NY STATE VIRTUAL LEARNING SPACE

 Technology Resources for Teachers, 
Students, and Parents


Search Tools |Student Resources | Teacher Resources | Virtual Field Trips 
 WebQuests,Treasure Hunts and Hotlists | Tutorials

NYS Learning Standards | NYS Dept. of Ed. Virtual Learning Space Portal

  Citing Resources in Educational Projects

Search Tools

Google - A fast and easy search engine for teachers, MS & HS students 
http://www.google.com/

Yahooligans! Teachers and students will enjoy this site. Many useful links.
http://www.yahooligans.com/  

Ask Jeeves for Kids! -Type in a question and Jeeves will get you the answer.
 
http://ajkids.com  

KidClick! - A web search for kids by librarians
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/


Student Resources

BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Help
http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/
bjpinchbeck
 

Kidz Homework Helper
http://www.worldvillage.com/kidz/homework.htm

Kids Online Games and Activities
http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/online.html  

FunBrain -A useful and fun site for kids, teachers and parents.
http://www.funbrain.com/http://www.funbrain.com/

High School Hub
http://highschoolhub.org/hub/hub.cfm

Noodle Tools Quick Cite - Quickly generate an MLA-style citation for a single source
http://www.noodletools.com/quickcite/

Association for Library Service Cool Sites for Kids
http://www.ala.org/alsc/children_links.html

Great Sites for Kids
http://www.greatsitesforkids.com/gsfk/index.asp

Ingram's Library Government Site's for Kids
http://www.westga.edu/~library/depts/govdoc/
kids.subject.shtml


Teacher Resources

NYS  Education Dept. Learning Standards
http://www.nysatl.nysed.gov/standards.html

Kathy Shrock's Home Page -Some Great Stuff Here
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

Electric Teacher - Tutorials
http://www.electricteacher.com

The Staff Room -Rubrics for Everything
http://www.odyssey.on.ca/~elaine.coxon/rubrics.htm  
 
TeacherVision.com - A Variety of Tools for Teachers
http://www.teachervision.com/tv/curriculum
lessonplans/index.html

A to Z Teacher Stuff
http://66.216.122.96/

Lee's Summit Technology Integration Site
http://www.leesummit.k12.mo.us/ITS/default.htm

Teachers First - A Matrix of Lessons, Websites, and Teacher Tools
http://www.teachersfirst.com/about-tf.htm#

The New York Times Learning Network
http://nytimes.com/learning/index.html

Ed's Oasis Lesson Plan Library
http://www.classroom.com/edsoasis/TGuild/Lessons/
TGuildTOC.html

Discovery School 
http://school.discovery.com/teachers/

CAST - Universal Design For Learning
http://www.cast.org/index.cfm

Bobby - Repair Barriers to Websites by Individuals with Disabilities.
http://bobby.watchfire.com/bobby/html/en/index.jsp

TeacherFiles.com
http://www.teacherfiles.com/index.html

Teachnology - A Web Portal for Educators
http://teach-nology.com/

Laura Chandler's File Cabinet
http://home.att.net/~teaching/oddsends.htm


Virtual Field Trips and Museum Visits

Project View
http://www.projectview.org

Baseball Hall of Fame Education Site
http://baseballhalloffame.org/education/index.htm

The Virtual Field Trip Site
http://www.field-guides.com

Project View’s Lesson "How Things Fly" in collaboration with the National Air and Space Museum
http://www.projectview.org/AS%20intropage.htm


Web Quests, Treasure Hunts and Hotlists

Education World - Searching for Treasure on the Internet

http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr113.shtml  

Matrix of Examples of WebQuests - San Diego State University 
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/matrix.html

Blue Web'n - A searchable database of award winning lessons
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/ 

WebQuests in our Future: The Teachers Role in Cyberspace
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/webquest/wqsl1.html

Filamentality
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/

TRACSTAR -Organize Websites for Your Classroom
http://trackstar.hprtec.org/

Anchor Bay Curriculum Connection
http://www.macomb.k12.mi.us/cc/index.html


Tutorials

PowerPoint in the Classroom
http://www.actden.com/pp/index.htm

Front Page
http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial2.htm

Hyperstudio
http://www.ga.k12.pa.us/curtech/hypertut.htm

Using the FD91 Digital Camera
http://www.schenectady.k12.ny.us/users/title3/Mavica%20power%20point/MavicaPP_files/frame.htm

Excel
http://www.usd.edu/trio/tut/excel/

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