WOISD Resources for Teachers

• ^txGradebook for Teachers integrated classroom management system that allows teachers to maintain and post information and data for students, including attendance and grades.

• Tutorials for txGradebook

• HeartBeeps is curriculum-based formative and summative assessment software and powerful tool designed to help teachers help students.

• Texas Science Diagnostic System (TSDS) There is a Key Concepts Test available for each grade level, and teachers have the ability to create their own tests using any of the 2,000+ science items currently available in the program.

• Study Island is a leading provider of web-based state assessment preparation programs and standards based learning programs

• US Department of Education
• Texas Education Association
• Education Service Center
• Texas Center for Educational Technology -  TCET
• Association of Texas Professional Educators - ATPE 
• Texas Federation of Teachers
• Texas State Teachers Association  - TSTA
• NEA  National Education Association
• The National Council of Teachers of English
• International Reading Association
• National Sciences Teacher Association
• National Council for the Social Studies
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
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• TexasReading.org
• Mathematics TEKS Toolkit
• Science TEKS Toolkit
• Social Studies Center
• Technology Applications
• Languages Other Than English Center for Educator Development
• Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts

• Puzzlemaker.com
• School Discovery
• Rubista (on-line rubric creator)
• A to Z Teacher Stuff
• Learning Page
• Sites for Teachers
• Our Overnight Planning System -  OOPS
• MIKids.com
• http://www.myteachertools.com/

• Google .- www.google.com
• Yahoo.- www.yahoo.com 
• AskJeeves.-  http://ask.com/
• Teoma.- http://teoma.com/
• Vivisimo  http://vivisimo.com/ clustering engine that presents results in groups or clusters of related documents, letting users narrow their search by selecting the most appropriate category.
• Oaister ... find the pearls  http://oaister.org tool of indexing items found in scholarly databases worldwide that cannot be found by traditional search engines.  Items include thesis, dissertations, and rich digital collections housed in university and museums databases.  (University of Michigan Digital Library Production Service)
• Infomine Scholarly Internet Resource Collections.- http://infomine.ucr.edu/  University resources collected and annotated by librarians.  They include databases, electronic journals, electronic books, etc.

• Blue Web'n 
• Trackstar
• E-Trip
• WNet Station (Companion to PBS programs)
• Education World Lesson Planning Center
• Edhelper.com
• Microsoft Lesson Plans
• Lesson Planning Center
• Apple Learning Interchange
• AskERIC Lesson Plans
• Edhelper.Com
• Education World
• The Gateway to Educational Materials
• High School Hub
• Iwebquest
• LessonPlanz
• Math Forum
• Ozline Lesson Plans
• Yahooligans Teachers Guide
• Adobe Acrobat in Education.- lesson plans for K-12 classrooms.

• Classroom Connect
• Global Schoolhouse
• Curriculum Integration: Sites and Suggestions
• Sharing Technology Applications Resources with Teachers
• TENET

• From Now On
• Educational Digest
• T.H.E. Journal
• Education Week
• Technology and Learning
• Phi Delta Kappan

• Microsoft Office Clip Art and Media - Over 140,000 clip art graphics, animations, photos, and sounds for use in Microsoft
• Awesome Clip Art for Kids
• KidsDomain Clip Art
• Pics4Learning
• Good Photograph and Image Site

• ESL
• Grammar
• Language Arts
• Mathematics
• Social Studies
• Reading

• Advanced Placement
• Science
• Chemistry
• Physics

• Busy Teacher's Website
• EduHound.- Everything for education (database of K-12 websites)
• Blue Web'n
• Internet Schoolhouse 
• Awesome Library  Awesome Library organizes the Web with 26,000 carefully reviewed resources.
• Kathy Schrock's Guide of Educators .-It is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth.
• Teachersnet.com  Teachers.Net lesson bank offers over 1000 free lesson plan and curriculum and teacher project ideas.
• AOL School
• Discovery School
• 4 Teachers.-4Teachers.org works to help you integrate technology into your classroom by offering FREE online tools and resources. This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars
• BrainConnection.com  An online source of information about the brain and learning for educators, parents, students and teachers
• EduTopia.org .-Hundreds of articles, expert interviews, research, and resources highlighting success stories in K-12 education. Short videos provide case studies in technology integration, project-based learning, emotional intelligence, teacher preparation, assessment and more.
• Songs for Teaching.- Using songs to promote learning.
• Children's Grif Education Association.- ( CGEA ) Information about how grif affects thinking and learning, and how  teachers can help children.