Teacher Links

Accessibility

• Access & Equity Online Tutorial- If you're interested in making your educational website accessible for students with special needs, as required by the ADA, you'll be interested in this EXCELLENT online tutorial.

Administration

• DOE Schools Online- Links to all Louisiana schools that are online
• DOE Annual Teacher Salary Schedule

Assessments

• iLEAP Assessment Guides - provided by the LA Dept. of Education which includes sample test items, GLE's, etc.

CHAMPs

• Reproducable Images / Icons - provided by Mary Todd Elementary School

Copyright

• Copyright and Fair Use for Educators- a PowerPoint presentation presented at LaCUE Regional Conference by Dr. Nan Adams
• A Copyright Quickie for Educators- part of a teacher workshop, in which I co-presented
• US Copyright Law: A Guide for Music Educators - courtesy of MENC.org, the National Association for Music Education

Educational Databases

• DLESE- Digital Library for Earth System Education allows you to search for educational resources by grade level, resource type, collections, and standards
• Blue Web'n- it's described as, "...an online library of 1800 + outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects)."
• Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)- a database of federally supported teaching & learning resources
• Merlot.org- features peer-reviewed online learning materials, expert colleagues in your discipline, personal collections from colleagues in your discipline, etc.

Grants

• Grants.gov- federal grants
• TechLearning.com- create a free account, then search the "Databases" drop-down list for "Grants"

Online Printouts

• Weekly Reader Printouts- graphic organizers, trading cards, and "Writer's Toolkit" worksheets are allowed to be reproduced for classroom use

Online Tools

• WorldCat.org- A free online searchable database of library content and services. Find which of 10,000 libraries have what you need from ONE location.
• Zamzar.com- A free online file converter. Change a file from one type of document to another, such as changing a Word document to a pdf document. Very useful for opening a student's work which was created at home, but unable to open at school.
• Box.net- Free online file storage; Great feature: upload multiple files at a time. Forget your flash drive or floppy? Upload your files while at work and download your files from home!
• MyImager.com- A free online image editor. Use it to make your image transparent, crop, add effects, etc.
• NCRTEC Lesson Planner- A free online lesson plan generator
• PBL Checklists- A free online checklist generator
• Rubistar- A free online rubric generator
• Document Converter eXPress- A free online pdf creator

Professional Development

• PBS TeacherLine - online courses for PreK-12 teachers
• LEH Teacher Institutes- Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities offers various institutes each summer, offering stipends, CLU's, and/or graduate credit. I've taken part in 2 so far & can't recommend them highly enough!
• Learner.org - free prof. dev. "Video On Demand"
• Teaching American History Workshops - prof dev opportunity for elementary, middle, and high schools within the Florida Parishes region

Public Domain

• LoudLit.org - literature paired with high quality audio performances

Resources

• BioEdOnline.org- a huge resource for biology teachers, including discussion boards, slide presentations, etc.
• ChannelOne News- Intended for students 13 years+, this free teen news site offers high quality video clips (this is the informational page; the actual site is HERE).
• Dr. LeBeau's HomePage- this site was introduced at a former teacher workshop and has many great links, categorized by topics

Webquests

• The Student WebQuest: A Productive & Thought-Provoking Use of the Internet- an article by Maureen Brown Yoder
• Webquest Info- courtesy of Kathy Schrock
• WebQuest.org