Instructional Materials

• 4Teachers    
  This site helps teachers locate and create ready-to-use Web lessons, quizzes, rubrics and classroom calendars. There are also tools for student use. Discover valuable professional development resources addressing issues such as equity, ELL, technology planning, and at-risk or special-needs students.
• Gateway to 21st Century Schools    
  A Consortium effort to provide teachers with quality materials and tools found on the federal, state, university, non-profit and commercial Internet sites. Gateway to 21st Century Skills provides you with free, comprehensive resources that will make your lesson planning easier.
• Lesson in PC use    
  This web page offers a series of lessons and demonstrations to engage young children in computer classes, even before they are readers.
• Northwest Educational Technology Consortium    
  Supporting school reform and increased student achievement through technical assistance and research for educators in technology applications, integration and evaluation.
• Oregon School Library and Information Systems (OSLIS)    
  A website designed for K-12 students and educators integrating information literacy with access to licensed databases.
• Thinkfinity for Students    
  Thinkfinity.org is the cornerstone of Verizon Foundation's Literacy, Education and Technology initiatives. Our goal is to improve student achievement in traditional classroom settings and beyond by providing high-quality content and extensive professional development training. This free, comprehensive digital learning platform is built upon the merger of two acclaimed programs Verizon MarcoPolo and the Thinkfinity Literacy Network.
• Top Most Used Educational Technology Resources   05/28/2008 (29.61 KB)
• WWW CyberGuides    
  CyberBee provides a guide for evaluating web sites being considered for instructional use. Criteria including speed, ease of navigation and content help the user determine the appropriateness of a site relative to the instructional goals of the lesson.

Software Reviews

• California Learning Resource Network    
  This website, designed as a resource to help educators identify electronic learning resources, allows you to search for software by program title, subject area, grade level, and several other criteria.
• The Review Zone    
  This website offers reviews of CD ROM materials in all major content areas as well as a "best of" list.
• Tech Learning - Software Review Search    
  Search criteria for software on this website includes content area, grade level and format. This site features comparative reviews which allows the use to look at the features, weaknesses and strengths of similar programs side by side.

Museums / Virtual Field Trips

• American Museum of Natural History    
  This site offers interactive tours of several changing exhibits.
• Field Museum    
  The Field Museum has a wide variety of on-line exhibits including a pictographic timeline and history of Sue, the largest, most complete and well-preserved T.Rex.
• The Louvre    
  Take a virtual tour of the Louvre Palace and Museum on this web site. The collections that can be viewed include Oriental, Egyptian and Greek antiquities, sculptures and paintings, prints and drawings and architectural views of the museum.
• Museum of Modern Art    
  A selection of works from each of MOMA's exhibits (Painting & Sculpture, Drawings, Photographs, Architecture & Design and Film & Video) is available on this site, some with audio commentary. Under "Educational Resources" you'll find Art Safari, a program that allows students to examine a piece of artwork and answer question prompts that help them look for clues about what's happening in the artwork and write a story about what they see.
• Museum of Paleontology    
  The mission of the University of California Museum of Paleontology is to investigate and promote the understanding of the history of life and the diversity of the Earth's biota through research and education. Exhibits on Phylogeny (the study of the "family tree of life") and Geologic Time can be found on this site based at UC Berkeley, as well as classroom activities and lessons and teacher resources.
• Museum of Science and Industry    
  The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago offers on-line exhibits in earth, life and physical science, some of which incorporate video and animation.
• National Air and Space Museum    
  This site offers comprehensive permanent and temporary on-line exhibits on flight and space. Two of the museum's online galleries, Exploring the Planets and How Things Fly, feature science activities for the classroom
• National Civil Rights Museum    
  This web site offers a virtual tour of the National Civil Right Museum located in Atlanta. The museum presents a timeline of the civil rights struggle relating to African-Americans and concentrating on the seminal events of the 1950s and 1960s including the Brown Vs. the Board of Education and the use of the National guard to enforce that decision in Little Rock, Arkansas. Also included are "The Voices of Struggle", short biographies of individuals who worked to affect positive changes in civil rights.
• National Gallery of Art    
  The National Gallery lets users view its collection in a unique way, providing full screen images as well as detailed close-ups of objects from several viewpoints. Over 150 teaching resources are loaned free of charge to educational institutions, and these programs are designed to meet national standards in the visual arts. This site also features "NGA Kids" which offers kids the opportunity to explore and learn about pieces in the museum's collection.
• National Museum of American History    
  This web site offers online exhibitions, behind-the-scenes glimpses into our collections, and an overview of Museum programs and activities. Using the Web site, you can plan your visit to the Museum or go on a virtual tour from your home.
• U.S. Holocaust Museum    
  A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum stimulates leaders and citizens to confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity, and strengthen democracy.





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• Carla Wade     (503) 947-5631
  School Improvement & Accountability - Ed. Specialist, Title I-A, Ed. Technology