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Quizzes/Tests/Games Worksheet Generators Lesson Plan Generator Puzzle generator
Other Productivity Items Computer Based Learning Systems Graphics Tools/Planning and Organizing Tools IEP
Ways to Better Organize and Analyze Classroom Data Quantitative Software Webquests  

 

Quizzes/Tests/Games
Title Description
Algebra Quiz Generator Algebra Quiz Generator
Create A Quiz software for Windowa Computer assisted learning software for Microsoft Windows that allows teachers, educators, parents and businesses to easily generate their own on-screen interactive quizzes, exams, surveys Create A Quiz is NOT an Internet or web based quizzing application. Quizzes created with Create A Quiz will reside on the user's own hard drive Download an evaluation copy
Crossword Express (JavaScript) "Crossword Express is the most Feature Packed Crossword Compilation program available today."
Database of Quizzes Quizzes already developed
Discovery Quiz Generator Will need to set up account first (free and secure)
4Teachers Quiz Maker Will need to set up account first (free and secure)
Funbrain Quiz maker
Game-O-Matic and new SMILE Fun interactive ways The new incarnation of the GOM is called SMILE
Hot Potatoes The Hot Potatoes suite includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. Hot Potatoes is not freeware, but it is free of charge for those working for publicly-funded non-profit-making educational institutions.
Kelly's Fill-in-the-Blank HTML Quiz Generator Kelly's Fill-in-the-Blank HTML Quiz Generator
Kelly's Multiple-Choice HTML Quiz Generator
More advanced-quiz generator With language converters
OIT's quiz/survey/questionnaire development tool For UMD faculty—Use your user ID and password
PEST Personal Exam Self-Tester Free 21 day trial download helps students create their own for self study
Precalculus Quiz Generator and Grader Precalculus Quiz Generator and Grader
Puzzlemaker (JavaScript) "Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents."
Quia Create activities and quizzes. 30-day free trial; subscription required after that.
Quiz Center Quiz Center is a powerful tool you can use to create, administer, and grade quizzes online. Without any Web development background whatsoever, you'll be able to make online quizzes that provide instant feedback to you.
Quiz generator Quiz generator
Quiz Lab Fun Brain Quiz Lab makes it quick and easy to create online quizzes. It's loaded with features to help you manage your classroom and communicate with students and parents. Registration required; basic program is free; full-featured program is commercial.
The Quiz Maker Tool Add new questions and answers that make up your quiz Focus on JavaScript
Quiz Star Quiz maker at 4teachers
QuizHub The Center for Fun Online Interactive Learning Quizzes
School.History.co.uk Create interactive design, displays within quizzes
Simple Start Quiz Builder his simple application is installed on the CCSF server. It makes simple quizzes that use CGI scripts which means that a savvy student cannot view the source document to find the answer. Students get immediate feedback on their quizzes. Detailed instructions for using Quiz Builder are available. After you'v e created your quiz, you'll need to copy the text of each page and upload the document to the server.
Sulan Dun's Quiz Generator Sulan Dun's Quiz Generator
Web Author from the University of Pennsylvania. A tool to make online exercises on the fly

Worksheet generator
Title Description
Daily history facts generator Daily list made
Discovery Worksheet Generator Will need to set up account first (free and secure)
Explorer works best
Invention Ideas Worksheet Generator Math related
Lizard Point Math Worksheets Worksheet math generator
Math.com Math problem worksheets
SuperKids Math worksheet generator Math worksheet generator
Technology lab generator States lab generator but = worksheet
Various Subject worksheet Generators
For example Math
Click on the area of interest some are free trail version others are free downloads

Lesson Plan Generator
Teachers
Title Description
Discovery Lesson Plan Generator Will need to set up account first (free and secure)
Technology Another Weekly Homework Assignment Maker Weekly planners
Technology Daily Homework Assignment maker Daily lesson planner
Technology Homework Assignment maker Could be used for elementary school with multiple subjects -for students out for some time
Technology Weekly Homework Assignment maker For teachers lesson plans, for substitutes or to give to students who will be out for a while
Teachers First Find the subject and grade level you're searching for, then click in the appropriate box for web resources and lesson plans to match your needs.
A-Z Lesson plans across subjects which include worksheets and other valuable resources.
The Lesson Plan Page Choose your subject, then choose your grade level, and then choose the subject matter you wish to teach. This site also has a variety of other teacher resources. Also includes 'how-to' build a lesson plan and allows you to submit your own lessons.
Lesson Plans at TeachNet A variety of lesson plans and power teaching tools that will make teaching more fun than it already is!
Teacher Vision A complete lesson planning center. Invites teachers to participate with a variety of time-saving, easy to use online services.
PBS Teacher Source 2,500 plus lesson plans that include the arts and literature, health and fitness, math, science and technology, social studies, and early childhood. This site has a featured lesson and activity component.
S.C.O.R.E. This may be sponsored by California resources, but is valuable and appropriate for teachers across the world.
McREL Educator Resources Use the hot links by subject to locate lessons to make life a bit more easy and efficient.
Educational Units and Lesson Plans A treasure chest of lessons and units for teachers. Just scroll to check them out!
TeAch-nology Lesson Plan Center Wow!! Over 17,000 lesson plans, teaching ideas, and worksheets.
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse Teaching materials and lessons for Math and Science topics.
A Collaborative Lesson Archive A table that presents lessons by grade level appropriateness.
Discovery Schools A complete lesson plan library where you can browse by grade and subject. Lots of thematic units and activities.
Houghton Mifflin English Select a grade level, either K-5 or 6-8. Then visit sections that offer a plethora of tools for assessment, writing practice, graphic organizers, writing prompts, wrting rubrics, etc.
Education.com TeachSpace Complete a simple, free registration and begin your membership with a plethora of teacher resources that include Internet interactive lesson plans.
Lesson Plan Study Ideas and generator
Lesson Plans 4 Teachers also includes lesson plan templates Portal to other sources as well
Educators Network Lesson Plan Search Search by grade level
TrackStar Free but must register. Online lessons and activities. Simply collect Web sites, enter them into TrackStar, add annotations for your students, and you have an interactive, online lesson called a Track.
GEM From Dept. of Ed. The DoEd’s database
The Educator’s Reference Desk Ask ERIC Search by topic/subject
Educator’s Place Search by subject area
Students
Technology Daily Homework Assignment maker To help keep organized-especially if out for a time
Technology Student Daily Homework Assignment maker To help them get organized

Puzzle generator
Title Description
Discovery Puzzle Maker Several already on file and ways to generate your own (to generate your own you must set up an account first-free and secure)
Elementary word search maker Elementary word search maker
Technology puzzle generator and word scrambler Puzzle and word puzzle generators
Word scrambler Word scrambler
Word search maker Word search maker

SURVEY MAKERS
Title Description
Zoomerang™ SuperSurvey Greenfield Online
Infopoll Perseus PollCat
Inquisite Cool Surveys Survey System
Apian Software Hosted Survey SurveyView
StatPac SurveyGold Survey Select
InstantSurvey EZSurvey Mercator
SurveyCrafter PollPro SurveyHeaven
Surveywire ObjectPlanet SurveySaid
mantaINSIGHT Active Websurvey SumQuest
CustomerSat StatSurvey SurveySite
QuickSense SurveyTrends LiveSurveys
InSite Survey Monkey WebQ

Other Productivity Items
Title Description
Assessment and Rubric Information A site that provides articles, assessments, etc. for the classroom teacher and students.
Background on using rubrics Also has rubric design tools
CA State Automaticing Assessment Variety of free tools
Chicago Public Schools resource on rubrics Includes tools and tutorial
Discovery Kathy Schrock's Basic but fast
Generates seating arrangements, lesson plans, rubrics, assessments and more Free from Canada
Maine assessment & Design Toolbox for educators EXCELLENT site. Tutorial, modules, examples about assessment and design
Michigan College of Engineering site on rubrics still applies to education Still applies to education
MidLink Magazine: Rubrics and Assessments Also comes complete with Rubric 'how-to's' and other resources
MyT4L-Rubric Maker Make customized assessments for student work. You can create rubrics for primary, elementary, middle, and high school. The default text has been written to be appropriate for each level.
NCSU Rubrics Rubric and other evaluation resources
OpenMind Improve reading, writing and organizational skills by creating Mind Maps, which increase retention, comprehension and the organization of main ideas. Include images, text, videos and hyperlinks. Add time dependencies to ideas and view them as an interactive Timeline. Export to Word, PowerPoint, HTML and Mediator.
Progress reports, student learning contracts, timelines/gnat charts, weekly progress reports, certificates, bus and hall passes, book markers Productivity tools
Project-based Learning Checklists A plethora of age-appropriate, customizable project checklists for written reports, multimedia projects, oral presentations, and science projects.
Rubric-Builder Enables teachers to build effective assessment rubrics and to make them available over the World Wide Web
Rubric generator for multiple activities Rubric generator for multiple activities
Rubistar Use a scoring guide that is all ready for use -or- custom one to fit your own classroom or project needs.
Rubric module-Rubric Guidelines Guildelines for rubric development
ScreenCorder: Create software training and support videos. Add audio instructions, text bubbles and images to your videos. Export as WMV, Flash or an AVI. Use the web builder to create an online tutorial.
The Staff Room Need a scoring guide? Check out the list of over 100 'ready-made' scoring guides for the busy teacher.
Type on Rubrics Rubric Generator and other items
TeAch-nology: Rubric Makers Generator These rubric generators will allow you to make scoring guides by filling out a simple form. Click and you have a scoring guide completed to print and distribute.
WebQuests rubrics Rubrics for WebQuests
West Loogootee Rubrics and other resources

Computer Based Learning Systems
Title Description
BlackBoard LSS and IHE
Desire To Learn MD Dept of ED choice
Harvard’s Alps Project Zero Registration Free
IBM Lotus Business School uses
MatchwareWith Mediator 8 Pro Even the novice first-time user is able to create fantastic Flash® websites! Create E- Portfolios, E – Yearbooks, teacher and student websites, projects and CBT material. No programming or coding required. Include images, videos, animations and more. Export as Flash, HTML, EXE and Auto-run CD-ROM.
MindFlash Can register for free trail
Moodle course management system (CMS) --such e-learning systems are sometimes also called Learning Management Systems (LMS) or Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) Course management system (CMS) - a software package designed to help educators create quality online courses. One of the main advantages of Moodle over other systems is a strong grounding in social constructionist pedagogy
Open Learning Management System Part of MIT’s Open Management Initiative
TappedIn The online workplace of an international community of education professionals

Graphics Tools/Planning and Organizing Tools
Title Description
Word/Word Art
Using Book Logs Tutorial and ideas
Using Graphics Florida Gulf tutorial
Kid Pix
KidPix (Turn your speaker volume down) Enter try the paint online (give it time to load)-can see what it can offer by viewing the parental online introduction
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Exchange Great Ideas Adobe exchange
Adobe Photoshop Free trail download
Various Adobe software Other beta versions to try out
Printshop
Variety of Examples Other examples of similar applications
Kidspiration
Graphic Organizer Easy Free Trail download
UK Portal for Software downloads Tutorial (but the demo has similar)
Inspiration
Discussion and Ideas about Graphic Organizers More lesson plan ideas
Graphic Organizer Free download
Other Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizer Generator Make graphic organizers by filling out a simple form. The materials are made instantly and can be saved and printed directly from your computer.
Venn Fill in your topics, view your venn, then print for use. Your venn is created as its own webpage.
Graphic Organizer Index A table with a variety of suggested graphic organizers.

Venn Diagram - 2 Circles

Venn Diagram - 3 Circles

This site has an interactive venn diagram that is very COOL!!
MyT4L-Graphic Organizers Create customized graphic organizer worksheets. Choose from concept maps, KWHL charts, Venn diagrams, timelines, cycles, and more.
Probes, Graphing Calculators, PDA
Calculators Calculators - scroll down for examples
Vernier Probeware Probeware
PDA’s in Education Portal to lessons, and downloads
CoSN A Guide to Handheld Computing Report from CoSN
PalmResources Free downloads, articles, examples etc…
PalmOne Discussion board Forum and other resources available
PDA’s and Universal Design Helping to narrow the gap
GIS
USGS Background, research and lesson plans
ESRI Teaching with GIS
GeoCommunity Collection of educational GIS material, College listings, and pointers to online training.
NC State GIS Information Curriculum
BCISD Lesson plans, downloads and databases
Geospatial resource Portal Institutions, Training, Online Education and Research Papers on Geospatial Sciences.
GIS.com Tutorials and other resources

IEP
Title Description
IEP Planet Examples of sample documents and reports. http://www.visionplanet.com/view-goals.asp check part out for ideas of how to "word" the objectives etc…for specific areas of concern.
IEP's made easy Can locate by subject area
IEP Modification/Adaptation/Support Checklist  
Student Profile  
Sample Speech IEP  

California Department of Education Handbook

Sample IEP forms
Chalkware IEP samples and demo Have to download the demo version
dp Education Solutions You will have to provide some LSS schools information to get the free demo download (old version)

LD IEP Site

Resource for how to and what it should include (do's and don'ts) also forms at the bottom of page
Personal Education Plan Generator Quick and easy-lacks detail
Technology IEP Generator Modifications report
Tera Systems Inc. Will need to provide some information to get to the free demo download page
Turbo Demo Try some of the demo examples

Ways to Better Organize and Analyze Classroom Data
Grade Books
Title Description
First Class gradebook Demo (looks too busy for me)
Grade Machine for Teachers Will need to down load demo
GradeBookWizard Powerful web-based gradebook and class website builder for teachers
Gradebook w/ Excel Excel tutorial for educatiors
Pinnacle Plus Software Standards-Based Gradebook Standards-Based Report Card

SnapGrades Gradebook Report grades & HW on web or email. Powerful, Easy. Free till Nov!
Syvum Gradebook ideas Will need to register to activate but is free
TeacherEase Web-based gradebook. Free to the first 3 teachers in a school.
V Grade book Will need to register to get free account

Quantitative Software
Title Description
QSM Management tool (for businesses)-can get demo disc mailed or can download
Software Business products Lists of several software products used in "real-life" but educators could also introduce to students -go to individual sites to get demo
Software for Survey and Social Survey Analysis Navigate to packages--choose from the many-demo's on each individual website
Software for Survey and Social Survey Analysis Navigate to packages--choose from the many-demo's on each individual website
Tools for e-Research Lists of several software products used in "real-life" but educators could also introduce to students -go to individual sites to get demo

Webquests
Title Description
Kathy Schrock's Webquest Guide for Educators
WebQuest Templates Bernie Dodge
T-Spider WebQuest Training Comprehensive Site
Bernie Dodge’s Webquest Site The original
WebQuests An excellent overview
Web Gardens Tool to build webquests
Math WebQuests Excellent examples



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