Daviess County Instructional Academy

July 28-29, 2004

Free Internet Resources for Teachers

Compiled and presented by Mary Coomes, AHS Media Specialist

 

 

Cross-Curricular websites

 

  1. www.kyvl.org - Kentucky Virtual Library    

 

  1. http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/ - Smithsonian Institute for educators

 

  1. http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html  - Library of Congress Global Gateway – World Culture and Resources

 

  1. http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/ - Internet Library for Librarians
  2. http://www.awesomelibrary.org/
  3. http://www.newark.osu.edu/osun/Writing.asp - OSUN Writing Lab - links to style sheets, etc. 
  4. http://www.aetv.com/class/ - A&E Television – Classroom resources with guides to go along with A&E biographies
  5. http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/MHN/enclpdia.html - great for music and fine arts educators
  6. http://www.ipl.org/ref/POTUS - The Internet Public Library with subject collections
  7. http://www.funbrain.com/ - Educational games across the curriculum
  8. http://www.nhptv.org/kn/cil/ - The Classroom Internet Library – list of subject related websites that have been reviewed  by New Hampshire Public Television
  9. http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/ - lists of websites organized by subject
  10. http://www.asterix.tm.fr/ - official site of Asterix
  11. http://www.sfskids.org/templates/home.asp?pageid=1 – San Francisco Symphony’s website teaches about instruments and the orchestra
  12. http://teacher.scholastic.com/ - Activities and lesson plans from Scholastic
  13. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/uvaonline.html#conditions – University of Virginia online etext collections – includes foreign language texts (UVA only means no public access)
  14. http://www.nga.gov/onlinetours/onlinetr.htm - National Gallery of Art online tours
  15. http://app2.kde.state.ky.us/marcopolo/index.cfm?fuseaction=marcopolo.search  - High quality, standards-based Internet content aligned to Kentucky standards.
  16. http://mail.nvnet.org/%7Ecooper_j/plagiarism/ - plagiarism resource
  17. http://gutenberg.net/ - free electronic books
  18. http://amillionlives.com/ - biographies
  19. http://www.geocities.com/Athens/4611/ - special education resources
  20. http://classroomclipart.com/ - Classroom clipart
  21. http://www.libraryspot.com/ - libraries and references online
  22. http://www.puzzlemaker.com/ - create puzzles online
  23. http://cybil.tafe.tas.edu.au/%7Ecapsticm/quizman/qmhome.html# - create web-based quizzes online (supposedly are free, but they ask for a small donation)
  24. http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ - Kathy Shrock’s guide to education – links to curriculum areas
  25. http://www.sports-media.org/ - a site for Health and PE teachers
  26. http://www.ed.gov/free/index.html - federal resources for educational excellence

 

  1. http://www.thegateway.org/ - Gateway to educational materials and resources (note: click on free resources only at the bottom of the page).
  2. http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~tbushey/educ.html - Links to all kinds of educational sites