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Certification Information

Rhode Island Department of Education
Information about certification including I-Plans, RI Beginning Teacher Standards, and
Professional Development.

I-Plan Information

Rhode Island Teacher Certification Login

ABC-CLIO POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS
 PowerPoint Presentations are materials that the ABC-CLIO Schools staff has created to help faculty members become more familiar with the ABC-CLIO Schools websites. These PowerPoints will take the viewer through  the main features in each website and provide teaching tips that can be used with the websites in the library or classroom. Learn more about features such as Close Up on Primary Sources and Topic Explorations and feel free to view, download, and share these great teaching tools.

The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM)
GEM is a project of the U.S. Department of Education and is a special project of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology. It is designed to provide educators with quick and easy access to the substantial, but uncataloged, collections of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, non-profit, and commercial Internet sites.

Educator's Reference Desk
ERIC or Educational Resources Information Center is a personalized Internet-based service providing education information to teachers, librarians, counselors, administrators, parents, and others throughout the United States and the world. They have a question and answer service, lesson plans, and access to a wide range of educational publications.

ERIC
Database web site @ US Dept. of Education  www.eric.ed.gov

Edsitement
EDSITEment provides subject-based access to top humanities sites, EDSITEment lesson plans and at-home activities, and additional learning activities.

Library of Congress
Provides teachers with over 10 million primary sources.  Resources include Guide to Law
on Line, International Resources, Poetry and Literature Center, and Lesson Plans.

PBS/Teachers Source
Lesson plans for high school and much more.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.

Educator's Learning Page from American Memory Collection
Shows educators how they can use the American Memory resources in the classroom.

NARA/The Digital Classroom
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is a federal agency that preserves our nation's history by overseeing the management of all federal records, including the cornerstone documents of our government: the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights.

The Big6™
The Big6 Skills Information Problem-Solving Approach is outlined here with sample lesson plans and other resources.

Plagiarism Stoppers: A Teacher's Guide
Features places to go for help with student plagiarism, how to identify it, what to do when it happens, how to prevent it.

Teach-nology.com
Resources here include rubric and worksheet generators, lesson plan center, web tools, idea sharing, and lots more.

The Graphic Organizer
Learn how to use graphic organizers effectively using Inspiration software.

Graphic Organizers
Lots of ideas here about different types of organizers.

Filamentality
Filamentality is a fill-in-the-blank interactive Web site that guides you through picking a topic, searching the Web, gathering good Internet sites, and turning Web resources into learning activities.

Free Federal Resources For Educational Excellence
Hundreds of education resources supported by agencies across the U.S. Federal government are now easier to find. Also has a student page.

From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal
A very thoughtful site concerning how to effectively integrate technology in the classroom for real learning. Addresses research and questioning, staff development, Virtual museums, assessment and lots more.

The WebQuest Page
A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented activity in which most or all of the information used by learners is drawn from the Web. This site provides instructions and examples.

Teachers' Guide to Internet Use
This guide works with the teacher to design Internet-based lessons that are aligned with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).

Rhode Island Department of Education,Office of Assessment and Accountability

Information Works:  Measuring R.I. Schools For Change for 2006
The annual report on public education in RI featuring a set of school report cards,
district report cards, and the state report card.

Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom
Answers questions about fair use, permissions, multimedia guidelines and more.

Legal Questions About Copyright
Even though this site is concerned with publishing on the Web, much of what is said can also be applied to other types of copyright questions.