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Recommended Web sites:

For Students:
tutorcenter.com
This is a useful Web site for students who need help with a variety of subjects. Students can even get help for writing a research paper. SAT prep help is also available.

For Teachers:
Internet4Classrooms
Bill Byles, co-founder of Internet4Classrooms, Memphis, TN, wrote Surf Your Way to an Integrated Classroom in this issue of Technology Turning Points.

In the Spring of 2005 Internet4Classrooms was included in two ISTE publications:
  • 101 Best Web sites for Elementary Teachers
  • 101 Best Web sites for Secondary Teachers
Internet4Classrooms is included in the technology integration chapter with eight other sites. Author James Lerman wrote, "Of all the great Web sites in this chapter, Internet4Classrooms is clearly the best for just-in-time teacher technology help."

If you have not yet seen Internet4Classrooms, take a look at the resources available for use in your classroom. Write to either Bill Byles or Susan Brooks if you have specific technology integration needs; sbrooks@internet4classrooms.com or bylesb@internet4classrooms.com.

teAchnology
Great Web site for integration ideas. Lots of rubrics, worksheets, and themed lessons. Good teacher tips for a variety of classroom situations. Over 27,000 lesson plans and 6500 worksheets ready to use.

Sites for Teachers: Hundreds of Educational Web Sites Ranked by Popularity
This Web site ranks over a thousand different educational Web sites according to their popularity with sitesforteachers’ visitors. Also included are lesson plans, worksheets, and lessons for ESL students. Teachers can register their own Web sites with the site as well.

Marcopolo
Check out this Web site for lots of different Internet content lessons. This Web site contains standards based Internet content for K-12 teachers. Lessons identify objectives, materials, instructional plan, questions for students, assessment options, and teacher reflections. Sign up for the monthly email Marcogram that highlights themes and shares ideas for use in the classroom.

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