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Top 25 Websites for Teaching and Learning
The American Association of School Librarians chose these tools that foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover.

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, Comic Creator, Literary Elements Map, Venn Diagrams, and more. For each interactive tool there are links to the lesson plans that use it.

Create Your Own Timeline

Nobel Games
Interactive learning games based on Nobel awards, including physics, chemistry, medicine, peace and economics. ALL INTERACTIVE GAMES AND PRODUCTIONS

Interactives
Annenberg Media provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas.

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

Copyright-Friendly Images and Sound
For use in media projects and web pages, blogs, wikis, etc.

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).

PowerPointers
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.

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updated 11/03/2011


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