School Motto: SUCCESS IS THE ONLY OPTION

TEACHER RESOURCES

CALENDARS FOR LAB SIGN-UP
SOUTH LAB     NORTH LAB

Gradebook Tools and Reminders for Teachers
Teachers maintain a gradebook folder which contains the following 3 printouts each term: Class Summary and Student Progress reports you print out from Gradebook through the "Reports" menu. The third printout are the attendance summaries given to you by Dawnette via email.
HOW TO POST GRADES FOR MIDTERM AND END-OF-TERM
HOW TO PRINT END-OF-TERM REPORTS
PLAN/iassessment http://plan.iassessment.org
How to access the Granite School District Media Center (MS Word Document)
Attendance summaries are put in a teacher's gradebook folder at the end of each term.

Where to get rid of your E-Waste
http://www.recycle.slco.org/items/electronEquip.html

Free on-line Podcasting tools
audacity, LAME, creativecommons.org, ourmedia.org, freeplay.com (I will find actual addresses in time)

What is 21st Century Education?
Defined: http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/What_is_21st_Century_Education.htm
21st Century Skills http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/agelit.htm
21st Century school environment/building declaration:
http://www.21csf.org/csf-home/declaration/declaration.asp
Common Myths about Project Based Learning http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/PBL.htm#Common_Myths:_
Bloom's Taxonomy (a classification of levels of intellectual behavior important in learning) http://www.officeport.com/edu/blooms.htm
ePals Connecting classrooms accross the world http://www.epals.com
Webquest Information
http://webquest.org/index.php
http://annettelamb.com/tap/topic43.htm
eBooks Discussion
http://www.ala.org/ala/lita/litaresources/toptechtrends/midwinter2000
http://www.samizdat.com/howebooks.html
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1387/is_2_50/ai_83342858
Digital Images
MS Digital Images http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx

Request to unblock site by the GSD: http://www.8e6.com/external/submit-a-site.php

Across Curriculum
Utah Core curriculum for all subject areas: http://www.uen.org/core
AVID Teaching Strategies
http://www.humbleisd.net/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=102512&&PHPSESSID=c6c05d6504
Blue Ribbon websites organized by subject http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/index.cfm
FREE ~ Federal Resourses for Educational Excellence Teaching and Learning Resources from Federal Agencies http://www.free.ed.gov
LessonCorner's Puzzle Makers allow teachers to find or create their own free custom word search, scramble or crossword puzzles.
http://www.lessoncorner.com/puzzles
The Madeline Hunter Model for Lesson Planning http://www.humboldt.edu/~tha1/hunter-eei.html
Branistorming Made Simple(similar to Inspiration) http://bubbl.us
WatchKnow Video Curriculum http://www.watchknow.org/

Math sites
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
Internet Scientific calculator http://www.calculator.org/jcalc98.html
WebMATH ~ Solve your math problems today http://webmath.com
Free math worksheets from Lesson Corner http://www.lessoncorner.com/worksheets
Real World Math with Google Earth http://realworldmath.org/Real_World_Math/RealWorldMath.org.html

Enlish sites
American Indians in Children's Literature by Debbie Reese, Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.net
Web English Teacher http://www.webenglishteacher.com
Free on line study guides from Barnes & Noble http://www.sparknotes.com
The Best Words http://www.vocabula.com/VRbestwords.asp
Poetry Defined in many ways http://www.shadowpoetry.com
VISUWORDS - online graphical dictionary http://www.visuwords.com

Art
Pigments through the Ages ~ How Artists Have Colored Our Lives-http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments

Science sites
National Science Foundation Multimedia Gallery
http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/index.cfm?s=2

Interactive Mechanical Physics
http://lectureonline.cl.msu.edu/~mmp/applist/applets.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/27948/home.shtml
NASA Images http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/index.html
NASA eclips http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/nasaeclips/index.html

United States Economy, Geography, Government, Utah Studies
Utah American Indian Digital Archive http://www.utahindians.org
http://countrystudies.us/united-states
http://www.classbrain.com
Cival war letters, diaries, newspapers, speeches, records http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu
Analysis of Electoral Voting throughout time http://www.270towin.com
TED Ideas worth spreading http://www.ted.com
WORLDMAPPER: The world as you've never seen it before http://www.worldmapper.org
We Shall Remain-Utah Indian Curriculum Project http://www.kued.org/productions/weshallremain/
Utah Indian Curriculum Project http://www.hum.utah.edu/amwest/

English
So You Want to be an English Teacher http://irascibleprofessor.com/comments-12-15-08.htm

Language Sites
Images of France http://www.imagesfrance.com

Safe educational site for students and educators: http://www.nettreker.com

CNN http://www.cnn.com
Salt Lake Tribune http://www.sltrib.com
Deseret News http://deseretnews.com

Free Worksheet Generator http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/worksheetgenerator
Lesson Plans and Activities from Scholastic.com http://teacher.scholastic.com/index.htm
Utah Education Network http://www.uen.org
Ideas to help integrate technology http://twi.classroom.com/workshops/tateks

Pioneer - Utah's Online Library http://pioneer-library.org
Salt Lake City Library http://www.slcpl.lib.ut.us/index.jsp
University of Utah http://www.lib.utah.edu

PuzzleMaker http://www.puzzlemaker.com
Crossword Puzzle Games http://www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com
MazeMaker http://hereandabove.com/maze
Word Find Puzzle Builder http://kids.msfc.nasa.gov/Teachers/WordFindBuilder/PuzzleBuilder.html
A+ Math Flash Creator http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/Flashcard_Creator.html
Rubric Creator http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
Hero Generation-create an action hero http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/heromachine2/heroMachine2.asp

Kid's Domain On-Line Games http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/index.html
Fake Out http://www.eduplace.com/fakeout
Funbrain http://www.funbrain.com
Name that Candybar http://www.sci.mus.mn.us/sln/tf/c/crossection/namethatbar.html
Kid's Clubhouse Brainhouse Teasers http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/index.html
How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/index/htm
Sports Arcade http://www.sikids.com/games/index.html
The Yuckiest Site in the Universe http://www.yucky.com
Zeek Games http://www.zeeks.com/Games/ZeekGames.asp
Yahooligans! Games http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/games

Geography
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/maps.htm
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/
http://geography.about.com/od/blankmaps/Blank_and_Outline_Maps.htm