Literacy Articles
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ReadingQuest: Making Sense in Social Studies is a website designed for social studies teachers who wish to more effectively engage students.
Literacy Sites
The goal of the Literacy Matters project is to improve the literacy development of middle grades and secondary school students, especially those students who are struggling to succeed.
Universal Elements of Literacy
Maine DOE Site related to Universal Elements
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The NRP has completed the research assessment of reading instruction approaches.
National Institute for Literacy
A federal agency, provides leadership on literacy issues, including the improvement of reading instruction for children, youth, and adults.
- FCCR: Florida Center for Reading Research
The Florida Center for Reading Research was established by Governor Jeb Bush in January, 2002. It is jointly administered at Florida State University by the Learning Systems Institute and the College of Arts and Sciences.
Literacy Strategies
Adolescent Literacy: Resources for parents and educators of kids in grades 4-12
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Teacher and author of books focused on Literacy Strategies
- Read - Write - Think
A division of the International Reading Association, this website provides resources for literacy instruction at all grade levels.Numeracy
- Mathematics Benchmarks, Grades k-12 - A collaboration of Achieve, Inc. & The Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin
Visit the IRIS Center for Training Enhancements for free online interactive resources that translate research about the education of students with disabilities into practice. Our materials cover a wide variety of evidence-based topics, including behavior, RTI, learning strategies, and progress monitoring.
Teaching
The Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 established a new organization within the U.S. Department of Education, the Institute of Education Sciences.
Teachers’ Domain is an online library of more than 1,000 free media resources from the best in public television.
Technology
- Maine Learning Technology Initiative: The concept of the Maine Learning Technology Initiative began with a vision of former Governor Angus King to prepare Maine's students for a rapidly changing world.
- Welcome to Edublogs.tv - the video hosting site dedicated to education
Software/Online Tools
- Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.
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Convert video files without the need of downloading software. FREE!
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The essential tool to visualize, think, organize and learn.
- MyWebspiration: online version of Inspiration
Whether working individually or collaboratively, Webspiration is the new online visual thinking tool.
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Want to make exemplary rubrics in a short amount of time? Try RubiStar out! Registered users can save and edit rubrics online.