Half.com
1. Many college students use this site to buy textbooks for
their classes. This can also be a great place to buy books for (usually) much
cheaper than from a brick and mortar store. To find a book, simply enter the
book’s name or ISBN. The search engine will then scourer its affiliated sellers
looking for the book. A list will then display the various sellers and
condition of the book. Half.com is run by Ebay and has a ratings system for
sellers. With school budgets tight, using this site can help stretch the
funding a little further.
http://www.ncte.org/
2. This is the website for the National Council of Teachers
of English. Their stated mission is: "The
Council promotes the development of literacy, the use of language to construct
personal and public worlds and to achieve full participation in society,
through the learning and teaching of English and the related arts and sciences
of language.”
Tips of the trade can be found here. Many resources and ideas to inspire the
Language Arts teacher. This is the largest professional group for Language Arts
teachers and hosts various workshops.
http://freerice.com/#/english-vocabulary/1449
3. Kids (and anyone!) can play a multiple choice vocabulary
test. For each right answer, 10 grains of rice will be donated through the
World Food Programme. It’s a great way to build vocabulary and help donate food
to those in desperate need.
http://www.ordway.org/education/performances/
4. Get out of the classroom! Here’s a low cost way to have
students experience top quality performances at the Ordway. By following the
link, you find tickets for $3.50-$5.00 to weekday matinees. There is also a way
to request reimbursement for a bus so you don’t break the piggy bank on that
either. Do note that it is first
come, first dibs. Tickets can be bought as early as the summer before the
school year so plan ahead.
http://education.state.mn.us/mde/index.html
5. Here’s the Department of Education’s official website. I
personally can not navigate it for nothing since they did an overall of the
site right after I had finally figured it out. None the less, it is a must for
staying on top of content standards, testing stats and other useful information
related to being a teacher, parent and student.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html
6. Inspire students with the greatest 100 speeches of all
time. Each speech on this list as the name of the person giving the speech,
title, audio if available, video if available and pdf. This could also be a
site to analyze for biases based on who was and was not included. Overall a
nice resource.
http://www.khanacademy.org/
7. I can not resist adding this to my webpage resources even
though most of it has to do with math. I feel it is justified because now there
are numerous links related to the humanities that can prove to be a fertile
ground for researching topics that might come up in class. All the videos are
free, usually no more than minutes and delivered in a way that usually makes
sense while maintaining complexity of the topic.
http://www.eslcafe.com/
8. This is a website that focuses on English language
learners. Much of the site is related to teaching English overseas but there is
nothing to stop you from using it right here. The “Stuff for Teachers” tab is
particularly amazing due to the number of ideas and links within it. I also
like the list of idioms/slang under the student tab. You can forget how many
there are and how confusing they can be to learners not native to the language.
http://www.readwritethink.org/
9. In one word: Overwhelming! I get lost with all the
fantastic resources available at this website. There’s no shortage of lesson
plans and ideas for the classroom. They can be searched by grade or topic. In
addition to that, many great graphic organizers can be found at this link. Top
quality material!
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
10. Last but not least is this website that links to 1000s
of newspapers around the world. It is organized by area and then country. The
reason I include this link is because of how powerful it can be to read news
sources that came from other perspectives. It can also be neat for students
from other countries to follow in their own first language news from their
roots. For anyone though, it can encourage more reading as they explore other
cultures and views.
(There are so many more that could be added!)
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