Art & Music

From The Minneapolis Institute of Arts   Explore the tools that artists use - like line, color, & balance - to build words of art.

http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/index.html

Art lesson plans by grade levels (Early Childhood to HS) with categories like Art History/games & ideas for subs & student teachers

http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/lessons.html

Rock n Roll Hall of Fame & Museum

http://www.rockhall.com/teacher/

Career & Evaluation

Education Jargon Generator-O.K., this is a little tongue-in-cheek, but when you need a few buzzwords for that evaluation paperwork or grant you’re writing, this site can really help.

http://www.sciencegeek.net/lingo.html

National Science Teacher Association

http://www.nsta.org/highschool/

National Council for Social Studies

http://www.socialstudies.org/

Glossary of Instructional Strategies-great resource for lesson planning

http://glossary.plasmalink.com/glossary.html

TN Curriculum Standards

http://state.tn.us/education/ci/curriculum.shtml

Classroom Management

The REALLY BIG List of Classroom Management Resources.  This may be the only URL we need in this category!

http://drwilliampmartin.tripod.com/classm.html

CTE

Discovery Education Site for CTE

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/vocation.html

California’s Dept. of Ed site for CTE-offers some resources we can use in TN too.

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ct/

Dr. Steve Yuen’s list of various Vocational Tech & CTE courses

http://dragon.ep.usm.edu/~yuen/votech.htm

Education in the News

Great resource for all the latest dealing with education.

http://www.educationnews.org/

The New York Times education page

http://www.nytimes.com/pages/education/

English/Language Arts

Insanely long list of website resources for language arts

http://www.sitesforteachers.com/resources_sharp/language_arts/languagearts.html

Read Write Think by NCTE

http://www.readwritethink.org/

California’s SCORE Cyberguides for various novels

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cy912.html

Web English Teacher-This is my all time favorite language arts website.  Resources on everything you need from vocabulary to Shakespeare to 6 +1 Writing Traits.

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/index.html

Ever created a “Wordle”?  No? Then take a look at this fun site.

http://www.wordle.net/

Mr. Marr’s English Help

http://www.joppamaplegrove38.com/Faculty%20Pages/Marrs/marrs_Help_file.htm

Knox Co Language Arts Page-See Jane’s smiling face! 

http://la.knoxschools.org

Foreign Language

List of Foreign Language Resources and Lesson Plans

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/eslsp.html

Educational Technology Clearinghouse-list of various websites 

http://etc.usf.edu/flang/index.htm

Spanish Resources from California’s Dept. of Ed

http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cybiling.html

General Education Sites

This site lists hundreds of internet resources for the classroom teacher.

http://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/stuff.html

Create a rubric for any discipline or assignment!

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

PBS-An amazing site & resource for educators.

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/

The Smithsonian Museum’s site for educators-something for all disciplines

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/index.html

Graphic Organizers

http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela/6-12/Tools/Index.htm

Lodge McCammon puts the curriculum to music. He has posted his songs for free here:
www.iamlodge.com/beans/

TCAP-Notice how this is NOT in the English section-everyone should check it out.

http://www.tennessee.gov/education/assessment/tswritinggr11.shtml

TN Dept. of Education

http://www.state.tn.us/education/

TN Curriculum Standards

http://state.tn.us/education/ci/curriculum.shtml

Math

Site created by Utah State.  Contains virtual manipulatives for math.  You can search by strand or grade level.

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Math Archive-List of various math sites for educators 

http://archives.math.utk.edu/k12.html

PBS-Math

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/math/

Science

Science Year-list of resources for teachers, students, and parents. 

http://www.scienceyear.com/home.html

University of Arizona’s List of Interesting Websites for Teachers (Mostly Biology & Anatomy)

http://biology.arizona.edu/sciconn/links.htm

Geological Society of America’s site for educators

http://www.geosociety.org/educate/resources.htm

Social Studies

Historical Scene Investigation-Designed to bring primary resources into the classroom

http://web.wm.edu/hsi/?svr=www

Over 220 PowerPoints for Social Studies & History

http://www.pptpalooza.net/

HUGE list of lesson plan and teaching strategies sites

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/plans.html

Technology in the Classroom

Knox Co. Instruction Technology Department’s Site

Apple’s site for educators

http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/

Microsoft Photo Story free download-great resource to use in the classroom, especially for visual learners.  See Brian Hellard for more information.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx

Podcasting in Education:

About Podcasting

http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/podcasting/

Podcasting Video Series

http://www.apple.com/education/resources/podcastingvideos/

Podcasting with Tony Vincent

http://www.learninginhand.com/podcasting/

Edupodder

http://www.edupodder.com/ 

Podcasting 101

http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=189500866

PowerPoint:

PowerPoint Templates for Games

http://facstaff.uww.edu/jonesd/games/index.html

Free PowerPoints, templates, clip art and more

http://www.pppst.com/index.html

SmartBoards/Active Boards:

Maximizing Your Smartboard with Smart Tools!

http://www.kenton.k12.ky.us/SmartBoard/smartboardindex.htm

Interactive Internet Resources-Full of resources for all disciplines.

http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edtech/resources/SBsites.htm

More Interactive Board Resources-Make sure you scroll all the way down on this one.

http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/rmc/tutorials/whiteboards.html

Streaming Video:

Works like YouTube, but unlike YouTube, it’s content safe and not blocked!
www.unitedstreaming.com  

Fabulous site full to the brim with educational films and other goodies.
Make sure you check out Common Crafts quick films about RSS Feeds, Blogging, Podcasts, and more. 
www.Teachertube.com