Education resources and Lesson Plans
Last update:  11/6/06



AASA Online. American Association of School Administrators.  
American Association of School Administrators.

Apple Learning Interchange  Apple Computer, Inc., 2004.
BBC Schools Online.  (Find articles and resources for educators from the
perspective of educators from the British Isles.)

Best Practices of Tech. Integration in Michigan.  Michigan Technology
Literacy Challenge Grant Fund, the Michigan Department of Education, the
REMC Association of Michigan, and the Berrien County Intermediate
School District, 1997.

Crossword Puzzles    Anthony Lewis. crossword-puzzles.co.uk.
In association with Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk., 2004.
Digital Libraries
Discovery School's Puzzlemaker   Discovery.com, 2004.
The Educator's Reference desk.  ERIC, Information Institute of Syracuse.
Education World.  (Expansive directory of lesson plan resources.)
Education World, Inc., 2003
.
Edsitement. National Endowment for the Humanities, Marcopolo, 2005.
eNotes.
  eNotes.com, 2006.
eSkeletons Project. John Kappelman, University of Texas at Austin.
Google Scholar. (
Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly
literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and
technical reports from all broad areas of research. Use Google Scholar to find articles
from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories
and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.) Google, 2004.

International Society for Technology in Education Lesson Database 
National Educational Technology Standards Projects, 2004.

Inquiry Page:  Learning begins with questions. Inquiry Page,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2004.

Instructional Architect. Reusability, collaboration and learning troupe,
Utah State University.

MarcoPolo. (MarcoPolo is a collection of standards-based, discipline-specific
educational Web sites for K-12 teachers.
) MCI Foundation , 2004.
Michigan Benchmarks
(These materials were developed under a grant awarded
by the Michigan Department of Education under the Technology Literacy Challenge
Fund Grant Program.
) Michigan Department of Education, 2004.
MI Learnport Create a log in by clicking on the “Join Michigan LearnPort”
button.  Access the Nettrekker.di subscription once you log into LearnPort. 
Nettrekker is a portal for lesson plans and teaching ideas. 2006.

Michigan Teacher Network  Merit Network, Inc., 2006.
Quintessential Instructional Archive.  (Lots of learning activities/create
your own games.) 
Quia Corporation.
REMC8/Technology Kent ISD.

General Education

Sample Curriculum and Plans for Education (SCoPE) Site.
(Practical classroom support to all Michigan education professionals.) 
State of Michigan, 2003.

School Libraries Online:  International Association of School Librarianship. 
IASL, 2004.
Teaching.com (Education news, lesson plans, curriculum, search tools.)
Teaching.com, 2001.
TechLEARNING (Great site for lessons and news on technology and education.)
CMP Media LLC, 2004.

21st Century Information fluency project portal. Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, 2002.
Webquests Bernie Dodge,
Educational Technology Department at
San Diego State University.
Webquests: Kathy Schrock's guide for educators. Discovery.com , 2004.

Local Schools and Universities
Byron Center Public Schools  Byron Center Public Schools, 2002.
Global Student Congress.  The Civics Institute, 2003.
Grand Rapids Community College  Grand Rapids Community College, 2004.
Grand Valley State University  GVSU, 2004.
Michigan Virtual High School   Michigan Virtual High School, 2004.
Mr. Gerbers. Kenowa Hills High School.

Online Libraries
Digital Library for Earth System Education. National Science Foundation.
Internet Public Library. University of Michigan School of Information, 2003.
The Library of Congress: America's Story from America's Library.
(Fun! Fun! Fun!) Library of Congress.

Michigan eLibrary  State of Michigan, 2004.
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics.  
Utah State University, 2003.

Teachers' Domain. (Multimedia resource library for the classroom.) WGBH, 2004.
The Virtual Reference Desk. United States Department of Education.


Web hosting/Front Page resources
Developing a web page using Front Page Developing Webs Group, 2004.
Free web hosting packages. AAA-WebHost.net.
NiceNet Internet Classroom Assistant. Nicenet, 2003.

Web hosting for teachers. Dark Blue.com, 2003.  



 

Software Tools

AppleWorks:  Educator – Specific Templates. Apple Learning Interchange,
Apple Computer, Inc, 2004.

Classroom Ideas.  Apple Learning Interchange, Apple Computer, Inc, 2004.
KidspirationLamar Consolidated Independent School district.
Kidspiration Training.
Mt. Baker School District.
iMovie
Inspiration software  Inspiration Software, Inc.
Microsoft in Education  Microsoft Corporation, 2004.
Microsoft Tutorials. Microsoft Corporation, 2004.
 

 

Lessons

Language Arts
eNotes.  eNotes.com, 2006.
MI LearnportCreate a log in by clicking on the “Join Michigan LearnPort”
button.  Access the Nettrekker.di subscription once you log into LearnPort. 
Nettrekker is a portal for lesson plans and teaching ideas.

Teaching American Literature
Center for Electronic Projects in
American Culture Studies (CEPACS), Georgetown University.

Web English Teacher. (The best of K-12 English/Language Arts
teaching resources: lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biography,
e-texts, criticism, jokes, puzzles, and classroom
activities.) Web English Teacher. 2004
.
 

Science Lessons
Digital Library for Earth System Education. National Science Foundation.
Montana JASON
(An extensive library of on-line and interactive K-12
science education materials for teaching astronomy.)
Burns Telecom Center at
Montana State University--Bozeman
, 2004.
National Science Foundation's National Science Digital Library.
National Science Foundation, 2004
.

Social Studies Lessons
An Instructional Unit: The Industrial Revolution: A Turning Point in History  
Bellmore - Merrick Central High School District John F. Kennedy High School
, 1997.
History Lab (K-12)  Washington State Historical Society, 2003.
Bill of Rights online lesson   Elodie Arellano, Social Studies Teacher,
Kapolei High School, Kapolei, 2002
.
PowerSchool/PowerGrade. KHPS Tech Support Moodle. 
Path:  Login > All courses (under Courses) > PowerSchool.

Software tools for AppleWorks, KidPix, HyperStudio.  
W
eb Tools for Elementary Teachers, Wildwood School, New Jersey.
Using Kidspiration in the Classroom. N
orth Canton City Schools.
Video tutorials for Inspiration Software’s Kidspiration.
Chatham Online Information Network, School District of the Chathams, New Jersey.

Physical Education
Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association 
Michigan High School Athletic Association
, 2004.
PE Central  2004.