Standards
ISTE -International Society for Technology in Education: Links to National Education Technology Standards (NETS).
Maine State Government : Official site.
School Information Partnership: "The School Information Partnership is a public-private collaboration designed to empower parents, educators and policymakers to use the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) data to make informed decisions and improve school results."
The State of Maine Learning Results
U.S. Department of Education - No Child Left Behind
Lesson Plans and More
AOL Lesson plans and ideas.
Education Index: A guide to "the most useful education-related sites on the Web."
The Educator's Reference Desk: Resources, Lesson plans, Ask ERIC
Eisenhower Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education: includes weblinks, curriculum topics, professional development.
InTime - Integrating new technologies into the methods of education: uses "contemporary technology, high quality conceptual models, online streaming videos, case studies and probing questions analysis to help educators learn the skills necessary for improving student learning". Posted by the University of Northern Iowa.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
The Learning Page: for English and Social Studies teachers from the library of congress American Memory Collection.
Marcopolo - internet content for the classroom: Teacher resources, professional development, state standards.
New York Times Learning Network: Lesson plans and more
SBC Knowledge Network Explorer: Lessons, Webquests and information for teachers and librarians. Be sure to check out Filamentality and Blue Web'n.
SBC Blue Web'N "Blue Web'n is an online library of 1800 + outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects)." This site is very helpful.
Teaching Tolerance: a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Copyright/Fair Use and Plagiarism
Copyright website
Copyright guidelines: website list.
Fair Use: Produced by Janet Brackett UMF, Mantor Library.
Plagiarism and the WEB
Plagiarism: Articles, copyright, detection, resources.
Technology
4Teachers.org : "4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering FREE online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use. Discover valuable professional development resources addressing issues such as equity, ELL, technology planning, and at-risk or special-needs students."
Maine Learns: MLTI Educator Site: This site provides many useful resources and links for using technology in the classroom. As the mission states the goal is "to provide the tools and training necessary to ensure that Maine's students become the most technologically savvy students in the world." This is a wonderful and useful site. Click on the "Resources" link on the left of the home page for many more useful sites.
Portaportal.com: Portaportal is a web based bookmarking utility that lets you store links to your favorite websites online.
Rubrics for Web Lessons
Rubristar: A free tool to help teachers make quality rubrics.
The Webquest Page: This site is hosted by the technology department at San Diego State University. It is created and updated continuously by Bernie Dodge. Enter the portal and find information on how to create and use webquests.
Webquests Training Materials: Many helpful sites provided by San Diego State University.
Louisiana State University Webquests: Previously created webqests for public use. Not all these links are still active but many are helpful.
