkfinity.org/ Links to Lesson plans and educational Resources [|PBS] - www.pbs.org Many activities related to public television stories [|BBC] www.bbc.co.uk/learning/ British Public broadcasting with activities for all subjects at different grades [|Discovery School] school.discovery.com resources and activities related to Discovery Channel [|National Geographic] www.nationalgeographic.com/ Lessons and online adventures [|Education World] www.education-world.com/ Searchable database of over 50,000 sites related to education, curriculum ideas, lesson plans, and hot topics of the week [|Federal Resources for Educational Excellence] www.free.ed.gov/ Free searchable database of materials [|Educator's Reference Desk] www.eduref.org Searchable database of lessons and articles [|Internet for Classrooms] www.internet4classrooms.com/ Activities for integrating web activities. [|AtoZTeachers Stuff] atozteacherstuff.com/ pages and pages of teacher stuff [|ABC Teacher] www.abcteach.com/ online resources for activities, materials and lessons [|The Teacher's Guide] www.theteachersguide.com/ activities, materials and lesson plans

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Activities and Assessment

 * Compilation of online tools to enhance/scaffold instruction:[| 4teachers] The 4teachers.org family of instructional support tools
 * [|TrackStar] ,
 * [|QuizStar] ,
 * [|RubiStar] ,
 * [|PBL Checklists]
 * Universally Designed [|Lesson Builder]– lessonbuilder.cast.org
 * Student behavior, organization, and strategy tools: [|KidTools & KidSkills] – kidtools.org

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Survey & Form Tools

 * [|Survey Monkey] www.surveymonkey.com
 * [|Wufoo] wufoo.com
 * [|Survey Gizmo] www.surveygizmo.com/ [Four levels; the basic account is free]
 * [|Poll Daddy] www.polldaddy.com/
 * [|Free Online Surveys] freeonlinesurveys.com/
 * [|Intervention Central] www.interventioncentral.org/ Jackpot Survey Maker

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Quizzes & Tests

 * [|ProProfs] www.proprofs.com/ free tools and resources. You can create and share quizzes, flashcards, bookmarking, blogs, discussion forums, wikis.
 * [|QuizMaster] www.cybertrain.info/quizman/qmhome.html This is a free (donations requested) site where you can use existing quizzes or make your own. You can save the quizzes you make. You can also purchase a copy of the software to download and use offline.
 * [|QuizFaber] www.lucagalli.net/en/ This is a “freeware software for Windows that enables you to create multimedia quizzes as HTML documents… without any prior knowledge of HTML or JavaScript.”

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Puzzles and Word Searches

 * [|Puzzle Maker] puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com "Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more using your own word lists"
 * [|Word Search Generator] www.netrover.com/~kingskid/wordsearch/wordsearch.htm
 * [|Internet Hunt Activities] created by Cindy O'Hora homepage.mac.com/cohora/ext/internethunts.html
 * [|Mrs. O’s Puzzles and Projects] homepage.mac.com/cohora/puzzles.html
 * [|Hot Potatoes] www.halfbakedsoftware.com/hot_pot.php The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web.”

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Professional Development

 *  [|CiTed] www.cited.org Ideas and information on evidence based practice to support the inclusion of students with disabilities in the general education classroom. Handouts, technical support, free Webinars, and lots of resources.
 *  [|Using Technology to Support Diverse Learners] www.wested.org/cs/tdl/print/docs/tdl/home.htm Information on ways to enhance instruction using technology
 * [|4Teachers.org] www.4teachers.org A suite of tools and information on practices
 *  [|Big Ideas in Reading] reading.uoregon.edu/ Discussion of the Five big ideas in reading & teaching suggestions
 *  [|Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice] cecp.air.org/default.asp Techniques to develop school connectedness where students feel part of and valued at school
 *  [|Iris Center] iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/ Modules with background information and teaching ideas for RTI, Behavior Management, Diversity
 *  [|Project Mainstep] jabba.edb.utexas.edu/mainstep/ms/index.cfm Anchored instruction to support teacher education: modules in reading, mathematics and functional behavior assessment.
 *  [|American Institutes for Research] www.air.org/ehd/ehd_education_tech.aspx Best Practices for education
 *  [|What Works Clearinghouse] ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/ Summary of research of best practices for core content areas.
 *  [|Doing What Works] dww.ed.gov/index.cfm Research to practice site for translating research into classroom practice
 *  [|Shared Work] www.sharedwork.org/ IDEA partnership communities of practice sharing and discussing policy and practice for research based interventions.
 *  [|The Jigsaw Classroom] www.jigsaw.org/ Cooperative Learning Techniques to reduce conflict in the classroom.
 *  [|Best Evidence Encyclopedia] www.bestevidence.org/ presents reliable, unbiased reviews of research-proven educational programs

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