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United Streaming Videos
Access over 4,000 educational videos and video clips from Discovery Education "on demand" for classroom use. You can show videos from your computer in a classroom or a computer lab. To access this service for the first time, you must use Fay's passcode to create your own account. You can find this by clicking "United Streaming Videos" on the Faynet Internal Site (http://faynet:81/intranet/). Check it out--you'll be glad you did.

ReadWriteThink
This site is full of wonderful and creative ideas for teachers. Check out the STUDENT MATERIALS INDEX for fun interactive learning tools like the Bio-Cube, Character Trading Cards, Comparison & Contrast Guide, Eye on Idioms, Fractured Fairy Tales, Drama Map, Literary Elements Map, Venn Diagrams, Create Your Own Timeline, and more. For each interactive tool there are links to the lesson plans that use it.

Graphic Organizers
A nice collection in PDF format from Houghton Mifflin's Education Place.

PuzzleMaker Online
Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more using your own word lists. To save the puzzles you have created: Click on CREATE MY PUZZLE and save as a PDF (Print to PDF Creator).

PowerPoint Pointers
If you teach these guidelines, your students' presentations will focus more on substance and less on special effects. Rubric for evaluating PowerPoint presentations.

Evaluating Web Resources
A Fay School Library page of links to evaluation criteria, lesson plans and tutorials.

WiredSafety
WiredSafety provides help, information and education to Internet and mobile device users of all ages. You'll find the answers to many questions about online safety, privacy and security.

Blue Web'n
A library of Blue Ribbon learning sites on the web.

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