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This page last updated on 
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Rubrics Resource Page

Using Digital Cameras in the Classroom  

SMART Resources

Totally Teachers~best finds on-line for teachers
WebQuest Resources
Teacher Thursdays/Workshops

ArchIndy TC Meetings

NCEA Presentation

It's not about getting the answers, it's about asking the right questions
My Target~on-line technology skills assessment
Professional Development Needs Assessment - Skills Checklist

Opportunities for Professional Growth with Technology

SMART Resources

K-3 Resources - Interactive, multi-media websites to use with SMART board and your K-3 students.

SMART Notebook Resources - Search by subject and grade for lessons specifically created for SMART boards.

SMART Notebook Resources - Search by subject, grade level AND Indiana Academic Standard.

SMART Training Center - Two minute tutorials, quick reference guides and more can be found here.

Educational Software - created especially for the SMART board and free for SMART users. Check out and download Number Cruncher.

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Totally Teachers

Indiana Department of Education - Academic Standards and Resources

Quia - One of the best on the Internet. Helps teachers create, customize and share learning activities to support YOUR lessons.

Rubistar - Use Rubistar to create rubrics for your learning activities. This is a very easy to learn rubric generator.

Eduscapes - This is Dr. Annette Lamb's "one-stop" for teachers. Be sure to access to Teacher Tap, Literature Leaning Ladders and 42Explore.

ThinkQuest - By students for students, using technology. Very powerful presentations to support teaching and learning. Click on the ThinkQuest Library and then enter a search word.

Verizon Thinkfinity - This website features lessons and projects that support 21st century learning skills.

700+ Great Sites - Amazing, spectacular, colorful, mysterious websites for students and the adults who care about them. Assembled by the American Library Association.

Blue Web'n - Blue Web'n is a searchable database of about 1,000 outstanding Internet learning sites categorized by subject area, audience, and type. It isn't a catalog of ALL education sites, but the most useful ones.

Discovery School - Home of the infamous PuzzleMaker. A must-see for teachers. Clip art, ideas and much, much, more.

Ed Helper - Lesson plans, worksheets, webquests and more. This is like a search engine created especially for teachers.

Education World - An excellent guide to finding useful education resources on the Internet.

Scholastic - Check out the on-line activity centers categorized by subject and grade level. Many engaging and worthwhile activities.

Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators - One of the most well-known sites for teachers and created by a teacher. Updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse - Identifies effective curriculum resources and manages information and products to improve K-12 math and science teaching and learning.

TeacherSource - PBS provides over 3,000 lesson plans, many of them involving technology.  

Marion County Public Library

Our School ISTEP Performance

21st Century Learning Skills

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

Buddy II Computer Capers - a great website to find simple technology integration ideas related academic standards.

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WebQuest Resources

The Official WebQuest Page - Where it all began, folks! What are webquests? Why are they such a powerful learning tool? How can YOUR class use them? How can they be evaluated?

QuestGarden - New from Bernie Dodge.  Are you a teacher that believes in constructivist teaching and learning but haven't had the time to learn to create web pages with Dreamweaver or Front Page? Bernie Dodge and his new QuestGarden is the place for you.  Create, adapt, and find  webquests quickly in Dr. Dodge's QuestGarden. Check it out!

Dr. Alice Christie's Web Quest Site - Dr. Christie of Arizona State at her best! Plenty of quality webquests. Click here to see a concise explanation of webquests and their components. Be sure to check out KidQuests that are written especially for emerging readers and writers.

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Teacher Thursdays/Workshops

TimeLiner

Publisher For Professionals I

Publisher For Professionals II

PowerPoint

Kids Pix Kidspiration

Templates for PowerPoint Review Games

Fayette County Schools

Jefferson County Schools

Microsoft Word Tutorial I

 

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ArchIndy TC Meetings

3 Cool Tools for TCs

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NCEA Presentation

WebQuests in the Primary Classroom

Handouts

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It's About the Questions!

Jamie Mckenzie's Questioning Toolkit

The Question IS the Answer - another Mckenzie resource

How to Prevent  Highway Robbery in Electronic Age - Ask the right questions!

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My Target~On-Line Technology Skills Assessment

With the passing of PL 221 it became apparent that the Indiana Department of Education became more serious about ensuring our teachers have the skills needed to teach in a technology rich school environment.

My Target is an on-line assessment tool that assesses your skill level and then provides on-line tutorials and class schedules that are tailored to YOUR particular learning needs.  Information that you key in is strictly confidential. Register with an ID number and password so that only you have access to your assessment.

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Opportunities for Growth

Buddy II Learning Center

PBS TeacherLine

Indiana Computer Educator's Conference - (be sure to click on "Annual Conference") This is the state wide educational technology conference. Many, many teachers attend to gain insights and share ideas on how to utilize technology in the classroom.

Hoosier Educational Computer Coordinators  

NECC (National Educational Computing Conference)

NiceNet Examples

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