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Please check out our Training page for online presentations and .pdf files on using StarOffice, Micrsoft Office, TVator, Digital Camera, Wepage handouts, etc.  This site is available to everyone Click here

OR click here to visit our Moodle page - you must have an NCCSC log on account to access the training handouts on this page.  Only the Training Materials class is accessible without an enrollment key.

 

Live Weather Cam at NCCHS - image updated every 5 minutes
Live, Local weather from NCCHS

Visit the NCCSC Technology Center Page

EducationWorld.com has list of resource links on how to discuss tragedy with students.  Click here
KidsClick! has some lesson plan links related to terrorism.  Click here


   
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     Remember - to make up for snow days - school WILL be in session Friday, April 23rd and Friday, May 28th.  Faculty Records/Reports day will move to June 1st!

 
2/5/2010 National Wear Red Day
The Heart Truth logo is a trademark of HHS.


Important note on Internet email (OWA).  The address is https://exchange.nccsc.k12.in.us/owa/   This is a new version and will look slightly different.  For your username - you should ONLY have to add your username and not nccsc\username. 


Remember - if your password has expired - you will NOT be able to log on for Internet email!  You can't reset your password from home IF IT IS EXPIRED- only from school!  Please contact me to change  your password if you are at home.  If your password is close to expiring, OWA will prompt you and give you a link that will allow you to change password from home.  BUT once it has expired, you can't change from home!


"Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."
"That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind."
-Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 - July 20, 1969

Page updated 2/5/2010. Be sure to "Refresh" to see any new items that have been added.  

Watch for new viruses!  This is a helpful site.  Also visit our Technology Dept. Virus info page

Calling all teachers! - Are you using the Internet in your lesson plans? Or using computers in an interesting way in your lessons? Let me know how you are using technology in your classroom!!

Hi!   My name is Theresa J. Pierce and I have been with the New Castle Community School Corporation Technology Office since the end of February, 1999. I am a Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor and an i-SAFE certified (Internet Safety isafe.org ).  I  assist the schools in learning and utilizing productivity software (like PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Publisher), web page development, PowerSchool/PowerTeacher, as well as many other computer-related topics.  I am very proud of the work our teachers are doing on their web page.  Be sure to check them out!  To learn more about me (and my little poodle, Lucy, click here!  Click here for pictures of 2006 3A State Champs

 

 

Be sure to visit the link to the Highlights Page for info on the New Castle Summit

Click here for a piece of Fieldhouse history

Click here check out this page for a list of live cameras to use in the classroom. Also includes aquarium pages. Be sure to visit the Manatee Cam!!!

Click here to go to Resource Sites. Use this page for great sites to help you use the Internet in your lesson plans!
This page will save you time in research!

Use Homework Helper for students and teacher resources!

This page will save you time - all the searching has been done for you!
This page is updated regularly!!!!!!

Check out my Effective Searching page.   Includes general search engines and prescreened ones for the classroom! 

Art-Music-PE websites  

Learning about Grants! - a page that includes links to help you!

Check out my Hot Potato interactive page. Try it, you'll like it!! 

If you really liked it, go to the Hot Potato Homepage and download it for your own!  It's Free for educators!!

 

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SimplytheBest Kids Fonts  Great site with fonts. If you try to install on your classroom computer, please contact the Tech Office for assistance first!  Permission settings may not allow you to download and install.

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 Remember to give credit for graphics and ask for permission where required!


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Don't forget to use Homework Helper for lesson plans, curriculum ideas, professional development and student research!!  Click on Teacher's Corner link.  New sites added regularly

February is Black History Month

Mathtrain.tv - student and teacher created videos for Math!

Don't forget to use edtv in your classroom (accessible only at NCCSC)

Encyclopedia.com & FactMonster Encyclopedia - free! - includes cite info!

Kidspiration/Inspiration lesson plans/downloads

Education World - GREAT resource!

Free online classes - http://www.gcflearnfree.org/

Free online educational games - http://sheppardsoftware.com/

My First Garden - For elementary students

Need to save money on field trips - Go Virtual!  Click here for links

Take a field trip in your own schoolyard!  Try Schoolyard Geology

My Wonderful World - Led by National Geographic - great lessons and activities

I've been published!  Click here for the .pdf file of my lesson idea for Excel published in the Feb., 2007 issue of Leading & Learning with Technology

Free US Dept of Ed publications

FirstGov - portal for government sites - check out Kids link
Don't forget to check out Senator Bayh's Kids Page and Senator Lugar's Kids Page

Great Math/Language Arts site - be sure and try the Shopping Math

42explore.com - great thematic sites with tons of links, webquests, etc.

Great K-6 search site that includes links to kid-related sites  www.kidzsearch.com

Check out the new TeacherTube - educations answer to YouTube.  Also take a look at SchoolTube.   Also try out Google for Educators or Microsoft's Innovative Teachers Network (ITN)

My Wonderful World - National Geographic-led campaign to expand geographic learning

International Children's Digital Library - Here you will find the texts of over 250 children's books from all over the world. Some are in English and the rest in a wide variety of languages from Spanish to Chinese. There are also bilingual — English plus another language — texts. Users can search the texts, which range from early primary to middle school grades, by category, title, author or place in the world

Search for WebQuests at TeacherWeb - search by grade level and/or topic

IndianaMap.org - new site hosted by IU and Indiana Geological Survey - satellite shots of Indiana

Great site with teacher templates of all kinds.  I found this link on Hilldale Library Elementary Media Center.

Take a look at Answers.com for Teachers - at the bottom of every results page is the "cite" for the page.  Not sure if I would use for K-6 - search results return too many choices for that level (in my opinion)

Great music site - New York Philharmonic Kidzone

Professor Garfield - Created by Ball State Univ. and Pearson Digital Learning - for grades K-8 - educational games and activities, lesson plans and includes a "teacher's lounge" for resource material.

www.lessonlocator.org
Lessons aligned to Indiana State Standards using the same sites that Thinkfinity (formerly MarcoPolo) is partnered with!

Great teacher and student resource - Dr. LeBeau

Attention Teachers!! Your Scott Foresman Social Studies & Science textbooks have websites with activities related to your units.  Use these sites with your students in
Scott Foresman Social Studies
Scott Foresman Science

PRISM - sponsored by Rose-Hulman for Grades 6, 7 & 8 teacher resources aligned to Indiana standards

Kathy Shrock's Home Page - a great resource

Great math activities for parents and children to work on at home

CyberSmart lesson plans - lessons to help students use the Internet safely, responsibly and effectively!  - And don't forget to visit my Safe Surf page - great for students and parents

Free lessons/handouts for K-8 curriculum covering Internet issues, including ethics, privacy, safety and research strategies.  Check it out!

Be sure and look at Internet in the Classroom page for more links related to this topic

Wyoming pioneer site - info on Oregon, California, Mormon, Pony Express and Bridger trails

Free touch typing program

Another free typing program - from the United Kingdom - so the character talking can be a little hard to understand - but this is a great site!!!

Videoconferencing page

Grading Rubrics - list of links to use!

EducationWorld.com - TONS of great lesson ideas.  Be sure to check out Lesson Planning and Technology Integration!

Using Digital Cameras in the Curriculum - list of links to lesson plans and ideas
Check out this video on this topic

Links to Online Tutorials

Try The Gateway for lesson plans, curriculum units, etc. Similar to MarcoPolo

Edhelper.com - a one stop site for lesson plans, activities, etc!

Use a WebQuest!!!!

Front Page 2002 has a new feature called "Photo Gallery" Much easier than creating your own.  It even creates the thumbnails for your!  Take a look at an example

Here is something fun!!!  Visit this link to see how NCCSC pages have evolved since 1997 thanks to the Internet Wayback Machine!!  Click here

 
Teachers - please click here for the Web Page Permission slip to place student pictures on your web page. Updated 9/6/02! Please click here to read the guidelines on using student names, photos, projects, etc. on your web page.  IMPORTANT!!
OR - click here for a form in .pdf format that you can fill in the top part on the computer and then print out to send home with student!!
Click here for my new page on Copyright and Fair Use

  

 

To try to consolidate sites, I have merged the "New Stuff" and "Resource Sites".  So....be sure to check Resource Sites and Using the Internet in your Lesson Plan!!

 

New sites will appear here first to highlight them, then they will be moved to the appropriate site.

 

Use the Internet in your Lesson Plan - I created this page to give you a "one-stop" site to integrate the Internet in your teaching.  TONS of links to lots of FREE information, worksheets, lesson plans, class participation and webquests. Please visit this site!!!  I am adding to this site frequently!!!  Remember to Refresh!!  You might want to add it to your Favorites!!! You might want to add it to your Favorites!!!

EduWeb:  Adventures - submitted by Mrs. Jester @ WilburWright. Explore Art, Science and History with games, simulations and learning modules. Check out CosmicQuest(you know how I love space stuff!)  many of the adventures use The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis

 

Weather Wiz Kids - great new site for weather "stuff" created by Crystal Wicker of Channel 6 - Indianapolis NCCHS uses MLA format

NoodleTools Quick Cite - learn how to give credit for info/images used from web pages!  Choose Professional Web Page or Personal Web Site.

You may want to try Citation Machine  or RapidCite.com also.

Library of Congress American Memory -The Learning Page - great place for educators to start.  This is an excellent resource for US History that includes photos, films, pamphlets, oral histories, etc. FirstGov for Kids - new site maintained by the Federal Consumer Information Center.  Has links to Federal gov't. kids' sites and other sites all grouped by subject!
John GlennDon't forget Space.com and www.nasa.gov
Try Kids' Club by NASA.  Be sure and check out the 40th anniversary of the moon landing July 20, 1969!

Great information on how to substitute teach (and be asked back!)

Click here for monthly calendar of topics for the classroom.  Includes holidays as well. 
Microsoft Classroom Teacher Network - lesson plans, activities, tips.  Nice Site! Beginning Teachers Tool Box
A great site for new teachers and all teachers!
K-12 Instructional Media Center - great for planning, projects, lessons, etc. Teach-nology - a list of links for lesson plans, worksheets, activities - Great site!
Evaluating Internet Resources - an excellent topic to discuss with students (and adults!)

 

LessonPlansPage.com - FABULOUS site and easy to use.  Thanks again to Mrs. Mullen (formerly of Wilbur Wright)

Museumstuff.com - Great resource!! www.funschool.com is working again!!!
US Dept of Education - a tremendous site with links to government sites FOR KIDS. A few examples: CIA, Treasury Dept, US Mint, FDA, just to name a few Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks Express - WOW - great site - internet projects, lesson ideas, etc.  thanks to Mrs. Brammer for letting me know about this site!!!
Check out my new Safe Surf page. Includes links to many sites on Internet Safety for kids and adults. Also includes links to filtered Internet browsing FindArticles.com - searches 300 reputable magazines and journals - thanks again to my Mom!
Theme Day - Great new site for K-2. A full day's lesson with a single mouse click Technology & Learning - the online version of this GREAT magazine. Lessons, articles, web tours, professional development. Use this great resource
Stock Photography and Images - Great site that can be used for reference of specific locations.  Images are not for free use - but can be a great reference tool! Archives of South Pole webcasts for International Polar Year (2007-2008) from Exploratorium (Sponsored by National Science Foundation)
MapMachine by Nat'l Geographic - all types of maps. Thanks to Mrs. Schulte! FactMonster - sponsored by Learning Network - great tool for students!! - Thanks to my Mom for sending me this one!
Indiana Links - provided by CanalTrek - EXCELLENT LIST OF LINKS!!! 
Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial - sponsored by NPS (thanks to Mrs. Fraze @ Eastwood for this site)
Lesson Plans on Colonial Williamsburg - click on History, then Resources for Teachers/Students, then scroll down for Lesson Plans

AITLC - Access Indiana Teaching & Learning Center - This site is being developed by ACCESS INDIANA to provide students and teachers with improved access to K-12 relevant content on the Internet.  It also includes Lesson Plans.  You can subscribe to this mailing list or just visit the site periodically.  This is now membership site that requires a yearly fee.

NCCSC Transportation Dept. Kid's Page - This is a wonderful safety page with tips on riding the bus, walking to school and riding your bike to school.  Pages include a test on traffic signs, a quiz and a coloring book. Check it out!!!

Click here for tutorial guides on Office products.  Helpful site by Microsoft.  Great to print for reference

 

My pictures of 11/30/00 Shuttle Launch (I missed the 11/23/02 launch by 15 minutes :( Aquademics - sponsored by Tetra. Educational resources - fish-based!
Microsoft Template Gallery for Office - some great templates ready for teachers to download and use!(T-F or multiple choice test, certificates, etc) Software in the Classroom - great website with teacher's guide and tutorials on PowerPoint98, Front Page 2000 and Internet Explorer
Visit New Castle-Henry County Public Library.   If you haven't been there in a while - GO!! If you have not visited there site - GO NOW!  Click here for some more info on our tour! WebTips - includes handouts on how to work on your page with our new and improved "set up"
webTeacher - a wonderful, self-paced, FREE Internet tutorial.  If you are a "'Net newbie" or just want to brush up on your Internet skills.

Thinkfinity (formerly MarcoPolo ) - FABULOUS site for using Internet content in the classroom.  Includes a search engine, 7 education-related partner links, lesson plans, worksheets. VISIT THIS SITE!! Click on the partner-site links and check out the standards-based lesson plans ready to use!

CLICK HERE to download free guide or request guide

Start searching!

 

Teacher-to-Teacher Workshops - Free professional development resources!

Deep Web searching - click here for a list of search engines to help

Would you like to try an online Expedition??? For Free???  Or maybe a class participation site? or a class project?

FrogWatch USA - collect info on frog & toad populations and help the US Geological Survey team monitor them.

Virtual Explorers- great for grades 5-12, part of the Virtual Explorers research.  Topics change and you can communicate with the research team

Nasa Quests - webcasts, forums, etc. Dive and Discover - Expeditions to the seafloor
Track marine life at Whalenet using satellite tags! Peace Corp - connect your class with a volunteer!
Track the migration of leatherback turtles wtih Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute!! 
Check more class participation sites at Using the Internet in your Lesson Plan page - updated frequently!

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Here are some pages you may find helpful or just fun!

 Elton John is #1 Kings Island Ball State University
 The British Monarchy The Beatles
 McCann's Poor Farm
This is a link to an international registry of K-12 schools maintained by a "grandpa w/17 grandkids".  He has some other interesting links as well
Chats and Forums resources - directory of Chats and Forums related websites.
  A Little Bit of Everything
This is my personal homepage with lots of pictures of family & friends.  Be sure and check out the wedding pictures!

        

                             

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