Teacher Friendly Online Tools to De-stress Your Life

Brandi Caldwell * Karen Mardis

Alabama Educational Technology Conference

June 16-18, 2004 * Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center Convention Complex

Time Pressures	Rubrics http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php http://landmark-project.com/classweb/tools/rubric_builder.php3 Review games (free download of templates) http://www.teachnet.com/lesson/misc/winnergame022500.html Test maker http://www.easytestmaker.com/ How to use technology effectively in the classroom: http://www.coollessons.org/NutsAndBoltsWebPage_files/frame.htm HPR TEC 4teachers tools (everything but the kitchen sink) http://www.4teachers.org/ Landmarks for Schools (Brilliant tools and sites for teachers) http://landmark-project.com/index.php Laura Chandler’s Handout Library (subject specific, ready-made worksheets) http://home.att.net/~teaching/filecab.htm
Low Status	Professional Organizations - http://teacherpathfinder.org/ProfDev/proforganiz.html National Boards - http://www.nbpts.org/ Collaboration projects http://teachnet.edb.utexas.edu/~lynda_abbot/teacher2teacher.html http://www.criticalmethods.org/collab/ Grants - http://athomepage.com/what.html Submit your lessons - http://teachnet.com Use your PR skills - http://www.newspapersol.com/newspapers/alabama.html
Discipline	Virtual classroom http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~fboutin/frame.html Behavior and discipline forms http://www.teachertools.org/forms_dynam.asp Classroom management - http://www.teachnet.com/how-to/manage/ Behavior analysis - http://keirsey.com/
Poor work conditions	Faculty morale builders - http://www.borg.com/~rjgtoons/edu.html Corporate assistance - http://abetteralabama.org/partners.shtml Fighting poverty http://www.alsde.edu/html/sections/doc_download.asp?section=54&id=952
Student motivation	Alternate assessment Student web project http://poster.hprtec.org/index.php Games, puzzles, pictures http://puzzles.apte.com/index.cfm?action=dsp_home&CFID=999953&CFTOKEN=34630810 http://www.funbrain.com/ Music - http://wpe.com/~musici/ Lessons that produce results http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/basic_search.asp
Conflicts with colleagues	Articles on dealing with conflicts http://www.atpe.org/LegalIss/conflicts.html http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr171.shtml
Assessment	Online quiz tools http://quizstar.4teachers.org/ http://www.quia.com/web http://school.discovery.com/quizcenter/quizcenter.html Documentation made easy http://www.quizlab.com/tour/qtour8.cfm Online graders http://www.hrw.com/language/hospromo/index.htm
Nomadic existence	Stress Assessment and Management http://wellness.uwsp.edu/Health_services/stress/symptoms.html http://www.psychwww.com/mtsite/smenvstr.html Teacher Health http://teachhealth.com www.healthyteachers.org
Reality Shock	Cheating - www.turnitin.com AHSGE documentation www.skillstutor.com www.plato.com http://alex.state.al.us/browseStand.php ESL www.esl-lab.com http://a4esl.org http://www.usingenglish.com/handouts/ Special Ed http://seriweb.com/ http://www.dssc.org/frc/ http://www.theteachersguide.com/Specialeducation.html http://www.ldonline.org/article.php?max=20&special_grouping=id=0&loc=6 New Teacher Support http://www.teachingquality.org/resources/SECTQpublications/Induction.pdf http://www.learnnc.org/topics/newteach/
Communication Problems	Teacher to teacher Email for students and teacher message boards http://www.epals.com/tools/ Combine those pesky messenger services http://gaim.sourceforge.net/downloads.php Teacher to Parent http://casanotes.4teachers.org/ Student to Student http://gaggle.net/tour1.html Class Websites www.teacherwebsite.com www.schoolnotes.com http://www.schoolblogs.com/listTheSchoolBlogs Online accountability www.mygradebook.com
Best of the Best	Cost MyGradebook.com – a lifesaver Turnitin.com – another vital tool Holt Online Essay Scoring Quiz Lab	Free Landmark Project – very versatile 4teachers.org – lots of variety teacherwebsite
It has its rewards…	Deep Discounts for Teachers www.journeyed.com www.barnesandnoble.com	Fun Freebies! http://www.justfreestuff.com/teacher.html http://freebies.about.com/od/teacherfreebies/ http://www.staples.com/services/teacher_rewards/default.asp http://www.teacherlaptop.org/teacherregistrationb.html