1. Best Websites
for the
Best Educators
(part 1/3)
EDU352: Foundations of Educational Technology
2. “How did we teach without the Internet?
Our favorite sites simplify lesson planning,
keep the classroom running smoothly, and
engage students.”
-Hannah Trierweiler Hudson
3. Teaching can be a
very difficult task
which is why, as the
digital media expert,
I’ll be showing you
some of the best sites
available no matter
what the topic.
4. 1. Best for Young Readers
scholastic.com/stacks
At The Stacks, students
can post book reviews,
get reading
recommendations, play
games based on the latest
series, watch "Meet the
Author" videos, and more.
It's like Facebook for
reading and it's safe for
school, too. Your whole
school will want to
participate in the "You
Are What You Read"
campaign, which asks
users to list their five
most important books.
5. 2. Best for Lesson
Plans
thinkfinity.org
There are so many
lesson plan databases
online, but Thinkfinity
stands above the rest
because its content
comes from the best
names in learning-
language arts from
ReadWriteThink, math
from NCTM, science
from the American
Association for the
Advancement of
Science, and more.
6. 3. Best for Finding
Books
bookwizard.scholastic.c
om
Use Book Wizard to
level your classroom
library, find resources
for the books you
teach, and create
reading lists with the
click of a button. You
can also plug a title into
the BookAlike feature
to find books with an
easier, similar, or more
difficult reading level
7. 4. Best for Craft
Projects
crayola.com/educators
With hundreds of
lessons for every grade
level, you're
guaranteed to find a
colorful idea for your
class, such as the
"Chinese Dragon
Drum" for Chinese New
Year or the "What Do
You Love?" project for
Valentine's Day. Sign
up to be a Gold Star
teacher so that you're
first on the list to test
new Crayola products.
8. 5. Best for Writing
educationnorthwest.or
g/traits
The creators of the 6+1
traits of writing offer a
terrific overview of the
model on their site,
with research to
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lesson plans, writing
prompts, and rubrics.
You can also find
writing samples to
practice scoring and
see how other teachers
scored the same piece.
9. 6. Best Online
Dictionary
wordsmyth.net
Add the children's
version of the
WordsmythNow
widget to your
toolbar, and students
can look up new
vocabulary no matter
where they are
online.
10. 7. Best Math games
nlvm.usu.edu
At the National Library of
Virtual Manipulatives,
you'll find activities for
every area of math at
every grade level. Need to
teach shapes to
preschoolers, for
example? Try the
Attribute Blocks, which
challenge students to sort
virtual objects. Working
on functions with middle
schoolers? Drop numbers
into the function machine
to identify the pattern.
