435+Website+Sharing+Page

This is where you will add your website networking information when it is your week to share a valuable website with your colleagues (not content specific). Please make sure to add your information prior to class when you will be presenting.

Week 1 - Dr. Elizabeth Alderton NCTE - the National Council of Teachers of English is a great website discussing what literacy really means. This website also has links to research, publications, and professional development. http://www.ncte.org/announce/129117.htm

Week 2- Josh Pyne This site is a collaboration of links that lead to other database sites. All the database sites that are provided are related to teaching in one way or another. Some sites are collections of lesson plans that encompass all subject areas, while other sites are collections in-class activities and games that can be used at a multitude of grade levels and are subject specific. This site also provides a link to upload your own ideas and lessons so other teachers can share your expertise. [|http://www.teachertools.org]

Week 3- Brooke Friederichs This is a teacher resource page from PBS. Their resources include lesson plans, video clips, web activities, worksheets, and many other activities for a variety of age groups and all subjects. The also have links to professional development resources for teachers, and you can also purchase full-length educational tv programs from PBS. http://www.pbs.org/teachers

Week 3- Mike Riska This site is a good resource that gives ideas for lesson plans, thematic units, different worksheets, book lists, and many other useful resources. The site gives teaching tips for teaching different subject areas and also links you to a teachers forum which would allow you to ask or answer questions from teachers all over. [|http://www.theteacherscorner.net]

Week 3- Dan Curran FREE--Federal Resources for Educational Excellence, this is a valuable site for teachers looking for resources published by the federal government. These resources are provided by a long list of federal agencies ranging from the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission to the US Mint (and everything in between of course). As a science teacher I will look for resources from agencies such as the National Science Foundation, NOAA, NASA, and the U.S. Geologogical Survey; however, almost all other teaching subject areas are covered as well. There is something for every teacher, and best of all--it's free. http://free.ed.gov/

Week 4- Joshua Korotka This website is helpful with helping you as a teacher figure out how to incorporate technology into your classroom, whether it be computers or other technological we have in our school. It has real life applications and stories and how they were successful for both the teachers and the students. The website also tell you about current issues and how to deal with them in the classroom. It has some downloads you can purchase onto your computer to create your own quizzes and other activities. It links you to other websites that can be helpful for finding lesson plans and other activities you can use as a teacher. http://www.4teachers.org/

Week 4- Jim Krause Teacher's First is a website that has interactive games that a teacher can use in the classroom. It has lesson plans that you can easily select by grade and subject. Also, the website offers lesson plans for pretty much every Holiday. There is also a teacher share place where teachers can talk and discuss about happenings in the classroom. http://teachersfirst.com/index.cfm

Week 5-Brittany Rumphol This site is a good resource for teachers to find different web resources, practical ideas for the classroom, and a variety of safe ways to incorporate current technology and the web into the classroom. If you were to become a memeber of Teachers First, it is a good communication tool between teachers across the nation to share ideas, questions, and solutions. All in all, it is a great sources for all content areas as well as all ages. This site is free to sign up and in order for you to participate in the blogs or communication links you must register. You do not need to be a memeber to search the site for resources. [|http://www.teachersfirst.com]

Week 5-Kyle Mannel This website is very helpful in showing hints and ideas for teachers of all subjects to incorporate technology and gathering resources into your classroom. It also has a great link to many supporting websites which will help to get more technical with the particular subject you are interested in. Other than the typical idea of showing free gradebooks and different ideas for grading subjecst this site is helpful to teachers who may be experiencing difficulty with an ESL student. They give supportive ideas with lesson plans and different sites to apply worksheets to the particular idea you may have. The are both free and may require money, but for most of the main lesson plans and activities it is free for no charge. [|http://www.teacherplanet.com]

Week 6- Jackie Huebner E-PALS http://www.epals.com/ This website is great for any teacher wanting to integrate technology and global awareness into their classroom. Teachers can use this site as a way to compare ideas and lesson plans with other teachers from around the globe. The main use of this site is to connect students with other students from other schools/countries and to learn from one another. Students from different countries can work collaboratively on a project and send each other videos, audio files, digital images, e-mails, etc. Differences in ideas, religions, traditions, and culture can be appreciated and students will be better prepared to live in this very diverse world. Students will look forward to learning from their peers this way and this site is completely safe and secure, as the teacher can manage all aspects of this site, including access to each student's email account on the site.

Week 6-Casey Robers Discovery Education: This site has so much to offer the teacher and students. It includes puzzles and games. Offers teachers access to lesson plans. It offers web resources for the teachers and students. This site has worksheets based on subject area. These worksheets are great for the classroom. They are already made, just find one that applies to your subject and you can print it off and use it. There are also learning adventure, which are interactive. One can learn more about the stars or women of the century. This site offers tons of brain boosters for the students to challenge their minds. It also has "NASA at 50" which highlights key points in science history: there are movies for certain events from the past. http://school.discoveryeducation.com/

Week 7- Jake Larsh Teachers.net This site is a great site for teachers ranging from retired to just starting. IT has some of the same fundamentals we have seen from other websites: lesson plans, articles, chatboards, etc. The one thing that I really liked from it is the live section. There are chatrooms designed with certain time schedules for chatting on certain issues. This is also free of charge. http://teachers.net/

Week 7- Jacob Chadderdon http://www.learner.org/ This is a site that has gathered many media sources for teachers of every subject. Through this site you will be able to find and access many valuable video and media resources that can be used in the classroom. They are separated by their subject area, and grade level so as to make them easier to find.

Week 8- Ally Peerenboom http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/teach.jsp This is Scholastic's website that has a huge amount of resources for teachers, students and parents as well. Under the teacher resources, you can find lesson plans for all different subject areas, student activities for different subject areas, current articles related to topics relevant to education and a page for helpful books that can be used in the classroom.

Week 8- Nick Katsandonis http://www.teachersdomain.org/ This web site is an online library with over 1000 free media resources. These resources include video and audio segments, flash interactives, images, documents, and lesson plans. These could be used as both a teacher and student resource in a basically all subject areas, although it is funded by the National Science Foundation so it tends to be weighted in science information.

Week 9 - Oriel Boomgarden [|http://www.tolerance.org] This website is a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. No matter what subject you teach, this could be a valuable resource for building an accepting and positive classroom environment. There are sections for teachers, kids, teens, and parents. Under the teachers section, you are able to order, for FREE, kits and handbooks for your classroom that promote tolerance and acceptance. You can also view classroom activities/lesson plans submitted by other teachers, and get ideas for grants as well as help in applying for them. Teaching Tolerance is also a published magazine that can be viewed online or ordered for free in print.

Week 9- James Johnson http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/ This website, like many of the others, is a good resource for lesson plans and theme ideas. It also has a large forum area that allows teachers to ask each other questions looking for advice in all areas of education. It also includes a significant number of articles and tips from fellow teachers. These make this site a handy resouce if you need some help in a pinch.

Week 10 - Christian Vanseth http://www.teach-nology.com/ This website contains a lot of different resources for teachers, such as themes, tips, tools, rubrics, lesson plans, and worksheets. Each section has a large amount of ideas for all grade levels. Most of the content on the site is free to use and I would definitely recommend this site for any teacher that is stuck, looking for ideas, or just a way to spice up their old plans.

Week-11 TJ Tersine http://sciencespot.net/Pages/faq.html This website contains a lot of lesson plans and science ideas. I like this website because it actually has the files ready to use in pdf formate. This website is free. I like this cite because it has both biology and chemistry. However, thats not all, it has lesson plans for ecology, general science, astronomy, earth science, and forensic science. All of the lesson plans are free and are available without membership.

Week 11- Elizabeth Kutzke

This site is Council for Exceptional Children website to promote the education of special needs students. This site is primarily useful for those that are constantly immersed in the special education field, but could definitely be useful for a regular education teacher, teaching in an inclusive classroom. Resources available on this site are unlimited as to the process of educating special education students. Whether you would like a reminder as to the IEP process, how to adjust your activities and assignments accordingly, and how to assess students with special needs. I found this to be a helpful website as we really only have on course where we learn about the process of teaching a student of special needs. This would be a good resource to refresh and bring to life what was learned in that one course. [|www.cec.sped.org/]

Week 13? Chelsie Netzer __[|detention slip] __ I decided to do a blog for my website. It is called detention slip, and it has many differnt stories from newspapers around the counrty about education. I'm not going to lie most weren't pretty, painting a bad picture of teachers, but some were interesting, and others were just plain funny. I think its important to have a sense of humor, and not be too serious all the time. This blog lets you look at what is happening in schools across the country, and relax a little thinking that at least some of the hijinks posted isn't happening at your school

Week 13 Alisha Brandtmeier [|NEA.org] This website is from the National Education Association. It provides links to many useful resources. There are different sections for parents, educators, and current students. There are resources to use for the classroom for classroom management and also lesson plans. This website provides so many useful resources and you can also sign up for a membership and then you would be able to get the magazine subscription.