For Teachers

Tutorials:

• Inspiration 7.0 for Visual Learning
• MS Office Tutorials at Florida U.
• Tech4Learning Tutorials for Image Blender
• Technology Integration
• Do's and Don'ts of Web Design
• Free Clipart @ ClassroomClipart.com
• FrontPage Free Online Tutorial
• HTML Basics
• Web Design Class PowerPoint Show

• SOL Testing Information
• Released Test Items
• Teaching the SOL (VA Dept. of Ed.)
• Test Blueprints
• Enhanced Scope and Sequence
• SOL's Online
• Enhanced Scope and Sequence
• Released SOL Test
• Poster Sets

Virtual Field Trips:

• Apple's Electronic Field Trip Series
• Ball State Teacher-Created Electronic Field Trips (Register first for free)
• eField Trips (National Parks, etc.)
• Fortune City Directory of Virtual Trips
• OOPS Virtual Field Trips
• Smithsonian
• Tramline Virtual Trips
• University of Utah(Geology)
• Utah Education Network(All Subjects)
• Volcano World Trips
• White House for Kids
• Yahoo Directory of Virtual Field Trips

Animated Gifs

• MediaBuilder's Animation Factory
• Artie Animation
• Free Animations

Backgrounds and Icons

• IconBAZAAR - Backgrounds, Borders and Textures
• School Icons CLUB --Free Web Backgrounds and Banners and More
• Absolute Background Textures Archive: 4563 Free Tiling Background Textures
• The Background Sampler
• Phyllis's Backgrounds
• Backgrounds by Tickie - Index - Tickie's Web Page Themes

Clip Art Sites:

• Free Collection of Clip Art on the Web
• DK Clipart
• Clipart.Com
• Clipart Directory
• Bellsnwhistles

Educational Clip Art

• The Clip Art Gallery from Discovery School
• School/Classroom - Education Clip Art
• Kids Domain - Clipart
• Clip Art Listing
• Bio-Rad Laboratories-Science Graphics
• Color Education Clipart
• B/W Education Clipart
• IconBAZAAR
• TreasureNet Historical Image Collection
• History ClipArt
• Clipart Connection
• School Icons CLUB --Free Web Graphics and More
• Graphics by Pat
• Clipart Gallery

• Awesome Clipart for Kids
• The Amazing Picture Machine

Midi Files (Music):

Previously Featured Sites:

• A+ Math was developed to help students improve their math skills (fun flashcards!)
• American Memory is an online archive of over 100 collections of rare and unique items
• Ask.com (formerly AskJeeves and Teoma), a robust search engine for the teachers and students
• Bare Bones 101: A Basic Tutorial on Searching the Web- finding resources more efficiently
• Blackboard, a resource provided by LCPS for teachers
• Capital Community College Guide to Grammar and Writing; PP's and review games
• Center for Interative Learning and Collaboration (CILC) provides free and fee-based video conferencing opportunities for classrooms
• Commonwealth of Knowledge- SOL resources provided by JMU
• Cyberbee "Copyright on the Web" Interactive Lesson ( www.cyberbee.com)
• Digital Historical Documents on the Library of Congress site for teaching with primary sources
• Education 4 Kids is a multi-subject resource for students to practice all skills
• Fun Brain Educational games that don't violate the Acceptable Use Policy
• Flip Books or Foldables are important methods for helping students memorize key facts and ideas
• Internet 4 Classrooms: Helping Teachers Use the Internet Effectively
• Jamestown--Reading in the Content Area (Glencoe Project)
• Jefferson Lab SOL practice tests for math, science and technology
• LD Online www.ldonline.org, The BEST Web site for info. on LD from PBS
• Merriam-Webster's Visual Dictionary - Explore 6,000 images and see words like never before
• Views of the National Parks from the NPS has created virtual field trips of all the major parks
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives offers visual representations of math concepts
• New York Times on the Web for students and teachers
• RefDesk.com is an index quality Internet sites to assist visitors in navigating the Web
• Rubistar at 4theachers.org has grading rubrics done for you or you can customize
• Science Museum of Virginia-Located in the Tidewater Region of Virginia
• Scholastic web site for leveling books
• SenTeacher for special needs teaching resources
• Smithsonian's Upgraded Website- interactive activities, homework help, and content-based games
• Teacher's Domain - Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and for Prof. Dev.
• Teacher Tube's goal is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos.
• The Library of Congress Learning Page
• Trackstar is your starting point for online lessons and activities
• Virginia Algebra Resource Center (ARC) has resources for Algebra I
• Web Feet has set the standard for Web site selection and description
• Whyville is an imaginary town with citizens from all over the world

Software and Web Site Reviews:

• Computer Info. @ PC Magazine online
• Sites for Teachers - Web site reviews
• Software Purchases (Discount Prices for Teachers)
• SuperKids.com - This site reviews software for kids
• To Compare Hardware Prices and Features