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Simon Fielder Didgeridoo Workshops: Simon Fielder is a British musician, composer, and photographer. He offers workshops to educate children and adults about the Australian Aborigines, their culture, and their place in world history. He plays the didgeridoo, the traditional instrument of the Australian Aborigines. Simon also conducts workshops on computer music.

Simon is planning a future visit to the United States and Canada. To learn more about Simon, his workshops, and for contact information, visit his website.

Technology Professional Growth Lesson Plan Resources

Technology

Download Plugins: Find links for downloading the plugins you will need for many websites.
Software Recommedations: Any recommendations made here are because I have used the software or the company and have found them useful and reliable. I have no connections with any software publisher or reseller.
ClassroomClipart: A searchable source of photographs and clipart which can be used for educational purposes

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Professional Growth

Professional Organizations and Journals: Teachers are professionals!
IEP Resources: TeacherVision provides basic resources to explain Individual Education Programs.
Tapped In: Tapped In is a free and open teacher's collaborative, where educators can go to take part in training, online discussions and activities.

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Lesson Plan Resources

There are thousands of lesson plans on the Web. The quality of the plans vary, but evaluating a lesson plan is a very subjective thing. What works for me might not fit your teachiing style.

Finding lesson plan sites is not my main goal for this website. If you are looking for ideas for a special project or unit, I suggest you use a search engine such as Google to check out the multitude of resources on the web. For instance, putting in the title "Where the Wild Things Are" and "lesson plans" resulted in 312 hits. The sites listed below are just some odds and ends I came across as I was looking for other things.

60 Ways to Practice Spelling: Need an idea to add a spark to your spelling lesson? Check out this article.
The Amazing Picture Machine: This is a searchable index of graphical resources that can be found on the Internet. There are also lesson ideas for using pictures.
Doucette Index: K - 12 Lesson Ideas for Literature: As quoted on the website, "The Doucette Index provides access to books and websites that contain useful teaching suggestions related to books for children and young adults, and the creators of those books. The books indexed are those held by the Doucette Library of Teaching Resources, but many of these books will also be available in other libraries."
ESL Kids Stuff: Printable flashcards and worksheets along with suggested activities can be found at this site. Although these activities are being suggested for ESL students, many of them would also work with any beginning reader.
Graphic Organizers: These graphic organizers are available in PDF and Word formats and in English and Spanish.
Insects in the Classroom: Lots of helpful resources for PreK to high school can be found at this collaborative site from Texas A & M. Check out the material behind the Course Material, Course Activities, and Lesson Plans buttons.
A List of Daily Math Graph & Yes-No Questions: A list of questions intended for grades K - 2
KidsGardening: The National Gardening Association provides information on gardening with children. There is a Teachers' Resource Room to help you with your classroom gardening projects and ideas for a school garden.
Kid's Search Tools: This a collection of many kid-safe, educationally-respected search tools all located on one page.
Making Friends Paper Dolls: Primary teachers are sure to find some uses for these printable paper dolls.
Nursery Rhyme Worksheets: Printable versions of many common nursery rhymes can be found here. The only complaint...the same clip art on every page. The first version that comes up has an ad, but the printable version does not.
Personal Education Press: Choose an editable word list to create worksheets using this free online worksheet generator.
The Riverdeep Current: This online magazine provides resources for PreK - 12 students and teachers.
RubiStar: Need help building a rubric to evaluate your project? You may find what you need here.
Song4Teachers: This site provides "music resources for the non-musical person". Although this is a commercial site, there are some free songs and poems available in pdf format. You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the files.
Songs for Teaching: Using Children's Music to Promote Learning: At this site you will find lots of tips and resources for using music in your classroom across the curriculum.
Teach Children Test-taking Skills: This informative article on how to help children with testing can be found in the Teachers.Net archives.
Whootie Owl's Free Play Scripts: Eight play scripts by middle school students

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