Educational Resources

TriValley SELPA (Specia Education Loca Plan Area): http://trivalleyselpa.org/ Tremendous resources available to all special Education teachers and families
Diagnostic Center Northern California: http://www.dcn-cde.ca.gov/ Located in Fremont, a state department funded resource for special education teachers, families and school districts
The IRIS Center: http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/ (offers many free resources for special and regular education teachers)
Credentialing:
General Credential Information: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/CREDS/special-ed.html
Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/CREDS/special-ed-FAQ.pdf
List of CTC aproved programs i.e. Ed Specialists, Added Authorizations etc.: http://134.186.81.79/fmi/xsl/CTC_apm/recordlist.html

Classroom Management Tools and Resources
Compiled by Debbie Burkle, TVTIP Livermore Coordinator and Coach 2010
Contains more than 50 classroom management articles, tools and resources to support teachers

Backwards Mapping tool http://www.portical.org/tools/backmap.html
Differentiated lessons http://www.help4teachers.com/samples2.htm
Discovery Education http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
Integrated Technology Lesson Plans http://www.internet4classrooms.com/integ_tech_lessons.htm
Project-Based Learning Checklists http://pblchecklist.4teachers.org/
Technology lesson plans http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/instruct/lp_tech.htm
Thinkfinity - Free lesson plans and educational resources http://www.thinkfinity.org/
Webquests http://www.webquest.org/index.php

Build your own webpage http://www.webspawner.com/
CTAP Region 4 http://www.ctap4.org/
Document Camera for $69.00 from IPEVO online store( 2 megapixel USB web camera for PC and Mac)
http://www.ipevo.com/Point-2-View-USB-Camera_p_70.html
Download streaming video content http://keepvid.com/
Grade Calculator http://web.weatherfordisd.com/EmployeesLinks/tools/GradeCalc.asp
Integrated Technology Lesson Plans http://www.internet4classrooms.com/integ_tech_lessons.htm
K-5 Technology Resources http://www.pleasanton.k12.ca.us/vintage_hills/computers.html
LIFE photo archive (millions of historic photos ) http:// images.google.com/hosted/life
Pete's Powerpoint Station - Free presentations in PowerPoint http://www.pppst.com/index.html
Powerpoint Tutorials http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech013.shtml
http://www.actden.com/pp/
Technology Foundation Standards for Students http://cnets.iste.org/currstands/cstands-netss.html
Technology Lesson Plans http://www.tcet.unt.edu/START/instruct/lp_tech.htm
The Big Deal Book of Technology for K-12 Educators http://www.bigdealbook.com/cdwgk12/view_book.aspx?editionid=27
United Streaming http://unitedstreaming.com/
Using technology already in the classroom or school to support strategies that work http://www.wested.org/cs/tdl/print/docs/tdl/home.htm
Using digital cameras in the classroom
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/digitalcameras.htm
http://teachers.net/gazette/APR02/camera.html
Webquests http://www.webquest.org/index.php
Website maker (Free) http://www.weebly.com/index.html

Kim's Korner for Teacher Talk - collection of resources and ideas from a secondary langauge arts teacher http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/
Read, Write, Think - resouces for language arts instruction http://www.readwritethink.org/
Spelling City - An online spelling program http://www.spellingcity.com/
StarFall (K-5) http://www.starfall.com/

Resources for Secondary English teachers http://www.webenglishteacher.com/#

AAA Math (Several topics and levels available) http://www.321know.com/grade3.htm
The Alameda County Office of Ed has Programs and Services with "Mathematics Resources for Teachers and Students" http://www.acoe.org/acoe/EdServices/ProgramsandServices/Math/K12Resources
A Plus Math.com http://www.aplusmath.com/
Can You Balance? http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/linda/algebra/activities/balance/balance.html
Cyber Bee (Time Teacher) http://www.cyberbee.com/games/timeteacher.html
Math Magician (addition, subtraction, multiplication & division) http://resources.oswego.org/games/mathmagician/cathymath.html
Pizza Party Fractions http://www.primarygames.com/fractions/start.htm
Space Hopscotch Addition http://www.mathsyear2000.org/magnet/minus/space/3/index.html

Resources for Secondary Math Teachers: http://www.brightstorm.com/

The Alameda County Office of Ed has Programs and Services with "Mathematics Resources for Teachers and Students". Check out the "Students Teaching Students" Video series in English and Spanish on that page. http://www.acoe.org/acoe/EdServices/ProgramsandServices/Math/K12Resources
The video series comes from math intervention classes at Winton Middle School in Hayward which promotes peer-to peer teaching and provides and online video library showing students teaching math lessons in English, Spanish and Tagalog. Very Cool!

Math.com (has a dictionary with an English-Spanish translation of math terms):
http://www.math.com/students/references.html
Math Forum (Spanish language math resources): http://mathforum.org/teachers/spanish/
Spanish Math Internet Resources list:
http://teachers.sduhsd.net/abrown/Resources/SpanishInternetList.htm

An online teacher resource for everything education http://www.teach-nology.com/
Discovery Education http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
Document Camera for $69.00 from IPEVO online store( 2 megapixel USB web camera for PC and Mac)
http://www.ipevo.com/Point-2-View-USB-Camera_p_70.html
Doing What Works-Research based Educational practices from US Dep of Ed http://dww.ed.gov/
Free Public Broadcasting resources http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
Free teacher resources http://freetech4teachers.blogspot.com/
Inspired talks by the world's greatest thinkers and doers http://www.ted.com/index.php/
LIFE photo archive (millions of historic photos ) http:// images.google.com/hosted/life
Multiple Intelligences and teacher resources http://surfaquarium.com/
Online catalogs: http://www.enasco.com/
http://www.enasco.com/dissection/ (Science supplies for disssection)
Seating chart tool http://teacher.scholastic.com/tools/class_setup/
SFMOMA Art Think (San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's curriculum site, which provides theme-based activities in visual arts, language arts, history and social studies.) http://www.sfmoma.org/artthink/
Super Teacher Tools Review games, seating charts http://www.superteachertools.com/index.php
Super Teacher worksheets http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/index.html
Teacher Vision (A huge teacher website from Pearson) http://www.teachervision.fen.com/
Teacher tools (calendars, puzzle makers, worksheet generators, forms and templates)
http://www.willard.k12.mo.us/co/tech/cooltols.htm
Timer (Free online countdown timer) http://classtools.net/education-games-php/timer/
TimerTools software by Kagan: http://www.kaganonline.com/products/timertools/index.html
Website Maker (Free online program) http://www.weebly.com/index.html

TriValley SELPA - http://trivalleyselpa.org/members/trivalleyselpa/home.nsf/pages/home
Diagnostic Center Northern California - http://www.dcn-cde.ca.gov/index.html
IRIS Center (IDEA 2004 Research on Inclusive Settings) - http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/index.html
Autism Interventions and Strategies for Success - http://www.specialed.us/autism/index2.htm
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities - http://nichcy.org/
CARSplus (California Association of Resource Specialists) -"An organization for Special Educators." http://www.carsplus.org/
Do 2 learn - "Picture communication cards, songs, games and activities for autism and special needs children." http://www.do2learn.com/
News 2 You - " A weekly online newspaper for beginning readers and individuals with special needs." http://www.news-2-you.com/
Read It Once Again - "Literary preschool curriculums created especially for preschool children with language delays or disorders, developmental delays, or forms of autism. This curriculum is equally effective in regular preschool settings." http://readitonceagain.com/

Alternative Jobs and Career Research Tools for Teachers
http://www.career.fsu.edu/occupations/matchmajor/teaching-alternatives.html
http://www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/education.htm
http://jobsearch.about.com/od/careeradvice/a/teachercareer.htm?p=1
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2164175/great_part_time_jobs_for_teachers.html?cat=4

Academic Skillbuilders - " Free educational math and language arts games." http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/

Brain Pop- "Creates animated curriculum based content. Includes lesson plans, videos,and tools." http://www.brainpop.com/

Brain Pop Jr. - " Provides activities for K-3 students including educational movies, homework help, leveled quizzes, games." http://www.brainpopjr.com/

Brightstorm - "Free online math tutoring ans SAT and ACT test prep." http://www.brightstorm.com/

CARSplus (California Association of Resource Specialists) -"An organization for Special Educators." http://www.carsplus.org/

Cool Math - "Has a ton of cool math games and puzzles, lots of really clear math lessons (arithmetic, fractions, decimals, algebra, etc." http://www.coolmath.com/

Cool Tools for Schools - "Lots of great tools & resources for Teachers." http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

Do 2 learn - "Picture communication cards, songs, games and activities for autism and special needs children." http://www.do2learn.com/

Ed Helper - "Lots of resources for Math, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies K-12." Edhelper.com

Edutopia - "Empowering and connecting teachers, administrators, and parents with innovative solutions and resources to better public education." http://www.edutopia.org/

Enchanted Learning - "Produces K-12 educational material that is published online." http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html

English Companion.ning - "Where English teachers go to help each other." http://englishcompanion.ning.com/

Engrade - " Free online tools for teachers including a free online gradebook, free homework calendar, free student messaging, free attendance, and more." http://www.engrade.com/

Game Templates - "Classroom Game Templates and More" http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/teacher/kara%20leonard/Mini%20T%27s/Games/Games.htm

Grade Calculator - "For 'on the fly' grade calculations" http://web.weatherfordisd.com/EmployeesLinks/tools/GradeCalc.asp

Handwriting Worksheets - " Create and print handwriting worksheets." http://www.handwritingworksheets.com/print-k/make-pk-all.htm

How Stuff Works - "Learn how everything works...explains hundreds of subjects, from car engines to lock-picking to ESP, using clear language and tons of illustrations." http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Internet4classrooms - "An educational portal with free resources for teachers and their classrooms as well as students and parents." http://www.internet4classrooms.com/

KidsClick -"A Kid's search engine made by librarians good for K-3." http://www.kidsclick.com/.

Kids Health - "Has doctor-approved articles, animations, games, and resources to help kids learn more about their bodies and stay healthy. http://kidshealth.org/kid/

KQED Quest - "A KQED Multimedia Series Exploring Northern California Science, Environment and Nature." http://www.kqed.org/quest/

Math/Science Nucleus-"Out of Fremont, has great resources and curriculum for middle and elementary math and science" www.msnucleus.org

Multiplication.com - "Activities, games, worksheets to help teach the multiplication facts." http://multiplication.com/

News 2 You - " A weekly online newspaper for beginning readers and individuals with special needs." http://www.news-2-you.com/

NLVM (National Library of Virtual Manipulatives) "A digital library containing activities for K-12 mathematics." http://nlvm.usu.edu/

Online-stopwatch - "A Free flash online stopwatch, also an online countdown."
http://www.online-stopwatch.com/
Online Stopwatch (Full Screen version) http://www.online-stopwatch.com/full-screen-stopwatch/

PBS - "I love PBS.org. They have excellent video clips, interactive webpages and even lesson plans available for teachers." http://www.pbs.org/

Pete's Powerpoint Station - "Powerpoint presentations that can be downloaded and customized." http://www.pppst.com/index.html

Read It Once Again - "Literary preschool curriculums created especially for preschool children with language delays or disorders, developmental delays, or forms of autism. This curriculum is equally effective in regular preschool settings." http://readitonceagain.com/

ReadWriteThink- "Practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction K-12." http://www.readwritethink.org/

Science - "This website has great animations of science applications" http://www.educypedia.be/

Spelling City - "Input spelling lists for your students to use for free spelling help." http://www.spellingcity.com/

StarFall (K-5) - "A free website to teach children to read with phonics...Exciting phonics games and online interactive books." http://www.starfall.com/

Teacher Interact - "Simulations and books". http://www.teachinteract.com/

Teachers Pay Teachers - "A place where teachers buy & sell original and used teaching material." http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/

40 Developmental Assets pdf list: http://www.cew.wisc.edu/docs/40%20Developmental%20Assets.pdf
Information about 40 Assets http://www.children-first.org/about/40assets.html
Search Instittue website http://www.search-institute.org/

Dublin Tech Services http://www.dublin.k12.ca.us/vnews/display.v/ART/466ec81f7f96b
DUSD "Useful Links" http://www.dublin.k12.ca.us/vnews/display.v/ART/46001593814be
check out "Links for Teachers"
Dublin Moodle http://moodle.dublin.k12.ca.us/

Pleasanton Unified School District

PUSD Technolgy Services:http://www.pleasanton.k12.ca.us/EducationalServices/TechnologyServices/index.cfm
PUSD Tech Standards:
http://www.pleasanton.k12.ca.us/EducationalServices/TechnologyServices/TechnologyStandards.cfm
PMS Moodle http://moodle.pleasanton.k12.ca.us/
Moodle Demo http://moodle.pleasanton.k12.ca.us/course/view.php?id=29
At the PMS Moodle site click on "District Office" then on "Moodle Features Demo"

Sunol Glen Computer donation Guidelines http://www.sunol.k12.ca.us/pages/compguide.pdf