Teacher Tools

Powerful Websites for Powerful Teaching & Learning

This website contains educational resources that was put together by K-12 teachers for K-12 teachers.

We are always looking for good websites to improve teaching and learning. Know of a good link that could be added to this page? Email it to us & we'll add it!
Lori@linksforlearning.org

Website Creation Resources for Teachers
http://www.myschoolonline.com/folder/0,1872,6509-138232-4-62175,00.html
A list of links for those folks who are looking for graphics, HTML, web page tutorials and other bells & whistles.
Filamentality
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/index.html
Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning activities.
My School Online
http://myschoolonline.com/golocal/
Create & host your classroom website online for about $24 a year for unlimited web pages. Easy to-use web page templates (fill in the blank style). This is a good tool to use to create and host a website if your district does not provide this.
Gaggle
http://www.gaggle.net/
Gaggle.net provides students with free email accounts that can be teacher monitored. The free email accounts do have advertisements. Email accounts without ads can be purchased from $2.00 - $4.50 per student, depending on how many student accounts you purchase.
Web Page Calendar Maker
http://www.htmlcalendar.com/
Jeopardy Template
http://schools.nsd.org/~terickson/jeopardy.html
A wonderful template created by a Teacher Leadership Project teacher.

Copyright Permission Letter
http://www.bham.wednet.edu/copyperm.htm
An example of a copyright permission letter created by Bellingham Schools.

Art Rights and Wrongs
Information and templates on how to write, or e-mail, for permission to use copyrighted resources in classroom educational projects.
Landmarks for Schools: Permission Request
http://www.landmark-project.com/permission1.php
This has an online template that students can use to compose a letter seeking permission to use copyrighted resources.
Bingo Card Creator
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bingo/
A tool for creating BINGO games.Iinsert words or math problems, and click on a button. The cards can be printed & the items can be shuffled.
Web Worksheet Wizard
http://wizard.hprtec.org/
Use this site on the web to create a class web page or online worksheet.
Teachervision.com
http://www.teachervision.com/
Lesson plans, printables, graphic organizers, special needs resources, links to online quizzes that you make & other teacher tools.
Rubistar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
An online rubric creator where you can save your rubrics online.
Quizstar
http://quizstar.4teachers.org
An online quiz maker
Project Based Learning Checklist Creator
http://www.4teachers.org/projectbased/checklist.shtml
Teachnology
http://www.teach-nology.com/
Web portal for educators. Includes lesson plans, tools, worksheets, articles and tips for teachers.