Whats Hot K12

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Whats Hot K-12

• Howard Gunther
• ACES Technology Solutions
• hgunther_at_aces.k12.ct.us

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INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS

• SMART Board Lessons
• K-3 SMART Board Ideas
• Primary Resources for SMART Board

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Enchanted Learning

• Enchanted Learning produces children's
  educational web sites which are designed to
  capture the imagination while maximizing
  creativity, learning, and enjoyment. Ease of use
  is a hallmark of our material. Children need the
  clearest, simplest computer interface, and our
  material is created so that the navigation and
  controls are intuitive. Our mission is to produce
  the best educational material, emphasizing
  creativity and the pure enjoyment of learning.

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Jan Brett

• The author/illustrator of picture books such as
  The Mitten and Trouble with Trolls has included
  some lovely printable ideas and drawings on her
  website.

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Kidspiration

• Kidspiration helps students see, organize and
  develop their great ideas. Using the proven
  principles of visual learning, young readers and
  writers build confidence in organizing
  information, understanding concepts and
  expressing their thoughts.
• Example North Canton City Schools
• Favorite Links Grades K-2

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Starfall.com

• Starfall is a creative website designed to teach
  children to read. We hope that this free website
  will help to inspire a lifelong love of reading
  and learning. The interactive books available
  here have sound - so please turn your speakers
  on!

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read-write-think

• ReadWriteThink offers a collection of online
  Student Materials to support literacy learning in
  the K-12 classroom. These interactive tools can
  be used to supplement a variety of lessons and
  provide an opportunity for students to use
  technology while developing their literacy
  skills. Click on the name of each interactive for
  a brief description of the tool and a list of the
  ReadWriteThink lessons that use the tool. From
  there you'll also be able to directly access the
  tool and use it in your classroom.

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Thinkfinity
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Educational Sites

• Thinkport Maryland
• Utah Education Network
• Connecting California's Classrooms to the
  World
• Kyrene School District No.28

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CyberGuides

• CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based,
  web-delivered units of instruction centered on
  core works of literature. Each CyberGuide
  contains a student and teacher edition,
  standards, a task and a process by which it may
  be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a
  rubric, based on California Language Arts Content
  Standards.

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Think Library

• What is LibraryThing?
• Enter what you're reading or your whole
  libraryit's an easy, library-quality catalog.
  LibraryThing also connects you with people who
  read the same things.

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Search Engines For Kids
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• Scholastic, the global children's publishing,
  education and media company, has a corporate
  mission supported through all of its divisions of
  helping children around the world to read and
  learn.
• BookFLIX Build a love of reading and learning
  with paired fiction and nonfiction online!

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Brain POP

• BrainPOPJr. provides educational movies and
  homework help for K-3 students. Each animated
  movie has quizzes, games, vocabulary, and
  activities for kids. BrainPOP Jr. is a great
  resource for teachers and homeschools, offering
  lesson plans and lesson ideas that develop
  critical thinking and inquiry skills.
• Brain POP the more you know, the more you know!

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Math Resources and Ideas

• Online Manipulatives
• http//www.arcytech.org/java
• http//www.matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/vlibrary.html
  
• Math Skill Practice Counting and MUCH More
• http//www.abc.net.au/countusin/default.htm
• Math Practice (mini tutorial too)
• http//www.dositey.com/addsub/addbasicml.htm
• South Washington Country School
• http//www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/virtualmedia/elemen
  tary/math/math.htm
• Math Forum K-2
• http//mathforum.org/teachers/elem/k-2/

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Even More Math Resources and Ideas

• Math Tool - Graphing
• http//nces.ed.gov/nceskids/graphing/
• Numbers to Graph Daily Ideas
• http//www.canteach.ca/elementary/numbers13.html
  
• Online Activity - Patterns
• http//matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/frames_asid_184_g_1
  _t_1.html
• Online Activity - Patterns
• http//perso.wanadoo.fr/jeux.lulu/html/anglais/al
  gorith/algoriA1.htm
• Math Links http//www.mysciencesite.com/links_1.ht
  ml
• Gamequarium http//gamequarium.com/math.htm
• Online Math Games http//www.theschoolbell.com/Lin
  ks/math/number_families/main/games_online.html

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Teacher Resource

• Teacher Resources - Tools
• http//www.educationalpress.org
• Graphic Organizers - To Print
• http//www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.ht
  ml
• Teacher Resources Tools - http//4teachers.org
• Word Wall Lists and More
• http//www.k111.k12.il.us/lafayette/fourblocks/wo
  rd_wall_grade_level_lists.htm
• Comprehensive Tools and Resources
• http//www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/pal
  masola/SRW.htm
• Publish a Book
• http//library.thinkquest.org/J001156/makingbooks
  /makeown.htm

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Teacher Resource

• CyberSmart
• http//www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/home/
• Literature Learning Ladders http//eduscapes.com/l
  adders/index.html
• Animated Alphabet
• http//www.inklesstales.com/alphabet/
• K-4 Computer Class
• http//anthonywayneschools.org/monclova_primary/G
  rade_Levels-Special_Areas-Faculty/Faculty/Yoder_Li
  sa/index.html
• Mrs. Silvermans WebFolio
• http//www.kids-learn.org/
• eduScapes a site for life-long learners of all
  ages

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Stories Online

• The Screen Actors Guild Foundation is proud to
  bring you Storyline Online, an on-line streaming
  video program featuring SAG members reading
  children's books aloud. Hand-picked by BookPALS
  National Program Director Ellen Nathan, a former
  teacher and librarian, each of the books on this
  site offer an accompanying lesson plan and
  activity guide.

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Thematic Units

• Thematic Unitshttp//www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/sp
  ecialeducation/ecthematic/index.html
• Thematic Ideashttp//www.preschoolbystormie.com
• Themeshttp//hometown.aol.com/iteach345/
• A World of Kindergartens A HUGE collection of
  links by theme or topichttp//shade.grove.iup.edu
  /njyost/KHI/KHI.htmlx
• Mrs. Fischers KinderThemeshttp//www.geocities.c
  om/teachermom22/
• Kindergarten Connection - Wide Range of
  Activities and Other Resourceshttp//www.kconnect
  .com/
• Literature Circles Resource Center   information
  and resources for teachers and students in
  elementary and middle school
• Specialized Search Engines and Directories
• http//webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/specialized.htm
  l

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Early Childhood Resources

• Early Childhood Teacher Resources A
  compendiumhttp//www.edupuppy.com/default.cfm
• Early Childhood Technology Literacy
  Projecthttp//www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/littl
  ekids/
• School readiness Informationhttp//readyweb.crc.u
  iuc.edu/
• Pattis K-1 Links A huge Assortment of really
  good reading and language arts linkshttp//teams.
  lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/patti/k-1/web/w
  eb.html
• Stormies Resources An Amazing Collection of
  Themes and Thoughtswww.preschoolbystormie.com
• The Phonics Room - Books, Ideas and Resources for
  the Alphabethttp//members.aol.com/phonicsrm/
• Alphabet Resourceshttp//mrsalphabet.com/links.ht
  ml

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Social Studies

• SheppardSoftware Whether you're learning for
  school, studying for college or working to
  improve yourself on your own, our learning tools
  will help you learn and grow. From our online
  games to our software packages, we make learning
  fun!
• Bens Guide To US Government
• National Geographic Expeditions K-Lessons
• Core Democratic Values

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WebQuest

• WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in
  which most or all of the information used by
  learners is drawn from the Web. WebQuests are
  designed to use learners' time well, to focus on
  using information rather than looking for it, and
  to support  learners' thinking at the levels of
  analysis, synthesis and evaluation. WebQuest Home
  Page

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acespdsigunther.homestead.com

• Finding things on the WWW can be a bit tough.
  There are thousands of Web Pages out there, with
  more being added every day, so it is tough for
  any one place to have a full listing of what's on
  the Net. Luckily, after you are on the Web, you
  can do KEYWORD searches by using one of the Web's
  many search engines. Newbie's start by choosing a
  link...