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ANTI-PLAGIARISM WEBSITES

See your library media specialists to request a  mini-lesson for your students in the course of their library reasearch on "Plagiarism and How to Avoid It."  

• EVE 2 (Essay Verification Engine)

• Plagiarism and Copyright

• Plagiarism and the Web

• Turnitin.com

• WCopyfind 2.2 Program

• WordCHECK KeyWORD Software

Some of these resources are for informational purposes only.  There may be copyright concerns if student work is submitted for analysis without student knowledge and/or permission in advance.  See the Chronicle of Higher Education article "Plagiarism-Detection Tool Creates Legal Quandary" by Andrea L. Foster for a discussion.

LESSON PLANS

• Ask ERIC Lesson Plans
  2000 plans submitted by teachers, browsable by subject. Also provides search engine to narrow your query by keyword or age group.

• Blue Web'N: high quality learning experiences
  Lists and rates about 1800 teachers sites that can be searched by subject or grade level. Excellent organization and summary information for every link provided.

• Columbia Education Center Teacher Resources
  600+ lesson plans sorted by subject matter

• DiscoverySchool
  Classroom tools include: Lesson Planner, Worksheet Generator and many other teacher resources. Create your own materials or choose from hundreds created by other teachers, grouped by subject.

• Educator's Reference Desk
  AskERIC's 2,000+ lesson plans, 3,000+ links to online education information, and 200+ question archive responses. The Educator's Reference Desk provides a search interface to the ERIC Database, providing access to over one million bibliographic records on educational research, theory, and practice.

• The New York Times: Learning Network
  Access free daily lesson plans for grades 6-12, written in partnership with The Bank Street College of Education in New York City. Each lesson plan and the article it references can be printed out for classroom use. Previous lessons are available in the archive and in thematic lesson plan units.

• Read-Write-Think
  Extensive collection of lesson plans & resources associated with events in literacy and literature, sponsored by the NCTE, the International Reading Assoc. & Marco Polo.

• ThinkQuest: Student and educator developed educational websites 
  An international competition where student teams engage in collaborative, project-based learning to create educational websites. The winning entries form the ThinkQuest online library.

• The Web Quest Page
  Outstanding site for finding existing webquests or creating your own.

TEACHING TOOLS AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT 

• A to Z Teacher Stuff
  A commercial site, but created for teachers by a teacher, A to Z was designed to help teachers find online lesson plans and other resources more quickly and easily.

• Connecticut History Online
  Online database featuring 15,000 historic images, a state-of-the-art Geolocator access tool and classroom resources such as lesson plans and interactive activities to help students and teachers access them.

• Gateway to Educational Materials
  Access to high quality lesson plans, curriculum units and other education resources on the Internet.

• Graphic Organizer Index
  Here is a great resource on a wide variety of graphic organizers, with descriptions of each and tips on when and how to use them. Samples are included, along with strategies and links.

• Internet Hunt Activities
  Created by Cindy O'Hora, a collection of internet scavenger hunts on diverse topics.

• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
  A high quality resource containing categorized lists of sites for enhancing curriculum and professional growth.

• Marco Polo
  A nonprofit consortium of education organizations and the MCI Foundation providing the high quality Internet content and professional development to teachers and students. Includes lesson plans, student interactive content, downloadable worksheets & much more.

• NetTrekker
  Fast, easy access to high quality, educationally relevant online resources, pre-screened and selected by educators.  Includes 18,000 lesson plans and learning excercises customized for high school curricula and linked to state standards. Please contact a library media specialist  ( ext. 5077) for the user name and password.

• Note Star 
  Allows teachers to create projects for their students. Students may then take advantage of NoteStar's many features to collect and organize their notes.

• Rubistar
  Generic rubrics that can be adapted, customized or used as is.

• Rubric Builder
  Excellet free program that provides teachers with a step-by-step, interactive process to create customized assessment rubrics.

• Rubrics
  From the California Education Department, the SCORE program provides a collection of rubrics for research papers, editorials, collaborative projects and more.

• Technology Turtorials Found on the Web
  Includes 100+ tutorials on software used in K-12 schools (e.g., Kidspiration, KidPix, DreamWeaver, Windows 2000), and tutorials on general technology topics (e.g. digital cameras, networking.)

• Track Star
  Helps teachers organize and annotate Web sites for use in lessons.  The resource list remains visible, allowing the user to easily stay on track.

• Web Worksheet Wizard
  Helps teachers create a lesson, worksheet or class page that can be posted on the Internet.

• Worksheet Generator
  Create customized worksheets quickly, or use a teacher-created worksheet in a library of "Worksheets to Go."