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• The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education "Ask an Expert" resources - A list of experts in the sciences
• Ask Dr. dig - Dr. dig is here to provide the answers to all your archaeology questions!
• Pitsco's Ask an Expert Page - Extensive list of experts organized by subject
• Ask an the Experts (from refdesk.com)
• Ask an Expert Sources - Other places to look for experts
• Tips for using Ask an Expert - Scroll down the page to get to great information on choosing an expert, preparing the expert, preparing your students, designing questions, submitting questions, and the follow-up.
• Jeopardy Games created by Teachers - Various Jeopardy games listed here; also the Jeopardy PowerPoint template and an Electric Portfolio template (in PowerPoint)
• PowerPoint Jeopardy - Jeopardy and Double Jeopardy templates; Excellent set of teacher directions
• Multi-Q: A Question & Answer Review Game Designed for Use in the Classroom -This is similar to Jeopardy with Template and teacher directions
• How Do I Make A Jeopardy Game - Step by step directions
• PowerPoint Activities - Templates and Directions; Examples of Jeopardy Games and Other PowerPoint Lesson Ideas
• Web Resources in Quiz Show Templates - Many game show templates such as Quiz Show Review. Who Wants to Be Rich, GLC Squares, Multiple Choice PPT Game, The Strongest Link, Wheel of Knowledge, and others.
• Jeopardy Templates and Other Games
• DiscoverySchool's Puzzlemaker - This is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word searches, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. Choose from 11 different types of puzzles and follow step-by-step instructions for adding in your content. You can also save time by using one of their ready-made vocabulary word lists.The Puzzlemaker User Guide takes you through the process of creating, customizing and saving puzzles.
• Quiz Hub - Quiz Hub is a fun interactive learning center that features educational games, puzzles, and quizzes.
• Teacher Site on Scholastic.com - Check out the free tools and resources for your classroom. This site offers online activities, "Writing with Writers" workshops, lesson plans, teaching strategies and teaching themes & holidays ideas.
• Kidz Online - Tech Training - from Nortel Networks. NNKOL offers technology training videos (digital animation, video, audio, online safety, etc.), informative career videos, and technology lesson plans which can be used throughout middle years and secondary curricula. Registered users can even store videos online, and download videos for later use. This is all completely free of charge.
• ClassZone: Web Research Guide - This tutorial is designed to teach middle years students to research, evaluate and cite Web resources. The Teacher Guide provides a short overview of the site.
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Critical Evaluation Surveys and Resources - Kathy Schrock has put together a list of great resources of this topic and believes that the ability to critically evaluate information is an important skill in this information age. She has designed a series of evaluation surveys, one each at the elementary, middle, and secondary school levels.
• GetNetWise - This website provides extensive tools and guides to the safe use of the Internet. Helpful hints and information on the risks of Internet use (such as privacy concerns) are given. Material for teachers and parents useful for helping children understand how to avoid the less appealing aspects of the web. Of interest to some parents are links to tools for monitoring web use at home.
• NoodleQuest: Search Strategies Wizard - Develop the optimum Web-based search strategy, based on your research topic. Also check out their home page, NoodleTools. It offers a suite of interactive tools designed to aid students and teachers with their online research.
• 7 Things That You Should Know About Wikis - Wikis are Web pages that can be viewed and modified by anyone with a Web browser and Internet access. Wikis support asynchronous communication and group collaboration online. Their simplicity gives students direct access to their content, which is crucial in group editing or other collaborative activities. Wikis are also being used as e-portfolios, highlighting their utility as a tool for collection and reflection. They may be the easiest, most effective Web-based collaboration tool in any instructional portfolio.
• 7 Things That You Should Know About Blogs - Blog—shorthand for "Web log"—is an online collection of personal commentary and links. Blogs can be viewed as online journals to which others can respond that are as simple to use as e-mail. The simplicity of creating and maintaining blogs means they can rapidly lead to open discussions. Teachers are using blogs to, promote dialogue in their classes and support teaching and learning; students increasingly use blogs for personal expression and as class requirements. By carefully evaluating blogs' strengths and weaknesses, educators are learning to set guidelines and expectations to maximize blogs' instructional benefits. Structured exercises and clear goals are further enhancing the educational value of blogs. Put into practice with an understanding of their benefits and limitations, blogs are an increasingly accepted instructional technology tool.
• Brain Boosters - Some simply written brain facts connected to reading. Good for using with students. Also some good hands on "brain exercising" activities.
• Brain Based Pedagogy - If you were looking for activities to teach about how the brain learns, this website is ready made, with simple drawings of how dendrites grow and what kinds of learning activities cause them to grow the fastest. Fairly user friendly. The "sample lesson plans and evaluation tools" section has lots of great lesson plans that get students learning about the brain by doing "dendrite growing" activities that are linked to each of the six stages of brain learning. Michael said that he has used these lesson plans a lot with the ABCI students and they really responded to them.
• Welcome to BrainsRule! Learn about your Brain - An awesome interactive website for kids with games and activities designed to learn all about the brain. The teacher section has tons of ready made teacher lessons that can be linked to the online student activities if desired.