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    Do you need to copy/paste PDF to your wordprocessor?  If you hit the text select button in Adobe Acrobat (it is right near the magnifier tool on the toolbar), then right click to copy...you can paste it right into Word/Appleworks.

    Other Stuff?  See Gina's Favorites

    AOL@SCHOOL  - http://school.aol.com/ Want to integrate the Internet into their classroom, but don't have the time to find ways to do it?

    AT&T KNOWLEDGE NETWORK - http://www.kn.att.com/wired/bluewebn/

    Beginning Teachers' ToolBox - http://www.inspiringteachers.com/
    Time saving tips, survival kit for new teachers, message boards, ask a mentor and archives for prior pages, this site is updated weekly.

    Best Places to Live - http://www.bestplaces.net/

    Boggle, the game - http://www.wordplays.com/boggler.html

    CARD GAMES : http://www.pagat.com/

    sClassroom Management Tips - http://www.cbv.ns.ca/sstudies/activities/management/tips.html

    Connected Thesaurus - http://www.lexfn.com/

    Contact a U.S. Senator?  http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm

    Contact a U.S. Representative?  http://clerk.house.gov/

    cCOOLTEXT - http://www.cooltext.com
    This is COOL!  CoolText.com is a totally free online tool that generates customized graphics. Choose your favorite colors, font, and style, and create buttons, logos, and bullets for your Web pages.

    Copyright - http://www.cyberbee.com/copyrt.html- Great site on copyright info for kids.

    Cornucopia of lesson plan sites! - http://surfaquarium.com/NEWSLETTER/Lessons2006.htm

    Driver's License Web Sites for all 50 States - http://www.carbuyingtips.com/driver-licenses.htm

    Earth and Moon Viewer - http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html - View a map of Earth, Day or Night, or from the Sun, Moon, etc., by latitude and longitude, from a satellite in Earth's orbit or above various cities around the globe.

    Educational Games on Line? -  http://www.funbrain.com

    Experts to index and catalog the best of the Web for you? - http://www.allexperts.com/

    Forgot to buy a card? http://www.marlo.com/      or          http://www2.bluemountain.com/

    Health and nutrition information?http://www.healthfinder.gov

    Help with your Mac/PC?  http://www.macintouch.com/  or http://www.helpwithpcs.com/

    Jeopardy Template - http://languagecenter.cla.umn.edu/index.php?page=forum_jeopardy

    I Love That Teaching Idea - http://www.ilovethatteachingidea.com

    Lawsuits and other public records (KnowX) - http://www.knowx.com

    <>Lesson Plans - http://www.lessonplans4teachers.com/

    Letters and Forms - http://www.teachertools.org/forms_dynam.asp
    Neat forms for the classroom and parent contact

    Locate Someone On-line?  Find their email address? http://people.yahoo.com/

    Need to find a map? ? http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html

    Monopoly Homework - http://www.teachnet.com/homeworkopoly/index.html
    This is an incentive for elementary and maybe middle school students to do their homework and move game pieces around the board, provided.  Downloads in PDF, including board.
    Monopoly Online - http://www.games.com/     -  Not supported on a Mac with Netscape .

    National Geographic?  - http://www.nationalgeographic.com

    Need a laugh? Try:
        The Onion - parody of news--read the headlines twice!   http://www.theonion.com
        Education Cartoons - http://www.borg.com/~rjgtoons/edu.html

    Need to search about a subject by pictures, not words?  Try http://www.ditto.com

    Need the perfect picture, audio or video clip? http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&stype=simage
    New Middle School Teacher Guide - http://www.middleweb.com/1stDResources.html#anchor14666257

    Find someone's address or phone number?  http://switchboard.com

    Whose phone number is this?  A reverse directory. http://reversephonedirectory.com

    Plagiarism Workshop  - http://mail.nvnet.org/~cooper_j/plagiarism/

    <>Powerpoint Keyboard Shortcuts - http://www.bitbetter.com/powerkeys.htm

    Puzzle Clonzz - http://www.compozapuzzle.com/compoz-a-puzzle.htm
    Computer printable jigsaw puzzles

    Relax? Shamu! - http://www.shamu.com

    Roger Ebert's Movie Reviews - http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
    Shapebook Patterns - http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/k_5/shapebook/toc.html
    From apples with and without lines to t-shirt, treasure chest and umbrella, with and without lines, this is a neat place to find shapebook patterns to download in PDF.

    <>SPONGE IDEAS - http://www.inspiringteachers.com/tips/management/sponge.html   or http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/MoraModules/vocabularydev.htm

    THE SPORTING NEWS - http://www.sportingnews.com/

    Stain Guide  - http://www.chemistry.co.nz/stain_frame.htm  - get spots and stains out of fabric

    STATE STANDARDS.COM - http://statestandards.com/
    Click on the state and find the educational standards by subject matter, coupled to lesson plans and resources.

    Stop Junk Mail?   http://www.junkbusters.com

    String Figures with videos to help?  http://alysion.org/string.htm

    Stuff for Kids? Yak's Corner a Newsmagazine for kids  http://www.yakscorner.com/

    Teach with Movies - http://www.teachwithmovies.org

    Teacher Templates - http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Lessons/LessonPlanning/
    Lesson planning templates in many formats from Word to PDF.

    Teacher Tips -     http://www.nea.org/helpfrom/growing/works4me/library.html

    Teacher Tips - http://members.aol.com/sskufca/teachtps.htm
    An alphabetical listing of tips for teachers, from Adding Variety and Fun to a Classroom to the You Can Handle Them All Website.  Cute.

    Thesaurus? http://www.thesaurus.com

    Thomas Guide-type map to somewhere you need to be?  MapQuest - http://www.mapquest.com/

    Time Capsule - Do you know what was the average price of a house when you were born?  Or, which movie won Best Picture the year you graduated from high school?  You can find out what happened on any day of any year   - http://dmarie.com/timecap/

    Time Line Maker - http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/
    This generator can be used to make time lines of up to 9 events of your choice

      Free Translations - http://www.freetranslation.com
    Translate any foreign language Web Page/Type or paste any text into the window for a quick translation at http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com

    Travel Arrangements? http://www.travelocity.com
    U.S. Copyright Laws?  http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
    Writing a book?  Here's the scoop!

    United States Playing Card Company: Game Rules - http://www.usplayingcard.com/

    Webshots - http://www.webshots.com - Browse thousands of professional photographs.

    Weightwatchers - http://www.candyboots.com/wwcards.html

    When you need to fill up five minutes - http://www.teachnet.com/powertools/take5/index.html

    Zip Code?http://www.framed.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/lookup_zip+4.html


     

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    GINA OTTO is a Language Arts/Social Studies teacher and technology mentor in the East Whittier City School District and can be reached at RBOtto@aol.com

    See Gina's Aztec Lesson at http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/aztecs_spanish/
    See Gina's Lesson on the Fall of Constantinople "Let's Sue Them All" at http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/lets_sue/
     

    MANY THANKS TO: Walter McKenzie - Creative Classroom Consulting http://www.surfaquarium.com/IT/index.htm
    for evaluating many of these sites and sharing them on his listserv. See his list of Search Engines and Directories. included on this site.

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    DEFINITIONS:

    Activity - An appetizer for the brain, something a student can do independently or or with partners. The activity may be suitable to do online or be printed out. Activities do not "begin" or "end"; students work on these at the teacher's discretion. There is usually no interaction with other people online. Activity sites are a resource for use on a recurring basis.

    On Line Project -  Involves students enrolling or registering to participate. There may or may not be a fee. Has a specific time limit. Involves periodic tasks the students must do, such as conducting specific research, solving a puzzle, completing a specified activity, or tracking the progress of something.  Usually involves interaction with others online (need email!). Sometimes involves competition.

    Lesson - a teacher plan to impart information using many differing strategies

    Directory is a catalog of sites collected and organized by humans. Subject directories are often called subject "trees" because they start with a few main categories and then branch out into subcategories, topics, and subtopics. To find the homepage for the Atlanta Braves at Yahoo!, for example, select "Recreation & Sports" at the top level, "Sports" at the next level, "Baseball" at the third level, "Major League Baseball" at the fourth level, "Teams" at the fifth level, then finally "Atlanta Braves."   Because humans organize the websites in subject directories, you can often find a good starting point if your topic is included. Directories are also useful for finding information on a topic when you don't have a precise idea of what you need. Many large directories include a keyword search option,  which usually eliminates the need to work through numerous levels of topics and subtopics. Because directories cover only a small fraction of the pages available on the Web, they are most effective for finding general information on popular or scholarly subjects.
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    Search Engine or Index-  If you are looking for something specific, use a search engine.  Search engines rely on computer programs called spiders or robots to crawl the Web and log the words on each page. With a search engine, keywords related to a topic are typed into a search "box" or database. The search engine scans its database and returns a file with links to websites containing the word or words specified. Because these databases are very large, search engines often return  thousands of results. Without search strategies or techniques, finding what you need can be like finding a needle in a haystack.  Some Engines are All the Web All the Time, AltaVista, Ask.com, Google.

    For more information about Search Directories and Engines see How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory
     

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    GINA OTTO can be reached at RBOtto@aol.com or ginak12lessons@aol.com

    This page last Updated August, 2007