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Willsboro Alumni
Association |
Find out news and
information about past graduates of Willsboro Central School |
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ICEPAC
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This is the online public
access catalog for all of the libraries in the North Country (over 400). The libraries include all school libraries, public libraries,
community colleges and SUNY Plattsburgh. There are over 1 million
records in this database and is the primary resource for finding books
in the North Country. |
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Health Reference
Library
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Indexes magazines dealing
with health issues. The database has over 1 million magazine
articles, generally going back to 1987 and most are full text. |
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EBSCO
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Primary Search indexes
over 50 magazines for K-6 students. It has a general encyclopedia and an
"Encyclopedia of Animals."
Master FILE Select provides full text access to over 770
magazines from 1990 to date.
User ID:
willsborocs and password: willsborocs
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Dialog@CARL
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Searches over 250
specialized databases on various topics. Indexes magazines, newspapers,
and government documents. |
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Free Vocabulary
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This site provides 5.000
SAT preparation words, with brief definitions, for individual and
classroom use. |
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Sat Math
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Prepares students for the
math portion of the SAT. It offers a diagnostic test that show areas
most in need of improvement, 25 tutorial sections w/interactive lessons,
strategies, quiz questions, simulated tests, and online tutoring.
Membership is $20 per month. |
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GSN
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The Global School House.
For teachers, parents and kids. |
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Infoplease
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Infoplease has up to date
almanacs ( general, entertainment, and sports ), biographies, dictionaries,
an encyclopedia, and an atlas. This is the place to look for statistics
on population growth, a biography of Britney Spears, a map of Costa
Rica, or information on Game 4 of the World Series. |
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Microsoft
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Microsoft in
education.
It is a guide for
integrating the use of laptop computers in the classroom.
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Swarthmore
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This
is a site that is full of math resources and strategies for grades K -
12. |
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USHistory.org
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A
useful resource for information about history of the United States |
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Survival
guide for new teachers
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This is an online publication for newer teachers from the U.S.
Dept. of Education that offers tips, anecdotes, and practical advice
on a variety of topics including how to work with veteran teachers,
parents, principals, and university education professionals. The
site also links to other useful resources and organizations.
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www.teachersnetwork.org
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This site includes curriculum projects, activities and lessons, grants
and resources, a new teacher's helpline, teacher research, and
bulletin boards. The site is run by a non-profit organization
that supports the development of teachers through grants and
networking.
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http://www.refdesk.com/
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A teacher source that provides a wide range of material that can be used
for all subjects
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This site offers a wide range of free teacher worksheets that can be
used for reinforcement and review. Teachers should feel free to use and
distribute these worksheets for educational purposes, so long as the
copyright and footer information are left intact. Be sure to check back
often, as this section is updated often!
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This site is designed as a teacher source for math warm-up sheets,
graphic organizers, puzzles, etc. for grades K - 8.
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www.thetech.org/exhibits_events/online
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This is a site wired into the heart of Silicon
Valley! Enjoy incredible VRML robots, splashing color, spinning
DNA, build satellites, and other activities. A site for all
ages.
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www.factmonster.com
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A good resource for all subjects for dates,
events, and geographical summaries.
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www.yahooligans.com
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A good starting point for students in grades 3 - 6
for browsing over 20,000 URL's organized into 6 categories.
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www.LessonPlansPage.com
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This is a collection of over 400 lesson plans for
teachers to use in their classrooms. It has an easy-to-use
interface w/lesson plans already sorted by subject and grade level.
Users can search specific topics and can add their own.
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www.bigchalk.com
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A large, full-spectrum reference and homework
resource with consistent quality at grade levels 3 - 12. Access
practice quizzes, teacher tools, links to experts, etc.
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http://mountainlake.unitedstreaming.com/
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Unitedstreaming's Video-On-Demand service is available to ALL educators:
Public school, private school, and home-school. All teachers, students,
and parents now have access to the comprehensive array of educational
videos used daily in classrooms across the United States. As a temporary
[one month] log-in you may use the following: User: edserv Password:
video
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Ellis
Island
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Virtual Tour of Ellis Island
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http://4teachers.org/
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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.
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Classwebs
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Teacher websites
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PROQUEST
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This is an online magazine index
available through a grant by the CEWW School Library System. (This is
similar to the Electric Library) There are hundreds of magazines indexed
from 1986 to the current week. Most of the articles are full-text
and extremely current - weekly magazines such as Newsweek and Time are
input immediately. It is fairly easy to use.
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International
Children's Digital Library
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The
International Children’s Digital Library Foundation wants to excite
and inspire the world's children to become members of the global
community by making the best in children's literature available online. |
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http://nctm.org/focalpoints
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Curriculum
Focal Points
For Pre-K through Grade 8 Mathematics
The Curriculum
Focal Points are the most important mathematical topics
for each grade level. They comprise related ideas,
concepts, skills, and procedures that form the foundation
for understanding and lasting learning
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Spellingtime.com
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Free online spelling program
that uses text-to-speech technology and phonetically correct interactive
characters: Students listen to words being used in sentences and
then can type or use the site's graphic keyboard to spell the words.
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Digication.com
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An e-portfolio service allows
students to post and share their work - writing, artwork, videos, etc. -
via a Web-based interface: Students can create portals that
provide image galleries of student work, educator profiles and more.
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Advanced
WindowsCare Personal
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At this ssite is a free
utility that fixes Windows problems and is geared toward helping prevent
users from being harmed by spyware. The program has multi-language
support and will also work with Windows Vista.
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Lesson Plan
Sites
Teachers.net
Microsoft
Lesson
Plans Page
A
to Z Teacher Stuff
Lesson
Plans 4 Teachers
Internet
4 Classrooms
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Webquest Sites
Webquest
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