Cool Tools for Teachers

Rubistar - Build rubrics to assess student assignments and projects.
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Bloom's Taxonomy - explains levels of thinking involved in learning activities
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Thesis Builder - uses students own words to create a thesis statement for their essays and term papers

Essay Organizer - a template for the five paragraph essay
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Essay Punch Level1 - leads students through the writing process to develop a persuasive essay

Lesson Plan Banks - ready-made lessons for all subject areas
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Vocabulary Resources -
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Who Wants to be a Winner? - Download the game templates (PowerPoint) and add your own questions for Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Jeopardy, & Hollywood Squares.
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Bind it Fast instructions for binding a book
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Education World - Technology in the Classroom
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California Virtual HS - Have your students enroll and prepare for the SAT & ACT exams.
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Landmarks for Schools - Great Resources for Research
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The Avalon Project - a goldmine of primary source documents
OWL.org - practical tips, strategies tools, materials
Web English Teacher - Lots of resources for Literature and Literacy
Power Tools - ideas & services to simplify a teacher's job

Historical Videos - Collection of National Archives
Big 6 Information Literacy Skills - helps your students learn how to approach the research process

Big 6 Assignment Organizer
(grades 7-12) (grades 3-6) will help your students clarify the goals of their research assignment and organize the project before they begin

Super3 - Early Childhood Version of the Big6 Skills
Enchanted Learning Lots of enchanted activities and resources for young learners
Process Guides - scaffolding tools for various assignments
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Process Maps - Helps students to organize and analyze their own thought processes

Quality Information Checklist - helps students learn how to judge what is useful for their research
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NoodleQuest helps students learn effective search strategies

Virtual Museums - lots of online museums to visit
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Literary Concepts - Glossary of terms.
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Teacher Portfolio - template for demonstrating technology proficiency
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National Geographic Xpeditions - Atlas, forums, activities and lesson plans to meet national geography standards
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English Grammar Connections - interactive online lessons in grammar and writing
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Explanation of Thinking Maps - explains eight visual/verbal learning tools, each based upon a fundamental thinking process.
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WebBrain - a cool search engine

Process Templates