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South Carolina
Department of Education
Find out information about teaching and education in South Carolina.
WEBQUESTS Here are a variety of webquests organized by grade level for use in the classroom with students.
BIBLIOGRAPHY INFO Here is a site that gives directions and examples for creating works cited pages from 1-5th grade.
Graphic Organizers Time for Kids offers several graphic organizers to print and use in the classroom
ABC Teach This site has worksheets, thematic units, research tools, learning center ideas, clip art and many more resources.
Teach-nology This site has free and easy to use resources for teachers including lesson plans, printable materials, rubrics, worksheets and much more!

Scholastic

Teaching resources, back to school planning, classroom management, printable sheets and lesson plans by grade level.
Rubistar Create rubrics from different curriculum templates.
Eric Education Resource Information Center This site has the largest digital library of education literature searched by subject or term.
Big6 Research Online resources, information and support about the Big 6 Research Method.
Pics4Learning Numerous Images that can be used by teachers, listed  by topic and subtopics
Student Games by Curriculum Content Games and activities to use with students by curriculum subject.
School Rooms A new online portal that  encourages k-12 students to explore, discover and learn across the curriculum.
Cool Games for Teachers This site is from Michael Edwards in Lexington 1 and has over 20 template games for teachers to use with their students.
Game Templates Popular Game templates to use with your class: Hollywood Squares, Wheel of Fortune, Weakest Link and many more!
Websites for Teachers Hundreds of educational websites rated by popularity.
Copyright and Plagiarism Information and resources on  copyright issues and plagiarism
Learning -Focused Provides practical and innovative solutions and products with an emphasis on
advancing student learning, instructional practices, and leadership skills
Fair Use Policy Here is a website and video about fair use in the classrom.
Free Clip Art This site is full of clip art for teachers to use by Phillip Martin.
Quality Tools Blog
Quality Tools Lotus
This blog is set up in Greenville county discussing quality tools and the schools that participate.

Technology Resources

Blog: a site used to make regular entries that others can view, similar to a diary or journal online.
Wiki: a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who access it to contribute or modify the content.
Podcast: a series of digital-media files  which are distributed over the internet, it can be voice, music or both.
Social: building online communities of people who share the same interests or activities.

Audacity PODCAST: The free, open source, software allows you to record and edit sound. Animoto PHOTO: create music videos with your images and pictures
Podomatic PODCAST: Create, find and share podcasts Flickr PHOTO
GarageBand PODCAST: a software application that allows users to create music or podcasts. Shutterfly PHOTO: Develop your digital photos into prints and create online photo albums and personalized gift.
Edublogs BLOG: Blogging for teachers and students made easy! Picture Trail PHOTO: An online photo sharing and image hosting website.
Blogger BLOG: A free web blog publishing tool for everyone. Photostory 3 PHOTO: free software from Microsoft to bring your digital photos to life.
NECC BLOG: information to use  when teaching blogs Slide Share PHOTO: Upload and share immages.
Wikispaces
for Educators
WIKI: Create simple web pages allow teachers, students and educators to edit together. moblyng Photo: create slideshows, videos and share your pictures on line
PBWiki WIKI: Quickly set up your own free, password protected wiki to edit and share information. Voice Thread PRESENTATION: A tool for having conversations about media using the phone, webcam, text, upload or your computer's microphone.
WetPaint WIKI: Site to create your own free wiki GoogleDocs PRESENTATION: A free web-based word processor that allows you to share and work together on line to create presentation.
TeacherTube VIDEO: online community for sharing instructional teacher videos or upload your own lesson plans for students to watch. Twitter SOCIAL: social networking  and micro-blogging service using instant messaging.
Google Video VIDEO: search and watch videos indexed from all over the web or upload and share your own. Facebook SOCIAL: an online directory that connects people through  social networks.
PhotoBucket VIDEO: Free image hosting, photo and video sharing site. MySpace SOCIAL: an online site offers e-mail, a forum, communities, video and weblog space.

Microsoft Movie Maker

VIDEO: Free software allows you to created, edit and share self-made movies on you computer. Skype .SOCIAL: Make free calls over the internet to other people on skype
Soundsnap MUSIC: copyright free music and sounds Podsafe Audio MUSIC: copyright free music and sounds under the creative common license
Musopen MUSIC: copyright free music, sounds and sheet music Motivator Image Generator: create inspirational posters
Image Chef Image Generator: create personalized buttons, photo frames, license plates and much more... Wordle Image Generator: create word clouds
Keyboarding
Skills
Learning typing is the focus of these keyboarding games. These free typing games are a great way to Build typing skills.    

Curriculum Resources

Social Studies

Cowpens Battlefield: The National Parks and Service Site has a multitude of information about Cowpens. Riverbanks Zoo: Find visitor information, animal resources educational programs and much more.
S.C. State Museum: Exhibits, maps, educational programs and events taking place as the S.C. State Museum. S.C. Aquarium: Plan your visit, view exhibits and find out what is new at the aquarium in Charleston, S.C.
Fort Sumter: This National Parks and Service Site has a multitude of information about Fort Sumter. The 50 States: A resource of information about the 50 states and their capitals.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government: Curriculum links, GPO Access, government websites and learning tools about the U. S. Government Google Earth: News, lessons, pictures, courses and a blog to help use Google Earth.
Meet Amazing Americans: This site is from the Library of Congress to help children discover inventors, politicians, performers, activities and other people who made this country what it is today.  

Math

National Council of Teachers of Math: This sit have lessons and resources for math instruction at the elementary, middle and high school levels. Math is fun: Keep your students entertained while they learn with interactive math activities and resources.
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives: This site had interactive web-based  manipulatives and tutorials for K-12 math instruction. Math Games Galore: This site has math problems, interactive clocks and many games to chose from.
Internet4Classrooms: math sites, games and projects across al the grade levels Map Math: Online math skills, games and resources for teachers to use with students.
Mathematic Resources: This site has math games categorized by grade level.  

Language Arts

4-Blocks Author Sites:
Writing with Arthur World Girl Lesson Plans
Internet4Classrooms Language Arts: language arts activities, lessons, work sheets by grade level and classified by standard.  

Science

NASA Spacelink: Find out what is happening at NASA, search by age level. Science Fair Research: Find information about a variety of science research topics.

Volcano World: Find out HOT news about volcanoes including current events and videos.

Science Wequests: These student quests are all science topic grouped by grade level.

Super3 slide show: Super3 Research method slide show to show in class. Star fall: an inexpensive way to make the classroom fun. It included games, phones, plays and much more.
Internet4ClassroomsScience: Science activities, work sheets and lessons by subject.  

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