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Activity Sheets & Mini-Posters	Activity Sheets, Mini-Posters, Six-Week Units, Web Sites, and More! (Grouped by Computer/Technology Skill Strand)
Administrators
Adventure Hut for Students
Art, Music and Drama	Content Coliseum – Arts, Music and Drama Curriculum Cork Boards
Assessment	Assessment Topics in the Content Coliseum
Best Practice	Best Practice Pop Quizzes The Pinnacle: Improving Teacher-Student Relationships
Bird’s Eye View - TechKnow Park
Brain Research and Learning	Teachley’s Amazing Talking Brain Memory Booster (Memory Strategies Students can Use) All About Memory – A Potent Recipe for Boosting Memory What is recoding? How does it aid in storing information in long term memory? The Express Reactor, a Tool to Help Students Recode Information
Browser, How to Fine Tune
Bulletin Boards

Careers	Week 6, TechKnow Park Sample eSmartz Alien Page - See Consult the Crystal Meet the other Seven Aliens
Character Education	Trouble Terminator DreamBuilder I Can’t Burial Ground Students and Stress Goal-Setting (Acorns and Oaks)
Classroom Management	The Pinnacle (Scroll down and look for “Handling 117 Misbehaviors” and “Classroom Management Resources”)
Classroom Teachers	The Educator Page Teacher’s Table of Contents
Clip Art, Sounds, Effects, Movies, Animation	TK Multimedia Diner
Coasters and Countries (Roller Coaster Database)
Collaboration	Collaborative Online Projects Made Easy (TechKnow TeleTrek) Getting Started with Collaborative Online Projects Meet Your Media and Technology Team Collaborating for Information Skills Connect and Collaborate with Classes All Over the World IMPACT for Teachers Team Teaching in the Media Center or Computer Lab
Communications Media (Online Newspapers, Radio, and TV)	NC WiseOwl Content Coliseum – Newspaper, Radio, TV
Community Connections	Planning for Your Project – Taking Action in the Community
Computer Crimes (Viruses, Vandals, and Hoaxes)	Computer Security Checklist (PDF) Glossary: Computer Viruses, Vandals, and Hoaxes An Interactive Computer Crime Scenario Can You Find the Security Leaks?
Computer Lab (Managing Activity and Behavior)	Managing Activity and Behavior: Issues Unique to a Technology-Rich Environment
Computer/Technology Skills Curriculum	Activity Sheets, Mini-Posters, Six-Week Units, Web Sites, and More! (Grouped by Computer/Technology Skill Strand) Juke Box of Lessons, Units, and Mini-Posters
Copyright	Information is Property Week 6 in TechKnow Park Demonstrate Appropriate Use of Copyrighted Materials in Content Area Projects Copyright, Citations, Obtaining Permissions
Core Content Areas	Hovercraft Slide Show – Understand the Hovercraft framework for technology integration in the middle grades TechKnow Park – A Bird’s Eye View of technology integration in Fifth Grade Core Content Areas
Cork Boards, Curriculum
Critical Evaluation Skills	Critical Evaluation Skills
Critical Thinking	TK Power Thought Chamber Databases and Critical Thinking Ten TechKnow Questions for Evaluating Web Sites
Curriculum Cork Boards and Mapping
Cyber-Safety	Week 1: Techknow Park, Cyber Safety

Databases (Classroom-ready lessons)	The Great Database Page Eye-Poppin’ Jaw-Droppin’ Databases A form to help students create a database from scratch “Draw Your Own Conclusions” from a database
Date Button	Date Button on the Hovercraft
Desktop Publishing	Keyboarding, Word Processing, Desktop Publishing Demonstrate Appropriate Use of Copyrighted Materials in Content Area Projects
Differentiation	The Learner Profile Puzzle
Disaster Preparedness Pages (TechKnow Park)
Discipline	The Pinnacle (Scroll down and look for “Handling 117 Misbehaviors and Classroom Management Resources)
Dream-Building & Goal-Setting	DreamBuilder

Emotions, Dealing with	Trouble Terminator, How to Deal with Difficult Emotions
Emotional Intelligence	The Panic Button
Encyclopedias, Newspapers, Journals	NC WiseOwl
English Language Arts, Grades 6-8	English Language Arts – Grade 6 - At the Movies English Language Arts – Grade 7 – Lockers of the Future Web Savors for 8th Grade ELA Teachers Research Tools for Grade 8 – The Knowledge Flow
Evaluation	Critical Evaluation Skills
Evaluating Web Sites	Ten TechKnow Questions for Evaluating Web Sites Critical Evaluation Skills
Express Reactor	The Express Reactor, a Tool to Help Students Recode Information What is recoding? How does it aid in storing information in long term memory?

First Aid Kit	First Aid Kit for Teachers
First-Aid Station	How to "Fine Tune" Your Browser
Gateways	Gateways to Comprehensive Educational Web Sites
Getting Started with TechKnow Park	The Welcome Center (TechKnow Park)
Glow Sticks (Student Hut)	Secret Message Reminder
Goal-Setting and Dream-Building	Acorns and Oaks
Graphic Organizers	Organize Your Thoughts!
Guidance Counselors

Healthful Living	Content Coliseum - Healthful Living
Holidays	Content Coliseum - Holidays
“I Can’t” Burial Ground
IMPACT for Teachers
Inferencing	Draw Your Own Conclusions
Information Skills Curriculum	Collaborating for Information Skills
Interdisciplinary Approaches	Curriculum Cork Boards
Internet Safety	Surf Safely (Week 26, TechKnow Park)
Internet Search Skills	The Knowledge Flow Mission: Student Outcomes Critical Evaluation Skills Tools for Teaching Stupendous Search Skills Web Search Planning Page (Curiously Clever Web Search Planner) The Knowledge Flow The Knowledge Constructor Kit (Some Assembly Required) Copyright, Citations, Obtaining Permission Writing Search Statements with AND (If/Then Examples) Writing Search Statements with OR (If/Then Examples) Writing Search Statements with NOT (If/Then Examples) Serendipitous Search: Electricity and Magnetism Serendipitous Search: Simple Machines Serendipitous Search: Machu Picchu The Surfer’s Suitcase Science and Internet Search Skills – The Radar Beacon – Grades 6, 7, 8
Internet Use Policy	Week 1, TechKnow Park, Teacher’s Desk

Juke Box	Lessons, Units, and Mini-Posters
Keyboarding, Word Processing, Desktop Publishing	Keyboarding, Word Processing, Desktop Publishing Demonstrate Appropriate Use of Copyrighted Materials in Content Area Projects
Knowledge Flow	Knowledge Flow Stealth Maneuvers - Critical Evaluation Skills
Knowledge Rush	What is the Knowledge Rush? Why tie a students’ personal goals and interests to the research process?
Learner Profile Puzzle
Long Term Memory	Step Three in TechKnow Park Lessons – How it helps students store new information in long term memory Teachley’s Amazing Talking Brain Memory Booster (Memory Strategies Students can Use) All About Memory – A Potent Recipe for Boosting Memory What is recoding? How does it aid in storing information in long term memory? The Express Reactor, a Tool to Help Students Recode Information

Map Generators	Content Coliseum - Map Generators and More
Marketing Your Product	Could you be an entrepreneur?
Mathematics	Content Coliseum - High Interest, Multimedia-Rich, Interactive Mathematics Web Sites
Matrix of Skills in TechKnow Park
Media Specialists
Memory Strategies	The Memory Booster
Mini-Posters & Activity Sheets	Juke Box of Lessons, Units, and Mini-Posters
Multimedia (Classroom-ready Lessons)	Exploring the World of Multimedia Six Weeks of Multimedia Activities: 1. What is Multimedia? 2. Exploring Multimedia 3. Planning for Your Multimedia Product 4. Selecting a Product Idea 5. Creating Your Information Product 6. Sharing Your Multimedia Product Multimedia and More Multimedia Activity Sheets and Mini-Posters
Multiple Intelligences	The Multiple Intelligence Aliens (I’ll Have it MI Way)
Museums	Content Coliseum - Museums and Libraries Online

Network	Networked Computers vs. Standalone Computers
New Teachers
News	Hovercraft News Button Links to CNN Student News
Novels - English Language Arts, Grade 6
Online Tools (Cranial Concoctions)
Organizational Skills	The Habit Detector
Parents
Personality Typing	Caves of the Code Breakers
Primary Source Materials	Introduction to Using Primary Source Materials in the Classroom TechKnow Time Warp Machine
Products	Planning for Your Product
Professional Development
Puzzle	The Learner Profile Puzzle
Project-Based Learning Activities	See Collaboration, Real-world, Telecommunications, Research skills

Quotes, What Students Think	Quotes from Students (What Matters to Them, How Their Favorite Classrooms Look and Feel, How Their Least Favorite Classrooms Look and Feel)
Reading Comprehension	Reading Comprehension Strategies & Matching Graphic Organizers
Real World Applications	Step 2 in Week 22 of TechKnow Park Endangered Minds: The Need for Real-World Involvement Keeping the Curriculum Alive! Week 34 of TechKnow Park: Project Ideas that Make a Difference in the Real World! Construct a Classroom Framework Conducive to Learning (Note the last 4 bullets) Best Practice and Building on Students’ Real Interests (Note Pop Quiz 3) Personality Types and Real-World Applications (Sensors) Using Real-World Data (See Teacher’s Desk) Using ePALS for Real-World Collaboration!
Research Models (Links outside of Kaleidoscope)	The Big6/Super 3 FLIP it! I-Search (for middle and high school) McKenzie, Jamie. The Research Cycle. Pathways to Knowledge (Follett Software Company)
Research Skills	What is the Knowledge Rush? Why tie a students’ personal goals and interests to the research process? The Knowledge Flow Mission: Student Outcomes The Knowledge Flow Getting Started with a Research Project Knowledge Construction Kit (Some Assembly Required) Copyright, Citations, Obtaining Permissions The Clever Cover Syndrome The Incredibly Inquisitive Collection of Curiosities Print a Cover for Your Box of Artifacts
Roller Coasters	Coasters and Countries - Coasters and Countries (Using a roller coaster database)
Rubrics

Safety on the Internet	Week 1: Techknow Park Surf Safely (Week 26, TechKnow Park)
Science, Grade 5	Using Local Weather Data and Spreadsheets My Local Weather Data Page Science and Internet Search Skills – The Radar Beacon – Grades 6, 7, 8
Science, Grade 7	Storm Chasing and the RD & E Severe Weather Center Science and Internet Search Skills – The Radar Beacon – Grades 6, 7, 8
Science, Grade 8	Science and Internet Search Skills – The Radar Beacon – Grades 6, 7, 8
Search Skills	The Knowledge Flow Mission: Student Outcomes Tools for Teaching Stupendous Search Skills Web Search Planning Page (Curiously Clever Web Search Planner) The Knowledge Flow The Knowledge Constructor Kit (Some Assembly Required) Critical Evaluation Skills Writing Search Statements with AND (If/Then Examples) Writing Search Statements with OR (If/Then Examples) Writing Search Statements with NOT (If/Then Examples) Serendipitous Search: Electricity and Magnetism Serendipitous Search: Simple Machines Serendipitous Search: Machu Picchu The Surfer’s Suitcase Science and Internet Search Skills – The Radar Beacon – Grades 6, 7, 8
Secret Message	Secret Message Reminder (Glow Sticks)
Security	Computer Security Checklist (PDF) Glossary: Computer Viruses, Vandals, and Hoaxes An Interactive Computer Crime Scenario Can You Find the Security Leaks?
Social Studies	Coasters and Countries, Grade 5 Content Coliseum: High Interest, Multimedia-Rich, Interactive Social Studies Web Sites
Societal/Ethical Issues
Spa.Calm
Spreadsheets (Classroom-ready Lessons)	Introduction to Spreadsheets (Week 13, TechKnow Park) Spreadsheet Mini-Posters, Activity Sheets Spreadsheet Toy Shopping Spree Almost Everything You Need to Know for Using Spreadsheets in the Classrooms Local Weather Data and Spreadsheets Graphing with Spreadsheets Crazy Questions and Incriminating Spreadsheet Data
Stereo	The HoverCraft Stereo
Stress Management	Spa.Calm for Teachers Stress Relief for Students
Students Only	Students Page When it Comes to COOL, You Rule!
Study Skills	Stupendous Study Habits The Memory Booster Select a Statement and Link to “How You Learn Best.” The Habit Detector Caves of the Code-Breakers (Unlock the secret code to your special way of studying and learning.) Overcome Testing Terrors Print an Assignment Book

Teacher Resources	The Pinnacle (Weekly) Teacher’s Desk in TechKnow Park, Sample Teacher Hut Teacher’s Table of Contents Spa.Calm For NC Educators
Teaching Strategies
TechKnow Park (Fifth Grade)	TechKnow Park Tutorial (Text Version) TechKnow Park Tutorial (Graphics Version) TechKnow Park “Workshop in a Box”
Technology Facilitators
Technology Integration Lessons	Activity Sheets, Mini-Posters, Six-Week Units, Web Sites, and More! (Grouped by Computer/Technology Skill Strand) Juke Box of Lessons, Units, and Mini-Posters
Telecommunications, Internet (Classroom-ready Lessons)
Tests	Computer Skills Test Item Practice Fifth Grade Computer Skills Test Item Bank User: teacher Password: computer
Text Version	Text Version - Techknow Park Text Version - TechKnow Park Tutorial Text Version - For Teachers Only
Thirty-Six Weeks	Text Version, TechKnow Park
Time Warp Machine
Tools, Free Online	Cranial Concoctions, A Collection of Cool Online Tools! Tools for Teachers
Trouble Terminator
Tutorials	Technology Topics
Tutorials (for using TechKnow Park – Grade 5)	TechKnow Park’s Welcome Center Self-Paced Tutorial for TechKnow Park TechKnow Park’s “Workshop in a Box” (Interactive Agenda and Handouts)
Tutorials (for using the Hovercraft – Grades 6-8)	The Hovercraft Interactive Slide Show The Hovercraft “Workshop in a Box” (Interactive Agenda and Handouts)

URLs, All About
Units	Juke Box of Units (See right side.)
Virtual Expeditions	Content Coliseum - Virtual Expeditions (Field Trips)
Viruses, Vandals, and Hoaxes	Computer Security Checklist (PDF) Glossary: Computer Viruses, Vandals, and Hoaxes An Interactive Computer Crime Scenario Can You Find the Security Leaks?

Weather	RD & E Severe Weather Center
Welcome Center, TechKnow Park
Web Site Evaluation	Ten TechKnow Questions for Evaluating Web Sites
Web Sites by the Month	NC WiseOwl
Web Sites for Every Subject	Content Coliseum
Word Processing	Word Processing, Keyboarding, Desktop Publishing Demonstrate Appropriate Use of Copyrighted Materials in Content Area Projects
Workshop-in-a-Box	TechKnow Park’s Workshop-in-a-Box (Grade 5) Hovercraft’s Workshop-in-a-Box (Middle Grades) TechKnow Park’s Self-Paced Tutorial (Grade 5) Hovercraft’s “Getting Started” Slide Show (Middle Grades)