CTA Good Teaching Conference 2009

The Best of the WebThe Best of the Web For Teachers and Students For Teachers and Students

Presented by George Sabato

CTA Good Teaching ConferenceCTA Good Teaching Conference

20092009

Today you will be Today you will be introduced tointroduced to

An Educational Web PortalAn Educational Web Portal

You will find out how to use this site,And learn how to make your own

site.

Get Ready To Discover!Get Ready To Discover!

Sites That Assist--Sites That Assist--

TeachersStudentsParents

Resources For History Geography Math English Science Research Help Touring Museums Taking Virtual Tours News and Weather Educational Games Translation Teaching Tools Standards Gifted and Talented

Education Teacher Resources And more….

Mr. Sabato’s Super SiteMr. Sabato’s Super SiteA Resource and A Model

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Here is where you arrive! Here is where you arrive! Welcome!Welcome!

NEW: Math English Reading Art …Homework Help for all Subjects!

“What’s New” is NEW!

Favorite History Sites

The following The following are just a feware just a few

of my favoriteof my favoritehistory sites.history sites.

Wonderful World HistoryWritten for kids.

Click on RomeRome

Or any Ancient Civilization

Mr. Donn’s Mr. Donn’s Ancient Ancient HistoryHistory

Great Links and LessonsOn the civilization you select!

BJ Pinchbeck’s at Discovery Schoolhas great links for Social Studies, Math,English, Science, Art/Music, ….

Easy Fun School has great project ideas.for example, for Egypt they have instructionson how to mummify a chicken!

New Formatting in History has links organized by World History and American History.In World History it opens with Unit Links supporting the topic my students are currently studying

Ancient Rome PowerPointsFrom Research Links

Here are the World and US Link Sets

The Geography links provide you with links that present

Maps—ancient and contemporary map quizzes, black line masters political and physical by the hundreds!Aerial/Satellite imagesFacts about countriesWeatherWorld TimeGames

Monterey on Google Earth

This game is likeSimon.

Drill and Thrill!

Here’s all aboutHere’s all aboutour governmentour governmentwith a nice link to a with a nice link to a Constitution Quiz.Constitution Quiz.

You name the subject-- MathEnglishScienceMusicArtESLFind hundreds of links!

Search EnginesGuides to SearchingEncyclopediasDictionariesLibrary Links

Find linksFind linksto just about everyto just about everymuseum in the world!museum in the world!

Get the scoopfrom kid

oriented sites,or from main stream sitesof television networks to newspapers,

from localto national!

You can now easily You can now easily use translation software,use translation software,just type in the English and just type in the English and get a translation into the get a translation into the language you choose.language you choose.

Fantastico!

Naturally, the kids love games.having these safe, educational gamesavailable is a nice service,and a hook to the web site.

Find tutorials to just aboutany software, (Word, Excel…)guides to making a web site,buttons and banners for sites,and places where you can builda free web site.

Find links to theCalifornia Assn. of the Gifted (CAG),And other great resources for parentsAnd teachers—the kids too!

Websites for Gifted and Talented

Great Great sitessites

from the from the UKUKandand

Australia!Australia!

Find links to sites Valuable to

Teachers andParents.

Find links to Find links to THE STANDARDSTHE STANDARDS for all subjects, for all subjects, STAR test “blue prints”STAR test “blue prints”And even sample “released” questions.And even sample “released” questions.

Standards

Lots of Free Teacher Support Sites

Some of What’s New

Very Cool—Citation from ISBNby Book Rags

Teacher Tools

Internet4classrooms.com/teachertools

Geocities.com

• See a model web site made a Geocities. http://www.geocities.com/2artists@sbcglobal.net/modelwebpage.html

Teacher McCool’s e-ClassTeacher McCool’s e-Class

Created in 15 minutes using aGeocities.com template.

This is a web site I created in 15 minutes as a model of what you can create.

Easy Class Home Page!Free and Can Be Up in

Minutes!

Home Page Builder

Example: Visitation Valley M.S.

Mrs. Kristin McConnico 7th/8th Grade

Thank you for coming to the workshop today!

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 George Sabato

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Jeremy JohnsonDamon FrazierAmy Haines