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Lexipedia is an online dictionary that not only provides definitions in the standard form, but also creates a webbed diagram of related words. Included in the web diagram are synonyms, antonyms and fuzzynyms. This site is especially helpful for visual learners.
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Write Rhymes is an easy to use site that gives you rhyming words for just about any word. All you have to do is type in a word, then click on the word while pressing the Alt key, and a list of rhyming words is displayed.
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Parade of Games in PowerPoint is created by a Dr. Dianne C. Jones, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. The purpose of this site is to provide teachers and trainers with easy-to-use templates for games created by PowerPoint that support learning. Each game has a sample and a template for downloading.
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PrintFriendly is a website that helps save money and the environment. If you’ve ever printed an article from a website and ended up printing page after page of ads, menus and other useless stuff (not to mention that annoying last page that has one line on it!), then you need to try PrintFriendly. To use […]
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Curriculum Support – Creative Arts is a site sponsored by the New South Whales Department of Education and Training. While this site provides resources for a wide variety of curricular areas, I am going to focus on those related to the Creative Arts. To find the arts related sites, click on the the grade level […]
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Printing Graph Paper is an article that contains links to several websites that allow you to create and print your own graph paper. Many of the sites allow you to cusomize the graph paper to suit your needs.
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SBC’s Blue Web’n site is actually a library of almost 2,000 “Blue Ribbon” education-related websites. The sites are categorized by grade level, subject, and format. New sites are added weekly, so be sure to visit the Blue Web’n site often.
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PBS Learning Media offers a wide variety of classroom resources based on current standards. Resources include videos, images, games, interactive activities, lesson plans and more. Resources can be searched by grade level, subject, and type. You can also browse the standards to find resources.
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Multiple Intelligences offers a wealth of information related to Howard Gardner’s theory of Multiple Intelligences. The website provides a survey that can be used to determine strengths in the various intelligences, as well as links to many websites that offer lesson plans, activities and assessments for use in integrating Multiple Intelligences into the clasroom.
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Misunderstood Minds is sponsored by the Public Broadcasting System and contains much information about learning differences and disabilities. Be sure to click on the Reading link, which is designed to give parents and teachers a better understanding of the reading processes, insights into reading difficulties and strategies for helping students.
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