PUBLIC MARKS with tags hsvt & msvt

What a great collection to inspire students with high interest material. This collection contains biographical info in 5 NFL football players using photos and maps from Windows Live Virtual Earth.....Lots of raw material for writing activties.

Online simulation showing the birth, death rates, and effects of carbon dioxide emissions by various countries. Great for classroom discussions.

Problem solving and Writing prompts for math for grades K-12.

The nation's educational library for those with print disabilities.

Video Tutorials Got a couple of minutes? Want to get started with 3D modeling? These quick tutorials will teach you how to model in SketchUp and placing your work in Google Earth. For best performance, please make sure your browser is up-to-date.

Another example where the qualities of writing are explicitly discussed and the sole purpose of the student blogs is to improve this skill.

This site corresponds to the BLOG WRITE link It’s second nature for us and our students to engage others in dialogue f2f. Commenting has great potential for extending learning and deepening understanding through meaningful dialogue in the blogosphere. Through an examination of powerful and significant comments, and exploration of suggestions for nurturing and guiding comments, meaningful online dialogue can become second nature to us and our students too.

Student audio and video podcasts about events around the school. There is an emphasis on sports....

This blog is interesting as the teacher explicitly discusses the six traits of writing when composing blog posts. She gives guidelines for making comments as well. Take a look at the students' own blogs with their posts on this topic. Take Derrick' Documents (left column) for example. He has a great post where he links each of the six traits to a classmate's blog as an exemplary user of the trait. Check it out! P.S. OHMYGOODNESS...thought this was a high school blog! These are 5th graders!

CareerShip is a free online career exploration adventure for middle and high school students. CareerShip is a product of Mapping Your Future, a public-service web site providing career, college, financial aid, and financial literacy information and services.

Literally turn the pages of some of the world's oldest, rarest, and in some cases, most important books.Use the Magnify tool to view the text and images up close. Click the audio button for excepts from the books.

Games for gr8-10 focusing on english, math, and science. Very engaging and typical of the tongue-in-cheek british humor. The Great Debate is particularly different. Try it!

An online tool for mapping out an argument for a persuasive essay or debate. Simple and easy to use from anywhere. Print your final version to a PDF to save on your computer or send to the laser printer to hand in to your teacher.

Describes the use of blogging for literature discussions. Also gives a list (some of it technical) of tips to get started with blogging

Join the adventure as Emmy awarded host Jeffrey Lehmann takes you to incredibly scenic destinations throughout North America and the world in the award-winning Weekend Explorer television series. Each episode features a unique destination and searches out that area's best kept secrets as well as exploring traditional landmarks. Experience the new spirit of travel with the host, while learning about each destination through his informative and humorous narrative that includes culture, history, nature, and wildlife.

Though the intended audience is adults, instructors and learners (of all ages) are encouraged to use this material to promote better literacy. Each module includes the full text of each story and interactive activities to test comprehension. The learner can choose to read the text, listen to the text, and view a short video clip of the story. Each module is designed for ease of use so the learner can use it independently. The instructor can also incorporate any story into class activities and lesson plans. The archived site has more materials available

This site uses high interest stories in a variety of categories from CNN and CBS news to promote literacy. Although intended for ESL or low reading adults, careful selection of specific articles would be appropriate for middle and high school students. Provides abridged and outlined versions of the story, vocabulary, comprehension, sequencing and written response activities all available interactively online. Video clips may or may not work. This is the archived site. A new site is in development (Beta)

The ESP Game is a two-player game. Each time you play you are randomly paired with another player whose identity you don't know. You can't communicate with your partner, and the only thing you have in common with them is that you can both see the same image.The goal is to guess what your partner is typing on each image. Once you both type the same word(s), you get a new image.

short videos on line (science)

Mnemonic: n. A device, such as a formula or rhyme, used as an aid in remembering. Provides a list of Memory aids for math formulas, concepts, operations, and more.

This sourcebook from Fordham University collects and organizes online ancient history resources into the format of a textbook for classroom use. You'll find comprehensive information on Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Israel, Greece, Rome, the Hellenistic World, and more.

Welcome to the Digital Classroom, the National Archives' gateway for resources about primary sources, activities and training for educators and students.

Building Homes of Our Own is an interactive teaching tool for the middle and high school classrooms. The simulation presents a macro view of the entire home building process from site selection to final sale. Students collect information, solve problems and make choices as they build a 3D home against a budget, then review credit applications and sell to the buyer of their choice.

Excellent resource for ideas on using technology across the curriculum and through the lens of our district initiatives....

Web-based flash cards, accessible for anywhere, that you can share with classmates.