Teacher Resources

 

 Looking for educational apps for your mobile device?
Try these suggestions from Diane Darrow.

ScreenCast-O-Matic is a one-click screen capture recording on Windows or Mac computers with no install for FREE!

 

Mrs. Tittle's Interactive Videoconferencing Presentation
View as PDF or Download as PPT


Online classes for educators at e-learning


Teaching Channel has many 1 min. videos for inspiring classes


Preview Video Here
www.raisingsmallsouls.com

 

Curiosity in the Classroom

 

Download free ebooks + no catch + no registration = bookboon.com

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»  What's on Your Mind? You can contact your elected officials to let them know how you feel about important issues. Contact information for state and federal elected officials can be found here. To search by zip code use the legislature website here.

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» Readworks.org This site provides information about teaching reading comprehension to students of all ages. It includes details on Lexile scores, teaching strategies, and more.

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» Quizlet.com This This flash card and study game website offers more than 10 million free sets of flash cards on a range of topics. Users can find flash cards or con create and share their own original flash cards.

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» WatchKnowLearn.org Teachers and students can search through and download thousands of free videos, arranged by subject. Videos include user ratings and appropriate age ranges.

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» M86vusafe.com Teachers can set up a library of educational videos they want their students to view and can group videos together in an online content library that students can access at any time.

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» Slideshare.net This site lets anyone share a presentation, document, webinar, pdf, or video.

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» During the next five years, Alabama will be celebrating many special anniversaries of significant events that helped create and shape our state. Becoming Alabama is a state-wide initiative to remember and commemorate these events. Help children take part in the Becoming Alabama activities and connect with these special anniversaries with the Becoming Alabama Activity Booklet and List of Becoming Alabama Events for Kids.

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» INOW  - Overview
» INOW  - Attendance
» INOW  - Grade Book Setup
» INOW  - Creating Activities
» INOW  - Entering Scores
» INOW  - Posting Grades
» INOW  - Grade Book Reports
» INOW  - Classroom Reports
» INOW  - Classroom Grades
» INOW  - Seating Charts
» INOW  - Lunch Counts

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» Academic Earth offers video lectures from elite universities.

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» The National Science Digital Library provides free math lessons and activities aligned with the Math Common Core Standards, as well as STEM-related blogs and other free teacher resources and lesson plan ides. Targeted for K-12 teachers, higher-education professionals, and librarians, NSDL also provides science literary maps and iTunes multimedia files.

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» Curriki helps connect educators, parents, and students in the development of curriculum and other educational materials. Curriki allows anyone to post their teaching ideas for others to view, download, use, reformat, and reshare.

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» PBS Teachers - online professional development, tv programming and multimedia web content, lesson plan ideas, and ways to connect with other educators are all featured.

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» Free (Federal Resources for Educational Excellence) is a U.S. Department of Education website that complies free teacher resources available from dozens of federal agencies. Educators can sign up for Free RSS feed, which notifies users when new resources are added. Otherwise, they can browse by topic, from music history to life sciences.

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» Teachers' Domain offers free digital media from public TV broadcasters for educational use. Users can search for materials via individual state standards, Common Core State Standards, or national standards from different organizations.

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» Alabama Department of Archives and History (ADAH)  - Alabama History Education Initiative Lesson Plans

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» Virtual Field Trip - Discovering Alabama - You'll discover new ways of looking at Alabama that may surprise you.  Satisfy your curiosity with knowledge from the best scientific minds in Alabama. Click Ask the Expert to submit a photo for identification or to ask a question. Fossils, rocks, birds, snakes, bugs, clouds, you name it, there's a scientist at Ask the Expert who can give you the answer you're looking for.

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» Thinkfinity - FREE lesson plans and educational resources

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» Employees can find valuable information about the Teachers' Retirement System with new publications each month on the www.rsa-al.gov website.

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» Ignite Learning website
    Ignite Setup

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» Virtual Field Trips:
    NASA Education
    Center for Interactive Learning

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» FREE-READING.NET for Kindergarten and First Grade Teachers.

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» Energy Star Kids - This new and interactive Web site is a resource for parents, teachers, and kids alike. The Web site features games, factoids, and a word bank, letting kids know about ways that they can make a difference. The site also empowers parents and teachers to become involved in the energy management of their school districts by taking advantage of ENERGY STAR tools.

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» The following manuals are from the Department of Education. These manuals contains introduction, intermediate, and advanced information on how to use Office software. Right click and choose "Save Target as" to save these to your computer. Word 2003 and Excel 2003

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» STI Classrooms help: Overview | User Manual | Roster, Attendance, Lesson Plans, etc. | Teacher User Manual

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» WIDA guidelines:
K-5 Standards
6-12 Standards
Resource Guide
Speaking Writing Rubrics
Pre K-K Can Do Booklet
1-2 Can Do Booklet
3-5 Can Do Booklet
6-8 Can Do Booklet
9-12 Can Do Booklet
English Language Proficiency
Performance Definitions

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» Alabama Course of Study (Alabama Learning Exchange) search by grade level

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» Futures Channel - Videos to help answer the common question "Why do I need to learn this?". Teachers can download activities based on the video content.

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» Encyclopedia of Alabama free, online resource on Alabama history, culture, geography, and natural environment.

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» The Alabama Department of Archives & History promoting a better understanding of Alabama History.

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» Federal Resources for Educational Excellence Teaching and learning resources from federal agencies.

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» Stop Bullying Now Take a Stand Lend a Hand

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» Digital History using new technologies to enhance teaching and research

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» Character Counts lesson plan bank

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» Teacher Tools for Our Amazing Space - tools listed by topic or type.

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» The Open Video Project is sponsored by and developed at the Interaction Design Laboratory at the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina. The Open Video repository provides video clips from a variety of sources, especially various video programs obtained from U.S. government agencies such as the National Records and Archives Administration and NASA.

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» The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers. Unlike many Internet sites, permission has been granted for teachers and students to use all of the images donated to the Pics4Learning collection. 

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» Video Library - The McWane Center and Alabama Public Television have teamed up to create an online video library demonstrating 6 key concepts of Albert Einstein.

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» Hubble Telescope See the latest photos

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» Exploratorium Fun online science activities.

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» Discovery Education classroom resources

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» HippoCampus is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge.

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ipl2 - Locate Newspapers and Magazines from around the world.

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» Project Gutenberg is the place where you can download over 30,000 free ebooks to read on your PC, iPhone, Kindle, Sony Reader or other portable device.

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» APTPLUS™ Digital Media Library

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» ISAT Sample Booklets grades 3-8 from Illinois Education Agency

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» Spelling Practice from Harcourtschool.com
2nd grade spelling practice 
 3rd grade spelling practice 
 4th grade spelling practice 
 5th grade spelling practice 
 6th grade spelling practice 

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» Grammar Practice from Glencoe.com
6th grade Grammar Practice
 7th grade Grammar Practice
 8th grade Grammar Practice
 9th grade Grammar Practice
 10th grade Grammar Practice
 11th grade Grammar Practice
 12th grade Grammar Practice

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» Mathematics Test Practice:

Standardized Test Practice randomly selects 20 questions OR Vocabulary Review lets you check your understanding of the terms and definitions.

Choose from:
--Number Patterns and Algebra
--Statistics and Graphs
--Adding and Subtracting Decimals
--Multiplying and Dividing Decimals
--Fractions and Decimals
--Adding and Subtracting Fractions
--Multiplying and Dividing Fractions
--Algebra: Integers
--Algebra: Solving Equations
--Ratio, Proportion, and Percent
--Probability
--Measurement
--Geometry: Angles and Polygons

 Standardized Test Practice randomly selects 20 questions OR Vocabulary Review lets you check your understanding of the terms and definitions.

Choose from:
--Decimal Patterns and Algebra
--Statistics: Analyzing Data
--Algebra: Integers
--Algebra: Linear Equations and Functions
--Fractions, Decimals, and Percents
--Applying Fractions
--Ratios and Proportions
--Applying Percent
--Probability
--Geometry
--Geometry: Measuring Two-Dimensional Figures
--Geometry: Measuring Three-Dimensional Figures
--Geometry: Measuring Area and Volume

 Standardized Test Practice randomly selects 20 questions OR Vocabulary Review lets you check your understanding of the terms and definitions.

Choose from:
--Algebra: Integers
--Algebra: Rational Numbers
--Algebra: Real Numbers and the Pythagorean Theorem
--Proportions, Algebra, and Geometry
--Percent
--Geometry
--Geometry: Measuring Area and Volume
--Probability
--Statistics and Matrices
--Algebra: More Equations and Inequalities
--Algebra: Linear Functions
--Algebra: Nonlinear Functions and Polynomials

 Standardized Test Practice randomly selects 20 questions OR Vocabulary Review lets you check your understanding of the terms and definitions.

Choose from:
--The Language of Algebra
--Real Numbers
--Solving Linear Equations
--Graphing Relations and Functions
--Analyzing Linear Equations
--Solving Linear Inequalities
--Solving Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
--Polynomials
--Factoring
--Quadratic and Exponential Functions
--Radical Expressions and Triangles
--Rational Expressions and Equations
--Statistics
--Probability

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» PowerPoint Presentations

Review Solar System key points with this PowerPoint Presentation
HTML or PPT

Who wants to be a Millionaire- The earth's crust
(right click - "choose save target as")

Who wants to be a Millionaire- 7th grade science
(right click - "choose save target as")

Homophones
(right click - "choose save target as")

History Terms Jeopardy style
(right click - "choose save target as")

Science Jeopardy style
(right click - "choose save target as")

Science II Jeopardy style
(right click - "choose save target as")

Who Wants to be Cells
(right click - "choose save target as")

Who Wants to be History 2
(right click - "choose save target as")

Who Wants to be History Skeleton
(right click - "choose save target as")

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» Take a Virtual Field Trip

 Virtual Farm 

 Virtual Balloon Flight over Nevada's Black Rock Desert

 Virtual Flour Mill Denver, Colorado

 Virtual Tour of New York City -The Big Apple

 Virtual Tour of Leonardo de Vinci

 Virtual Tour The White House

 Virtual Tour of an Ancient Roman Villa

 George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Garden Tour

 Presidential Libraries Tour

 Explore a National Park

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Skype - A free download - With Skype, students can learn from other students, connect with other cultures, and expand their knowledge in amazing ways. Teachers and parents can also benefit from Skype in the classroom. Click on this link to learn how you can take advantage of the power of Skype in your classroom.

Skype an Author - Some are free

Skyping Classrooms - Want to Skype with other classrooms across the country?

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Connect with Kids - Helping parents & teacher raise resilient kids with character.

TeacherTube - Our goal is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos. We seek to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners.

NEOK12 - Educational Videos, Lessons and Games for K-12 School Kids

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INVENTORY FORMS FOR WINSTON COUNTY SCHOOLS:
Discard Inventory
Inventory Addition
Transfer Inventory

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» Substitute Teacher Winston County Guide - view online or download