Dobbs+Ferry+-+Useful+Web+Sites+for+Teachers

Enter your favorite web site that other teachers would find useful. Include the Name of the Web Site, the Web Site's Address, and a little blurb about the site. = __General Web Sites__ =
 *  Welcome Dobbs Ferry Teachers **

Thinkfinity
[] Thinkfinity.org makes it easy for educators to enhance their classroom instruction with lesson plans, interactive activities and other online resources. Thinkfinity.org also provides a wealth of educational and literacy resources for students, parents and after-school programs. All of Thinkfinity.org's 55,000 standards-based K-12 lesson plans, student materials, interactive tools and reference materials are reviewed by the nation's leading education organizations to ensure that content is accurate, up-to-date, unbiased and appropriate for students. At Thinkfinity.org, you'll find primary source materials, interactive student resources and grade-specific research lists to help you tailor materials to meet your needs.

[] This site provides a comprehensive overview of the New York State English Language Arts Regents.
 * English Regents Prep**

This site provides a multitude of strategies that can be used when planning differentiated units/lessons/activities. []
 * Teach 21 Strategy Bank**

This site provides teacher videos, student instructional videos, documents, audio files, and photos that can be used in the classroom. It is also a site where teachers can post videos for their students to view. []
 * TeacherTube - Teach the World**

This site offers video conferencing opportunities. The site features service providers as well as a list of schools seeking collaboration and partnerships. http://www.cilc.org =__ Internet Safety Web Sites __=
 * CILC****

NetSmartz Workshop
[|**http://www.netsmartz.org/index.aspx**] The NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational safety resource from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) and Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) for children aged 5 to 17, parents, guardians, educators, and law enforcement that uses age-appropriate, 3-D [|activities] to teach children how to stay safer on the Internet.

SafeKids.com
[] SafeKids.com is one of the oldest and most enduring sites for Internet safety. It’s creator, [|Larry Magid], is the author of the original 1994 brochure, “[|Child Safety on the Information Highway]” and is also a technology journalist.

SafeTeens.com
[] SafeTeens.com is a place for teens and their parents to learn safe, civil and responsible use of the Internet. It’s operated by technology journalist Larry Magid who also operates [|SafeKids.com]and is co-director of [|ConnectSafely.org]

GetNetWise
[] GetNetWise is a public service brought to you by Internet industry corporations and public interest organizations to help ensure that Internet users have safe, constructive, and educational or entertaining online experiences. GetNetWise is a project of the [|Internet Education Foundation].

Students may visit this website to take a virtual tour of Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. http://aspirations.english.cam.ac.uk/converse/movies/sound_globe.swf
 * The Globe Theatre Virtual Tour:**

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