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 Tools for the 21st Century Teacher  has really nice (& brief) descriptions and links to USEFUL web tools. Guaranteed to please!

 Here are a few more favorite educational tools:

• Sources for copyright free images/sounds for websites and digital projects
• StumbleUpon finds websites for you, based upon ones you say you like
• WolframAlpha amazing computational tool that lets you enter any data from genetics, to science to literature, and creates charts, solves formulas and more...you've got to try it out!
• Here is a tool for evaluating websites (from Cornell) Every student needs to be reminded not everything they read on the 'Net is true. See me for a list of bogus websites like this one, to test their critical evaluation skills.
•  www.spezify.com is a great way to visually represent all sorts of online data.
• Print the MPH student handout on plagiarism and find many tips & resources for teachers to help your students avoid plagiarism 

Request Library Support (schedule a library visit or a librarian to visit your classroom).

Read what this Independent School English teacher says about using technology to enhance your classroom.

Learn to use GOOGLE like a Pro 

NEED Primary Resources? Photos, videos or DVDs? 

View videos that discuss/introduce technology & media literacy (from a teacher in Canada)

awesomestories.com has links to all sorts of primary data on a wide range of topics. See me for PW and ID info if you need it.

Link to portals that help you search for streaming video  and audio classroom use. (From schooltube, to nipedia & hulu. Courtesy of Joyce Valenza, school librarian extraordinaire)

Request a VHS taping of a cable television program (be sure to check the local WCNY schedule for our PBS programming.)

View nearly every historic event through the world of photography, for free at Life.com.

Visit this PBS video site for full length PBS programming. 

View a listing of the MPH Video & DVD collection

Five Core Concepts of media literacy

• All media messages are constructed
• Media messages are constructed using a creative language with its own rules
• Different people experience the same media message differently
• Media have embedded values and points of view
• Most media messages are organized to gain profit and or power

 BOOKS & READING LISTS

Nice list of Historical Fiction books arranged by country and time period

Recommended reading lists from public libraries around the country, courtesy of Teachersfirst.com.

Looking for reading material? Try the Modern library's 100 best novels & nonfiction.

Native American Heritage month is in November, view a list of recommended titles for Prek-12 readers from the National Education Association.

• Using Harkness Tables to promote discussion
• The value of play
• A lighthearted look at teaching grammar to middle schoolers

Find classroom strategies for teaching students of varying abilities

LINK TO MORE RESOURCES & LESSONS

Alan November is an information technology guru whose website is filled with innovative ideas, lessons, exemplars from schools all over the world. Find out more about Skype, podcasting, search engines, and streaming video.

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