Teacher's Toolbox

May 10, 2009 by Trudy.Griebenow

FCPS Links

Outlook Web Access
Blackboard Electronic Learning Communities
Inside FCSP (access from school only)
FCPS Teach Cirriculum and Instruction Resources

FCPS Professional Library and Instructional Materials Center Catalog

EBSCO Professional Development Collection
FCPS subscription. Access only from home or Hayward Road Complex. Usage tracked, should not be accessed from school building. ID and password required. Site accesses EBSCO's database and ERIC database for either individual database search or combined database search. EBSCO's database features full-text articles of 430+ journals with abstracts taken from 345 additional journals.

Educational Research Service
ID and password required for remote access. 1600+ current education research documents.

Gale Professional Collection
ID and password required for remote access. Full-text articles from 300+ journals for educators.

Collecting Websites for your classes

Trackstar is your starting point for 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. Create your own Track or use one of the hundreds of thousands already made by other educators. Search the database by subject, grade, or theme and standard.

WebQuests

Filimentality—Create WebQuests, Hotlists, Treasure Hunts and more!
ThinkQuest Create a Learning Project or browse the library
WebQuest Portal - from WebQuest.org
WebQuests an ever-growing collection

Creating Rubrics

Rubistar - Create Rubrics for your project-based learning activities
TeachNology's Rubric page - Make rubrics online for free
Rubrics 4 Teachers - Links to ready-made and custom rubric generators for student assessment.
Rubric Templates from Midlink Magazine teacher tools

State Curriculum

MSDE - Maryland State Department of Education
Maryland Voluntary State Curriculum
School Improvement in Maryland - features current instructional strategies that support success in Maryland schools

Word Searches and Crossword Makers

PuzzleMaker - from Discovery School

Lesson Plans and More

Thinkport - for Maryland Educators from Maryland Public Television and Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education
TeachersFirst—a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources, carefully selected and reviewed by experienced educators
Kathy Schrock’s Guide For Educators
Discovery School
Thinkfinity Education in the 21st Century
Scholastic Teacher's Page
Lesson Plan Central