Teacher's Toolbox

FCPS Links

Outlook Web Access
Blackboard
Electronic Learning Communities
Inside FCSP (access from school only)
FCPS Teach Cirriculum and Instruction Resources
FCPS Professional Library and Instructional Materials Center Catalog


EBSCO Professional Development Collection
FCPS subscription. Access only from home or Hayward Road Complex. Usage tracked, should not be accessed from school building. ID and password required. Site accesses EBSCO's database and ERIC database for either individual database search or combined database search. EBSCO's database features full-text articles of 430+ journals with abstracts taken from 345 additional journals.


Educational Research Service
ID and password required for remote access. 1600+ current education research documents.

Gale Professional Collection
ID and password required for remote access. Full-text articles from 300+ journals for educators.

Collecting Websites for your classes

Trackstar is your starting point for online lessons and activities. Simply collect Web sites, enter them into TrackStar, add annotations for your students, and you have an interactive, online lesson called a Track. Create your own Track or use one of the hundreds of thousands already made by other educators. Search the database by subject, grade, or theme and standard.

Bookmark Managers--Let you keep track of your favorite websites and access the same list from any computer.

 

   

State and District Curriculum

MSDE - Maryland State Department of Education
Maryland Voluntary State Curriculum
School Improvement in Maryland - features current instructional strategies that support success in Maryland schools

Creating Home Pages

Scholastic's Homepage Builder

   

WebQuests

Filimentality—Create WebQuests, Hotlists, Treasure Hunts and more!
ThinkQuest  
WebQuest Portal -
WebQuests

 

Pathfinders

links

   

Lesson Plans and More

Thinkport - for Maryland Educators from Maryland Public Television and Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education
TeachersFirst—a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources, carefully selected and reviewed by experienced educators 
Kathy Schrock’s Guide For Educators 
Discovery School
Marco Polo - Education in the 21st Century
Scholastic Teacher's Page
Commonwealth of Knowledge - K-12 Lesson Plans from the State of Virginia
Lesson Plan Central


Creating Rubrics

Rubistar - Create Rubrics for your project-based learning activities
TeachNology's Rubric page - Make rubrics online for free
Rubrics 4 Teachers - Links to ready-made and custom rubric generators for student assessment.
Rubric Templates

   

Word Searches and Crossword Makers

PuzzleMaker - from Discovery School

Professional Journals

links

   

Other great links

Noodle Tools
Sites for Teachers
The Educator's Reference Desk - from the Information Institite of Syracuse
AOL Educator's Page
The New York Times Learning Network
Copyright Bay - to help you and your students understand intellectual property
edHelper


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