Joanna Miles-

Basta

May 18,
2010

Software Utilities

1. Discovery Puzzle Maker- http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/

This website allows teachers to make up crossword puzzles using content

from their class.

2. Avast!- http://www.avast.com/free-antivirus-download

This website provides free virus software downloads.

3. Teacher’s Network- http://www.teachersnetwork.org/

This website provides resources for teachers such as lesson plans and
has a focus on continued professional development.

4. Effective Teachers- http://www.effectiveteachers.org/

This website is a social networking site for teachers to interact that works
in cooperation with Teacher’s Network.

5. Word Learner- http://www.wordlearner.com/print.php

This website helps teachers create a variety of different puzzles from word
search to bingo cards as well as worksheets for students.

Content Sites

6. Shakespeare for Kids- http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=588

This website from the Folger Center has a variety of puzzles, games and
activities for children to help make Shakespeare’s plays more accessible.

7. Middle School Poetry 180-

http://middleschoolpoetry180.wordpress.com/

This website gives examples of poetry that is appropriate for middle

schoolers and techniques for teaching it.

8. Newberry Reccomendations-
http://www.emints.org/ethemes/resources/S00001317.shtml This website
lists books recommended for middle school readers by the Newberry
Awards.
9. Education World-
http://www.educationworld.com/a_books/books067.shtml

Education world offers it’s nominations for the top ten pieces of literature
for middle school aged students.

10.Mercury Theatre- http://www.mercurytheatre.info/

This site features recordings of classic plays performed on the radio by

Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre group.

Web Quests

11.Eduscapes- http://eduscapes.com/ladders/themes/webquests.htm

This website uses literature appropriate for middle schoolers as a basis for
webquest activities.

12.Evil in Macbeth-
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/webevilinra.html

This webquest helps students interactively explore the themes of evil in

Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

13.Poetry Webquest-
http://web.archive.org/web/20040414161243/www.esc20.net/etprojects/fo
rmats/webquests/spring2000/fisd3032k/rmwq/default.html

This creative sight helps students explore the lives of “dead poets”.

14.19th Century Writers-

http://web.archive.org/web/20040406053247/www.esc20.net/etprojects/fo
rmats/webquests/spring99/stmarys/19thcenturywomen.html

This activity challenges students to understand the conditions 19th century

female writers worked in.

15.Edgar Allan Poe- http://knowingpoe.thinkport.org/default_realtest.asp

This online field trip explores the life and world of the writer.

My Picks

16.CyberPsych- http://www.cyberpsych.org/

This site is a useful resource in dealing with psychological problems,

including anxiety, eating disorders and homophobia.

17.Under the Sun- http://www.underthesun.cc

 This fantastic site provides free texts of hundreds of classic works of
literature.

18.NC Standard Course of Study-

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/languagearts/ This site
provides the outline of the standard course of study for language arts.

19.Middle Web- http://www.middleweb.com/mw/aaAboutMW.html

This website provides multiple resources for teachers of middle schoolers.

20.Technology in the Classroom- http://www.fno.org/mar98/flotilla.html

This site is a resource for teachers trying to incorporate and understand

technology in the classroom.