Teacher Sites EOU ED 490LIB

Erika Crans

The first site I found was the American Mathematical Society (http://www.ams.org). This site has everything you could possibly want to know about mathematics and more. I liked that the site had articles about what is going on in the world today with modern mathematics, and gave links to all kinds of tools that would be helpful in the classroom. There was a section on web mathematics that might come in handy for talented and gifted students to give them a little more of a challenge. Pretty cool site.

The next interesting site I found was the Reading ASSIST Institute, (http://www.readingassist.org). This site is kind of a simple site, but it offers links to all sorts of different information. For instance if you were looking for information on dyslexia, learning disabilities and reading, you could click on the link to dyslexia and find out anything and everything about it and how to work with it as it relates to reading. There are other links like to resources, research and newsletter of the organization. Also a great site.

The Science organization I found is called the American Association for the Advancement of Science (http://www.aaas.org). I am not really a Science buff, but this site is really user friendly. What I like the most about it is the different places you can go in it. You can either go in the parent section which offers all kinds of at home activities and information to share with children, go to the children’s section which has neat stuff for kids to learn and do, or you can go into the educator section. This section allows you to find anything you want to know and how to teach it. This would be great if you were hung up and did not know what to do…lots of ideas.

History For Kids, (http://www.historyforkids.org) is a wonderful site that is appealing to the eye and very user friendly. This site would be great if your students were searching for specific things in history. For instance if you were doing a lesson on presidents, or kings, or anything, it is very maneuverable and has great ‘child level’ information. I like those, they are easier for me.

This last one is a total kids web site (http://www.eduplace.com/kids). It has all kinds of online activities that children can play. They can go to science activities, games, books or brainpower. Under the brainpower door it is broken into different categories: brain teasers, web word find, using the web (instructions on how to do searches), and tackling reading (totally awesome). This by far is the best site yet.

Danielle Wieder

1. http://www.atpe.org/TeachersToolbag/speddisc.htm ASSOCIATION OF TEXAS PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS This site discussed various issues relating to the discipline of special education. It clearly stated what the law states regarding students with disabilities. It also discussed what to do in case of an emergency with on of these students. It also describes the student’s rights. And finally, it tells you how to deal with the parents of such students.

2. http://www.nprinc.com/index2.htm National Professional Resource Inc. This site is a great overall resource for teachers. It does not focus on one discipline, but rather has various links for all types of disciplines from math to reading to special education. This site offers many books that are available for purchasing through this website. My favorite part of this website is the differentiated instruction section. This has an extensive list of resource dedicated to this topic.

3. http://www.nctm.org/ National Council of Teachers of Mathematics This site is dedicated for teachers of math. It has the math standards listed. It has an online shop in which teachers can find products that will help them teach math. It also has a list of conferences/events in which math teachers can attend.

4. http://www.socialstudies.org/ National Council for the Social Studies This site is dedicated for teachers of social studies. Under the Your Classroom link, there are many options. One option for teachers is sample lesson plans. Also, there is a list of trade books for young readers. The link also includes the social studies standards. And finally there is an option for teacher resource available from this link.

5. http://educ.queensu.ca/~science/ Science Education Resource Page This site has link to science concepts for teachers. It also is developing a link that focuses on the professional development as teachers. Finally it has a science link available for teachers.

Kimberly Walker

1. I went to the American Library Association site. This had very good information on it for teachers. They had a list of the most banned books. Also the site provided a guideline for teachers to use concerning censorship. This guideline will help in the classroom to create a protocol if parents or students are questioning certain reading materials. This also had a great search engine, which provided links to Google for more library resources.

www.ala.org

2. I went into the Centers for Disease Control site. I did not see any links. I then typed in “teachers’ resources.” This brought up 2,215 resources. They appear to all come up in PDF format. They have guidelines for tobacco to making pedigree charts for diseases. They also provided lesson plans on certain health issues such as drinking clean water and the diseases that can be in our drinking water in the environment. They also had booklets that you can produce form the site on healthy eating. This was a great resource for teachers. www.cdc.gov

3. I went to the kids NASA site and typed in teacher resources. 46 resources came up. They had references for online games as well as many space topics. I am cutting and pasting this neat tool I have not seen before for teachers. http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Teachers/

Explain site layout and features

• The Mole, is our students helper.  When found on a web page, he provides a link to more detailed explanations.
• The Mouth, , is used to explain how to say words that the student may be unfamiliar with (e.g. Aerogel, say Air - Oh - Jell). We use this easy to understand method rather than pronunciation glyphs (This feature requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater or Netscape Navigator / Communicator 4.0 or greater).
• Buzzwords are really just glossary words used in the page.  They are indicated in the page using italics.  When you mouse over the words in the left column, a definition should appears (This feature requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater or Netscape Navigator / Communicator 4.0 or greater).
• News & E-mail articles are published one per week.  A notice of articles and support texts are included in our weekly e-mail distribution.
• Our Glossary contains a list of all the defined words on our site (see Buzzwords above) and what pages referenced the definition.
• Our Index lists all the pages we have on a given topic.

I will be using this site for sure!

4. The National Council of Teachers Math Organization had wonderful things for teachers. This site has the standards and implementations of them into curriculum. They also have sites for worksheets that you can reproduce as a teacher. The lesson plans were helpful and useful in trying to reinforce a math concept. They had links to wonderful links for all types of learners and settings. This is a good site for teachers. www.nctm.org

5. I visited the Olympic site. I also typed in “teacher resources” This brought up 64 links. There were lesson plans from the SLC Olympics, also trivia and history. I am doing a unit on the Olympics in Feb. so I am interested in this site. There seems to be more for the SLC Olympics then for Torino. I am going to have to spend some time here. www.olympic.org

Anna Dawes

http://www.byteachers.org.uk/
The Association of Teachers Website is a website created by teachers. 
In order for a teacher to put their information on the website, it has 
to be of high quality teaching materials for free, the material has to 
come from present or former teachers, and they have to be comprehensive 
and user friendly. This stie includes “60+ approved sites covering all 
curriculum areas and key stages, 18,000+ educational resources, 6000+ 
photocopiable teaching materials, 6000+ online teaching resources”
 
http://www.edhelper.com/
This website had a lot of neat things. It had theme units for whatever 
month it is, so right now it has theme units for February. Another 
thing I really liked about this website is it had the tool to make word 
searches, crossword puzzles and other puzzles. A couple other things it 
has is bibliographies on important people and writing prompts. 
 
http://www.theschoolbell.com/Links/months/January.html
This site was really neat. It was just a whole bunch of activities and 
lessons that one could use. These activities and lessons were grouped 
by month. This site is made by teachers.
 
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
This website allows children to write to Doctor math about math 
questions they may have. I learned about this website in my math 333 class. It 
has previous questions asked by students so you can go into the subject 
area and see if your question has been asked by another student 
already. If not, then you can ask the question you need answered
 
http://www2.nsta.org/sciencesites/
This website focuses specifically on science. At the top is all the 
different types of science and then below is a list of other websites that 
you can go to for specific topics. I felt this was more of just 
information. I didn’t really see any lesson plans.

Kelly Gaus
 
I find 5 very interesting websites.
The first web sit is for math. Anyone can use it its more students. One 
can ask a question and Dr. Math will get back with you. One can 
practice different math problems and one can learn how to do different  equations.
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
 
The second site I found was a science site was you could look up different 
information or read a magazine. This site had several other things 
one could do on this site.
www.sciencemag.org/
 
The third site was for reading it had several different sections that could 
help a teacher with different things like a struggling reader etc. 
There were also journals and newsletters one could sign up for.
www.readingrockets.org/
 
The fourth site I found was a writing site that one could get help with  writing a paper they would edit ones paper and help with other problems 
one may have with writing a paper. There was also a news letter.
www.powa.org
 
The last site I found was a history site. This site was very interesting 
because you could click on what type of history you were looking for 
and  get all kinds of information. It was like a history book on the internet.
www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
 
 

Constance Adelsberger

www.eou.edu is the website for Eastern Oregon University. This website includes library access, upcoming events, news, and a strategic planning section. It also includes a directory, an employment page, and a search page. This website is easily navigable and a good resource for teachers.

www.scholastic.com is a website that has book clubs, educational materials, popular brands, and free services. This website has teacher tools and sells books. It also includes a librarian section, a kid section, and an administrator’s, a teacher’s, and a parent’s section. This is a website that anyone involved in the school can benefit from.

www.atozteacherstuff.com is a website just for teachers. This site includes help with lesson plans, themes, worksheets, and online degrees. It also includes sections for discussion, a store, subjects and printables. This is a good place for teachers to go when they need tools to enhance their lessons or just to get ideas.

www.google.com is a popular search engine. I think this website would be valuable for teachers for many reasons. One of those reasons being its helpfulness for any type of inquiry. It is a very easy site to use and users can choose if they want to search for images or text. It also has a news section and local section. This can be a classroom tool to be used in almost any subject.

www.yahoo.com is a website that includes email, news, and a search engine. This website would benefit a teacher and classroom by allowing students to use email, search for information, and look up news. It also has games that could be used as a reward, and is easy enough that elementary students could use it.

Jennifer Lawson

www.infolit.org
This website is for the National Forum of Information Literacy. I think 
This is a reliable source. This site provides contact information for two 
Different people. This site is also updated weekly. It also provides a variety 
of links for visitors. For example; publications, member information, meetings, 
and definitions. I think this site is valuable for teachers becuase it provides 
them with related lengths to many topics.
 
www.oah.org
Organization of American Historians is a site that provides an 
abundance of information. For instance, it has links to search 
various lecture programs and information about attending different 
lectures. This site seems reliable. All of the information is current 
and factual. The last time this site was upadated was January 20, 2006. 
I think this is a great site for teachers, so they can get quick updates on news.
 
www.ala.org
The American Library Association is a member only site. It looks like  
it is reliable. It provides links to professional tools, education and 
careers, events, awards, and news. I would probably not recommend 
this site for classrooms primarily because it is a members only site. 
In case it costs money you do not want to have any problems.
 
www.planning.org
The American Planning Association is also a members only site. 
This organization consits of members who work for state and local 
government. This site talks abot planning policies, and land regulations. 
It also attracts youth and educators. It could be used in the classroom as 
an informational tool/research tool.
 
www.mlanet.org
The Medical Library Association is also a members only site. 
From the homepage you can see that it provides info about careers, networking, 
publications, and resources. I think this site may be a little advanced 
to use in a classroom. For teachers it may be a good source. I would 
not recommend this site for young students.
 

Amber Fischer 
 
http://www.esldirectory.com/ - This website is like a database for 
those interested in learning more about English as a Second Language. The 
ESL directory is a member of the AAIEP, and it has all the relevant 
information needed (updates within the past year, addresses and people to 
reach for questions or comments, etc.). 
 
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/ - This is the website for the 
Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute. This would be a 
good resource for a teacher doing a unit on Martin Luther King, Jr. It 
comes from the Stanford University site, so that alone gives it 
quite a bit of credibility. 
 
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/ - This website is hosted by PBS, and 
has many different resources for teachers across the curriculum. 
There is even an Online Professional Development that teachers 
can enroll in. 
 
www.nasa.gov - This would be a good website to go to if a teacher is 
doing a unit on space or rockets, etc. Tons of information on this 
website. 
 
www.ancient-egypt.org - This website is a resource for a unit on 
ancient Egypt. This website is a credible resource because it states the 
author, the sources of the information, and it is updated frequently. 

Farrah Kautz

5 Websites

http://www.learner.org/channel/workshops/hswriting/interactives/rubric/

This website helps you build your own rubric. Which I know will help all of us!!

http://www.clau.org/litlinks.htm

This website is a great resource for books for teachers. It gives all the award winning books.

http://www.schoolandteacher.com/ .

This website lets you create your own website for parents and kids to use from home. They can view there homework, exams, and other information.

http://www.eduscapes.com/tap/#1

This website gives a variety of things to do in your class and how to use them. Including internet resources, technology, literature library, and many other things.

http://www.suelebeau.com/teachresources.htm

This website gives links for lesson plans, classroom management, first day of school ideas, art, new teacher info, Esl info, and much more.

 Kim McDowall

To evaluate the five websites I have created a table with various criteria that each web site must meet in order to be considered reputable.

	Purpose: purpose of website is clear and easy to identify.	Author: author, organization, or creator of the website is easy to find and of reputable status. (Example: U.S. Department of Agriculture)	Content: The content is not biased. The information is backed up by research or there is listed references.	Currency: Is this website updated frequently?
www.ode.state.or.us The official website for the Oregon Department of Education	Yes	Yes	Yes	yes
www.oregoned.org The website for the Oregon state branch of public education employees union.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
www.amazon.com A widely used and respected multi-media shopping web site.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
www.ontariosd.k12.or.us The Ontario school district web site.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
www.eou.edu Eastern Oregon University official web site.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Matt Nielsen

1.starfall.com is a great resource for teachers. It promotes reading and writing and although it is an educational site it has its philosophy and research posted on line for anyone to see. Very reliable and teacher and student friendly. It has lots of downloads and teacher lesson helpers.

2. Monterey Aquarium- is another site that is great for teachers. They have loads of unit lessons and books and exploration ideas for teachers to buy or get for free in most cases. It is backed up by the research and finding discovered at the aquarium and noted oceanographers.

3. National Zoo Washington D.C.- a good sight that has a homework helper for students and teacher ideas. It promotes conservation of wildlife, but not in a redial way it is science based and kid friendly.

4. NASA/ Galileo spacecraft- good sight that is backed up with NASA research. It goes into detail about the Galilleo mission, Jupiter and its moons and Gallileo he. This would be a good overview sight with no specific lesson plans provided for teachers.

5.Smithsonian museum- is fantastic for teachers with a full range of lesson plans that can be downloaded for free. It also has a kids sight for more kid oriented learning and interests. A great resource that I never thought of before and government backed for authenticity

Tausha Krohn

http://www.teachers.net/

This site looks like a great resource for educators. It has everything from Job opportunities to lesson plans to chat rooms where you can discuss problems that you may be having and get feedback from other teachers.

http://www.kidzonline.org/LessonPlans/

This site provides free lesson plans from grades k-12. It looks like a reliable site with a .org status.

http://teacher.scholastic.com/

This site looks like an awesome on-line link to the infamous Scholastic program. It offers teaching tips, free activities for your classroom as well as lesson plan ideas. 

http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/

This is also another educational website hosted by a well known organization. The reliability and familiarity of the PBS name give you a sense of trust. This site has some lesson plan ideas as well as schedules of educational shows to look for.

http://www.ed.gov/index.jhtml

The US Department of Education has helpful links for Students, Parents, Teachers and Administrators. This would be a great site to find out what is going on with education in the legal realm.

Molly Lewellen

1.  Federal Resources for Eduational Excellence.  http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html   This site offers great information for Social Studies ideas and for other subjects.  It offers a guide for studying black history and culture, it explores the diversity of Africa's cultures and their influences on work, family and community.  It has narratives from slaves and over 500 photographs about slavery.  It talks about Brown vs. Board of Education and has a site on only this 1954 Supreme Court Decision.  It has special collections for Balck History Month and for Presidents Day.

2.  PBS TEacherSource.  http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/sci_tech.htm .  This site has great information for all subjects, including science.  It has featured lessons.  This time the featured lesson is on Scientific American Frontiers:  Going Deep, which is about deep sea diving.  It shows reccommended books, links and media lteracy.

3.  International Reading Association.  http://www.reading.org/   This site offers information about teacher Reading conferences and conventions.  It also has lots of information for teachers on beginning readers, adolescent literacy, conprehension and struggling learners. 

4.  National Geographic Education Guide-teachers, lesson plans.  http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/index.html .  This website offers tons of information.  It has a big section on exploring Earth and Mars.  It has different maps, facts and photos.  It has a short daily Geoquiz.  It has lessons on Martians and lessons about NASA.

5.  Health Teacher.  http://www.healthteacher.com/   This site offers updates every month on the 9 core topic areas in health, including the top six risk factors identified by CDC.  It's lessons are based on Assessment Framework.  IT has 282 lessons guides covering k-12.  Each lesson includes skills-based student assessment and transparency masters and student handouts. 

Bev R. Smith

http://k12.albemarle.org/Instruction/Gifted/linksgifted.htm

I liked this site because it had so many links and activities that we can do with those that are gifted. Too many times the gifted (or early finishers) are not pushed to their full potential and are allowed to slack off. I personally would want my child to do everything they can to excel in whatever subject. This site also has ideas for parents as well.

http://www.inspiringteachers.com/professional/edsites/

This site is a great resource! It is loaded with teacher ideas, mentoring programs, lesson plans, and much more! I spent a little while just going through and printing out tons of future useful information.

http://mathforum.org/mathed/constructivism.html

I have used this site before and really like it. It covers standards, assessment, activities, and even constructivism. There are many topics to go through. There are even links to educational journals and research (FIP!).

http://www.sldirectory.com/teachf/scied.html

This is a great resource for parents and teachers. There are links about science fairs, great lesson ideas, ways to find time for science. Plus everything is broken into categories such as astronomy and space, biology, chemistry, etc.

http://www.theteacherscorner.net/lesson-plans/writing/websites/

This is a fun site with lots of lesson plans, thematic units, resources, and seasonal items. There is also a book nook where you can get a lot of great ideas for your classroom library!