Below you will find links and descriptions to sites that have been reviewed
for their educational content and their potential to help you in your
classroom. If you have a site that you would like added to this list please
email the link information to me at karen.vitek@spackenkillschools.org
Internet Links
Emerging Technologies Games
Jeff Ertzberger at the Watson School of Education at the University of North
Carolina has created templates for games using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel
and PowerPoint) for teachers. These can be downloaded and used by teachers
in their classrooms free of charge.
EmergingTech games & utilities
Teaching History with Technology
The Center for Teaching History with Technology aims to help K-12 history
and social studies teachers incorporate technology effectively into their
courses. There are many free resources including lesson plans, PowerPoint
presentations, activities, games and quizzes.
The Center for Teaching History with Technology
NASA Student Observation Notebook
Each SON module features a question to be answered or problem to be solved.
To help students answer the question or solve the problem they learn how to
make their own observations and how to compare them with NASA data. Each SON
module provides tutorials to help understand the scientific data and step-by-
step guides to using the data. In addition, there is background information,
including connections to NASA scientists, to help understand these essential
scientific questions. Current modules include: Star Count, Tracking a
Solar Storm, and Winter's Story. More modules are in development.
NASA Student Observation Notebook
Classic TV Ads
Just commercials...really old ones, and a section devoted to a favorite
Wizard of Oz star, Margaret Hamilton. TV Commercials have been divided into
these categories: Eat, Drink, Smoke, Clean, Groom, Shop and Travel. You can
view them online and there is a section available for download. It's a
great trip down memory lane!
Classic TV Ads
Today's Front Pages
This is an online presentation of one of the Newseum's most popular
exhibits. Every morning, more than 400 newspapers from around the world
submit their front pages to the Newseum via the Internet. The Newseum keeps
an archive of national and international front pages that chronicle events
of historical significance.
Today's Front Pages at Newseum
Tip Talk: from Microsoft
This is a blog sponsored by Microsoft At Home and At Work. TipTalk is loaded
with helpful tips, all written by Microsoft employees. One great section
is "Getting Things Done." Click on those words on the righthand side to get
great tips on file management, computer backup basics, favorite Word tips
and more.
Tip Talk: from Microsoft at Home and Work
NPR's Science Out of the Box
National Public Radio seeks to answer questions on the science of everyday
life. You can submit your own question to be answered on the "All Things
Considered" broadcast. Go to the main page of this broadcast and you can
search for "Science Out of the Box" or check the archives. Science Out of
the Box questions are answered on Saturday shows.
NPR's All Things Considered
National Geographic Podcasts
Download the latest nature and science news, eye-opening photography, audio
travel guides, classic video clips, world music coverage, and wild animal
adventures with National Geographic's free podcasts. Need more information
on subscribing to podcasts? Go to my section on this webpage about
podcasting!
National Geographic Podcasts
Language Arts Skill Builders Sites
Internet4classrooms.com presents a collection of sites by grade level (K -
8) for developing language arts skills online. Topics include phonics,
sight words, vocabulary, sentence structure, comprehension, grammar,
spelling and much more.
Language Arts Skill Builders Sites
Math Skill Builder Sites
Internet4classrooms.com presents a collection of sites by grade level (K -
8) for developing math skills online. Topics include data analysis, money,
time, basic operations, place value, fractions, estimation, geometry,
measurement, word problems and more.
Math Skill Builder Sites
Regents Review Live!
Regents Review Live! 2007 airs May 7- 23 across New York State.
Schedules for each viewing are available by clicking on your local PBS
Station. If you missed one or want to view one from a previous year you can
watch it online. There are also other valuable links to help you get ready
for your Regents exams.
Regents Review Live
Flashcard Exchange
Flashcards are study tools. Think of a small 3�5 index card with a question
on one side and an answer on the other side. This web site is an internet
application where you can create, study, print and download flashcards.
Flashcard Exchange founded in January 2001 by Culley Harrelson. Since that
time the web site has grown into a thriving community of educators, students
and all types of enthusiastic learners. Culley still owns and maintains the
web site. He does all of the development, answers all the emails and pays
all the bills. He lives in northern California with his family. In January
2005 Culley formed Tuolumne Technology Group, Inc. to encompass Flashcard
Exchange and his consulting business.
Flashcard Exchange
Science Buddies: Free Science Fair Project Ideas, Answers and Tools for
Serious Students
Hands-on scientific investigations are acknowledged to be the best way to
teach science literacy. Science Buddies supports these activities by
providing free science fair project ideas, answers, and tools to teachers,
parents, and students from all walks of life. Our objective is to save our
users' time while guiding them to a successful outcome.
By reducing the hassles of doing a science fair project, Science Buddies
aspires to improve project quality and increase science fair participation,
turning a good learning experience into a great one.
Science Buddies