Outstanding Online Resources

curriculum

graphics

teacher productivity resources

information literacy

tech resources

Teacher Productivity Sites

Timesavers

Here are some sites that offer free services to increase your productivity.

Backflip.com
http://www.backflip.com/login.ihtml
Online organizer for saving web site addresses and annotations.

Zoomerang
http://www.zoomerang.com/Login/index.zgi
Create online surveys and get feedback.

Response-o-matic
http://www.response-o-matic.com/
Create online surveys and get feedback.

The Best Place to Find Freebies
http://www.thefreesite.com/
All sites that offer freebies are rated and annotated. Lots of great finds.

Mail2web
http://www.mail2web.com/
Access any email account on from the web.

Free Answer to Technology Questions
http://www.freeanswers.com/

Certificate Creator
http://www.certificatecreator.com/
Create certificates from 38 different templates.

Worksheets

There are many resources for worksheets, but you may want to start with these resources.

Web Tools for Teachers
http://www.bestteachersites.com/web_tools/
Offers a wide variety of resources and tools such as lesson plans, graphic organizers, puzzles, and worksheets.

Worksheet generator
http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/worksheetgenerator/index.html

Communication

Schoolnotes.com
http://schoolnotes.com/edgate/about.html
Post homework assignments on the web.

Tripod.com
http://classroom.tripod.com/
Create your own web site and upload it using this service.

e-Board
http://www1.eboard.com/eboard/servlet/IndexLoginServlet
Free trial for online bulletin board

Rubrics

Rubistar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Use the categories and subcategories to create rubrics easily. This site was developed and maintained by the Department of Education.

The Staff Room of Ontario's Teachers
http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~elaine.coxon/rubrics.htm
More tools for creating rubrics for projects.

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