Sites of the Schools Days 1999-2005

Sites of the Schools Days Archives: 1999-2004

S.O.S 1999-2005 S.O.S. 2005 - 2010 S.O.S. 2010-2012

Short Circuits® (v.2 n.11)

Kathy Schrock’s Site of the School Day
School Year 1999-2000 Archive

The sites below were sent out on a daily basis during this school year.
These links are NOT updated.

August 1999
30 Freeworksheets.com
31 California Instructional Technology Clearinghouse

September 1999
1 School-Related Clip Art
3 ThinkQuest for Tomorrow's Teachers
7 Educational Web Design
8 Database of Children's Literature
9 Theme-Related Resources
10 Lower East Side Tenement Museum
13 Encyclopedia.com
14 Architecture Web Sites
15 Hurricane Virtual Field Trip
16 Popular Songs in American History
22 Interactive Bibliographic Citation Maker
23 State and Local Government on the Net
24 Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
27 Fast Search
28 Science Fair Information
29 StudyWeb: Foundations and Grants

October 1999
4 ERIC Digests
5 Environmental Literacy Council
6 Educational Clip Art
7 The Map Guide
12 Quia!
13 Pics for Learning
14 United States Weather Pages
15 Kate.net: Haunted Halloween
18 WebQuests: Matrix of Examples
19 EvaluTech
20 Nutrition Explorations
21 Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE)
22 Acceptable Use Policies: A Handbook
25 Minot Public Schools: Music Pages
26 Outline Maps
27 Celebrate the Century Stamps
28 Graphic Organizers
29 Nearctica

November 1999
1 Educator's Guide to Intellectual Property
2 Ideas and Rubrics
3 Biography Maker
4 Eboard.com
5 TrackStar
9 Veterans Day Home Page
10 Giving Thanks: Thanksgiving Resources on the Web for Educators
12 FamiliesConnect
15 Ad*Access
16 Citation Styles for Research Papers
17 Ciphers and Codebreakers
18 NASA Spacelink
19 Mineral Gallery
29 Chicago Public Schools StudentZone

December 1999
3 Project Approach in Early Childhood & Elementary Ed
6 Free Online Unit Studies
7 Worldwide Guide to the Little House on the Prairie
8 Learning Adventures in Citizenship 9 Kidlink's Multicultural Calendar
10 Home Economics Resources Online
14 Foreign Language News and Newspapers
15 Interactive WWW Evaluation Checklist
16 Holiday Recipes and Advice
17 Education Resources: Learning Centers
20 The Staff Room: Rubrics
21 Holiday Lesson Plans
22 Auld Lang Syne (2)

January 2000
3 Open Directory Project: Education
5 Productopia
6 Young Adult Librarian's Home Page
7 Worlds of Web Searching
10 DisciplineHelp.com
11 Web of Online Dictionaries
12 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
13 Lives: The Biography Resource
14 Middle School Cybrary
18 Math.com: References
19 Student News Net
20 Mark Harden's Artchive
21 NoodleTools
24 EduHound
25 Schoolgrants
28 Federal Resources for Educational Excellence: Welcome, Kids!
31 Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Short Circuits

February 2000
1 Groundhog Day History
2 Eyewitness: History Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It
3 Webmonkey: Browser Reference Chart
7 The American President: Presidential History Resources
9 HealthTeacher
10 Teachers' Internet Use Guide
11 Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
14 Zoomerang.com: Online Survey Maker
15 Gamelan: Java Sites for Education
17 Bandwidth Speed Test
18 GovSpot

March 2000
3 WorkshopQuest: The Iditarod Dog Sled Race
7 Project-Based Learning Checklists
8 www4teachers
9 Copyright and Citations: What Educators Need to Know
10 Certificate Creator
14 Geo Net
15 Study Skills Self-Help Information
16 1880's Ephemera
20 Virtual Chase: Evaluating the Quality of Internet Resources
21 How to Search
22 Interactive Web Page Evaluation Form and Database
23 Online Storage Services
24 Sapphire Swan Dance Directory
27 David Rumsey Map Collection
28 School Web Clubs
29 Graphic Maps Clip Art
31 April Fool's Day

April 2000
4 Creative Classroom: Test Taking
5 InFind Meta-Search Engine
6 Region 20 Education Service Center: Technology Workshop Materials
10 Google Web Directory
11 Stark Net: Classroom Projects
12 Technocopia
13 Media Literacy Clearinghouse
14 Recipe for a Successful Website
24 Lifetime of Art: Study Art
25 Enature.com
26 Foundation Center: RFP Bulletin
27 Forum on Technology in Education
28 Copyright Permission Letter

May 2000
1 Empire State Building opens (1931)
2 Arithmetic
3 Internet Use Permission Letters
4 Keirsey Temperament Sorter II
8 Launching K-3 Readers
11 iAmaze Presenter
12 About WebTV
16 A Game a Day
17 Raging Search
18 School Home Page Building Blocks
19 Educational Web Site Design
22 20th Century History
23 Web Awareness for Teachers
26 Directory of Digitized Collections
30 Ancient and Modern Egypt on the World Wide Web
31 Create-A-Venn

Sites of the School Days 2000-2001 not available

Short Circuits® (v.3 n.6)
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators SOS Archive 2001-2002
The sites below were sent out on a weekly basis during this school year. These links are NOT kept current.
August 2001
# 1	Labor Day Activities for Kids
# 2	Welcome Back to School
September 2001
# 3	Upcoming Events on the Calendar: September
# 4	Helping Your Students with Homework: A Guide for Teachers
# 5	Character Education Links
# 6	Ethics in Computing
October 2001
# 7	Upcoming Events on the Calendar: October
# 8	U-Haul SuperGraphics Gallery
# 9	Google Groups
# 10	Free Fonts for Teachers
# 11	The Teacher Tap
November 2001
# 12	Upcoming Events on the Calendar: November
# 13	Thanksgiving Resources on the Web
# 14	Yahoo Education Directory
# 15	eBoard Instruction Sheet
December 2001
# 16	Upcoming Events on the Calendar: December
# 17	Student Study Guides
# 18	KidsKonnect.com
# 19	Recent ERIC Digests
# 20	Upcoming Events on the Calendar: January
January 2002
# 21	Kathy Schrock's 2002 Winter Olympics Sites
# 22	100th Day of School
# 23	Snow/Winter Thematic Unit Resources
# 24	Assessment Strategies Collection
February 2002
# 25	Upcoming Events on the Calendar: February
# 26	Classroom Management Techniques
# 27	World Almanac for Kids
# 28	Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine
March 2002
# 29	Upcoming Events on the Calendar: March
# 30	WiseNut Search Engine
# 31	42eXplore
# 32	The Internet Archive Wayback Machine
April 2002
# 33	Upcoming Events on the Calendar: April
# 34	Publishers' Catalogues
# 35	Integrating Technology into Planning and Curriculum
# 36	Misunderstood Minds
May 2002
# 37	Upcoming Events on the Calendar: May
# 38	I Love That Teaching Idea
# 39	BBC Web Guide: Education
# 40	School Tales
# 41	Upcoming Events on the Calendar: June
June 2002
# 42	Ode to Drivers
©1995-2003 Kathleen Schrock. All rights reserved.

Short Circuits® (v.5 n.1)
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators 2002-3003 Archive Sites of the School Days The sites below were sent out on a weekly basis during this school year. These links are NOT kept current.
August 2002
# 1	Icebreakers for the First Day of School
# 2	Calendars: A Guide to Locating Events
September 2002
# 3	Digital Gadgets for Your Classroom
# 4	Parental Involvement Ideas
# 5	Internet Moving Picture Archive (for teacher use)
# 6	Keyboarding Resources
# 7	Google Catalog Search
October 2002
# 8	Four Blocks Literacy Center
# 9	Learning in Hand
# 10	Portals to the World
# 11	Paraeducator Resource and Learning Center
November 2002
# 12	American Cultural History: The Twentieth Century
# 13	Busy Teacher's Cafe
# 14	Theban Mapping Project
# 15	Multicultural Pavilion: Teacher's Corner
December 2002
# 16	Web Publishing Curriculum Resources
# 17	Lesson Plans Page
# 18	iEARN: Projects
# 19	Edutopia Innovative Classrooms: Assessment
# 20	Literacy Matters
January 2003
# 21	ArtsWork: Arts Resources for Teachers and Students
# 22
# 23	Fresh Pond
# 24	To Copy or Not to Copy: That is the Question
February 2003
# 25	Best of History Web Sites
# 26	Beyond Black History Month
# 27	Multiple Intelligences Wheel
# 28	Linda's Links to Literature
March 2003
# 29	ZapMeta
# 30
# 31	Plumb Design Visual Thesaurus
# 32	IN TIME
# 33	School Icons Club
April 2003
# 34
# 35	eThemes: Internet Resources for Creating and Sharing
# 36	Beginning Teacher's Toolbox
May 2003
# 37	Design Tenets for School Web Page Design
# 38	Imagination at Work
# 39	eslGold.com
# 40	Digital History
June 2003
# 41	Computer Training Tutorials
# 42	An Ode to Drivers
©2002-2003. Kathy Schrock. All rights reserved.

Short Circuits® (v.6 n.1)

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
2003-3004 Archive
Sites of the School Days

The sites below were sent out on a weekly basis during this school year.
These links are NOT kept current.

August
# 1	Ideas for the First Day of School & Bulletin Board Ideas
# 2	Keyboarding Resources
September
# 3	BrainBoost
# 4	Songs for Teaching: Using Music to Promote Learning
# 5	Graphic Organizers
# 6	LearningElectric.com: Software Tutorials
# 7	Exercises, Quizzes, Tests
October
# 8	Citation Maker: Elementary & Secondary
# 9	Anagram Server
# 10	National Archives Digital Classroom: Teaching With Documents
# 11	POWER in the Palm of Your Hand
November
# 12	NIEH Kids' Pages: Sing-along Songs
# 13	Nicenet's Internet Classroom Assistant
# 14	EDSITEment
# 15	ReadWriteThink
December
# 16	Jan's Illustrated Computer Literacy 101
# 17	Sound Learning
# 18	Music Library Association: Sheet Music Collections
# 19	Smithsonian Education: Educators
# 20	How Everyday Things are Made
January
# 21	Blogging and RSS and Using Weblogs in Education
# 22	Theatre History on the Web
# 23	Black History Month Resources: K-5 & 6-12
# 24
February
# 25	Our Documents
# 26
# 27	Electronic Materials for Children and Young Adults: Pathfinders
# 28	AMNH Resources for Learning and Ology
March
# 29	MIT OpenCourseWare
# 30	Jerrie's Curriculum Hotlists
# 31	Research Guides: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4
# 32	Food Timeline
# 33	Metropolitan Musuem of Art (NY): Timeline of Art History
April
# 34	American Heritage Book of English Usage
# 35	Ceremonial Music Online
# 36	Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide
# 37	Maps and Map Skills
May
# 38	Dewey Browse
# 39	History of Fashion
# 40	RhymeZone: Rhyming Dictionary and Thesaurus
# 41	Community in History
# 42	Open Video Project
June
# 43	Education Oasis
# 44	©1995- Kathleen Schrock. All rights reserved.

Short Circuits® (v.7 n.1)

Kathy Schrock's Site of the School Days: S.O.S. 2004-2005 School Year

The sites below were sent out on a weekly basis during this school year.
These links are NOT kept current.

August
Special Olympic Edition	EdGate: Gateway to the Summer Games Education World: Olympic Lessons and Information Teacher Planet: Summer Olympics Resource Page
# 1	NoodleBib: MLA Starter Classroom Fair Use Chart
# 2	Election Lessons
September
# 3	Plagiarism Links
# 4	K-12 Resources for Food History Lessons
# 5	Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership
# 6	The Irish Potato Famine
October
# 7
# 8	C-SPAN Classroom Lesley K-12 Election Resources
# 9
# 10
November
# 11	Digital History
# 12	Digital Media Resources
# 13	Annenberg/CPB Channel
# 14	ProFusion
# 15	Monthly Holidays and Celebrations
December
# 16
# 17	EPA Environmental Kids' Club
# 18
# 19	Playing With Time
January
# 20	Storm Events Database Special Feature: Tsunami Links Discovery Education: Guide for Understanding Tsunamis Discovery Channel: The Next Wave- The Science of Tsunamis Tsunamis Theme Page from CLN Tsunamis: The Great Waves FEMA for Kids: Tsunami Warning Discovery Education: Dynamic Earth (Grades 3-5) Discovery Education: Understanding Tsunamis (Grades 6-8) National Geographic: Wave Heights Tsunami Information PBS: Waves of Destruction National Weather Service: About Tsunamis USGS: Tsunami Animation Tsunami Animated Movie
# 21	TryScience Special Feature: Inauguration Links Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies Presidential Inauguration Committee Site Inauguration Lesson Plan from Education World Inaugural History Inaugural Fashion Where were the US Presidents born? (Lesson Plan) Inaugural Trivia Game from Time for Kids
# 22	Education World: Tools and Templates
# 23	Web Page Evaluation
# 24	Google Catalogs
February
# 25	Theme of the Month
# 26	America in the 1930's
# 27	Doodles, Drafts, and Designs
# 28	BugGuide.net
March
# 29	e-encyclopedia
# 30	Bloglines RSS Aggregator
# 31	Blogmeister: Blogs for Teachers and Students
# 32	News Feed Generator Tool
April
# 33
# 34
# 35
# 36	Google Maps and Satellite
Xtra	S.O.A.P. on a Rope
May
# 37	Federal Reserve Education
# 38	Our Web Class
# 39	Architect Studio 3D
# 40	National Educational Technology Standards for Students (NETSS) Extended NETSS Rubric for Grades PK-2 Extended NETSS Rubric for Grades 3-5 Extended NETSS Rubric for Grades 6-8 NETS*S Achievement Rubric PK-12 (Draft)
# 41	National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETST) NETST Achievement Rubric (Draft)
June
# 42