Recommended Websites

• Big Ideas Newsletter
  

  is an e-journal newsletter developed by Grant Wiggins and associates compiling provocative, original, and lively dialogue "exploring essential ideas in education". HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

• Amy Benjamin Education Services
  

  Amy is an author, presenter, and consultant with a wide range of hands-on experience. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

• ISIS Affiliates
  

  Home of ISIS Affiliates, developers of the ISIS Suite, a powerful yet easy-to-use Excel-based integrated information management system that supports data-driven decision making and mission-driven school improvement. Utilizing a school's information resources, the ISIS Suite supports instructional, curricular, programmatic, operational and strategic decision making.

• Connecting curriculum mapping and technology
  

  Digital forms aid data analysis and decision making
  ASCD Curriculum Technology Quarterly 12(3).

• Habits of Mind
  

  "knowing how to behave intelligently when you DON'T know the answer"

• The Academic Word List
  

  570 word families most used in academic writing

• The School Improvement KnowledgeBase

  Effective Discussion Skills

• FactMonster Homework Center

  Conducting an Interview

• Authentic Assessment Toolbox
  

  a how-to hypertext on creating authentic tasks, rubrics and standards for measuring and improving student learning.

• Introduction to Performance Tasks
  

  This school district really has its act together in supporting performance task instruction.

• Re:Learning by Design: resources
  

  You've heard a lot about "backwards design" and Learning by Design, by Silver & Strong. Here's their website, with some resources.

• Effective Teaching and Learning Practices
  

  From the folks at the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory.

• Implementing Performance Assessment in the Classroom
  

  From a white paper done for a technology class at the State University of West Georgia. Also check out Converting to Performance Assessment, and Assessing the Assessment, from the same paper.

• Yahoo Reference
  

  Whether you're a student, a parent, or just plain curious, Yahoo! Reference offers a handy selection of books and materials to help you find the information you need. Look up a definition in the dictionary, find map and flag images for every country in the world in the World Factbook, get in-depth information from the encyclopedia, and much more.

• The Free Dictionary.com
  

  On-line dictionary, encyclopedia, and thesaurus