Annotated+Web+Sites

Students were asked to investigate web sites and make a list of 5 sites that would be appropriate for the grade level/content area in which they wish to teach. They were then asked to contribute one of the sites to the list below and explain why they like that site. Lisa Girardi - [] This website allows students to see and track slave voyages that crossed over from Africa to other areas around the world. Students can see and learn information about the ships, and the passengers on board. They can see where they docked, and on what date. They can get information about what types of people were on the ships. It's a great research tool for students studying the trans-atlantic slave trade. Web English Teacher **This website includes all kinds of information from bulletin board ideas and lesson plans of the month, to help integrating technology and sample response questions from a variety of literature. This website has some ideas for K-5 but mostly focuses on grades 6-12. It was created by an English teacher looking for helpful websites on using technology and internet resources.**
 * Rachel Cyr -**
 * This website is friendly and simple to use as a resource for literature ideas, guides, and for students looking for helpful hints. It includes lots of information and ideas presented clearly and simply, including lesson plans, what to read, questions to ask students, and games to help encourage learning and engagement in the classroom. I think this website will be useful in the future as an English teacher because it is packed with tools and information for classroom development and teaching skills.**

Lindsay Alvey - []
This site offers classroom resources in all forms; worksheets, interactive games, videos, etc. It also holds teacher forums and discussions, professional development opportunities, links to recent and relevant articles for educators, and advertisements for useful classroom tools (rather than irrelevant, distracting ads). The entire website is very navigable and user-friendly, with clear sections and categories.

**Inhea Kim**-
[] I really like this site since students can pick their grade level to improve mathematics skills. Also, the site contains lots of pictures for students to visualize math concepts better. Therefore, the site motivates students to learn much better compare to the traditional lecture classroom. I chose this site for students to approach learning in different ways to improve their math skills.

Bryan Wohlgemuth - [|www.historyteacher.net]
 * I really liked this site because of the ease and simplicity of design. It allows a student many options for material to find including old magazine and journal articles in regards to specific topics.**

I think this website is a good way to discover conferences and workshops in your area that would be beneficial to your teaching career. I also think this website is good because they have an entire review team look over any conference or workshop before they post it on the website. I think this website is very credited in what they do.
 * Erica Applebaum**--[|http://www.educatorsprofessionaldevelopment.com]


 * TIM WALSH-- []** I like that this website helps students prepare for SAT like math questions. When I am teaching and SAT’s are coming up I will refer my students to this website and take questions off of this website so that they can be properly prepared for the SAT.


 * Marissa Orichowskyj- @http://www.babygamer.com/ ** This website has many different games and activities for infants and toddlers. I chose this site becase it is important to stimulate a baby's mind and the activities on this site will help do that.


 * Alyssa DeVita**: []. ABC ya, is a great website for games and activities for elementary school children. I chose this site because I feel incorporating games and activities into everyday lessons is very important for children. Adding these resources adds as practice, and makes understanding the lesson content easier.


 * Jen Summann [] **I like this site because it has so many different fun games. I chose this site because I would use this site for learning games for my future students.


 * Lauren Watts: []** I like this site because it is provides a fun way for young students to learn. It provides educational games for students to play, as well as resources for teachers to use in the classroom. It provides a fun way to bring technology into the classroom while helping students learn the basics of math and reading.


 * Rebecca Sims: @http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/ ** A to Z Teacher Stuff is a great resource for all teachers. The site has fun ideas for lesson plans, classroom themes, and games that help to integrate the lessons into learning.I would recommend this website to early childhood or elementary education teachers because most of the information is geared toward younger students.

I like this site because it provides many different types of writing and examples of how to proceed through each example. It provides samples of each kind of writing for reference, and printable options.
 * Kaitlyn Jones: Writing Fun @http://writingfun.com/writingfun2010.html **

I really liked the detail put into each one of the animations. The website not only gives you animations about numerous topics but it also explains the animations in great detail.
 * Steven Barsotti: Educypedia []**

I think this website is a great resource for all teachers in various levels and subject areas. I chose this website for how organized and useful its resources are. You can make multiple types of puzzles, look up worksheets, and view a variety of lesson plans on different topics. This website would greatly help me in coming up with ideas in my future teaching.
 * Caroline Cerzosimo: Discovery Education [|http://www.discoveryeducation.com]**

I would recommend this site for Early Elementary Special Education teachers. I like this site because it has monthly activity calendars that teachers can print out and implement in their classroom instruction. This site focuses more on daily living skills as opposed to academic skills. Most severely disabled children do not finish school, so it is imperative for them to learn basic life skills such as getting dressed, cooking, and finding a job. The earlier these skills are applied in the classroom, the more likely the student is to live independently in the future, which is the goal most parents have for their disabled children.
 * Stephanie Magistro: The Educators Online Resource: [] **

This site is very useful for professional development because it offers the legislation surrounding special education. I like this site because you can see the legislation, but you also have access to a variety of special education categories. This site is both personal and impersonal which is used to connect teachers, parents, and kids to resources to educate them about special education
 * Andrew Prietz: Council for Exceptional Children http://www.cec.sped.org**

This site has many different printouts (not only for science either) for special education students in high school. It has a lot of cool different things like A Chocolate Curriculum which shows you how to use chocolate within the curriculum and another activity with food called Gummy Bear Genetics. This site gives a special education teacher different ways to keep the lessons fun.
 * Erin Skold: Popular Science Printables @http://www.teachervision.fen.com/science/printable/53848.html**

I love that this site covers everything you could possibly imagine. It is great for parents and educators. There are free worksheets to download and a question answer section. It is so easy to find things because you can search by age, grade, or topic.
 * Tammy Pickett: Education @http://www.education.com/ **

This site is useful to parents, teachers and children alike. There are fun, interactive games for children grades Pre-K to 6th grade. For parents and teachers there are printable coloring pages and arts and craft ideas that can be used with children. The website is colorful and easy to maneuver and uses language that young children will be able to understand.
 * Samantha Parry: Fun School http://funschool.kaboose.com**

 Ichose to share Web English Teacher because it exemplifies the kind of websites I would be on the lookout for as a teacher. The website is very attractively made which makes it easy to maneuver. Included on the website are tools for teachers, as well as numerous links to outside sources where a teacher can find more information.
 * Jeffrey Holle: Web English Teacher ( []) **


 * Johnny Roxanis: The website I chose was [] I ** chose this link becasue it has fun activities for students to do. It also focuses more on one subject which is nice. This website is for elementary grade levels.


 * Kayla Riffle [] ** ﻿I chose this site because it is full of fun and fresh lesson planning ideas for grades K-5. The website comes from Discovery Education. The lessons are free and broken down into subjects. The lessons are unique and most integrate technology. Some lessons look just like fun games for students but they all have educational value.


 * Maura McDaniels http://www.lessonplans.ws/grades-9-12-social-studies** I chose this website because it provides lesson plans for all age groups. It gives activities for most lessons which make the lesson applicable.

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 * Taharah Shaw:** Amazing Biology Teachers resource. This web site is just for teachers that want to improve their classrooms and help their students to succeed. It has management tips, games, puzzles, national standard, and teacher preparation. Not the best site for graphics but has much information about science in news. It seems as though it may be targeted for elementary students.This helps all students in 9-12 grade. **[]**

[|Lesson PlanZ.com]
 * Heather Kravitz** -

This site is for lessons plans that are suggested for different subject topics. It gives teachers step by step instructions and a list of materials needed to teach the particular lesson. I like this site because it is an easy and quick resource. You pick the grade level you are teaching and it gives you a variety of subject to choose from. Many suggested lessons are offered with detailed descriptions about how to carry out the lesson. I chose this site for my list because it is a great way for new teachers to learn new and creative lessons. Also, each lesson is a lesson that was used by actual teachers. Each lesson lists the teacher who wrote it and the grade level they used it for. This shows that it is not just a plan, but it is used. If it is published to the site it must have been a successful lesson.


 * Paul Donnelly** - <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">[]

This site is very helpful for high school history teachers. It has ready made quizzes, lessons, and acess to dozens of scholarly historical sites. It also gives teachers ideas about different types of projects.

**Nicole Rickards -** Kids Know It Website @http://www.kidsknowit.com/ This website has a variety of games and activities for students to participate in the classroom or at home. It also has a variety of fact sheets for teachers and students to use based on subject areas. It is a great resource for pre-service teachers to use and to provide to their students.


 * Sarah Brown** - [|National Council of Teachers of English]

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I chose this site and I really like it because it is completely for English teachers. Not only that, but it is informative for English teachers of all grade and age levels—even college. It is also founded by a professional association so it is a very credible source of information. English teachers from across the nation can become members of the site, contact each other, learn from each other and from the site.


 * Chelsea Divenanzio** - The Learning Planet The learning planet is easy to navigate, has a wide use of colors, which are visually stimulating to young children, and a wide variety of activities. There are many learning activities for children in the grade I want to teach, which is Kindergarten. The use of characters/cartoons can hold the children's interest, while still being a strong learning website and environment. There is also printable worksheet page, a teacher's page and student's page. The teacher's page has Early Learning activities, Brain and Memory games, Language Arts and Word games, Logic-Problem Solving games, and Creative Activities


 * Rachel Rainville**- [|www.readwritethink.org] I chose this site because it has many technological resources that teachers can utilize while teaching language arts. It also has great lesson plan and lesson ideas. This site is reliable because it is sponsored by the International Reading Association.

=﻿Chris Bellin <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[] - <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">I like a lot about this site such as the interaction and the games that are provided for you to do. Also the site is made for younger students so they can also learn by interacting. One thing that I do not like about this site is the spelling on a lot of the front pages. Also I don’t think this site is a credible site but it is still fun for students to do on their free time or at home for some type of homework. =

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 * Becky Schnell** - [|STUDYBLUE.COM] - STUDYBLUE is like a digital “backpack.” Signing up is free and requires a high school or college email. STUDYBLUE is a helpful study tool for older students. Some students find it beneficial to rewrite their class notes and STUDYBLUE provides an easy way to do this. Students can open a blank template and type out their class notes. These notes can be pulled up side by side to a flash card template, where the student can turn their notes into question/answer format for studying. Once the student saves their notes and flashcards to a class, their classmates can retrieve their notes. This website would be very helpful to a college level class that requires a lot of reading and note taking. Students can divide the readings up and then upload their notes and flashcards to the class page on STUDYBLUE. This would lessen the workload of students and allow them more time to focus on studying.==

[|__**Christine O'Reilly-**__ National Council of Teachers of English -]

NCTE: National Council of Teachers of English I like that this website provides teachers with information for seminars, conventions, links to constituent groups, and English journals. I chose this site for my list because it provides many ways for English teachers to reach other teachers and by doing so teachers can share ideas and experiences and can learn from each other.

I liked this website because it is incredibly well organized and provides everything a special education needs to maintain a good classroom. I included it because I think it a fantastic resources for all special education teachers.
 * Kristen Hoffmann** - http://[|__www.naset.org__]/

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Erica Harding: Discovery Education __<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; vertical-align: baseline;">[|http://www.discoveryeducation.com] __ ** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">I think this website is a great resource for all teachers in various levels and subject areas. I chose this website for how organized and useful its resources are. You can make multiple types of puzzles, look up worksheets, and view a variety of lesson plans on different topics. This website would greatly help me in coming up with ideas in my future teaching.

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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Andrew Ahlstrom <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Site Title and URL: The American Revolution / http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Everything and anything about the American Revolution! Who was involved, when, where, how, why etc. Also includes video's, additional readings, documents, timelines, basically, everything an educator would need to help teach a lesson on the war. I very much like this site because it has so much information, is well organized, and provides access to documents, which as an aspiring history teacher is always nice having.