Teacher Tools

• Assessment  (Web Assessment and Evaluation)

• Graphic Organizers:

  • Cheney 268: http://www.cheney268.com/learning/organizers/socialstudies.htm

  • Education Place: http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/

  • Freeology: http://freeology.com/graphicorgs/

    • Pro-Con: http://freeology.com/graphicorgs/evaluate-issues-with-this-pros-and-cons-scale/

  • Graphic Organizers: http://www.alline.org/euro/graphicorgs.htm

  • Recipes 4 Success: http://recipes.tech4learning.com/index.php?v=pl&page_ac=view&type=tools&tool=graphicorganizers

  • Teach-nology: http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/

• Lesson Plans & Educator Databases

  • Education.com http://www.education.com/

  • Education Place :http://eduplace.com/

    • Eduplace for Students: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/

  • Educator's Reference Desk: http://www.eduref.org/

  • Library of Congress - Lesson Plans: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/

    • (Teaching with Primary Sources) http://www.loc.gov/teachers/tps/quarterly/

  •  Microsoft Education Page: Microsoft Educator

  • Tech SPARC Tech Sparc

  • Thinkfinity: http://www.thinkfinity.org/

  • United States Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/

• Website Evaluation Tools

  • Best of History Sites (Website Evaluation Links) http://www.besthistorysites.net/Research.shtml#evaluation

  • Dalhousie: http://libraries.dal.ca/using_the_library/tutorials/evaluating_web_resources.html

  • Easy Who Is: http://easywhois.com/  (Website Ownership

  • Evaluating Websites (Video Tutorial) http://vimeo.com/14033592

  • Schrock Guide: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/

    • Schrock Guide

    • Schrock's Website Evaluation: http://kathyschrock.net/abceval/

    • Critical Evaluation of Website (Middle:) http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/evalmidd.html

    • Critical Evaluation of Website (high:) http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/evalhigh.html

• Tutorials

  • Multiplication.Com http://multiplication.com/

  • Popular Education Websites for Kids: http://www.kidsknowit.com/
     

• Social Studies: (Professional)

  • Agencies

  • History Link .org: http://www.historylink.org/

  • The History Place: http://www.historyplace.com/

  • Teaching Primary Sources (Wisconsin Historical Society)

    • http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/primarysources.asp

    • Turning Points in Wisconsin  History: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/

  • Washington State History Museum: http://www.wshs.org/

    • Research Washington: http://research.washingtonhistory.org/research.aspx

    • Columbia Magazine: http://columbia.washingtonhistory.org/default.aspx

    • Washington Stories: http://stories.washingtonhistory.org/index.shtml

• Online Journals:

  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation:

    • http://www.gatesfoundation.org/united-states/Pages/education-strategy.aspx

  • Edutopia: http://www.edutopia.org/

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