November's Top Ten Websites:
1. The Bunny Readers Project: A great example of a collaborative
project http://comsewogue.k12.ny.us/~ssilverman/bunnies/
2. Ed-SITEment: Lesson plans in the humanities http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans.html?Lk_2
3. National Geographic: Geography lesson plans for all grades
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/matrix2.html
4. Little Explorers: An online picture dictionary http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html
5. Early Elementary: Resources from Scholastic from the PreK-2
classroom http://teacher.scholastic.com/grade/prek_2.asp
6. The Miss Rumphius Award: Given to teachers who make the
Internet a better place http://web.syr.edu/~djleu/RTEACHER/rumphius.html
7. Teaching Virginia Standards of Learning: Resources and
strategies related to every SOL http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/Instruction/wmstds/home.shtml
8. Search Engines for Kids: http://searchenginewatch.com/links/Kids_Search_Engines/
9. Tek-Mom's Search Tools for Students: http://www.tekmom.com/search/
10. Eduplace: Houghton Mifflin's K-8 website http://www.eduplace.com/
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Feature Web:
When in doubt, Ask Eric. The Educational Resources Information
Center has more "stuff" than you'll ever be able to
view. From the homepage, click the button that says Topics A
to Z to get a feel for the vast quantity of information and resources.
http://askeric.org/
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Discussion Groups
and Email Lists
The World Wide Web is all about communicating with
other people and for teachers, there are lots of ways to get
in touch with others who can help make integrating technology
fun and easy! This month, we feature a few ideas for talking
to other education professionals.
Tapped In:
This online professional community provides a meeting
place and support for a variety of collaborative activities.
New to collaboration? Tapped In is the place to start with a
full schedule of online meetings and resources for anyone interested
in online projects. http://www.tappedin.org/
Listservs:
These mailing lists allow you to communicate with
others who share your professional or personal interests without
the time constraints of live chat. Participants subscribe to
the list and can then post their own messages and respond to
others. With so many lists available, the hardest part is finding
the right one for you. Some are very active with many pieces
of mail and lively discussions each day. Others are less intense
with perhaps only a monthly newsletter as part of the subscription.
So, where to start? Try the AskEric Virtual Library:
http://www.askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/
They provide archives of a variety of lists so you can review
the previous postings before subscribing.
Marcopolo is an incredible resource for educators
interested in quality lessons that incorporate in the Internet.
In addition, they sponsor an active listserv that covers wide-ranging
education topics. The link goes to their home page. Click MP
Community to acces the subscription page. http://marcopolo.worldcom.com/
Tile.net provides a comprehensive list of discussion
groups not limited to education. http://tile.net/lists/
Classroom Connect sponsors lots of education-related
lists including one for Virginia: http://www.classroom.com/community/email/index.jhtml
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