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Hawaii Department of Education |
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Hawaii Core Curriculum toolkit |
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Hawaii Content & Performance Standards III (HCPS III) Database - Searchable benchmarks, strands, rubrics by subject and grade |
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Department of Education Instructional Services Branch - The primary function of the Instructional Services Branch is to assess, plan, develop, and evaluate curricula and pedagogy to meet the needs of all K-12 students in attaining the Hawaii Content and Performance Standards (HCPS). It is responsible for the content of all subject areas in the instructional program; for instructional strategies which enable students to optimally meet the standards; and for the inservice training of district and school personnel responsible for the implementation of HCPS. |
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Hawaii State Assessment website (2007) |
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Hawaii State Assessment Released Questions (2006) - This site lets you see actual questions from tests in SY 2005-6 that Hawai'i students have taken. |
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HSA Quarterly Assessment Tests - Books, rubrics etc. are online for download. Username and Password are required. |
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United States Department of Education |
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Institute on Community Integration (ICI) - seek to improve the services and social supports available to individuals with disabilities and their families. The Institute carries out this mission through research, professional training, technical assistance, and publishing activities, in collaboration with others across the US and abroad. Impact is the zine it publishes with current articles of interest. |
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Grant sourcing, Federal Grants and the Foundation Center |
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Webquests (click on Top, Middling or New on left hand sidebar) all web quests are prepackaged for immediate use. "Top" and "Middling" categories have already been evaluated by educators |
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Filamentality - 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 and then creating web-based learning pages using Hotlist, Scrapbook, Treasure Hunt, Subject Sampler, or WebQuest |
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TrackStar - helps instructors organize and annotate Web sites (URLs) for use in lessons (the resource list remains visible allowing the user to easily stay on track). Search archives by keyword, author, or themes and standards. |
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Poll Everywhere - Poll Everywhere is a simple text message voting application that works well for live audiences. People vote by sending text messages (or using Twitter) to options displayed on-screen. The poll that is embedded within the presentation or web page will update in real time. Advanced uses include texting comments to a presentation, texting questions to a presenter, web voting, and SMS interactivity in print, radio, and TV. |
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Lexile Levels of reading books - The Lexile Book Database contains more than 100,000 English and Spanish fiction and non-fiction titles from more than 450 publishers. Once you know a student’s Lexile measure, you can search the database for books that fall within his or her Lexile range. |
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Teacher Permission Template - for harvested internet resources |
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Wallwisher - an online Notice Board maker, for making announcements, keeping notes, anything that you can do with Post-its. Demo Wall |
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Wordle - a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. |
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GradeConnect - FREE post homework, online gradebook, project assignments, announcements |
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Web site evaluation checklists of different type of web pages in Student Tools |
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Marco Polo: Internet for the Classroom - standards-based content and professional development, 1400 lesson plans aligned to one or more Hawaii state standards |
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New York Times Learning Network Site Guide - the most creative lesson plans, across all subject areas, available online (with complete standards documentation) daily lesson plan archive, thematic lesson plan units, issues in depth |
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MERLOT.org (Multimedia Educational Resource for Online Learning and Teaching)- Peer reviewed online teaching and learning materials. Share advice and expertise about education with expert colleagues. Be recognized for your contributions to quality education. |
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Curriki.org - User-created, open source curricula, and it's all free! The site supports the development and free distribution of educational materials and provides a comprehensive curricular framework that includes defined learning objectives, scope and sequence for instruction, lesson plans, student activities, instructional materials, and teacher training. |
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Connexions.org is an environment for collaboratively developing, freely sharing, and rapidly publishing scholarly content on the Web. Our Content Commons contains educational materials for everyone — from children to college students to professionals — organized in small modules that are easily connected into larger courses. All content is free to use and reuse. |
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ERIC Databases - Education Resources Information Center |
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Innovation Curriculum Online Network (ICON) |
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Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators |
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PacBell's Blue Web'n Lessons |
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OKAPI! - The Internet Application for Creating Curriculum-Based Assessment Reading Probes |
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Math Worksheet Generator - complete with customized practice problems (all randomly generated), with step by step help and answers. Plus you can generate multiple choice tests, to help practice for those big assessment exams like the State Assessment Tests, NCLB (No Child Left Behind) Standardized Tests, and the SAT. |
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Make your own banners - online for free |
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Constructed response forms - 2 Point 4 Point |
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Worksheet Generator - create customized worksheets in less than 5 minutes! Choose from several vocabulary and math worksheet templates in the "Create a Worksheet" area. Or just use a teacher-created worksheet in our library of "Worksheets to Go"! |
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The Biography Maker designed to help you convert facts into insights, dull and boring information into fascination and magic. |
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Index of Graphic Organizers |
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CoolText - online graphics generator for web pages and anywhere else you might need an impressive logo without a lot of work |
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Digital Index Card - a web-based tool for collecting and evaluating Net information. It consists of six forms that ask questions of the researcher, all designed to collect content and to help the research make decisions about the appropriateness of the information |
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Electronic learning resource reviews - search for reviews of video, software or internet resources |
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Recommended reviews of instructional resources Review Criteria EvaluTech reviews |
PowerPoint, Online Games and Game Templates
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FunBrain - online subject area games |
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Free microsoft PowerPoint presentations in astronomy, biology, chemistry, math, english, history, physics, geography and geology, spanish. |
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Pete's PowerPoint Station and Greta's Games and Hannah's Help |
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PowerPoint game templates - Jeopardy, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Hillsborough Squares, Undercover, Guess the Covered Word and Twenty Questions (Jeopardy subject games and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire are available from Mr. Woody). |
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Puzzlemaker - create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists |
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BrainBoosters - categorization, lateral thinking, logic, number and math play, reasoning, spatial awaresness, and word and letter play |
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"Think Again" Multiple-Choice Quiz Page Maker |
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"Cry Uncle" Definition Quiz Page Maker |
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"Matchmaker" Matching Quiz Maker |
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Quiz Center - create, administer, and grade quizzes online |
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How to Make a Web Page |
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Four Steps to a Web Site |
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HTML Quick Reference |
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Page Background Color Tester |
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Mini-Glossaries for a Web Site |
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Tools for School Webmasters - these freeware tools have been tested and found to be useful for school webmasters |
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W3Schools - At W3Schools you will find all the Web-building tutorials you need, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, SQL, Database, Multimedia and WAP. |
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Microsoft Office XP tutorial |
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Learn Microsoft Word 2000 , Learn Microsoft Word 2002 |
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Learn PowerPoint 1997 , Learn PowerPoint 2000 , Learn PowerPoint 2002 , PowerPoint Presentation Tips |
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Learn Excel 2000 , Learn Excel 2002 |
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W3Schools - At W3Schools you will find all the Web-building tutorials you need, from basic HTML and XHTML to advanced XML, SQL, Database, Multimedia and WAP. |
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Gently Socratic Inquiry - (Hawaii P4C) Toolkit , Teacher's Guide |
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21st Century Literacies |
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Information Literacy: An Overview of Design, Process and Outcomes |
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Media Literacy Resources |
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Constructivism - the traditional classroom vs. the constructivist classroom |
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Apple Learning Interchange - exchange ideas with other educational professionals |
Professional Learning Communities
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All Things P L C, All in One Place - This site serves as a collaborative resource for educators and administrators who are committed to enhancing student achievement. |
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Teacher Learner Network - The Teacher Leaders Network (TLN) is relying on Internet technology and old-fashioned conferencing to build a professional community of highly skilled teachers who share a desire to apply what they know and can do in leadership settings. |
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National Staff Development Council - Standard, Rationale, Bibliography |
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SEDL (formerly the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory) - Professional Learning communities: What are they and why are they important? |
