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=Sites We Like - Summer 2012= toc Add a favorite educational website site to the list below. Include a brief description or idea of how you use it.

Please note subject headings (feel free to add a new heading if needed). Please ALPHABETIZE under each subject heading as you go!


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English / Reading / Language Arts

 * Digital Storytelling - A wealth of information and examples of digital storytelling. The creator of the website gives this definition, "Digital storytelling at its most basic core is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories.
 * "Grammar Girl - Phenomenal resource to learn quick & dirty grammar rules!
 * [|Poetry Foundation] - This site is bursting with poems, essays about the poets and their poems, and news about the world of poetry.

Mathematics

 * 101 questions From what I can tell, this is a pet project of a math blogger named Dan Meyer in which contributors post photos and short videos, and others submit questions inspired by them; the point is to see the ubiquity of mathematical inquiry, though the site is not purely mathematical
 * Finding Your Way Around the TI-83+/84+ Graphing Calculator A wonderful website of easy to follow instructions for using features of Texas Instruments graphing calculators. I link to print them off as handouts for my students.
 * [|M.A.P]. The Mathematics Assessment Project was created to support the implementation of the new Common Core curriculum. The tasks and assessments are well thought out and provide clear instructions, as well as student examples.
 * Math Counts A website that offers "problems of the week", a great tool to challenge middle school math students in all areas of math.

Social Studies / History / Current Events

 * [|Annenberg Learning] Hosts and streams a number of integrated video and text courses in allsubjects. The Briding World History series as well as the America's History in the Making series are particularly good.
 * [|National Geographic Kids]- This site has Games, videos, information, cool photos, and more! It is similar to the magazine but interactive.

Science / Health

 * Frank Potter's Science Gems- A oldie, but a goodie. If you are looking for sites and resources, this site is updated daily and covers a wide spectrum of information.

Foreign Language

 * [|Actualidades]- Learn Spanish Through Pop Culture

Arts / Music / Performance

 * [|All Kids Network] - This web site has great arts and crafts ideas for kindergarten through 5th grade.
 * Carve a Pumpkin - Initially this site helped kinders and 1st graders with fine motor skills--but it has become a school FAVORITE!

Technology

 * [|SMART Tech Exchange]- a great site for finding SMART Board lessons created by teachers which correlate to the Common Core Standards
 * [|Promethean Planet]- a great site for finding resources, teacher created lessons, and overall support with using a Promethean Board (interactive whiteboard) in the classroom.

Other / Multi-Disciplinary

 * [|Coursera.org]- Great site for free courses offered by a consortium of Stanford, Michigan, Princeton, UC Berkeley, and Penn. Courses cover social sciences, technology, mathematics, artificial intelligence, art, science, ethics, humanities, and more. The classes are interactive, and many courses require 5 hours a week or less. Coming up in September - "Securing digital democracy"
 * Daily Infographic - Illustrations curated from the web, with one outstanding infographic picked and published each day.
 * [|Videos For Your Soul] - Wonderful, short videos for sharing in advisory groups and/or wellness classes.

Puzzles/Brain Teasers

 * [|Braingle]- Fun site for children and adults to play and keep your mind "sharp"!
 * Sporcle - Tons of quizzes on every topic imaginable...geography, language, literature, history, science and so much more!