General Education Resources

1) The Problem Site – “A special problem solving site for both students and adults. Here you will find math problems, word games, word puzzles, mystery quests, and many other free educational resources.” http://www.theproblemsite.com/ 2) Articles for Educators – “Provides free lesson plans, classroom activities, field trip ideas, and other resources for teachers.” http://www.articlesforeducators.com/ 3) Tile Puzzler – “An online game which includes several variations on Pentomino puzzles…” http://www.tile-puzzler.com/default.asp 4) Crossword Builder – A utility that allows teachers to create challenging crossword puzzles. Create your own word-hint pairs, or use the built-in math support for math crossword puzzles. http://www.asymptopia.org/AsymptopiaXW_v26/xw.html 5) GCompris – An educational software suite comprising numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but still educational. Categories include computer discovery, algebra, science, geography, games, reading, and other. This is actual software. If you would like this installed, please submit a Technology Work Order. 6) TuxTyping – Educational Typing tutor for children. Features several different types of game play, at a variety of difficulty levels. 7) HippoCampus – “Your Free One-Stop Educational Resource” – This site includes resources (course tools, online software, resources, etc) for Algebra, American Government, Biology, Calculus, Environmental Science, Physics, Psychology, and US History, among others. This site also includes many online textbooks!!! An awesome resource for many reasons. http://hippocampus.org/ 8) Owl & Mouse Educational Software – “Free software for learning letters of the alphabet, phonics, letter sounds, reading. Free online US maps, world maps, map of Europe, puzzle maps of the US, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Build a medieval castle and make a coat of arms. All Free” http://www.yourchildlearns.com/ 9) FREE (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence) – “Teaching Resources and Learning Resources from Federal Agencies” http://free.ed.gov 10) FunSchool – “Free online educational games for kids as well as printable activities, coloring, and crafts that will help kids learn” http://funschool.kaboose.com 11) Wikiversity – “A project devoted to learning resources and learning projects for all levels, types, and styles of education from pre-school to university…” http://en.wikiversity.org 12) OpenCulture – Openculture has a large listing of free educational podcasts from universities and colleges. http://www.oculture.com/2006/10/university_podc.html

13) Thinkfinity – “Free educational resources for everyone” http://thinkfinity.org 14) Gamequarium – “An education portal to learning games and activities” http://gamequarium.org 15) The BIG Deal Book – CDWG’s Big Deal Book of technology packs a vast array of grant opportunities, resources for 21st century skills, worthy web explorations, free finds and other budget boosters, and skill-building and professional development into one resource. http://www.bigdealbook.com 16) In 2 Edu – A website offering a very large amount of resources for teachers. Authored by an ICT specialist from New Zealand. The world really is “flat”. http://www.in2edu.com 17) Teachnology – “Offers teachers free access to thousands of teacher resources, lesson plans, and rubrics. http://www.teach-nology.com 18) Microsoft Education – “Offers lesson plans, tutorials, and in-depth Microsoft product resources, including Office and Windows, for K-12 and higher education.” http://www.microsoft.com/education/default.mspx 19) Kids Know It – “Making education fun and free. Free educational websites for the young, and the young at heart.” http://www.kidsknowit.com 20) KidSpace @ The Internet Public Library – Library run entirely on the Internet. This link will take you to the “story hour” area, from which you can navigate the rest of the site. http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/storyhour/ 21) World of Teaching – Free PowerPoint presentations on math, science, language arts, foreign languages, etc. “Great for lesson plans” http://www.worldofteaching.com 22) Primary Games – Curriculum based and some free-time games for elementary school students. http://www.primarygames.com 23) Quiz-Tree – “Educational games and quizzes on many subjects, including Math, Reading, Spanish, Geography, SAT, Spelling, Music and more.” Ages 5 to Adult http://www.quiz-tree.com 24) ABC Ya! – “A leader in free & exciting computer activities for elementary students to learn on the web. All educational computer games and activities were created or approved by certified teachers!” K-5 http://www.abcya.com 25) High School Ace – “The Academic Homepage for High School Students”. “A web directory of the best free educational resources for teens.” http://highschoolace.com 26) Test Prep Review – A multitude of free online practice tests. Includes practice for the ACT, SAT, Accuplacer, GMAT, MCAT, PRAXIS, and many more. http://www.testprepreview.com 27) Graphic Organizer Templates – Use to help students “structure writing projects, to help in problem solving, decision making, studying, planning, research, and brainstorming.” http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/index.jsp 28) College.Gov – A U.S. Department of Ed. Site that aims at helping high school students prepare and pay for college. http://www.college.gov 29) BBC - Skillswise – “Improve English and Math Skills with Skillswise. Factsheets, worksheets, quizzes, and games to help improve your skills.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise 30) Teacher-to-Teacher – “created by and for America’s teachers … workshops, podcasts, sharing relevant information” http://www.t2tweb.us 31) Edutopia – The George Lucas Educational Foundation. “What Works in Public Education”. This site offers a variety of information, ideas, and articles. http://www.edutopia.org 32) PBS Teachers – “Resources for The Classroom.” A wealth of resources for teachers. http://www.pbs.org/teachers 33) Free-Ed.Net – “The world’s largest, fastest growing, most highly regarded source of totally free education.” Provides some powerful, free materials that could easily be used to differentiate instruction, provide make up work, and more. http://www.free-ed.net 34) MIT OpenCourseWare: Highlights for High School – “Highlights for High School features MIT OpenCourseWare materials that are most useful for high school students and teachers. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/hs/home/home/index.htm 35) SoftSchools – Provides free resources for many subjects. Resources include worksheets, games, quizzes, and more. http://www.softschools.com 36) Sites For Teachers – “Hundreds of Educational Web Sites Rated by Popularity” http://www.sitesforteachers.com 37) TeacherTube – Like YouTube, but focused on education related content. http://www.teachertube.com 38) Ventures Scholars Program – Resource Center – This page on the Ventures Scholars Program site has a variety of links to information on career exploration and the like. http://www.venturescholar.org/resource/careerexpsites.html 39) Blogs about Bloom’s Taxonomy – A list of link to WordPress Blogs that deal with Bloom’s Taxonomy http://en.wordpress.com/tag/blooms-taxonomy/ 40) A to Z Teacher Stuff - "A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily." http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/ 41) Net Smartz Kids – An interactive educational safety resource from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA for children aged 9 to 15. http://www.netsmartzkids.org 42) Annenberg Media’s Learner.org – “A collection of cross-curricular teacher resources and teacher professional development programs.” http://www.learner.org 43) If I Ruled the World – “A social community enabling students to interact with others and respond to the Big Questions posed each week”. Offers chances to win Promethean Learner Response Systems throughout the year. http://www.ifiruledtheworld.info or http://www.ifiruledtheworld.com 44) Etoys – “Educational environment for teaching abstract thinking in a visual way” “Gives students a visual programming system for learning 21st century skills” http://www.squeakland.org 45) CyberSleuth Kids – “A specialized K-12 Internet search engine committed to sorting through the seemingly infinite resources on the Internet to create a database of safe educational Web sites.” Has topic lists and keyword search capabilities. http://www.cybersleuth-kids.com 46) DonorsChoose.org – An online charity service. Teachers submit requests, donors can give electronically. http://www.donorschoose.org 47) Disney Planet Challenge – “A highly-acclaimed project-based environmental competition for 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classrooms” http://disney.go.com/planetchallenge 48) New London Community Schools Quadrant D Lesson Plans and Resources – Provided by the New London Community Schools in New London, IA http://www.new-london.k12.ia.us/quadrantd.php 49) Primary Games – Educational games aimed at K-5, many would work well with an interactive whiteboard. http://www.primarygames.com/ 50) Jefferson County Schools Tutorials – A plethora of online resources for Reading, Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, and Assessment provided by Jefferson County Schools (Jefferson County, TN) http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interact-read.htm 51) ProProfs Quiz School– “Create a FREE quiz for your classroom…” Online quiz creation site. http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/ 52) eThemes – ”Your source for content-rich, kid-safe online resources that will help enhance your teaching and save you time.” – Maintained by eMINTS National Center http://www.emints.org/ethemes/ 53) Survey Monkey – Create simple online surveys for free. “SurveyMonkey has a single purpose: to enable anyone to create professional online surveys quickly and easily.” http://www.surveymonkey.com/ 54) Tiger Survey – Create more robust online surveys for free. “Replace your traditional low-tech, paper-based or phone-based data collection methods with a real time web-based interview system.” http://www.tigersurvey.com 55) Gliffy – “Diagram Software for the rest of us!” “Easily create professional-quality flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, and more.” http://www.gliffy.com 56) Bubble.us – ”A simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online.” “Create colorful mind maps online.” “Share and work with friends.” http://www.bubbl.us 57) Quizlet – “Study vocabulary or almost anything… Create your own flashcards… Share flashcards...” “Browse and use millions of flashcards created by other students and teachers, or create your own.” http://quizlet.com 58) Free Rice – This site offers a continuous “feed” of quiz questions in many subjects including Art, Chemistry, English, Geography, Language Learning, and Math. They offer to donate food to the hungry in exchange for answering the questions correctly. Interesting. http://www.freerice.com/index.php 59) LEGO Education – Not free. LEGO offers a vast array of tools and programs for education. Programs available for K-12. http://legoeducation.us 60) Fact Monster – Free reference materials, games and quizzes, and a plethora of other resources covering many subject areas. http://www.factmonster.com 61) Kid Info – ” KID INFO saves valuable time by providing - in ONE website directory - the BEST Pre K-12 curriculum links to quality websites, educational videos, and educational powerpoints. Kid Info also provides a collection of fun, interesting, and informative non-educational website links!” http://www.kidinfo.com 62) Awesome Library – ”…organizes the web with 37,000 carefully reviewed resources, including the top 5 percent in education.” http://www.awesomelibrary.org 63) Class Brain – ”…an educational resource site that has specially designed resources for K-12 and college students, as well as extensive resources for parents and teachers.” http://www.classbrain.com

64) Grade Fix – ” the world's most advanced homework planner. You enter how much time you have and what you need to do and GradeFix will automatically optimize your homework schedule” “Gradefix users show an average of at least a half a grade improvement in overall coursework.” http://www.gradefix.com 65) Shmoop – ” Shmoop will make you a better lover (of literature, history, life). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time.” http://www.shmoop.com 66) Doodle 4 Google – “A competition where we invite K-12 students to work their artistic will upon our homepage logo.” Students could win scholarships, a trip to a Google event, and other great prizes. http://www.google.com/doodle4google/index.html 67) Google Maps – A great tool that provides access to an almost “living” map of Earth. Provides pan, tilt, and zoom controls as well as traffic information, road maps, satellite imaging, and topographical views, among others. http://maps.google.com 68) Scholarship List – The Aztec High School Counseling Group provides a continuously updated list of scholarships that students could potentially pursue. This great resource can be found on the AMSD Web Site. The link to it is about half-way down on the left. http://www.aztecschools.com/students 69) Best Practices for Parent and Community Involvement – The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) Priority Schools Bureau (PSB) provides a “Best Practices Resource Guide for Parent and Community Involvement”. http://www.ped.state.nm.us/div/psb/dl08/Best%20Practices%20Resource%20Guide%20for%20Parent%20and%20Community%20Involvement.pdf 70) School Tube – ”A website dedicated to student video and media sharing for entertainment and classroom use. Students and Teachers can share video…” http://www.schooltube.com 71) Teachers’ Domain – “an extensive library of free digital media resources produced by public television, designed for classroom use and professional development” http://www.teachersdomain.org 72) New Mexico PBS Learning Media – “easy, instant access to tens of thousands of classroom- ready, digital resources including videos and interactives perfect for the Interactive Whiteboard, plus audio and photos, and even in-depth lesson plans” – FREE http://nm.pbslearningmedia.org