Academy for College and Career Exploration

• Wiki with stricter rules and author identification at http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page
• Free Online MIT Course Materials for High School at http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/hs/home/home/index.htm
• The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) Small District Technology Leadership wiki at http://www.cosn.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
• Curriculum and School Reform Resources including information and lesson plans (some parts cost $) at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/schoolimprovement/support/resources/forteachers/
• Instructional Strategies: How Teachers Teach Matters at http://www.sreb.org/programs/hstw/publications/site-guides/instructional_strategies.asp
• Teachers with Cameras show examples of teachable moments at http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/cameras
• Adobe Youth Voices at http://www.whatkidscando.org/specialcollections/adobeyouthvoices/index.html
• FREE Lesson Plans and SO MUCH MORE at http://thinkfinity.org
• Encyclopedia Smithsonian at http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/
• Smithsonian Teacher Resources at http://www.smithsonianeducation.org
• Fun educational website for teachers, parents, and students at http://www.apples4theteacher.com/
• Smithsonian: In Your Classroom magazine at http://educate.si.edu
• Primary Sources for the Classroom at http://www.siarchives.si.edu (Smithsonian Archives website), http://www.siris.si.edu (Smithsonian history catalog), http://siarchives.si.edu/history/exhibits/documents/index.htm (Smithsonian Scrapbook); http://siarchives.si.edu/history/exhibits/historic/index.htm (Pictures of the Smithsonian since 1850s)
• Design for the other 90%- get involved at http://www.cooperhewitt.org
• Free blogging tools and school email services at http://www.epals.com
• Downloadable images for schools and teachers at http://photos.si.edu, http://SmithsonianImages.com, http://www.sil.si.edu/imagegalaxy/, and http://www.sil.si.edu
• National Geographic One-Stop Research Finder at http://www.nationalgeographic.com/onestop/
• Doing What Works website from the US Dept of Education at http://dww.ed.gov/
• Character Education ($) by winning colors at http://www.winningcolors.com/
• Teacher Professional Sourcebook a guide to ideas and resources on teacher learning at http://www.teachermagazine.org/tm/toc/2007/10/25/index.html
• Free Webpage Maker (blocked from school) at http://www.nvu.com/download.php
• Free Audacity Sound Editing Program (blocked from school) at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
• U.S. Department of Education: 2008 budget overview at http://www.ed.gov/about/overview/budget/budget08/08action.pdf
• National Education Association at http://www.nea.org
• Association of American Universities at http://www.aau.edu
• Educational Search Engine ($) at http://nettrekker.com/
• Amazon’s Kindle at http://www.amazon.com/kindle
• Personal Response Systems for the classroom ($$) at http://www.irespond.com/p/index.shtml

Management and Student Support

• Discipline Resources for Teachers at http://www.disciplinehelp.com/
• Classroom Management tips at http://www.t-source.org
• Classroom Management information online at http://www.classroommanagement.com/
• ASCD Whole Child Support at http://www.wholechildeducation.org/
• ASCD Whole Child Resource Clearinghouse at http://www.wholechildeducation.org/clearinghouse/
• Stenhouse Publishers: (Preview the book for free online) Differentiation at http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=9091&r=sb071030t
• Stenhouse Publishers: (Preview the book for free online) 55Tteaching Dilemmas at http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=8969&r=sb071101
• Stenhouse Publishers: (Preview the book for free online) Boys Writers at http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=9033&r=sb071108t

Field Trips and Museums

• Electronic Field Trips at Ball State University at http://www.bsu.edu/eft
• Discovery Theatre: Discovery the Smithsonian at http://DiscoveryTheater.org
• Teacher’s Hall of Fame online at http://www.nthf.org
• Sign up for the Smithsonian Associates at http://www.ResidentAssociates.org
• Anacostia in Southeast Washington, DC at http://www.anacotia.si.edu and http://www.anacostia.si.edu/anacostia_history
• The Anacostia Community Museum Library at http://www.sil.si.edu/libraries/anacostia
• Reginald F. Lewis Museum at http://www.AfricanAmericanCulture.org
• The National Museum of Dentistry at http://www.dentalmuseum.org
• Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum at http://www.borail.org

• Article on Visible Thinking at http://www.pz.harvard.edu/vt/VisibleThinking_html_files/VisibleThinking1.html
• Article: Critical Thinking and Why it Counts at http://www.insightassessment.com/pdf_files/what&why2006.pdf
• The Critical Thinking Community at http://www.criticalthinking.org/
• Thinking Maps and examples at http://www.thinkingmaps.com/htthinkmapx.php3