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= Professional Development Opportunities =


 * [|CREEC] (Environmental Education Resources)
 * ICKD 20112011 Internation Conference on Knowledge Discover coming up 15 to 17 April 2011. More information on this conference and many more found [|here].
 * [|Summer Institute] (at Stanford)
 * The Math Workshop (Marilyn Burns)

= Online Resources =

General
 [|BBC Learning Schools] provides games, video clips and activities for homework and revision, resources for teachers and parents, online learning support and advice, content by subject area Teacher and parent guides  [|Commonsense Media] a resource for parents and teachers to help choose what media is appropriate for their children, movie reviews, game reviews, book and TV reviews by age, offers parents advice and provides educator programs [|Cybrary] Provides links to child friendly sites for kids in grade 3-8 on a variety of curriculum oriented subjects  [|Discovery Education] supports teachers, parents and students with some free resources and activities and optional subriber services  [|DonorsChoose] Looking for extra resources for a new class project? Post what you need here and find a donor.  [|Enchanted Learning] must subscribe and pay curriculum material online  [|Schrock Guide] a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth for Educators [|TeachersCount]  offers services that are tailored to the teaching profession, including up-to-date information about teaching awards and competitions, conference listings and a variety of unique programs designed to aid teachers both inside and outside the classroom. [|Vocabulary.com] vocabulary list, resources, lesson plans

Reading Support
 [|Animoto] - create your own video slide shows in minutes <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"> [|Dance Mat Typing] teaches children how to use the keyboard <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">[|Free Reading.net] a high quality open source, free reading intervention program for grades pK-6, provides literacy activities, lessons and ideas <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;"> [|Librivox] provides free audio books, volunteer to be a reader, download podcasts <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">[|Reading Rockets] offers information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">[|Shelfari] a social media site focused on books, sponsored by Amazon. Members can build a virtual bookshelf, discover, rate and discuss books and participate in online groups <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> [|Starfall] a free website to teach children to read with phonics <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">[|Teachingbooks.net] requires membership to support children and young adults reading provides an online databse with thousands of resources about fiction and non fiction books, books guides, book readings, author websites, book awards, valuable links for teachers and more!! <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">[|Tikatok] an award winning web site where students create and publish their own books, must pay for books and join site

Math Support
[|Education World] help with planning math lessons and an extensive list of online math games. [|Fact Family Cards] [|GameClassroom] interactive homework help for students, parents and teachers. Worksheets, videos, lessons and math games. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;">[|Multiplication.com] Provides math games, resources, strategies and teacher support [|Study Jams] Scholastic Study Jams is a fantastic collection of over 200 learning resource collections. Study Jams are videos, slide shows, and step by step explanations for science and math. [|Sumdog] free math games designed to improve numeracy [|Teaching Math with picture books] If you are looking for some literature to use when teaching math concepts - this site might be helpful. [|Virtual Manipulatives] Various interactive math manipulatives and lessons in you click on eNLVM

Science
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">[|Bill Nye the Science Guy] provides learning resources for science with home demos, worksheets, quizes coupled with episode guides for his science show <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"> [|Learning Science.org] a free and open learning community for sharing newer and emerging tools to teach science <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">[|Scholastic News] online place for kids news with games and quizzes, debate topics, and in depth reports. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">[|Simulations] Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado Scholastic Study Jams is a fantastic collection of over 200 learning resource collections. Study Jams are videos, slide shows, and step by step explanations for science and math.