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Standards-Based
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Searchable
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Ease
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AskEric
Virtual Library
http://ericir.syr.edu/ |
Lesson
plans seem to contain the state standards of the state that
the submitting teacher is from. |
Yes.
Allows lesson plan searches by both levels and keyword, plus
a general search tool for the ERIC database. |
Site
very easy to use - lots of point and click.
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Over
3000 resources including Internet sites, educational organizations,
lesson plans. |
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Blue
Web'n
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
Blue
Web'n is an online library of 1200+ outstanding Internet sites
categorized by subject, gradelevel, and format (lessons, activities,
projects, resources, references, & tools).
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No |
You
can search by grade level (Refined Search), broad subject area
(Content Areas), or specific sub-categories (Subject Area).
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Very
easy |
Each
week 5 new sites are added. You can get a list and description
of these additions sent to you by signing up below for free
weekly updates! |
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Classroom
Connect
http://www.classroomconnect.com
Most
of the resources want you to become a subscriber. Free two
week trial subscription is available - then after that, it
is fee based.
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Delawise
http://delawise.org/home2.asp |
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Discovery
Channel School
http://school.discovery.com/
A library
of teacher created lessons and resources geared to the various
grade levels, standards. Excellent lessons with connecting
web sites and other resources.
Easy to integrate into social studies curriculum. Well written
lessons.
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Yes,
Standards are listed for each lesson plan, however some use
national standards, while others use Mcrel standards or the
author's individual state standards |
Connected
to several Web Sites that are excellent resources |
Very
user friendly; There are resources for teachers, students and
parents. |
Great
site with a multitude of lessons in all content areas. Lots
of good links, but some are outdated. The quality of the lesson
plans varies, but generally worth the time to search them out.
Nice clip art collection. |
Education
World
http://www.education-world.com/ |
Some,
but inconsistent; depends on links |
- Keyword
search only and results vary; requires user filtering.
- Have
directories - can't search on grade level
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Good |
Achieved
articles are easy to browse. Educators' reviews of software
are comprehensive and up to date. Search engine dedicated to
educational sites. Good descriptions of sites and listings by
grade levels being targeted. |
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Evalutech
http://www.evalutech.sreb.org/
EvaluTech
is a searchable database that contains more than 7000 reviews
of instructional materials recommended for classroom use in
kindergarten through grade 12. Products evaluated include
computer software, audio/visual materials, CD-ROM-based reference
databases, websites, and print materials. Evaluation criteria
include some correlation to state student academic standards.
There is no fee for searching or for printing reviews.
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Evaluation
criteria include some correlation to state student academic
standards. |
- Site
does not contain lesson plans
- Resources
are searchable. Criteria includes keyword, subject, grade
level groupings, title, author, series, publisher, copyright
date, and issue date
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Easy
to use and search |
- Quality
and quantity of contents was somewhat limited
- Interesting:
A search on Civil War, free websites, yielded nothing yet
the reviewer knew there were sites that would have been
applicable including primary source documents.
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FREE
(Federal Resources for Educational Excellence)
http://www.ed.gov/free/
More
than 30 Federal agencies formed a working group in 1997 to
make hundreds of federally supported teaching and learning
resources easier to find. The result of that work is the FREE
web site.
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Did
not appear to be |
- Site
is searchable for lesson plans based on content area
- Quality
of lesson plans is dependent on contributing site; it is
doubtful it is juried.
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- Frustrating
- Requires
a great deal of visual sorting and discrimination in selection
of plans
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- This
is a repository for government resources. There is no consistency
in what is posted
- Section
of resources for students
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Gateway
to Educational Materials
http://www.thegateway.org/
The Gateway
to Educational Materials (GEM) is a Consortium effort to provide
educators with quick and easy access to thousands of educational
resources found on various federal, state, university, non-profit,
and commercial Internet sites. GEM is sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Education.
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No |
Site
allows searching by subject and allows you to narrow this. Provides
fields for Boolean searching. Can search for resources that
apply to K to higher and adult ed. Search engine does not allow
you to narrow your search by choosing lesson plans, units, or
general resources. |
Moderately
easy |
This
vast compilation can produce some good resources, but you have
to filter through all the search results for the format you're
looking for. |
Kathy
Schrock's Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html
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Marco
Polo
http://marcopolo.worldcom.com/
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Yes,
national standards |
Yes;
in multiple ways. |
Yes |
All
lesson plans are created and evaluated by nationally recognized
organizations. Content includes lesson plans and curriculum
materials. |
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Microsoft
for Teachers
http://www.microsoft.com/education/
This
site might be useful if you want to integrate Microsoft products
into your curriculum, but not good for much else. Type face
was very small, difficult to read.
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Network
of Regional Technology in Education Consortia
http://rtec.org/
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Pat
Sine's Award Winning Page
http://www.udel.edu/sine/
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Southwest
Educational Development Laboratory
http://www.sedl.org/pubs/tec26/flash.html |
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Teachnet.com
http://www.teachnet.com/
Teacher
resources a part of which are lesson plans; also has teacher
tools, sharing portals, games, tips, calendar sheets
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- Not
mentioned
- Lesson
are heavy on verbiage; objectives are not stated
- Cross
curricular ideas are presented
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By
curriculum area and category |
Lesson
plans
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- Cute
teacher resources
- Site
hacked in 2/02. The conference boards and our Resources
and Links section will be down until further notice. (as
of 5/9/02)
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Teach-nology
http://www.teach-nology.com/
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No.
Standards are not noted in lesson plan database or in specific
plans. |
Keyword
search, content area search, cannot search by grade level. |
Average
to Poor. Many of the featured sites have incomplete descriptions |
Rubric
maker that generates custom rubrics. Start from pre-made rubrics
and customize to your needs. |
Teach-nology
Lesson Plans
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/super_search/ |
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Technology
in Education: 180 Ideas and Resources for Teachers
http://www.ael.org/rtec/ideas.htm |
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Thinkquest
http://www.thinkquest.org/ |
No.
Quests are not necessarily based on standards |
Good |
Good |
- Entries
are Thinkquest winners and are top quality.
- Site
content varies
- Content
can be for both teacher and student use
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WebQuest
Page
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/webquest.html
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Varies |
Grade
level
Topic |
Easy |
- Quality
varied
- Although
these are linked from Bernie Dodge's homepage for Webquests,
the content of the quests has not been qualified
- Sites
and links have "aged":
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