Sites for Teachers

Interested in finding more information?  Click on the word below to jump down the page to desired topic:  Internet, Microsoft Office Handouts, Scanners and Digital Cameras, WebQuests, Inspiration.

Link to Tech Strand III – Creating and updating classroom websites

Internet

§         Tips on searching the Internet from District 11 Tech Strand I

Microsoft Office Handouts

§         Excel

          Charts & graphs handout from afterschool class (Word document)

          Handout from Excel Institute Day presentation (Word document)

          To Excel is Elementary

          To Excel in the Classroom is Elementary – classroom resources for spreadsheets

          Classrooms that Excel Resources

          Using Spreadsheets in the Classroom

          Microsoft Lesson Plans for Students and Educators

          Excel in the Classroom – links to difference resources

          Internet4Classrooms

          A Variety of Spreadsheet Activities

§         PowerPoint

          Create a hyperlink to a Website within a PowerPoint presentation

          Overview on creating presentation & inserting slides, inserting pictures, changing background and changing transition effects (Word document)

          Handout from PowerPoint Institute Day presentation (Word document)

          Transitions & animation effects handout from afterschool class (Word document)

§         Word

          Mail merge directions for Word 98

          Newletter sample with step-by-step directions (Word document)

Scanners and Digital Cameras

§         Sample projects for PowerPoint/scanners/digital Cameras

§         Scanner projects from an elementary school

§         1001 Uses for a Digital Camera

WebQuests

§         General Information

1.       Kathy Schrock’s information about WebQuests

2.     Using WebQuests in Your Classroom

§         Designing WebQuests

1.       WebQuest template from Bernie Dodge at San Francisco State University

2.     The WebQuest Design Process

1.       Template for building a website from Memphis City Schools

2.     Myprojectpages.com – Create WebQuests and search for existing WebQuests (site created by David Jakes of Downers Grove South H.S.)

§         Directories of existing WebQuests

1.       Filamentality

2.     WebQuests arranged by content area and grade levels using a star rating system

3.     WebQuests and other internet projects arranged by grade level

4.     WebQuests designed by a third-grade teacher

§         Additional WebQuest Resources

1.       Tons of links and resources for WebQuests

2.     Assessing WebQuests

3.     Adapting and Enhancing Existing WebQuests

4.     Myprojectpages.com – Create WebQuests and search for existing WebQuests (site created by David Jakes of Downers Grove South H.S.)

Inspiration Program

§         50 uses of Inspiration and Kidspiration

§         Inspiration projects created by teachers

§         Teachers using Inspiration

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