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New! Websites for Testing from Annalisa Allegro

May, 2004

NYSBEN                 http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/nysben.html

State Assessments   http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/

NYSESLAT              http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/testing/nyseslat.html

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Still Pretty New! From class members and other sources...

(April, 2004)

www.halicrotary.org

From Jack, a nice website on Turkey . Click on “Click on for movie” for a well-presented overview of Turkey and its heritage. Jack figures that Rotary may have websites for other countries as well.

www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm

Also from Jack, a website rich in grammar resources.

www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/ela

Holly found this rich website with many clickable downloadable ELA resources. From the Greece School District.

www.unrefugees.org

From TESOL, this website includes information about the UN High Commissioner for Refugees’ Education Project for US educators.

www.pbs.org/newamericans

Public TV’s companion website for The New Americans series. More information is also available at www.itvs.org/outreach/newamericans

NYSED Learning Standards on the Web:

  Try this first: http://usny.nysed.gov/teachers/nyslearningstandards.html

This site provides hot buttons to each of the 7 sets of standards, as follows:

Learning Standards, Assessments, Publications and Resources for the Core Subjects

•             Arts

•             Career Development and Occupational Studies

•             English Language Arts

•             Languages Other Than English, Including American Sign Language

•             Mathematics, Science and Technology

•             Physical Education, including Health and Family and Consumer Science

•             Social Studies

The Learning Standards and Alternate Performance Indicators for Students with Severe Disabilities

•             The Arts

•             Career Development and Occupational Studies

•             Checklist of Performance Indicators and Recommended Assessment for Each Standard

•             English/Language Arts

•             Guidelines for Committees on Special Education

•             Health, Physical Education, and Family and Consumer Sciences

•             Mathematics, Science & Technology

•             Social Studies

If you can't get there directly, go first to: http://www.nysed.gov/

Then you can go to: http://usny.nysed.gov/teachers/

Scroll down that page, and click on this hot button: New York State Learning Standards

Another good resource--very nice, quick analysis of Wiggins:

http://www.asbj.com/2001/06/0601research.html

Publisher's Section:

 

Cambridge University Press: http://www.cup.org/

Heinle & Heinle: http://www.heinle.com/

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And here's Krysta's List:

Free Internet Lesson Planning Resources for ESOL Teachers

 

This text is available online: www.krysta.us/internet.htm (website may not be operational at the moment)

· http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Strategies.html

Five step search process with links to search engines from UC Berkeley Library

· http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/form.pdf

Internet search strategy worksheet with guidance on search terms

· http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/isa/elit/mid/searchstrategypl01.pdf

Internet search strategy graphic organizer for students

· http://toolbar.google.com/

Download and install Google toolbar shortcut - to "google" the current website being

viewed or the web in general.

· http://askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/

ERIC lesson plans, sponsored by US Department of Education

· http://www.eduref.org/

The new home of ASK ERIC, starting December 2003.

· http://www.thegateway.org

The Gateway to Educational Materials, sponsored by US Department of Education

· http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/

Lesson plans/unit plans K-12

· http://www.mped.org

Marco Polo index of standards-based lesson plans from ArtsEdge, EconEdLink, EdSitement,

Illuminations, ReadWriteThink, Science NetLinks, & Xpeditions

· http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/

Literacy and Language Arts lesson plans from NCTE, IRA, & Marco Polo

· http://iteslj.org/Lessons/

EFL/ESL lesson plans

· http://www.michigan.gov/scope

Michigan State core curriculum with lesson plans K-12

· http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum.cfm

K-12 lesson plans, curriculums, and resources from Montgomery, MD Public Schools

· http://www.teachers.net/lessons/

Lesson plans K-12

· http://ofcn.org/cyber.serv/academy/ace/

Lesson plans from the Academy Curriculum Exchange

· http://www.webenglishteacher.com/esl.html

Index of ESOL resources and lesson plans K-12

· http://www.nwrel.org/sky/mat.asp?ID=0&m=23

Library in the Sky lesson plans and resources

· http://cnets.iste.org/search/t_search.html

Indexed technology-based lesson plans from consortium of organizations

· http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/cyberguide.html

"Cyberguides" (internet-based lessons) from SCORE

· http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/resourcematerials/Resources/

Teaching resources from Department for Education and Skills, UK

· http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/archive.html

NY Times Lesson Plans

· http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/try.shtml

British Council lesson plans and activies

· http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/irp/irp.htm

Canadian curriculum K – 12 integrated resource packages by subject and grade

· http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/subject.html

Science K-12 experiments

· http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/quick/quick.html

Quick K-12 science experiments

· http://oneweb.utc.edu/~deborah-mcallister/eslmath.html

Links to various math lesson plans and activities K-12 ESOL & bilingual Spanish

· http://english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/

English Online Lesson Plans (New Zealand)

http://www.onestopenglish.com/lessonshare/

Lesson plans available for download.

· http://www.lessonplanspage.com

Pre K – 12 lesson plans

· http://www.sitesforteachers.com

Database of websites for K-12 teachers

· http://www.nea.org/helpfrom/growing/works4me/library.html

Works for Me tips from teachers for teachers – activity ideas and more

· http://www.kn.pacbell.com/cgi-bin/listApps.pl?English&Second&Language

Blue Web’n results for English as a Second Language

· http://www.cal.org/ericcll/ncbe/esldirectory/

Exhaustive indexed directories of ESOL Internet resources and lesson plans

· http://askeric.org/Old_Askeric/InfoGuides/indexinfoguides.html

Ask ERIC Info Guides

· http://infomine.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/search?category=k12

Infomine categorized K-12 lesson planning resources

· http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Kathy Schrock’s guide for educators

· http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/teaching.htm

Indexed websites for educators, from Kennesaw State University

·http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/instruction/Internet/internet_resources.htm#Sites%20for%20

Lesson%20Plans%20&%20Curriculum%20Resources

Internet resources indexed by Greece Central School District

· http://lii.org/

Librarian’s Index to the Internet

· http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

Searchable, categorized links to online webquests, lesson plans, texts

· http://www.prattsburgh.wnyric.org/teacher_resources.htm

Indexed teacher resources online

· http://www.glossarist.com/

Resources for many, many subjects/topics

· http://www.eslcafe.com/search/index.html

Dave Sperling’s ESL Café Index of web resources

· http://iteslj.org/Lessons/

Activities and ideas from the Internet TESL Journal

· http://www.edna.edu.au/edna/browse/0,schooled,resources,575

Education Network Australia - indexed links to activities and resources

· http://www.refdesk.com/

Family friendly reference desk

· http://www.worlded.org/us/health/lincs/index_language.html

Health topics in 25+ languages

· http://books.mirror.org

Great Books Index to "Online Great Books in English Translation"

· http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter128/index.html

Texas essential knowledge and skills for SLA and ESL K-12.

· http://eleaston.com/

General index of ESOL resources

· http://www.poetspath.com/exhibits/exhibits.html

"The Museum of American Poetics," Literature, poetry, historical content

· http://www.krysta.us/internet.htm

The index you are currently viewing is posted here

· http://ericeece.org/

ERIC clearinghouse on Early Childhood Education

· http://www.nncc.org/Child.Dev/age.stage.page.html

National Network for Child Care intellectual/emotional-social growth by age and stage

of development of newborns to 11-year-olds (also excellent for parents)

· http://www.enchantedlearning.com/

Lesson plans, crafts, activities, etc.

· http://www.ssdsrv.org/pre_school_web_sites.htm

Preschool and Kindergarten index to lesson plan and supplementary sites.

· http://www.sedl.org/scimath/pasopartners/welcome.html

Bilingual Spanish-English lesson and unit plans for K-3

· http://www.preschoolrainbow.org/

Preschool thematic lessons and ideas

· http://www.mamalisa.com/world/

Well-known children’s songs and rhymes from around the world

· http://pbskids.org/sesame/coloring/index.html

Sesame Street coloring pages each alphabet letter/number up to 20

· http://www.azkidsnet.com/riddles.htm

Jokes, riddles for kids

· http://www.geocities.com/Athens/8136/tonguetwisters.html

Tongue twisters (all ages)

· http://www.theteachersguide.com/ChildrensSongs.htm

Lesson plans, resources, and children’s songs –lyrics and some playable audio

· http://www.macscouter.com/Songs/Repeat.html

Choral songs, chants

· http://www.macscouter.com/Songs/Action.html

Songs with kinesthetic actions associated

· http://www.kididdles.com/mouseum/allsongs.html

Elementary school kids songs with lyrics and some playable audio

· http://www.christysclipart.com/camp.htm#Boom-Chick-A-Boom

US camp songs

· http://www.kidcrosswords.com/

Puzzles, crosswords, animated graphics for content areas (loads slowly)

· http://members.aol.com/A123836526/ActivityCard/archive.html

Activity cards for students to fill out (supplementary work, extra work)

· http://members.aol.com/A123836526/ActivityCard/archive.html

Daily activity cards

· http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/

Preschool thematic lessons and ideas

· http://www.preschooleducation.com/science.shtml

Preschool activity ideas (with annoying pop-ups)

· http://www.preschoolbystormie.com/

Preschool lesson plans and ideas

· http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles.html

Summaries of major literary works.

· http://www.southlakems.org/literaryanalysis_terms.htm

Literary analysis terms & definitions

· http://www.historynet.com/

History resource sites with exceptional detail

· http://www.bv229.k12.ks.us/bvhs_klopfenstein/WW_notes/wwnotes.htm

Graphic organizers targeted to history themes for grades 9-12

· http://www.loc.gov/

The Library of Congress – US history resources

· http://promo.net/pg/

Project Gutenberg free online books

· http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/

Free online books

· http://www.saab.org/

Free practice SAT/TOEFL, GRE, Math, Spanish, French, German online testing

· http://www.takesat.com/

Free SAT test prep

· http://www.radiodiaries.org/teenagediaries.html

Audio, transcripts, streamed stories by young adults about their lives

· http://www.radiodiaries.org/makeyourown.html

Guidance in creating personal audio diaries

· http://www.thislife.org

Intriguing streaming audio stories in first-person

· http://www.englishbaby.com/

Surprisingly hip and current short lessons on current topics - includes streaming 

audio of native speakers speaking naturally, a transcript, definitions, a self-quiz,

and student resources

· http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/

Streaming music videos

· http://www.laughlab.co.uk/topByCountry.html

Jokes by country

· http://www.thecenterweb.org/adult/citizenship/100questions.htm

100 INS Citizenship questions

· http://www.merlot.org/artifact/BrowseArtifacts.po?catcode=408&browsecat=0

Merlot database of web-based lesson plans and resources

· http://webquest.sdsu.edu/

Advice and resources for developing web quests

· http://www.james.rtsq.qc.ca/webquwksp.htm

Webquest to experience "webquesting" (some dead links)

· http://suzyred.com/novels.html

Webquests K-6 and 9-12, plus anticipated reading guides

· http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html

Web lessons based on CNN stories - including transcript, streaming audio, activities,

and links

· http://www.thinkquest.org/library/index.html

"ThinkQuest is an international competition where student teams engage in
collaborative, project-based learning to create educational websites. The winning

entries form the ThinkQuest online library." (quote from website)

· http://www.all-links.com/newscentral/

Index of Newspapers on the Internet from around the world

· http://www.quia.com/dir/lang/

Online quizzes and activities for 30+ languages including ESL

· http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/research/research.htm

Guidelines to structuring students’ Internet research

· http://www.gsn.org/cu/

Set up free classroom conferences with others around the world

· http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/vidconf/

Videoconferencing resources

· http://www.eslmag.com/mayjun03art.html

Dave Sperling introduces teachers to Internet resources

· http://catalyst.washington.edu/planning/dl_planning.html

Creating and planning a distance course

· http://www.teachers-connect.net/

Distance learning lesson planning resource – examples, resources, links (NC based)

· http://www.tecweb.org/eddevel/high/dlplan.html

Distance learning lesson plan frame

· http://www.avoca.wnyric.org/referenc.htm

Activities for youngsters on the net (webquest)

· http://www.dfilm.com/

Free online short movie creator where you select setting, sky, characters, create

original dialogue, and get credited as "director"

· http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/hotpot/

Hot Potatoes software is free for non-profit educational organizations for creating

web-based activities such as multiple-choice, jumbled sentence, crosswords, matching,

ordering, cloze tests, and short-answers

· http://www.blogger.com/

Blog for free at blogger.com

· http://teachers.net/sampler/

teachers.net template and free hosting

· http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/web_site/

template and free hosting

· http://www.webmasterkorner.com/

Basic HTML and web design tutorials

· http://www.webcredibility.org/guidelines/index.html

Web credibility guidelines from Stanford

· http://www.webstyleguide.com/

Web style guides

· http://www.serve.com/shea/website.htm

Website creation for teachers

· http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerAll.html

Basic HTML tutorial

· http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/kids/

Webmonkey for kids - tutorial on web development

· http://www.webgenies.co.uk

Web Genies web design tutorial for kids

· http://www.yellowpages.pl/ca/468753/Kids_and_Teens/Computers/Web_Page_Design/

Kids and internet design

· http://www.soundwavesseattle.org/

Vocabulary lists and streaming audio native pronunciation

http://flashcardexchange.com

Free flashcards for independent study – also create your own.

· http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/art/activities/wyps/index.shtml

Picture with prompts to write a story. View previous picture stories complete

with winning story entries.

· http://www.cal.org/ncle/softwareval.htm

"The National Center for ESL Literacy Education (NCLE) has a Web resource collection:

Using Technology: Evaluating Software Programs"

http://www.cal.org/ncle/health/

Picture Stories designed for Adult ESL Heath Literacy

· http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/

Houghton Mifflin downloadable graphic organizers

· http://www.2learn.ca/construct/graphicorg/venn/vennindex.html

Printable Venn diagrams

· http://ericae.net/

ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment

· http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html#rubrics

Master page of rubrics – Kathy Schrock

· http://www.4teachers.org/projectbased/checklist.shtml

Project-based learning checklists/assessment/rubrics - are customizable and printable

by grade and project type K-12

· http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/atm/teams/delta/ELA%208%20rubric%20no%20logo.pdf

Greece English Language Arts high school writing rubric

· http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/schools/gaithsbghs/Departments/ESOL/esolrubric1.html

ESOL Writing Rubric

· http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php

Assemble your own rubric from prepared templates - funded by US Department of Education

· http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/LANGUAGELEARNING/OtherResources/

ACTFLProficiencyGuidelines/contents.htm

ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines

· http://glossary.plasmalink.com/glossary.html

Glossary of Instructional Strategies

· http://faculty.washington.edu/~krumme/guides/bloom.html

Bloom’s Taxonomy

· http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/bloom.html

Bloom’s Taxonomy

· http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/ctac/blooms.htm

Critical Thinking questions matched to Bloom’s Taxonomy

· http://www.prm.nau.edu/prm423/designing_for_inclusion_lesson.htm

Inclusion instruction from Northern Arizona University

· http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/

Purdue Online Writing Lab

· http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb.html

University of Richmond’s writing web

· http://www.csuohio.edu/writingcenter/writproc.html

Cleveland State University writing process pages

· http://writingcenter.gmu.edu/resources/onlinehandouts.html

George Mason University Writing Center handouts

· http://web.mit.edu/writing/

MIT Writing Center handouts

· http://www.esc.edu/ESConline/Across_ESC/WritersComplex.nsf/wholeshortlinks2/

Reference+Desk+Menu?opendocument

Empire State’s Writing Lab Reference Desk

· http://www.journalsunlimited.com/readingp1_2.shtml

Sample journal outline used by Journals Unlimited

· http://www.peak.org/~bonwritr/readingjrnl.htm

How to begin a reading journal by Bonnie Bruno

· http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fiss/newpage1.htm

"An online teacher's workshop on implementing the writing process in the classroom" by Antifaiff, Qu'Appelle Valley School Division, Canada

· http://freedom.up.net/~msbones/wwwcom.html

Webpages of published student writing

· http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/

Nuts and bolts of college writing

· http://7-12educators.about.com/library/weekly/blbdyrubric.htm

Rubric for evaluating body paragraph

· http://www.otherpeoplesstories.com/

Stories/essays written by adults and posted on the web

· http://sites.unc.edu/teaching/assignments/

Writing assignment exchange run by UNC

· http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/tenses.html

Grammar tenses clearly explained.

· http://a4esl.org/q/h/grammar.html

Grammar quizzes online with self-grading ability from the Internet TESL journal

· http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm

English Grammar Index with examples, explanations, and self-quizzes

· http://www.pdictionary.com/

Internet picture dictionary

· http://www.m-w.com/home.htm

Merriam Webster dictionary and thesaurus online

· http://world.altavista.com/

Free text translation from/to 30 languages

· http://www.visualthesaurus.com/online/index.html

3-D, interactive thesaurus

· http://www.disciplinehelp.com/home.cfm

Identify and manage problem behaviors such as "the bully" and "the instigator"

· http://homepages.luc.edu/~hweiman/p13trp.html

Educational Psychology Master website, by Heidi Weiman of Kendall College

· http://maxpages.com/thena/The_Natural_Approach

Review the natural approach and more with Vedat Kiymazarslan

· http://www.funderstanding.com/theories.cfm

Learning theories and education information

· http://commhum.mccneb.edu/PHILOS/learntheo.htm

Brush up on learning theories with this guide to learning theories

· http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/martin.html

Information technology and learning theory links (Martin Ryder, University of Colorado)

· http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/pub/standards.pdf

NYS Learning standards for major subject areas

· http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/miscpubs/nysed/languagearts/

Entire text of The Teaching of Language Arts to LET/ELLs

· http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/nysben.html

NYS Bilingual/ESL Network Resources

· http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/testing/nyseslat.html

NYSESLAT for teachers and administrators

· http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/testing/retest/nyseslatmanualta03.htm

NYSESLAT Guide for Teachers Administrating the NYSESLAT

· http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/biling/pub/Pt154Regs.99.htm

Text of Part 154

Professional Development

· http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/4631/proforga.htm

Vance Sevens’ list of TESOL-related professional organizations

· http://www.lsoft.com/lists/site_q.html

Master listserv search engine – join the community!

 

 

 

Revision Date:

12/20/03

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