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Marco Polo
Watch the MarcoPolo Training Video at: http://www.marcopolo-education.org/about/videointro.aspx
This video provides a seven-minute overview of MarcoPolo program.

Look at the the Guiding Questions for an overview of MarcoPolo: Worksheet: Guiding Questions to Ask When Giving a MarcoPolo Overview: http://www.marcopolo-education.org/documents/training_resource/MPOverview_Guiding_Questions.doc

Teaching A Sample Lesson (the Chicago fire)
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=281

ReadWriteThink: http://www.readwritethink.org is part of MarcoPolo. MarcoPolo is updating the site.

Use a training version of the MarcoPolo Search Engine at:
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/documents/training_resource/Sample_Lessons.doc to find a sample lesson that best suits your needs. Once you find a lesson, think about how you would adapt or adopt the lesson to your classroom situations.

A 40 page guide for teachers in grades K-6 called MarcoPolo: Internet Content for Your Classroom Elementary Guide; A Teacher's Guide to Finding and Using the Best of the Net (Low Resolution) can be found at: http://www.marcopolo-education.org/documents/publications/ElementaryGuide.pdf

An equivalent guide for teachers in grades 7-12 called MarcoPolo: Internet Content for Your Classroom Secondary Guide; A Teacher's Guide to Finding and Using the Best of the Net (Low Resolution) can be found at:
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/documents/publications/SecondaryGuide.pdf

Read the Worksheet: MarcoPolo Search Engine Key Features: http://www.marcopolo-education.org/documents/training_resource/Worksheet_Search_Engine_Features.doc
This worksheet includes detailed descriptions of the components of the MarcoPolo Search Engine.

MarcoPolo Search Engine: http://www.marcopolosearch.org/mpsearch/basic_search.asp
Use the MarcoPolo Search Engine to find resources on all of the MarcoPolo Content Partner sites.

For a more guided view of MarcoPolo, visit Partner Talking Points at:
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/documents/training_resource/Partner_Site_Talking_Points.doc
This comprehensive overview will help you become well-versed about each Content Partner Web site. The talking points can be used as a "cheat sheet", pointing out the Partner-suggested highlights for each site.

Complete the survey about MarcoPolo at:
http://mptraining.worldcom.com/ipds/survey/ipds_survey_start.asp

Interdisciplinary Lessons
Blue Web N': http://www.filamentality.com/wired/bluewebn/index.cfm
Content Area Reading for English Language Learners: http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/ContentReadMM/default.htm

The Cornell Note-Taking System:
http://www.ucc.edu/academiclearning/cornell.html
http://www.bucks.edu/~specpop/Cornl.htm
http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/619.htm

Digital Classroom: Teaching with Documents: http://www.archives.gov/digital_classroom/lessons/analysis_worksheets/worksheets.html

Edutopia Online: http://glef.org/index.php
The George Lucas Educational Foundation has radio shows archived, movies about schools using technology in different subjects, articles on a variety of topics and a free magazine and newsletter to subscribe to.

Filamentality: http://www.filamentality.com/wired/fil/index.html
Use Filamentality to create hotlists of web sites for your students. You can also create Scavenger Hunts and WebQuests plus an online survey site polls student opinion. Use this site to poll student satisfaction, understanding of a newly taught concept, etc.

Grow Up Reading @ the West Bloomfield Township Public Library: http://www.growupreading.org/
Here's a nice theme for a library: "The Library. Partnering with parents to raise a community of readers." The site walks parents through the process and techniques for giving their children a love of reading. Includes do's and don'ts, book selection tips, activities, and recommended titles for different ages.

Learning Resources: http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/home.html
Web-delivered instruction using current and past CNN San Francisco bureau news stories: includes vocabulary, various means of comprehension, and a place to write thoughts about the article, all online.

Making Multicultural Connections Through Trade Books-Theme Index: http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/MBD/Theme_index.html

Math and Children's Literature: http://www.carolhurst.com/subjects/math/math.html

Media Literacy: Yes, It Fits In Math and Science Classrooms
http://www.enc.org/features/focus/archive/literacy/document.shtm?input=FOC-002081-index
Information literacy, or media literacy, now appears in the education standards for almost every U.S. state. What is the connection to mathematics? This article provides some answers.

Mrs. Silverman's Webfolio: http://kids-learn.org/

PBS Online: http://www.pbs.org/
The PBS site has lesson plan ideas and resources.

Reading in the Content Areas: Strategies for Success: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/educationupclose.phtml/12

ReadingQuest-Making Sense in Social Studies: http://www.readingquest.org/

Teacher Oz's Kingdom of History: http://www.teacheroz.com/

Teaching Today-Reading Skills: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/tiparchive.phtml/7

Technology Assisting Literacy Knowledge: http://teach.fcps.net/talk/content.asp?contentName=Science

A Unit On Mysteries And Forensic Science For Elementary Gifted Students: http://www.geocities.com/sseagraves/whodunnit.htm

A Way with Words-Exploring the Roles of Fact and Opinion in Relaying the News: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20011018thursday.html?p

Wired Learning: http://www.filamentality.com/wired/wired.html

Research and Writing
Making Every Lesson Count: http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/18_04/coun184.shtml
Want to helping students learn to write? Get them writing about what they love.

Notemaking from reading - Introduction: http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/notereading/
Taking notes can be a powerful learning tool, and this online workshop guides students through effective practices of notetaking. Discussed are linear notes, pictorial representations, flow charts, timelines, mind maps,and more.

Oregon State Library Information System: http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/secondary.html
Tutorials, references, and links that are helpful in research.

Research Lesson: http://www.learningspace.org/teach_learn/lplan/library/Spangenthal.html.
This is the plan for the teacher. The students go to: http://www.cybertrails.com/~iteach/ancientciv99.htm

This site began in March 1998 by Janet Luch. 
Email to studyplans@yahoo.com.