Administration Center for Education
507 Fishing Creek Rd. P. O. Box 803
New Cumberland, PA 17070-0803
717-938-9577
717-938-2779 (fax)
Last updated: 3/17/10
507 Fishing Creek Rd. P. O. Box 803
New Cumberland, PA 17070-0803
717-938-9577
717-938-2779 (fax)
Last updated: 3/17/10
Teachers, these links are being provided because they could be of value to you in your planning and/or instruction. PLEASE review the sites before pointing students to them directly. While I would never intentionally link to a site with inappropriate content, websites change frequently and I cannot guarantee that the website I provide today will look the same tomorrow.
| Resources for Teachers | |
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| Unitedstreaming |
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| Nettrekker Use this educationally-sound search engine for students from Kindergarten through high school. It's a great resource for teachers, as well. |
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| Apple Learning Interchange A great resource for teachers looking for ideas for projects. ALI includes galleries of student work as well as projects posted by teachers. |
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| Teacher's Toolbox Page A collection of technology-rich lessons created and tested by West Shore teachers. Look for ideas...or add your own! |
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| WSSD Podcasting Server See what West Shore teachers are doing with podcasting. |
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| Storyline Online This site has Audiobooks read by actors...including titles such as Polar Express. |
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| Sites for Finding Photos | |
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| CalPhotos Thousands of images of plants, animals, fossils, people, and landscapes. While not all images are copyright-free, many are. Usage guidelines are provided with each picture. |
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| PD Photo Many, many pictures that are in the public domain. This site is run by an individual, so teachers should review it before sending students here on their own. I have not encountered anything inappropriate, but that could change. |
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| US Fish and Wildlife Service Digital Library System Public domain photos from the US Fish and Wildlife Service |
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| Openphoto Lots of images |
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| Wikimedia Commons Image gallery connected to Wikipedia |
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| NOAA Photo Library Photo Library of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...great source of public domain photos of weather, the oceans, and more... |
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| Images of American Political History Over 500 public domain images from America's political past |
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| SIRIS Image Gallery Over 100,000 images from the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System's catalog |
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| Multimedia Resources for Educators and Students More than just photos...links to sources for audio and video files as well...from the Utah Education Network |
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| Hamilton Museum of Digital Art This site also allows students to share their own photos! |
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| Educational Blog Sites | |
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| Weblogg-ed This blog is written by Will Richardson, noted speaker in the field of educational technology and the use of Web 2.0 tools in the classroom. Reading this blog will give you a lot to think about! |
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| Speed of Creativity This blog is written by Wesley Fryer, an Apple Distinguished Educator and frequent speaker at educational conferences. His blog posts and podcasts are always thought-provoking. |
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| Teach 42 Steve Dembo from Discovery Education writes this blog about all kinds of educational technology ideas. |
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| West Shore Technology Staff Sites | |
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| Mrs. Ditzler's Page |
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| Mrs. Gallagher's Page |
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| Miss Morris's Page |
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| Mrs. Vitale's Page |
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| Mr. Harvey's Page |
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| Mrs. Bachman's Page |
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| Mrs. Gearhart's Home Page |
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| Global Awareness Sites | |
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| Global Awareness Sponsored by the American Institute for Foreign Study |
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| National Association for Gifted Children Global Awareness Division of NAGC |
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| Cultural Competency vs. Cultural Sensitivity |
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| Cyberschoolbus United Nations Global Teaching and Learning Project |
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| ePals.com Classroom exchange program |
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| Class Connect Connecting classrooms around the world |
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| Global Collaboration Workshop Links These links were done by a school in Wisconsin. There are a few "dead" links, but there are many that are worth your while! |
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| KidLink Global networking for kids |
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| iEARN International Education and Resource Network |
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| Rock Our World A global collaboration project involving making music and making friends around the world! |
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| The American Forum for Global Education Publications concerning global education |
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| Interesting things to use in the classroom... | |
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| Ten by Ten This site features the most frequently used words and pictures from various international news sources (Reuters, NY Times, and BBC). It is updated hourly and gives an interesting view of what is being reported around the world. Click on a picture to see links to the news sources to read the actual stories. Great for getting kids to pay attention to current events. |
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