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  The teacher sites below will point you to websites with time-saving resources, as well as great ideas for   online collaborative projects.

 Lesson Plans

TeachNet.Com
Lesson plans, teaching tips, free clipart, bulletin board ideas, and education news.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
A categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
AskERIC Lesson Plans
More than 2000 unique lesson plans which have been written and submitted to AskERIC by teachers from all over the United States and the world
Zoom School
Zoom School is an on-line elementary school classroom with lessons in geography, biology, language arts, and early childhood activities.
abcteach
A quality educational site offering FREE printable theme units, word puzzles, writing forms, book report forms, ideas, lessons and much more. Great for new teachers, student teachers, homeschooling and teachers who like creative ways to teach.
TeAch-nology
TeAch-nology.com offers teachers FREE access to 19,000 lesson plans, 5,600 printable worksheets, over 200,000 reviewed web sites, 50+ teaching articles, 60 teaching themes, rubrics, educational games, teaching tips, advice from expert teachers, current education news, teacher downloads, web quests, and teacher tools for creating exciting classroom instruction.
TEAMS Distance Learning
Thousands of quality FREE Pre-K- 12 resources for educators including lesson plans, classroom projects, holidays, and more in all curricular areas! Also find timely FREE resources for administrators, beginning teachers, technology/ library/ media specialists, and parents.

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 Online Collaborative Projects (Here are some sites that have several projects listed):

Global Classroom Projects
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/gc/projects.htm
Global SchoolNet's Project Registry
http://www.gsn.org/pr/index.cfm
Global Schoolhouse Projects and Programs
http://www.gsn.org/project/index.html
Houghton Mifflin's Project Center
http://www.eduplace.com/projects/
Join an On Line Project
http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/online/join.htm
KidProj
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/projects.html
Learner Online
http://www.learner.org/
NASA's Online Interactive Projects
http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/interactive/
NickNacks Telecollaborative Project List
http://home.talkcity.com/AcademyDr/nicknacks/EdHelpers.html

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 Assessment Tools:

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Assessment Rubrics
Rubrics & Assessement Tools both for online projects and in class activities. There are also several sites that provide graphic organizers.
Teach-nology Rubrics Maker
The rubric generators on this site will allow you to make grading rubrics by filling out a simple form. The materials are made instantly and can be printed directly from your computer. Your creations are exclusive to you. If you would like to keep your creations, save them when you make them. Included are rubric makers for paragraph writing, persuasive writing, research reports, projects, webquests, handwriting, keyboarding.....
Rubistar
RubiStar is a tool to help the teacher who wants to use rubrics but does not have the time to develop them from scratch.
Rubric Builder
The Rubric Builder enables teachers to build effective assessment rubrics and to make them available over the World Wide Web.

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 Copyright Information:

Copyright in an Electronic Environment
Explains fair use in student projects and Web pages.
Copyright for Educators
This site is maintained by the Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC), a meta-site for librarians, teachers, parents and students. Includes useful information on copyright.
CIM - Copyright Implementation Manual
Online reference site for the staff of Groton Public Schools of Mystic, Connecticut. You will find the page entitled Copyright Resources on the Internet.quite useful.
Copyright and the Internet
Extensive collection of copyright Web sites from George Mason University.
10 Big Myths about copyright explained
Frankly discusses laws of Internet copyright.
Copyright Guidelines
Good review of copyright guidelines.
Copyright FAQ's
Answers to frequently asked copyright questions.
Permission to Link or Post
Examples of form letters that may be used to request permission to use graphics or links.

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 Teacher Tools:

Kathy Schrock's Online Tools For Classroom Use
This site offers busy teachers such tools as calendar makers, certificate builders, timeline makers, citation makers, create a Venn diagram, create a map, project posters.....
Kathy Schrock's Ed Tools
Many online tools to make a teacher's work easier.
Rona's Teacher Tools: Every Teachers Best Friend
preparation tools, worksheets, most popular sites, lesson plans, web quests, rubrics, certificates, calendars, flash cards, puzzles, and language tools. Be sure to check out the calculator page.
Free Things for Educators
Free things for teachers.

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 Technology Tutorials:

Technology Tutorials Found on the Web
This Internet4Classrooms site has many tutorials of interest to teachers including MS Office, Kidspiration, Inspiration KidPix, digital cameras, and more.
On-line Practice Modules
Helpful practice modules to use to master the skills needed to use Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Internet Explorer, Dreamweaver, Windows/PC, Netscape, Inspiration, Works, Claris HomePage, Hypertudio, WebQuests, and Macintosh.
Techtorials
These tutorials are created by Lorrie Jackson, K-8 Technology Integration Specialist, Lausanne Collegiate School. Topics include using EXCEl in K-12 classrooms, writing storybooks with PowerPoint, creating a timeline in EXCEL, fun keyboarding activities for kids, simple OFFICE activities for grades K-6, and many more. A new techtorial is published weekly.
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