Lial Catholic School

 Classroom 2.0 - A social network for educators coordinated by Steve Hargadon - http://www.classroom20.com/

Blog about free technology for teachers - http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

Interesting blog - http://classroom-technology.weebly.com/index.html

Twitter in plain English - http://www.commoncraft.com/twitter

Twitter - 50 ways to use for college classrooms - http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2009/06/08/50-ways-to-use-twitter-in-the-college-classroom/

Online creative projects for the K-6 classroom - http://www.jenuinetech.com/index.html

Digital media resources - http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/digitalmedia.htm#Photo_Storage

Blogging about web 2.0 - http://web20classroom.blogspot.com/2009/08/back-to-school-intro-to-social-media.html

Enquiring minds list of tools - http://www.enquiringminds.org.uk/try_it/digital_tools/?cost=0&stage=0&x=24&y=13&tag_id=0&orderby=ASC&ajax=false#dt_keywords_heading

*New* Teacher Online Training "The SMART Insider" with some great tips - http://www.teacheronlinetraining.com/home/smartinsider/smartvol4.html

*New* Blog about interactive whiteboards - http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2009/06/powerful-images-to-give-lessons-punch/ 

*New* Another blog about smartboards - http://technologypd.pbworks.com/Smartboards+%28Part+1%29 and http://technologypd.pbworks.com/Smartboards+%28Part+2%29

NWOET recommended link from Tonya:  http://nwoet.org/resources/smartboards1.php

Smart Education resources: http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-us/   or http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+activities/SMARTIdeasActivities/USA/

 Resources from NWOET for SmartBoards: http://nwoet.org/resources/smartboards.html

Engaging Learners the SmartBoard Way (from Annette Lamb): http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/

Interactive Whiteboard Resources from the Amphitheatre School District (Tucson, Arizona):

http://www.amphi.com/departments/technology/whiteboard/lessonplans.html

Interactive Whiteboard Resources from the Wacona Elementary School in Waycross, Georgia:

http://www.wacona.com/smartboard/smartboard.html

Resources by topic from another elementary school in Virginia:

http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/howto/smartboard/lessons.htm

Resources from Lee's Summit, Mo:

http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/smartboard.htm

The Kenton County School District, SmartBoard resources for math: http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us/SmartBoard/smartmath.htm

Interactive Whiteboard Resources from WMnet: http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/14.cfm  or

http://www.wmnet.org.uk/14.cfm?s=14&m=80&p=78,index&zs=n

Interactive whiteboard resources from the UK - http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/15.cfm?s=15&p=550      or      http://www.iwb.org.uk/

ISTE newslettter for Sept/Oct, 2009- http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Publications/LL/LLIssues/Volume3720092010/SeptemberOctoberNo2/L_L_September_October_2009.htm

PBS Teachers toolkits - http://www.pbs.org/teachers/activitypacks/

Free resources and worksheets - http://www.sparklebox.co.uk/

NPR :   David Macaulay's new book about the human body - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95428020

 Pope's Visit:

One of the websites recommended in email - http://www.pflaum.com/popesvisit/new_index.htm

The Holy Father's visit April 15-20 (2008) provides a unique opportunity for children to learn more about him and the papacy. There are links for free teaching ideas and reproducible activities you can use with students in primary and intermediate grades.

Another website - http://www.uspapalvisit.org/    This website is from the "United States Conference of Catholic Bishops" and will feature streaming video of the events while the Pope is in the U.S.  It's also sponsored by the Archdiocese of Washington and New York.  There are teaching resources here, also.

United Streaming - a large online multimedia library of educational videos and images.  It is appropriate for every age and learning level, correlated to state standards, and searchable by keyword, subject, topic, grade and curriculum standard.                                             Go to http://www.unitedstreaming.com  Our school subscribes through NWOCA.  See Mrs. Jones for the Lial passcode and you can set up your own account.

NWOCA - The A-site that provides our Internet access.  The web address is http://home.nwoca.org    Teacher school email accounts are available through Mrs. Jones.  NWOCA also has several classes for professional development.

NWOET - The ed tech.agency we belong to that is located at BGSU.  The web address is http://nwoet.org    There are several professional development classes as well as an entire media library.  The postage is paid to receive and return the videos.  A print catalogue is in the staff lounge but the entire listing is online.  See Mrs. Jones if you want help ordering.

INFOHIO - The source for educational resources sponsored by the State of Ohio.  There are links for students and educators that are reliable and safe.  This site is highly recommended and reliable and the resources are free.  http://www.infohio.org   To use it from home, you need a username and password.

Enchanted Learning - A website full of activities and crafts, as well as a child-friendly search engine. 

Tech Teachers - Meg Ormiston is a leader on the use of technology in education.  The resource section is full of ideas in all subject areas.  Enjoy!        http://www.techteachers.com/

Daily Dose of the Web
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/daily_dose.htm
A Web site that changes content on a daily/weekly basis -- for use in a k-12 classroom

 (the online teacher resource) http://teachers.teach-nology.com

Meridian - A Middle School Technologies Journal    http://www.ncsu.edu/meridian/

Scholastic website with many ideas for teachers http://teacher.scholastic.com/index.asp

Tech Trekers - A lot of resources -- including free things for teachers  http://www.techtrekers.com/

Learn the Net - section on protecting your computer : http://www.learnthenet.com/english/section/protect.html

Busy Teacher's Cafe - a K - 6 Resource for Educators - http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/

Another website for Busy Teachers with internet resources by subject -  http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/homepg.html

Icebreakers for back to school - http://712educators.about.com/cs/icebreakers/a/icebreakers.htm

Public library of science - http://www.plos.org/

Science website about autumn - http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/SciRefGuides/autumn.html

Information literacy - how to evaluate a website (sources explored by Mrs. Jones on this topic.)

http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=328

http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic32.htm

http://www.library.jhu.edu/researchhelp/general/evaluating/

http://www.widener.edu/Tools_Resources/Libraries/Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/659/

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20030821thursday.html

http://www.amlainfo.org/

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/special_initiatives/wa_resources/wa_teachers/backgrounders/warlick_evaluating.cfm

keyboarding lessons online  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

Halloween ideas http://teachers.teach-nology.com/themes/holidays/halloween/

Tools for teachers to use - http://www.4teachers.org/

4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering FREE online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use. Discover valuable professional development resources addressing issues such as equity, ELL, technology planning, and at-risk or special-needs students.   ALSO - Add new technology skills to your "tech toolbox" or explore the world of words in the "Technology Glossary" at this rich site for teachers.  http://www.4teachers.org/techalong

Another resource - http://altec.org/index.php

At ALTEC, the Advanced Learning Technologies in Education Consortia, we watch the Internet; we watch how people use the Internet; and we watch the newest innovations applying the most recent telecommunication initiatives and translate them into educational solutions. Internet users are willing to seek information and judge resources, share information, communicate and work with people they have never met, invest in things they have never seen, and build things they could never build or use in the physical world. The Internet is an unbelievable learning environment.

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Resources at Noodle Tool - Bibliography and Information Literacy - http://www.noodletools.com/  Teacher resources include: 21st Century Literacies
Tools for Reading the World;  Curriculum Collaboration Toolkit
Tools for Shared Teaching and Learning; and The Ethical Researcher
Tools for Teaching Academic Integrity

http://www.arcytech.org/java/b10blocks/b10blocks.html  Base 10 Blocks

http://www.arcytech.org/java/b10blocks/description.html#description  Description and lesson plans for the Base 10 Blocks program

Illuminations has links to 726 math resources on the web. Click on a Standard below to find the types of resources you're looking for http://illuminations.nctm.org/WebLinks.aspx

Math test activities - http://www.thatquiz.org/

Free math tutorials, problems, and worksheets - http://www.analyzemath.com/

The main page for schoolrack, which is easy to use from any computer (at school or home) - www.schoolrack.com           It's a free account.

Another site that you can create an account is sponsored by Scholastic.  It is http://teacher.scholastic.com/tools/    Try the Class Homepage Builder. 

If you set up a website, please let Mrs. Jones know so she can put a link at the lialschool.org site.