Educational links:

 

GENERAL

 

http://www.howstuffworks.com/  - cool site that tells you how everything works

 

http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ - a link to any newspaper in the world

 

http://storylineonline.net/ - Celebs. who read children's books online, (smartboards)

 

http://www.freeinfosociety.com/site.php?postnum=460 - Download MP3's of famous sounds in history

 

http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ - Downloadable music for presentations

 

http://www.bubbleply.com/Default.aspx - Add "bubbles" to any video and post on the web

 

http://www.communitywalk.com/ - "Map" a story here

 

http://www.rebooting.ca/road/ - Some great WEB 2.0 ideas for teachers

 

http://www.google.com/educators/index.html - Huge selection of sites for teachers

 

http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf - Really cool site, World clock with information on population and other things

 

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help.htm - Helping teachers use the internet

 

http://www.nfpa.org/RiskWatch/home.html- health link

 

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html - great math site

 

http://www.animatedknots.com/ - learn how to tie a knot, from bow lines to neckties, all animated

 

http://www.buddyproject.org/ - Teaching on the Web

 

http://www.factmonster.com/ - Different facts about anything, for kids

 

 http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/as/boardmakerfiles.html - Boardmaker for teachers

 

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/ - PBS site

 

http://arpdc-smartboards.ning.com/ - Smart Board lessons by teachers

 

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/- Free resources for teachers

 

http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/storytelling/sevensteps.html - Digital Story Telling

 

http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/t4/ - Some great ideas for Web 2.0 and teaching

 

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/globalwarming/videogallery/videogallery.html - Discovery Website (science)

 

 

http://www.2learn.ca/nkh/default.html - Anything you need to know about using the internet in school, (plagerism, cyber -bullying, copyrights)

 

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/topic_t_1.html - Online math games for k - 12

 

http://www.eworkshop.on.ca/edu/core.cfm?L=1 - literacy at the elementary level

 

http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/ - Technology in the classroom

 

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/ - Site to help with search lessons

 

http://www.lookybook.com/ - Preview a book before you buy it.

 

http://www.wired-and-inspired.ca/crc/social-studies/ - Calgary Technology Page

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/maths/activities/transformation.shtml - Reflections and Translations page

 

http://members.shaw.ca/pmlavery/index.html Alberta curriculum links

 

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/magazine.php - Cool site you can use for creating

 

http://www.shelfari.com/ - What are you reading?  Share with the students

 

http://wordle.net/ - Arrange written text into art, displaying words most often repeated in a text

 

http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/ca/ca_entity_pages/ca_select_page.asp?lvl=1&id=2224 - math dictionary, thank you to one of my students for this site.

 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/misunderstoodminds/experiences/writingexp1a.html -Smartboard trace letters

 

http://www.antipodr.com/ -Find out the opposite side of the earth

 

http://www.photofunia.com/ - Photo shop with a twist

 

http://animoto.com/ - The end of Slide Shows

 

http://www.ispeech.org/ -Convert a web page to audio

 

http://www.edu.uwo.ca/mpc/festival.html - Math as Performance art?  High end learning

 

http://images.google.com/hosted/life -Search LIFE Magazine's Archive for great photos

 

http://www.ncsu.edu/midlink/web2.htm - More 2.0 resources

 

http://www.siemensscienceday.com/ - Science Site for Smartboards

 

http://www.coolmath-games.com/ -Great site for math games

 

http://www.coolsiteoftheday.com/cgi-bin/stillcool.pl -Sites of the day

 

http://www.bjpinchbeck.com/ -Awesome site for teachers and students

 

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivityDetail.aspx?ID=175 -Math resource for Mean, Median, Mode

 

http://giftededucation.suite101.com/article.cfm/free_time_websites_for_elementary_gifted_kids - Differentiated learning for gifted students

 

http://arpdc-smartboards.ning.com/ - Smartboard lessons by teachers (requires login) 

 

http://www.rebooting.ca/carc/index.html -Infusion of Technology into Social Studies

 

http://creative-class.pbwiki.com/FrontPage- A Whole new class ideas

 

http://www.nmsa.org/services/online/rebooting.html -New Ideas

 

 http://www.glogster.com/ -Cool tool for classrooms

 

http://you-tube-and-you.pbwiki.com/FrontPage - Great site for todays classroom

 

http://www.flowgram.com/ -A great site to link EVERYTHING for a class project

 

http://wiki-ning.pbwiki.com/FrontPage Wiki Site on Wiki's

 

http://illuminations.nctm.org/Lessons.aspx - Math Lessons

 

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ - National Geographic for Kids

 

http://www.funology.com/ - Fun stuff for Elementary Students 

 

http://www.funbrain.com/ - Elementary Educational Games 

 

http://www.imbee.com/ - Social Networking for kids

 

http://www.whyville.net/smmk/nice - Social Networking for grades K-4

 

http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/ - Social studies for elementary

 

http://pbskids.org/ - PBS for the younger students 

 

http://www.worksheetworks.com/math/geometry/graphing.html -Math Sheets

 

http://www.safesurfer.org/ - Safe web use for younger kids

 

http://www.blackgold.ab.ca/ict/Divison3/index3b.htm - Alberta Curiculum Links Site

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/mathsfile/shockwave/games/fish.html - Probability Games

 

http://www.smartteaching.org/blog/2008/08/100-best-youtube-videos-for-teachers/ -100 best You Tube for classrooms

 

http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/ - Math in the Movies

 

http://www.vancouver2010.com/en/culture-and-education/education/-/33970/1qaq2ey/index.html - 2010 ed. site

 

http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#22LVLR/woodgears.ca/eyeball// Shapes and Space

 

http://newsmap.jp/ - News Headlines around the world

 

http://bookfinder.nelson.com/bookfinder/ - Trying to find reading level books

 

http://www.visuwords.com/  - Online graphical dictionary

 

http://www.xtranormal.com/index - Make your own animated comic, good for Political Cartoons.

 

http://www.mindomo.com/view.htm?m=48511abbfb7e4145a33dbe6453d0f8af - Teacher Web Resources

 

http://www.polleverywhere.com/ - Class can "text" respond the answers on this site

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/ - Typing for the younger students

 

http://www.dthr.ab.ca/resources/documents/nutrition/index.htm - Alberta Healthy Eating Lesson Plans

 

http://www.aneki.com/ - Great site that compares facts and stats between countries in the world

 

http://www.yodio.com - Podcast and Photo essay from your phone

 

http://stereomood.com/ - Music in the classroom

 

http://www.teachingbooks.net/ - Resources for teachers 

 

http://nrich.maths.org/public/ - Same as above

 

http://www.slideshare.net/lwright3768/virtual-manipulatives-presentation - Math Manipulatives for Smartboard

 

http://www.discoveryeducation.com - More ideas

 

http://www.voki.com/ - Create Avatars from your voice

 

http://www.tagxedo.com/ Word cloud generator

 

http://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/2010/02/28/waiting-for-wordle-free-word-cloud-options-to-use-now/ Teaching and Technology

 

http://storybird.com/ - Create Childrens Books

 

http://nrich.maths.org/6700 - Math Problems

 

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/ - Film Link, free streaming

 

http://www.nelson.com/mathfocus/grade7/student/tryout.html#6 Text book Math 7

 

http://www.virtualnerd.com/ - online math lessons

 

http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/ - Web site to printer friendly version

 

 

 

 

SCHOOL BASED

 

http://www.gppsd.ab.ca/ - Our Home page

 

http://sas.gppsd.ab.ca/saspublicweb/ - Students Achieve

 

http://www.gppsd.ab.ca/dtaylor/ - Derek Taylor Homepage

 

http://new.learnalberta.ca/ - New Alberta Learning Site