Sunshine
State Standards
Department
of Education--Here is the official site for all of our Sunshine State Standards.
K-12 Weblinks Database--This
is a searchable database of web sites for Florida teachers, recommended by Florida
teachers.
Lesson
Plan Starters
Filamentality--This
is a fill-in-the-blank tool that guides you through picking a topic, searching
the Web, gathering good Internet links, and turning them into learning activities.
4Teachers--What an amazing
site if you are interested in creating web based projects or in having your
students get online specifically for your class.
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Remote
Work Email
Work
Email-- This allows you to check your work email when you are off campus.
WebQuests
The
WebQuest Page--Webquests are inquiry oriented activities using web information
and this site is the first place to look when designing or searching for one.
Maintained by Bernie Dodge, the guru of Webquests, it has hundreds of web sites
to use and great tips on utilizing this great resource in your curriculum.
About
WebQuests--This page is from Filamentality (see above) and here you will
find a description of webquests, a link to a fill-in-the-blank template and
a list of great links to some excellent webquest pages.
Web-Based
Projects--From the University of Richmond, here are webquests written by
university students as part of a course called Integrating Technology Across
the Curriculum.
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Continuing Education
FOR-PD:
Florida Online Reading Professional Development--This free class will introduce
you to everything you ever wondered about how children learn to read and it
will give you strategies to use in our secondary classrooms to help struggling
readers. There is no way to underestimate the importance of strong reading skills
to learning in all of our classes, so this class is a must. Need points to renew
your certificate?
PBS
TeacherLine--In cooperation with WBCC, Cocoa, and WLRN, Miami, PBS TeacherLine
offers a program of online professional development courses for educators. Because
this is part of a pilot project funded by the U.S. Department of Education,
Brevard teachers can take these $150 classes for only $20. Take a look at these
7-week classes.
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Copyright Basics
Copyright with Cyberbee--Despite the name, this site has seven excellent
links to copyright information plus a great lesson plan you can print out to
use with your students.
The
Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use--A handy chart and an interesting
quiz (scroll near the bottom of the page) provide you with pertinent information.
Copyright
Basics--Words from the folks who ought to know: the U.S. Copyright Office.
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Plagiarism Resources
Plagiarism.org
Research Resources--Find here printable resources for you and for your students
that explain what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. The student information
may be a bit involved for middle school students, but it may depend upon your
class.
Plagiarism
and the Web--A discussion by a college professor of plagiarism which includes
term paper web sites and some suggestions on how to keep students from plagiarism.
You'll find some good links here.
Plagiarism
Stoppers: A Teacher's Guide--Here is an extensive, annotated list of web
sites maintained by a media specialist at Naperville Central High School in
Illinois.
Beating
the Cheating--This web site is actually a webquest for teachers with the
goal of teaching you about plagiarism. Very interesting!
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Media Resource Services
Brevard
CountyMedia
Resource Serivces Explore these pages to learn about the many
ways in which library media specialists serve students and teachers here in
Brevard.
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Rubric
Makers and Templates
Rubistar--This
great resource will help you create a rubric tailored to your project's precise
specifications.
Teach-nology
rubrics--This site offers rubric generators that will allow you to make
rubrics by filling out a simple form.
Rubrician--The site
bills itself as the official site for links to rubrics, designed for educators,
teachers, parents, students, and evaluators.
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Worksheet Makers
Worksheet
Generator--From DiscoverySchool, you can make worksheets by choosing from
templates in the "Create a Worksheet" area or use one another teacher
has created from "Worksheets to Go."
Web Worksheet Wizard--This
site provides "a tool to help teachers create online educational material
for their students or schools." Take a look at the bank of worksheets that
have been created to see the huge variety of projects that are there. You will
get so many ideas for things for you and your students to do.
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