Educational+Resources

**__Educational Resources__** >>>
 * ===__**Reading Comprehension Strategies**__===
 * [|Think, Pair, Share]
 * ===__**Art Resources**__===
 * [|LiteBrite]
 * [|Art Links] (Kids Konnect - over 25 art links)
 * ===__**Assessment**__===
 * [|PSAT for Educators] (Indiana Department of Education video - 26 min. 02 sec)
 * [|PSAT Tools for Students] (Indiana Department of Education video - 19 min 32 sec)
 * [|All Things Assessment] (Collaborative site where educators discover new assessment practices as well as ideas for refining previously created assessments)
 * === __Early Childhood Education__ ===
 * [|Illinois Early Learning]
 * ===**__Educational Wikis__**===
 * Educational Origam**i**
 * ** __Elementary__ **
 * [|Kaboose] - (More than 10,000 pages of content relating to parenting and education; top choice for product reviews, crafts, family vacation planning tools, teaching tools, party planners, clip-art, contests, free downloads and much more to help parents plan)
 * ===__**For all or most disciplines**__===
 * [|Smithsonian Education]
 * [|Super Teacher Tools] (Games and classroom management)
 * [|Crossword puzzle generator]
 * [|PowerPoint Game Templates]
 * [|Brainpop] (Movies, quizzes, activities in various disciplines - Spanish version available)
 * [|The Differentiator] (Teachers create lesson plans or projects based on Bloom's Taxonomy)
 * [|Free iPod Apps] (Free apps downloadable for various grade levels and subjects)
 * [|TeacherTube][[image:http://www1.teachertube.com/images/screen_blue/communitySmallLogo.gif width="71" height="28"]]
 * [|Teaching Ideas]

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 * ===__**Math Resources**__===
 * [|Math practice site](by grade level)
 * [|Math Resources]
 * [|Mathalicious] (Lessons designed around real-world topics that develop both conceptual understanding and procedural fluency)
 * [|IXL - Math] (Math practice for Pre-K - Grade 8)
 * [|Xtramath] (Free web program to practice math facts. It allows you to set it up so that the next student's name comes up automatically.)
 * [|Lesson Planet] (Games for upper elementary math students)
 * ===**__English Resources__**===
 * __[|Complete Works of Shakespeare]__
 * [|English Resources]
 * [|Skype an Author] (Provides K-12 teachers and librarians with a way to connect authors, books, and young readers through virtual visits)
 * [|Free Audio Books] (Free audio books from public domain; download in mp3, iPod or iTunes)
 * [|Artifacts and Fiction - American Literature] (Video workshop for high school American literature teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and website; techniques for reading cultural, political, and religious artifacts and connecting them to the literature)
 * [|American Passages-A Literary Survey] (Professional development and classroom materials to enhance the study of American Literature in its cultural context; organized into 16 units; instructor guide; 30-minute documentary video series, literary texts and an integrated study guide)
 * [|Invitation to World Literature] (Multimedia resource with 13 texts introduced on video; excerpts of the texts are found on an extensive website along with background material and reading support; interactive timeline and resources for teaching)
 * [|Teaching Multicultural Literature in High School] (Workshop for high school teachers which explores the richness of multicultural literature through four pedagogical approaches: reader response, inquiry, cultural studies, and critical pedagogy; eight one-hour video programs which illustrates these approaches; background information on featured authors and analysis of their works; print guide includes discussion questions and activities; a website which includes resources about literature and teaching strategies)
 * ===__**Music Resources**__===
 * [|Incredibox] (Create music with a blend of different beats, instruments, voices and effects)

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 * ===__**Science Resources**__===
 * __[|Interactive Oceans]__
 * __[|Museum of Flight]__ ( Students work in teams to plan space flights to distant planets)
 * [|Animals - Kid Konnect] (Fast facts and links for over 50 animals)
 * [|Animal Planet] (Click on Explore by Subject, Fun and Games, or What's Hot)
 * [|Dna Tube] (S cientific site providing video based studies, lecturers and seminars)
 * [|Squishy Circuits] (A project from the University of St. Thomas to design tools and activities which allow kids of all ages to create circuits and explore electronics using play dough)
 * ===__**Social Studies**__===
 * [|Country Links] (Kids Konnect - Tons of links for 42 different countries
 * [|World Geography] (Kids Konnect - Over 50 links)
 * [|Learner - American History] (Twenty-two units, seventeen of which contain video and text materials, Web inter-actives, and hands-on activities. The remaining five units are classroom application units and have no video-related materials)
 * [|Social Studies in Action] (Teaching practices library, professional development guide with companion website based on the National Council for the Social Studies standards; documents 24 teachers and their students in K-12 classrooms across the country; lessons are designed to inspire thoughtful conversations and reflections on teaching practices.)
 * [|Democracy in America] (Video course for high school, college and adult learners ; 15 half-hour video programs, print guide, and Web site)
 * [|Methodology Workshop, K-5] (Video workshop for K-5 teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and web site)
 * [|Teaching Geography 7-12] (Video workshop for 7-12 teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and website)
 * [|A Biography of America] (Video instructional series on American history for high school classrooms and adult learners; 26 half-hour video programs, coordinated books, and website)
 * [|Primary Sources-Workshops in American History] (Video workshop for high school teachers; 8 one-hour video programs, workshop guide, and website)
 * __**Books (Reflections on Education)**__
 * Daniel Pink - __A Whole New Mind (Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future)__ - Creativity matters!
 * Sir Ken Robinson - __The Element (Why Finding Your Passion Changes Everything)__ - Arts and creativity must be encouraged in schools
 * Randy Pausch - __The Last Lecture__ - Find your passion, motivation, self-direction
 * James Surowiecki (Why the Many are Smarter than the Few and How Collaborative Wisdom Shapes Business, Economies, Societies and Nations) - The importance of collaboration
 * Tony Wagner - The Global Achievement Gap - Comparisons of U.S. students to students in other countries