In this section will find the following web sites:

• Adolescent Literacy
• Curriculum Related
• Entry Year
• Math, Science and Technology
• Professional Development
• Reading
• Rubrics
• Social Studies

ADOLESCENT LITERACY LINKS:

• Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus: www.visualthesaurus.com/
• Concept Map Software, Institute for Human & Machine Cognition, University of W. Florida: http://cmap.ihmc.us/ or http://www.ihmc.us/
• Inspiration & Kidspiration Software (you may get a 30 day trial):
  www.inspiration.com/
• Advancing Literacy Instruction Together, The Ohio Resource Center:
  www.ohiorc.org/adlit/
• MAX Teaching with Reading (Dr. Mark Forget):
  www.maxteaching.com/index.html
• ReadingQuest: Making Sense in Social Studies:
  http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/readquest/
• Strategic Reading Resource Center:
  www3.iptv.org/pd/strategicreading/default.cfm
• University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning: www.ku-crl.org/
• Iowa Dept. of Ed. Reading Content Network:
  http://www.iowa.gov/educate/prodev/reading.html
• Alliance for Excellent Education, Adolescent Literacy:
  www.all4ed.org/adolescent_literacy/index.html
• National Assessment of Educational Progress:
  http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
  (go to NAEP Questions, then to Search Options)
• Building Reading Strategies at the Secondary Level, A Guide to Resources:
  www.sedl.org/cgibin/mysql/buildingreading.cgi?showrecord=6&l=description

CURRICULUM RELATED LINKS:

• ACT Information for Secondary Educators: http://www.act.org/path/secondary/index.html
• OGT workbooks have been designed to help students who need to retake one or more of the Ohio Graduation Tests and provide strategies for seeking assistance, improving test-taking abilities and focusing study skills in preparation for retaking each test: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/gd/templates/pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?Page=3&TopicRelationID=216&Content=17573
• Information literacy, Media Literacy and Technology Literacy K-12 checklists using the Library Guidelines created by ODE:http://ilile.org/
• Academic content standards by benchmark and indicator: http://www.mvesc.k12.oh.us/curriculum/curriciculummain.htm
• Instructional Management System (IMS): http://ims.ode.state.oh.us/ode/ims/Default.asp?bhcp=1
• Local Report Cards (LRC):http://www.ode.state.oh.us/reportcard/
• Academic Content Standards: http://education.ohio.gov/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEPrimary.aspx?Page=2&TopicID=1695&TopicRelationID=1696
• Assessment (proficiency tests, achievement tests, Ohio Graduation Tests, Diagnostic tests, alternate assessment, test results, item analysis reports): http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEPrimary.aspx?page=2&TopicRelationID=1241
• State mandated testing schedule: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEPrimary.aspx?Page=2&TopicRelationID=135
• NAEP Information: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?Page=3&TopicRelationID=1069&Content=16645
• Ohio Resource Center (ORC): http://www.ohiorc.org/
• INFOhio: http://www.infohio.org/
• MarcoPolo Internet Content for the Classroom:
  http://www.marcopolo-education.org/index.aspx
• No Child Left Behind: A Desktop Reference outlines what is new under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 for each program supported under the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 and other statues. It also describes how the Act's four guiding principles (accountability, flexibility and local control, parental choice, and what works) are brought to bear on many of these programs:
  http://www.ed.gov/admins/lead/account/nclbreference/index.html?src=mr
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD):
  http://ascd.org/portal/site/ascd
• Battelle for Kids: http://www.battelleforkids.com/b4k/rt/
• Inspiration software: http://www.kidspiration.com/home.cfm
• Library Spot, free virtual library resource center: http://libraryspot.com/
• Your Dictionary.com: http://www.yourdictionary.com/index.shtml

ENTRY-YEAR LINKS:

• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development: http://www.ascd.org/portal/site/ascd/index.jsp/
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: http://www.nbpts.org/
• National Education Association Professional Library: http://www.efastcom.com/NEABookstore/control/main
• ODE Center for the Teaching Profession:
  http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEPrimary.aspx?Page=2&TopicRelationID=30
• US Dept. of Ed Information for Teachers: http://www.ed.gov/audience/audience.jsp?type=I&top=Teachers

MATH, SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY LINKS:

• American Museum of Natural History: http://www.amnh.org/
• Annenberg Foundation, CPB: http://www.learner.org/jnorth/spring2001/species/index.html
• BioDiversity Counts: http://www.amnh.org/learn/biodiversity_counts/
• Center for Highly Interactive Computing in Science, Investigation Station: http://www.hice.org/
• Center for Science Education: http://www2.edc.org/cse/default.asp
• Classroom Feederwatch: http://birds.cornell.edu/cfw/
• Cincinnati Observatory Center: http://www.cincinnatiobservatory.org/
• ENC Science Topics: http://www.enc.org/
• Environmental Inquiry: http://ei.cornell.edu/
• Fear of Physics: http://www.fearofphysics.com/
• The GLOBE Program: http://www.globe.gov/fsl/welcome/welcomeobject.pl
• Interactive Science, sPace, and Aeronautics Center for Education: http://www.ispaceohio.org/
• Jason Academy (science, math, technology): http://www.jason.org/public/home.aspx
• K-12 Mathematics Curriculum Center: http://www2.edc.org/mcc/
• Leveraging Learning, Technology-Enhanced Science Learning: http://www.enviscinetwork.com/
• Math Education Resources: http://www.math.msu.edu/cmp/Resources/Resources.htm
• Mathematics & Molecules: http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/
• Modeling Middle School Mathematics: http://www.mmmproject.org/
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM): http://www.nctm.org/
• National Science Teachers Association (NSTA): http://www.nsta.org/
• NCSA ChemViz: http://chemviz.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
• NCTM Illuminations: http://illuminations.nctm.org/
• Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics (OCTM): http://www.ohioctm.org/
• Ohio Resource Center (ORC): http://ohiorc.org/
• The Physics Classroom: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/Class/BBoard.html
• Project 2061 (Science): http://www.project2061.org/publications/atlas/default.htm?txtRef=&txtURIOld=%2Ftools%2Fatlas%2Fdefault%2Ehtm
• Quantum Science Across Disciplines: http://qsad.bu.edu/
• Science Education Council of Ohio (SECO): http://www.secoonline.org/
• Science NetLinks: http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/
• SimScience: http://simscience.org/
• Try Science: http://www.tryscience.org/
• Web-Based Inquiry Science Environment: http://wise.berkeley.edu/welcome.php
• WhaleNet: http://whale.wheelock.edu/Welcome.html

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LINKS:

• STARS, the System To Achieve Results for Students: http://webapp2.ode.state.oh.us/stars/
  • How to Guide for successful STARS registration
• West Central Regional School Improvement Team (WC-RSIT): http://www.noacsc.org/wc-rpdc/
• US Dept. of Ed, Teacher-to-Teacher Workshops: http://www.paec.org/teacher2teacher/
  

READING LINKS:

• Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Elementary:
  http://dibels.uoregon.edu/
• Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
  University of Michigan School of Education: http://www.ciera.org/
• Four Blocks Literacy Model: http://www.wfu.edu/academics/fourblocks/
• International Reading Association (IRA): http://www.reading.org/
• Learning To Read, Resources for Language Arts and Reading Research: http://www.toread.com/
• Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (OCTELA): http://www.octela.org/
• Read~Write~Think: http://www.readwritethink.org/
• Scholastic free resources and tools for your classroom: http://teacher.scholastic.com/

RUBRIC LINKS:

• Rubric Builder:
  http://landmark-project.com/rubric_builder/index.php
• Education World Creating Rubrics:
  http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr248.shtml
• RubiStar: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
• Teachnology Rubric Makers:
  http://www.teachnology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
• Thinking Gear Rubric Machine: http://www.thinkinggear.com/tools/

SOCIAL STUDIES LINKS:

• EconEdLink: http://www.econedlink.org/
• Library of Congress: http://www.loc.gov/
• Ohio Council for the Social Studies (OCSS): http://www.ocss.org/
• Ohio Resource Center (ORC): http://ohiorc.org/
• New Deal Network: http://newdeal.feri.org/index.htm
• National Geographic: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
• US National Archives and Records: http://www.archives.gov/index.html

TEACHERS

Licensure Records

Each of the following Grade Level Indicators are in an Excel format. Simply click on the title and the Excel file will open in a separate window.

• K-10 ELA grade level indicators
• K-10 Math grade level indicators
• K-10 Science grade level indicators
• K-10 Social Studies grade level indicators
  
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