Lesson Plans

10 Reasons to Create a Website by Sharon Caher — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

Need some motivation and ideas? Here are 10 good uses for your new classroom website ranging from getting that important letter home to the awesome task of connecting your classroom and your students to the world.

GoogleEarth (Mac OS X 10.4) Released by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:17 PM

Google Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right on your desktop. View exotic locales like Maui and Paris as well as points of interest such as local restaurants, hospitals, schools, and more.

15 Great Ways to Kid Pix Studio in Your Classroom by Donna Raczynski — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

Lessons for all grade levels that include the six project types.

Kid Pix Studio in the Classroom by Donna Raczynski — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

Links to related Kid Pix Studio sites.

Kidspiration search on NYLearns by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

This link will search NY Learns for "Kidspiration". NYLearns is a great resource for standards based curriculum tools, ideas, and lesson plans.

Atomic Learning News - June 15, 2005 by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Atomic Learning News - June 15, 2005 (c) 2005, Atomic Learning, Inc., all rights reserved HEADLINES: 1. WELCOME ABOARD! 2. NEW TUTORIALS NOW AVAILABLE 3. NEW FEATURE ALERT: CLOSED CAPTIONING 4. AL WINS PRESTIGIOUS CODIE AWARD 5.ON THE ROAD AGAIN . . . . . 6. NEW ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE - JEFF CLARKE

BPS Teacher Pages Resource Page by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

As part of the new www.buffaloschools.org, every teacher in the district can post their own "teacher website." Employing a simple to use content management system, teachers can easily author and post a classroom website aimed at raising student achievement through the integration of technology into the classroom curriculum, while increasing parent/home communication.

Atomic Learning Resource Page by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:16 PM

Atomic Learning provides software training using a unique, just-in-time approach. Our library of thousands of short tutorials on dozens of applications are focused on answering the common questions teachers, students and anyone else may have when learning software. There are tutorials for Macintosh OS X, Windows XP, iLife (iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, iTunes), Microsoft Office (Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint), Kidspiration, Inspiration, Safari, Internet Explorer, Lotus Notes, and much much more...

Hispanic Heritage Month Websites by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:18 PM

Here are some websites that might be useful for HHM Sept. 15-Oct. 15. Paula Salamone Library Media Specialist

Story of Movies by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:17 PM

www.storyofmovies.org takes the classroom plan of "reading the book and watching the movie" to a whole other level. It focuses on helping teachers teach their students to interpret and understand the language of film and visual images--skills increasing in importance.

How to back up information onto a CD-R by Scott Nourse — last modified Oct 11, 2008 12:17 PM

A tutorial on backing up to a CD-R