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Welcome to the "Pati's Picks" page of the ETTC site. This page is an off-shoot of the "Site of the Month" section of our site, and a result of requests that I received during some workshops. While the Site of the Month will change, this page will act as a collection of some of my favorite educational sites. Please visit often and send me some of your favorites too!

~Pati~

Scholastic's Visiting Author Series!
Bulletin Board Discussions & Moderated Author Chats

http://www.mcvts.org/ettc/links-authors.htm

This is a page set up by the ETTC devoted to helping you find websites for authors. We hope that it might be helpful when you develop your summer reading projects. Please let us know if you have an author page that you'd like to add!

Eduhound Holiday Links http://www.eduhound.com/cat.cfm?subj=Holidays A great site for all sorts of stuff...and a "one stop shopping" for all your holiday ideas!

Froguts is the first true virtual online frog dissection, so virtual it can gross you out. So, you're missing the smell of formaldehyde, but this site was created from recycled classroom frogs. The intent is to
get to the heart of the anatomy, so to speak. This gets 5 stars for its slime factor and the use of different tools for the virtual dissection.

Enchanted Learning is a fabulous site for elementary teachers! It contains craft & holiday ideas, dinosaurs resources, nursery rhyme activities, animal activities, K-3 themes, kid pages, an online picture dictionary called "Little Explorers" and tons more!

Internet 4 Classrooms http://www.internet4classrooms.com/index.htm Designed to help teachers use the Internet effectively, this site has some great links & tutorials

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a of sites and "teacher helpers" useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.

Scholastic's Teaching with Technology http://teacher.scholastic.com/technology/index.htm Simply ways to integrate technology with your teaching practice without adding work or taking up precious time! Contains a link to the "Tech Tutor" http://teacher.scholastic.com/technology/tutor/index.htm , a teacher who make technology a part of everyday learning!

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/math4.cfm

Education World Technology Article: Templates for Teachers! http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/tech/tech101.shtml"Are you spending your evenings writing welcome letters to parents, carefully ruling seating charts, designing award certificates, and creating learning center signs? Why reinvent the wheel? All those printable documents are available online at the click of a mouse. Education World tells you where to find them! Included: A list of the best sources for often-used and hard-to-find teacher templates."

Magic Tree House Teacher Guides http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/magicth/guides/ guides for themes in various books. We featured the olympics in August at: http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/magictreehouse/olympics_research.html

Movie Mom's Reviews

http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/moviemom/

About the "Movie Mom":
Nell Minow's articles about children and media have appeared in USA Today, Slate, Parents, Child, Daughters, and three editions of The Practical Guide to Practically Everything. She writes the Media Mom column for the Chicago Tribune and reviews movies every week on radio stations across the United States and in Canada.

Myth Web http://www.mythweb.com/ A completely kid safe & kid friendly site devoted to the heroes, gods and monsters of Greek mythology. Also offers additional resources. My son loved it!

ThinkQuest winner designed by kids, all about bikes. Includes links dealing with bike safety, simple machines, games, etc.

Scholastic's Teaching with Technology http://teacher.scholastic.com/technology/index.htm Simply ways to integrate technology with your teaching practice without adding work or taking up precious time! Contains a link to the "Tech Tutor" http://teacher.scholastic.com/technology/tutor/index.htm , a teacher who make technology a part of everyday learning!

The Webs Newest Tutorials. If you want to find an online tutorial for ANYTHING, this is the place to go!

Microsoft has this site just for teachers. It gives information on instructional resources, tutorials, and a link to their "Classroom Teacher Network": a good resource.

A GREAT resource! Over 15,000 resources organized by topics for teachers, students, parents, and others. More than 100 categories from which to choose!

The only online dictionary and search engine you need for computer and Internet technology.

World Atlas http://www.worldatlas.com/ Help your students gain a more in-depth understanding of world events with World Atlas Online ( http://www.worldatlas.com/) Featured maps & facts, "in the news" section, atlases & guides, currency conversions, time: any date...anywhere, free clip art & more!