• Competencies and Skills Required for Teacher Certification in Florida
• Florida Dept. Of Education
  • Florida Dept. of Edu. Publications
  • Florida Public Schools - Florida Dept. of Education (FIRN)
  • Florida Sunshine State Standards
  • Florida State Course Descriptions
  • Florida Teacher Certification Test Information
  • Bureau of Educator Certification
  • Florida Tests & Assessments
  FCAT Help and Tests
  • FCAT Sample Tests
  • FCAT Home Page
  • FCAT - Publications for Educators
  • Getsmart – Math & Science
  •  Texas Education Agency. Assessment - Math, social science, etc. 
  STATE ADOPTED INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CATALOG
  • GRADES K-5
  • GRADES 6-8
  • GRADES 9-12
• Florida - Best Strategies for Teachers
• Florida Book Depository
• Florida - Code of Ethics -- Education Profession                             
• Florida Curriculum Framework
• Florida Electronic Library!  articles & more
• Florida Online Reading - Professional Development
• Florida Virtual School
• FIND - Florida Information Literacy
• Instructional Materials
• Just Read, Florida!
• Language Arts through ESOL
• Middle Grades Reform
• Teach In Florida
• State Board of Education Administrative Rules
• Sunshine State Young Reader's award

Competencies and Skills Required for Teacher Certification in Florida

* Virtual Math Tools - abacus, etc.

Florida General Knowledge Test

*FCAT Extra Help!

*Writing/Citing Help - Coming Soon!

*National Center for Teacher Transformation

*Library Curriculum Centers at:

• Tarpon Springs
• Clearwater
• St. Petersburg/Gibbs

• PBS Lesson Plans & Videos

• AAAS /SFAA Benchmarks for Science Literacy Online
• Baldrige National Institute of Standards and Technology
• National Council for Teachers of Mathematics  | Standards
• National Council for the Social Studies
• National Science Teachers Association | Standards
• National Science Ed. Standards Online or Standards Online
• National Assoc. for the Education of Young Children
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
• ISTE - International Society for Technology in Education  
• Florida Sunshine State Standards

• Hernando
• Hillsborough  | Hillsborough Instructional Section
• Pinellas | Student Expectations-(FCAT, benchmarks, standards) | Pinellas Technology & Software
• Pasco           

• Addison Wesley
• Curriculum Associates
• Glencoe
• Harcourt School Publishers
• Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Houghton Mifflin |  Monthly Themes
• MacMillan/McGraw Hill (award winning site) | McGraw-Hill Children's Literature *
• McDougal Littell  |  Classzone** great classroom supplements  |  Florida texts
• Pearson Learning |  Pearson/Prentice Hall | Textbooks
• Pci education.com/ProductSamples
• Rigby - Harcourt
• Riverdeep Interactive Learning
• Scholastic Read 180
• Scott Foresman
• SRA - Open Court Reading
• Sunburst Little Planet
• Vernier Science & Math Lab Manuals - free downloads!

• Bulletin Boards
  • Bulletin Boards Kathy Schrock's large collection of bulletin board sites.
  • Bulletin Boards Education World's bulletin boards.
•  Activities
  • Amazing Space Web-Based Activities
  • Blue Web'n Applications Library
  • Digital Camera - lesson plans
  • Education World Lesson Plans
  • Educator's Reference Desk**
  • Educational Technology Clearinghouse  (formerly FIRN)(science & math)
  • FCAT Explorer (sample FCAT tests and activities)
  • Florida Center for Instructional  Technology
  • Florida State Archives - Memory Project
  • Galeschools.com
  • Harcourt's Learning Site
  • Learning Page of the Library of Congress
• Lesson Plan Search Sites
  • Beacon  ** Includes Florida standards
  • EduHound
  • Educator's Reference Desk - Lesson Plans*
  • Gateway Lesson Plans *
  • LessonPlans.com -1,500 short plans in the categories of Math, Science, Music, Language Arts, Computers & Internet, Social Studies, Art, Health &Multidisciplinary.
  • Lesson Plan Search Engine
  • PBS for Teachers    |  PBS Lesson Plans & Videos
  • Pinellas County Lesson Plans
  • Readwritethink.org**
  • SCORE Best of Math Lesson Plans
  • SEIR*TEC Classroom Resources
  • STEPS Lesson Architect | STEPS
  • Teachers.Net Lesson Plan Exchange-
  • The Solution
  • Yahoo.com/Education/Teaching
  • Science - biotechnology
    • National Geographic's Xpeditions - Lesson plans
    • NASA Educators page
    • Lesson Plans | Search Lesson Plans  Science Netlinks **
    • Pioneer.com/education - activities designed to "hit home" with students
    • Science.gov - Excellent for science in content, scope and authority
  • Math
    • Virtual Math Tools - abacus, etc.
    • Mega-Mathematics!
    • Edhelper.com -Math sheets
    • http://www.learner.org/ - free online streaming math videos from Annenberg
  • Recommended for Exceptional Child- 
    • AskERIC Lesson Plans
      http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/
    • A to Z Teacher Stuff
      http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/
    • Lesson Plans Page
      http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
    • LessonPlanz
      http://www.lessonplanz.com/
    • Resources for Teachers of Basic Skills
      http://www.northcoast.com/~hope/
    • Teach-nology
      http://www.teach-nology.com/
    • The Gateway to Educational Materials
      http://www.thegateway.org/
  • Thematic/Interdisciplinary Lesson Plans
    • http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/interdisciplinary/
    • http://atozteacherstuff.com/Themes/index.shtml
    • http://www.eduplace.com/activity/
    • http://www.edhelper.com/*
    • http://www.theteacherscorner.net/

    • http://www.units4teachers.com/archives.php

    • EBSCO Online articles -  Primary, MAS School & Middle School databases

*=Good Sites

Best Picks
Beacon Lesson Plans  **

• BestofHistory.net - Excellent site. Search keywords or browse by historical period.
• CyberBee - Guide to Web Evaluation
• Education World
• EBSCO's Best Sites for Teachers
• History Channel
• How Stuff Works
• Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Educators
• Kinetic City AAAS
• Lexile.com
• Library Spot
• MERLOT
• My Florida: Education
• National Center for Education Statistics
• National Geographic
• New York Public Library Reading page
• New York Times Resources for teachers/learners
• One Stop Research - National Geographic
• OurTimeLines.com
• PBS TeachersSource
• SEIR Teacher Education -- great portal to educational resources.
• Global Schoolhouse Internet Project
• St. Petersburg Times Newspapers and Education
• Sites for Teachers
• THE Journal's List of websites for Educators - http://thejournal.com/the/resources/2007/roadmap/
• Teachers First
• Teacher's Net
• Teacher Network- Science
• TeacherVision Network
• TeachNet
• TENET - Halls of Academia (Language arts, multiculturalism, science, math)
• Those were the days  | Day of the Year | NY Times - On This Day
• U.S. Department of Education (research, statistics and information)
   
• Math
  • Keystone Professional Math Resources
  • http://www.learner.org/ - Free online streaming videos from Annenberg
• Science
  • Adler Planetarium
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Childrensmuseum.org/ - The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
  • Exploremarsnow.org/  --Internactive Mars Habitat
  • Center for Improved Engineering and Science Education
  • Chicago Children's Museum
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute | Publications
  • Kinetic City
  • Museum of Science and Industry
  • NASA Educators page
  • National Science Digital Library
  • National Science Teachers Association
  • PhysLINK
  • Science Museum of Minnesota
  • Stevespanglerscience.com/
  • www.science.gov
  • Whalenet    
• Social Studies
  • Ancestry.com
  • Biography.com
  • Florida State Archives
  • The History Channel
  • History Hub
  • Internet History Sourcebooks Project
  New York Times Learning page Ragz-International
  • Smithsonian Institute
  • Florida History Internet Center
  • History Guide
  • The History Ring
     
• Search Engines
  • About.com
  • Alta Vista (images, MP3/audio, video search)
  • Google
  • Teoma
  • Yahoo    |  Yahooligans
     
• Web Site Information
  • Allwhois 
  • Internet' Archives' Way Back machine
  • Search Engine Showdown
  • Search Engine Optimization Tools

• Association of Elementary School Principals
• Children's Book Council
• FAME (Florida Association for Media in Education)
• FLaRE   (Florida Literacy and Reading Excellence project)
• Florida Reading Association
• Mathematical Association of America
• National Council of Teachers of English
• National Council of Teachers of Math
• National Association of Secondary School Principals
• National Education Association
• National Middle School Association
• National School Board Association
• National Education Association
• NABT National Association of Biology Teachers
• NSTA National Science Teachers Association 
• National Center for Teacher Transformation
• International Reading Association

• ADAM demo (California Learning Resource Network)  Needs Login and password
• Annenberg Learning - Videos on Demand; free online streaming videos. Need to register.
• California Learning Resource Network
• Discovery Parent Reviews.
• Eschoolnews.org
• Edmark - Free downloads: Desert Sunset, Letter Machine, Little Middle & Big, My Friend, etc.
• Educationworld
• Mathforum.org
• Nettrekker CODIE Award-free trial
• Teacher’s Choice Awards from Learning Magazines Teacher Awards -http://www.theeducationcenter.com/
• Orchard for Your State | Orchard FLorida
• PBS Lesson Plans & Videos
• Parents-Choice.org
• Riverside Publishing

Software

• Evalutech Database of Software Reviews *  (over 7,000 reviews!)

• BESSIE - http://www.computedgazette.com/page3.html
• Educationworld*
• Gateway Lesson Plans - pull down menu to software for reviews
• Math Forum - http://www.mathforum.org/mathtools/
• **SuperKids Educational Software Review - Provides "unbiased reviews of children's software by parents, teachers, and children"
• Teacher’s Choice Awards from Learning Magazines Teacher Awards
• Techlearning.com
  • Product Reviews -- http://www.techlearning.com/resources/product_guide.php
  • Awards http://www.techlearning.com/content/contest/awards/2005/PressRelease2006.php
• Vantage Learning (some demos)
• Yahoo! directory for web sites that list software reviews, including education-related sites.

Software Demos from Companies/Publishers

• Riverdeep Interactive Learning-Best Educational Special Needs CODIE Award
• Classroom Connect - Useful web sites listed by grade level and discipline and lesson plans that integrate technology into the classroo Education Software Preview Guide
• Journey Software for Math and Science - http://www.journeypassport.com/
• Kidspiration - tour of software  |  Inspiration Software, Inc. -http://www.inspiration.com/
• Logotron Educational Software - Software company -  links to software, the company's product catalog and additional links.
• * Riverdeep Interactive Learning-Best Educational Special Needs CODIE Award
• Sunburst Software demos - Fraction Attraction, Divide and Conquer, Learn About the Senses,
• Vantage Learning (some demos)
• Try other publishers as well

Vendors

• George Lucas Edutopia
• Schlessinger (demos of award winning videos)

• APA Code of Fair Testing Practices in Education
• Carnegie-Mellon University - Education & Assessment
• Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST)
• ENC Assessment page
• Practical Assessment, Evaluation and Research (formerly ERIC)
• Learning Record Assessment System
• Harcourt Brace - New Standards Assessments
• National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) "Nation's Report Card"
• Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory  |  Evaluation  |  Teacher Toolkit
• North Central Regional Educational Laboratory- Pathways/ Assessment Critical Issue
• Pinellas County Assessment Resources | Rubrics
• RCI: Reading Assessment Database for Grades K-3 Southwest Educational Development Laboratory/
• Southwest Ed. Developmental Lab. - Reading Assessment Database K-2
• SPC Assessments Collection

Rubrics

• Rubrics
• Rubric Maker
• Rubrician.com/
• Shrock's Assessment & Rubrics

• American Research Libraries Copyright Guide * used by SPC faculty
• Copyright Clearance Center
• Copyright & Distance Education
• Copyright Website
• iCopyright
• Indiana University -Purdue University
  • Checklist for Fair Use
  • Fair Use Guidelines for Electronic Reserve Systems
  • Educause
• Florida
  • Florida State Univ. - Teach Act
  • Pinellas County Schools
  • Okaloosa County
• Intellectual Property Searchable Database
Jefferson School-Law Library Resource Exchange
• Music Library Association - Guidelines for Educational Uses of Music
• Stanford Fair Use excellent PAGE
• TEACH Act
• University of Texas
  • Fair Use Guidelines for Digital Image
  • Fair Use Guidelines For Distance Learning
  • Guidelines For Classroom Copying of Books and Periodicals
  • Guidelines For Educational Multimedia
  • Using Materials from the Internet
  • Fair Use Tutorial
• Copyright Office |  US Law
• Videotaping for the Classroom

  
  

• 21st Century Teachers Network
• Atomiclearning.com
• MERLOT TWO
• National Association of S.S. Principals
• NCATE Report on Technology
• Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology
• Techlearning
• THE Journal
• US Dept. of Education- Office for Technology
   - Government resources that includes information on federal resources for funding.
• Yahoo -- directory for web sites on many different topics, including projects at k-12 schools.

• Florida International University FIU | Matrices
• Florida State University | PDF printable
• State of Florida |DOE
• University of Florida
• University of South Florida

• Center for Applied Linguistics
• TESL Journal - Teachers of English as a Second Language   
• TESOL.org

• SPC Library Collections
• Clearwater Public Library
• New York Public Library Reading page
• Palm Harbor Library
• Pasco County Libraries
• Pinellas Park Public Library
• St. Petersburg Public Library
• Seminole Com. Library
• SunLine Libraries - SUNCAT - Tampa Bay libraries: Dunedin, Largo, Safety Harbor, etc
• Sunlink  - state database of school library media center holdings in Florida's K-12 public schools.
 
• Tampa Bay Alleycat
• Tampa Bay Library Consortium
• Tampa Hillsborough Public Library