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New Email Acces Point - After 6/27/2008 Ashford School E-mail Login We are switching to a new eMail provider (Gaggle.net). You must update any bookmarks or shortcuts you have created to your email. It will take about 48 hours for the changes to flow through the system. Your same email address and password will work with the new system.
Organization Links	Kidspiration Links
Professional Development Links	Microsoft Office Help
Education Links	Web Page Design
Tutorials	Clip Art Sources
Inspiration Links	Ashford Staff Meeting Calendar
Everyday Math Links

Organizations (Back to Top) EASTCONN CECA (Connecticut Educators Computer Association) CSDE (CT State Dept. of Education) Ashford PTO Link to a site created by the Ashford Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) about their activities. Connecticut Science Framework (Back to Top) Link to CT Science Framework Education Sites (Back to Top) Lynn Reedy Helping teachers Integrate Technology - excellent Grade level online resources Kathy Schrock The best set of links for teachers created and maintained by a teacher on Cape Cod. Holiday and Seasonal Teaching Ideas Bill Nye, The Science Guy Labs online - Shockwave and a newer, faster computer required. Math Solutions by Marilyn Burns An excellent site for math resources including lesson plans and in-service opportunities Choosing Web Sources Developing Media Awareness. How to evaluate the value of a site for research. Little Explorers A classroom site with questions sheet to use Little Explorers dictionary and web site. Excellent introductory lessons for primary grades to learn how to use links. KidsClick A search engine that reports reading levels of the sites listed. This will assist you in finding sites that are appropriate for your class to use. Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. Build your own maze or print specialty hand-drawn mazes created around holidays and classroom topics. AOL@SCHOOL http://school.aol.com AOL@SCHOOL, from America Online, provides a variety of age-appropriate educational content, state-of-the-art communications features, and special safety tools to make the internet more powerful for teachers and students. The system consists of a series of six online learning portals designed for grades K-2, 3-5, middle school, high school, teachers, and administrators. The student portals provide an easy-to-navigate environment in which students can access web sites that have been chosen by educators as the best educational content for that grade level. Additionally, the student portals provide a suite of functional online tools such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, a calculator, and many other research and collaboration tools. The teacher and administrator portals provide professional development and administrative help and resources, as well as the ability to search for subject and age-specific lesson plans. Blue Web'n http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn Blue Web'n is an online library of more than 1,700 outstanding internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and format (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, and tools). You can search by grade level, broad subject area, or specific sub-categories. Each week, five new sites are added-and you can get a list and description of these sites by signing up for free weekly updates via eMail. DiscoverySchool.com http://school.discovery.com A wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery Communications, DiscoverySchool.com provides innovative teaching materials for teachers, useful and enjoyable resources for students, and smart advice for parents about how to help their kids enjoy learning and excel in school. The site is constantly reviewed for educational relevance by practicing classroom teachers in elementary school, middle school, and high school. Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) http://www.enc.org Located at Ohio State University, ENC's mission is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improve the teaching and learning of K-12 math and science. ENC provides the best selection of math and science education resources on the internet, and it supports teachers' professional development in math, science, and the effective use of technology. Thinkfinity ( formerly MarcoPolo) http://www.marcopolo-education.org MarcoPolo is a consortium of national education organizations, state education agencies, and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation, intended to provide high-quality internet content and professional development to teachers and students throughout the United States. First launched in 1997 as a collection of standards-based, discipline-specific educational web sites for K-12 teachers, MarcoPolo now features seven main content web sites with lesson plans, interactive content, downloadable worksheets, and links to panel-reviewed web sites; a scalable professional development program that has trained more than 165,000 teachers with world-class trainers and materials; a network of 50 states plus the District of Columbia dedicated to rolling out MarcoPolo to all teachers and aligning the content to state education standards; and leading-edge diagnostic technology that enables tracking and reporting to ensure that teachers' internet integration needs are being met across the country. NAEP test creation site: For creating CMT type questions to create practice tests. Recommended by Aniie Perkins. The WebQuest Page at San Diego State University http://webquest.sdsu.edu This site is designed to serve as a resource to those who are using the WebQuest model to teach with the internet. WebQuests are inquiry-oriented activities in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the web. WebQuests are designed to use learners' time well, focus on using information rather than looking for it, and support learners' thinking at the levels of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. The model was first developed in early 1995 at San Diego State University by Bernie Dodge and Tom March. Tutorials (Back to Top) Internet How To: Finding information on the internet: A tutorial. The Help Web ...a easier tutorial on basic Internet use, searching, and links to helpful sites KidPix Tutorial http://www.learningelectric.com/kidpix.htm Microsoft Office tutorial (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) http://www.learningelectric.com/word.htm   Inspiration Software Links (Back to Top) Inspiration Quick Start Tutorial http://www.inspiration.com/tutorials/index.cfm?fuseaction=insp Learning Electric company Quicktime tutorials for Inspiration http://www.learningelectric.com/inspiration7.htm A computer Lesson Site by the students of Marlboro College. Includes a how-to tutorial and 4 lesson plans. http://zonorus.marlboro.edu/~everett/complessons/insp/lessons/index.html Lesson Plans using Inspiration http://www.inspiration.com/diagrams/ed/english.html Kidspiration Resources: (Back to Top) Kidspiration Tutorial Link http://www.inspiration.com/popups/kidstutorial/index.cfm#overview http://www.globalclassroom.org/together/kidspiration.html http://oswego.org/staff/cchamber/inspire/kidspiration.htm   http://www.wjcc.k12.va.us/nes/pontonm/Staff/KSP/ResLessons.htm http://www.spart5.k12.sc.us/TechTraining/KidspirationMatrix.htm http://www.carteretcountyschools.org/staffdev/kids/kidsact.htm http://www.boone.k12.ky.us/trt1/inspiration_and_kidspiration.htm Power Point Tutorials (Back to Top) Tutorial for both Mac and PC includes design basics http://www.orst.edu/instruction/ed596/ppoint/pphome.htm PowerPoint in the Classroom- Excellent resources - (Excel and Word aslo!) http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/rmc/tutorials/office.html#ppt Assessment Rubric for powerpoint: http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/pptrubric.html Microsoft Office Mactopia: This is Microsofts Webpage for using Microsoft products on a Mac. Word How To Articles: Excel How to Articles: Bend Word to Your Will: A dictionary –style reference on using Word. http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Bend/BendWordToYourWill.html Troubleshooting Word for Mac: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/TroubleshootingIndex.html Differences Between Windows and Mac Word: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/Differences.html How to Turn Off the Auto Formatting: http://word.mvps.org/Mac/StopAutoFormat.html Web Page Design Resources/Clip Art Links (Back to Top) Assorted sites for Free School Clip Art Follow any copyright instructions listed at the sight. http://dir.coolclips.com/Education/School/ http://www.bry-backmanor.org/schoolclipart.html http://www.school-clip-art.com/ http://www.cyberbee.com/bts.html http://school.discovery.com/clipart/ Barry's Clip Art Educational Clip Art- Free for you to use Pics 4 Learning Searchable Clip Art for Educators AltaVista Images Search Engine Searches the internet for photographs and clip art in color and black and white as per your selections. Everyday Math Links Missouri's Center School District posts free online interactivities and interactive manipulatives relevant to the Everyday Math Series. Everyday Math Resources Kindergarten Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5

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