Southwest Region
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Teacher Resources

General Resources
Research Tools
K-12 Directories
Lesson Plans
Curriculum Projects
Curriculum Activities
Classroom Management
Assessment
Graphics Federal & State Resources
Technology Resources
Grant & Funding Sources
Professional Associations

 
General Resources
  • The Library Spot

  • A virtual library resource center including links to libraries, reference tools, books, journals, newspapers, magazines. 
  • My Virtual Reference Desk

  • A virtual library resource including links to libraries, reference tools,  newspapers, magazines, quick searches. 
  • Global Schoolhouse Directory of Internet Search Engines

  • Links to all currently functioning search engines. 
  • The New Teacher Page

  • Advice, ideas, and links for "education students, student teachers, first-year teachers, and teacher certification 
    candidates. Includes classroom links and language arts links.
    Research Tools
     
  • The Argus Clearinghouse-Education

  • Includes guides on topics pertaining to the development of knowledge, skill, ability or character by systematic instruction, schooling, training or guidance, in preparation for work and life. 
  • AskERIC

  • Personalized Internet-based service providing education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents. Submit an education question and receive a personal e-mail response from an information specialist.  The AskERIC Virtual Library contains selected educational resources, including 1000+ AskERIC Lesson Plans, 250+ AskERIC InfoGuides, searchable archives of education-related listservs. Search the ERIC database, the world's largest source of education information, contains more than 950,000 abstracts of documents and journal articles on education research and practice. 
  • EBSCO Teacher Reference Center

  • Includes access to database of article summaries from nearly 300 educational periodicals; useful links to Web sites focused on education and Information Literacy; Guide to Citing Electronic Resources;  HTML Toolkit to help you create or enhance your school’s Web site. 
  • Education Index

  • An annotated guide to the best education-related sites on the Web. They're sorted by subject and lifestages, so you can find what you're looking for quickly and easily. The Coffee Shop link lets you talk with other users who are interested in the same things you are. 
  • Free Things for Educators!

  • Offers for free items linked by levels for preschool, K-5, 6-8 and 9-12. Includes a subject search option. 
  • Geelong College: E-Journals

  • This is a list of FREE online sites and journals arranged, where possible, according to subject areas.  These publications are all  available on the WWW, some may require you to subscribe to gain full access. All feature the current edition, while some, you will find, may have archives of past editions.
    K/12  Directories
    The following directories provide topical links to K-12 educational sites in all curricular areas. Each site has it's own search engine to speed up the process of finding links to sites related to specific topics. 
     
  • Internet School Library Media Center

  • Links to curricular topics including art, language arts, math, social studies, science, special education, technology, vocational education. 
  • Awesome Library - K-12 Education Directory

  • Organizes your exploration of the World Wide Web.  Contains 14,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.  Search by subject or key word. Links to sites for teachers, kids, teen, parents, and community. 
  • Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library

  • Links to web-based tutorials, activities, projects, lessons, hotlists, references and tools for all curricular areas. 
  • The Busy Educator's Guide to the World Wide Web

  • Links to top educator, kid and parent web sites. 
  • Busy Teachers' Website K-12

  • Links to direct source materials, lesson plans, classroom activities with a minimum of site-to-site linking. Topics  include math, science, language arts, science, guidance/counseling, recess and teacher resources. 
  • BUBL LINK / 5:15 Catalogue of Selected Internet Resources

  • Selected Internet resources covering all academic subject areas. 
  • All Together Now Subject Catalog

  • Annotated list of outstanding webistes arranged by classroom subjects. 
  • Best Web Sites and Resources for Teachers

  • Identifies more than 650 sites across the K-12 curriculum that will benefit busy teachers who may not have the time to carry out lengthy searches themselves.
    Lesson Plans
  • AskERIC Lesson Plans

  • Contains more than 1,000 unique lesson plans which have been written by teachers from all over the United States.  Browse by subject or conduct a search. Includes links to other sources of lesson plans.
  • Awesome Library - K-12 Lesson Plans

  • Links to lessons organized by subject area. 
  • Teachers Net-Lesson Plan Bank

  • Links to lessons by level (PreK-HS) and subjects (language arts, math, science, social studies, music, art, technology, physical education.
    Curriculum Projects
  • Curriculum Design For Excellence On-Line (SRS user ID/password required)

  • Search for, explore and print integrated, interdisciplinary thematic curriculum units for grades K-12. 
  • Integrating the Internet

  • Curriculum resources, projects, a weekly newsletter, units of study, and a tutorial to help you plan projects and class homepages. 
  • Global Schoolhouse

  • Connect with other classrooms around the world; find interesting global learning projects; build, promote, and conduct your own original projects. Links for teachers and parents.
    Curriculum Activities
  • School Express Free Worksheets

  • Downloadable worksheets for Grades 3-6, phonics, math, language arts, math, science, social studies, reading, writing, activities. 
  • The Graphic Organizer

  • Links to sites describing various forms of graphical organizers for teachers and students to use as teaching and learning tools. 
  • Puzzlemaker

  • Allows you to create puzzles and games for newsletters, flyers, handouts, or classroom assignments. 
  • Filamentality 2.0

  • A fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into activities appropriate for learners.

    Classroom Management

    Assessment Tools
  • Rubrics for Web Lessons

  • Create your own rubric for assessing student performance regarding a given objective. Links to articles on and examples of rubrics.

    Graphics/Clip Art

  • AltaVista Photo Finder
  • Art Today (district purchased service)
  • Associated Press Photo Archive
  • The Amazing Picture Machine
  • Free School WEB Graphics
  • Timeframe-Alaska Clipart
  • Time Inc. Picture Collection
  • Yahoo! Graphics:Clip Art
  • Federal and State Resources
  • Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory
  • U.S. Department of Education
  • New Teacher's Guide To the Department of Education
  • Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
  • Alaska Department of Education & Early Development
  • Alaska Departmenet of Education & Early Development Standards
  • Technology Resources
  • Computer Education Online

  • This site is for teachers who want to use or are using computers in a classroom setting.  Contains helpful information on uses of the Internet/WWW and projects for the use of computers in the classroom. 
  • Integrating the Internet into the Curriculum

  • A hands-on tutorial to help integrate the Internet into the curriculum. Learn how to get started, how to integrate Net content into lesson plans and projects, and how to help students use the Internet in their coursework. 
  • Internet Applications In The Classroom

  • Links to K-12 classroom application projects and activities and resources for teachers, parents, and students. 
  • Online Lessons for the Classroom

  • Efficiently find information on the Internet to support learning activities, locate good instructional resources, design and develop an online lesson with embedded Internet resources. 
  • Technology in Education : Distance Learning, Learning Technology

  • Links to grants, general sites, distance learning, and photography. 
  • Technology Staff Development Resources

  • Curriculum guidelines, technology research information, lessons and tutorials for integrating technology into an educational program.

    Grant/Funding Resources

  • ALA Learning: Hot Links: Funding Opportunities

  • Links to sites with information about grants and funding opportunities. 
  • Foundation Center Orientation: Introduction to Grant seeking

  • Links to three funding research, foundation grants, what funders look for in a grantee, types of support grant makers typically give, effective tools for funding research, hints on proposal writing. 
  • Grant Resources on the Web

  •  Links to federal grants, foundation grants and tips on grant writing. 
  • Pacific Bell Knowledge Network Explorer - Grant Opportunity Resources

  • Links for locating grants, for writing grant proposals, some links to electronic and print-based information resources; plus an assortment of tools that will, among other things, help you make your own customized products. 
  • tech.LEARNING - Grant Opportunities

  • A searchable database with links to contests for students and teachers, scholarships, professional development, grants for schools and educators.
  • SchoolGrants 

  • Your one-stop site for K-12 grant opportunities.  Numerous resources for locating, writing, receiving, and managing grant proposals for the elementary and secondary education community. 
  • National Education Association
  • Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  • National Science Teachers Association
  • National Council for the Social Studies

  • International Society for Technology in Education
    General Resources
    Research Tools
    K-12 Directories
    Lesson Plans
    Curriculum Projects
    Curriculum Activities
    Classroom Management
    Assessment
    Graphics Federal & State Resources
    Technology Resources
    Grant & Funding Sources
    Professional Associations
    District Resources | Media Services