This is the presentation Best of the Web for Education delivered at the 2014 California Teachers Association Good Teacher Conferences in San Jose and Los Angeles.

1. The Best of the Web
For Education
Presented by
George F. Sabato
CTA Good Teaching Conferences
2014

2. Today you will be
introduced to…
Best of the Web for Education
--a portal to sites for teachers, students
and parents.
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You will view sample links
And learn how to make Your Own Site

3.  Digital—Paperless
“Hand-out”
Best of the Web for Education
by George F. Sabato
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Find the link to my PowerPoint presentation posted
on slideshare.com
http://goo.gl/GgKufe
Use the QR Code at the right.
A link is also at my site’s “What’s New” tab:
 Search “Mr.Sabato” or go directly to
 http://mrsabato.webs.com/
 https://sites.google.com/site/mrsabatosite/
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4. What’s New

5. Or use the CCSS Link
Best of the Web…
Is a featured link at
ccss.org
The Links page of
The California Council for
the Social Studies.
Listed as
Mr. Sabato’s Super Site

6. Mr. Sabato’s Best of the Web for Educaton
A Resource and A Model
http://mrsabato.webs.com/

7. And its Google Alternative Site
An alternate site created because
some school sites block the webs.com site.
http://sites.google.com/site/mrsabatosite/

8. Resources For
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Common Core
American and World History
Geography
Government
Economics
Math
English
Science
Art and Music
Research Assistance
News
Taking Virtual Tours
Educational Games
Translation
Teaching Support
Standards
Gifted and Talented Education and ESL
And more….

9. Common Core

10. Navigate with the Menu
Select World History

11. You arrive at this page.
You have links to
World History.

12. Favorite World History Sites
The following
are just a few
of my favorite
history sites.

13. Selected Sample History Sites
This site has a great review
Of world history written at
The students reading level.

14. Wonderful World History
Written for kids.

15. Mr. Donn’s
Ancient
History
Click on
Rome
Or any Ancient Civilization
Great Links and Lessons
On the civilization you select!

16. BJ Pinchbeck’s Homework Help site
has great links for Social Studies, Math,
English, Science, Art/Music, ….
Easy Fun School has great project ideas.
for example, for Egypt they have instructions
on how to mummify a chicken!

17. American History
Menu from my Google Site page

18. Kathy Schrock’s Guide
for Educators
Mr. Kash’s Class Page

19. The Geography links
provide you
with links that present
Maps—ancient and contemporary
map quizes, black line
masters
political and physical
by the hundreds!
Aerial/Satellite images
Facts about countries
Weather
World Time
Games

20. Sample Geography Sites
National Geographic has it all,
from political and physical maps,
all about animals, history/culture
and it has fun and challenging games.

21. This game is like
Simon.
Drill and Thrill!

22. When you type in the
street address in to
Google Earth it will
give you an aerial view
of the location.
My Home!

23. Government & Economics

24. Sample Government Sites

26. Science, Art, Music, Theater

27. Four of the Best Sites of Homework Help

28. Search Engines
Guides to Searching
Encyclopedias
Dictionaries
Library Links
Bibliography Help

29. Research
There’s a link to
Google, Vivissimo,
And other search engings.
Get “just the facts”
from Fact Monster!

30. One of the best teacher sites-designed for AP classes.
A great resource for all!

31. Bibliography
Help!
MLS or APA
ISBN to Citation!!

32. NEW:
Elementary+ ESL
Section
Elementary - ESL
Early Elementary
Wacona Elementary School: Sites for Early Learners.
Mrs. Alphabet: Great for preschoolers.
Sesamestreet: Browse kindergarten games by subject
Fisher Price: Pre-school games
Mrs. Perkins: Learn the Dolch words with audio assist.
The Smiling Teacher: Learn sight words.
Little Lamb: Learn site word from a video featuring Mary's Little Lamb.
Site Words: The site words appear in the animated video and then
hear the words.
Phonics: Youtube teacher phonics--160,000 hits. Mr.Thorne in U.K.
great! He has many other useful vidoe clips for phonics.
Elementary
Rockingham Schools: All Subjects Pre/K-5
Sierra and Schnell School Elementary School: Selected Educational
and fun sites.
FunSchool: Games and craft for elementary kids. This is used often in
my grand-daughter's class.
KidSites: Educational and Fun sites for kids...and adults as well.
P.J. Pinchbeck Homework Helper: Math with links to other subjects
Counting Money Activity from Harcourt
Count the coin value and type it in the box and click 'Check'.
www.hbschool.com/activity/counting_money
The One Dollar Store
Choose enough of the quarters, dimes, nickles, and pennies to make
up the exact price of a toy.
www.smartygames.com/igre/game.php?dir=math&file=learnMoney
Piggy Bank
When coins fall from the top of the screen, choose those that add up to
the given amount, and the piggy bank fills.
fen.com/studentactivities/Piggybank/piggybank.html
More at Home School Math: http://
www.homeschoolmath.net/online/money.php
For Teachers
Best Websites for Elementary Teachers: Teacher tools, language arts,
social studies, holidays...
Discovery School Lesson Plans: For Elementary K-5
Kim's Corner: Primary and Elementary reading, writing, classroom
management...
Elementary Math: All pages are interactive
Starfall: Lean to Read with phonics.
Children's Learning Network: All free sites for all subjects
Top Educational Websites: Fun sites
Discovery School: Puzzles, Learning Adventures...
Fun Brain: Math, Reading...games.
Fact Monster: Homework help for all subjects
KidSites: Educational and Fun sites for kids...and adults as well.
Find more assistance in the Homework Help section or other topic
specific sections on the Main Page.
ESL
ESL: English Learner Help--Google
Dave's ESL Cafe: English Learner Help for Teachers, Parents and
Students
Ron-Chang Lee ESL A Fantastic Menu to Many ESL Resources
Quizes, Tests, Activites for ESL: A4ESL Resources
Randall's Cyber Listening Lab: Listent to Everyday Conversations-Take a Quiz
ESL Kid Stuff: Games, Quizes, Flashcards
My English Images: Resources for Teachers

33. Waconona Elementary S.D. Site

34. Find links
to just about every
museum in the world!

35. Get the scoop from kid oriented sites,
or from main stream sites of television networks to newspapers, from local
to national!

37. You can now easily
use translation software,
just type in the English and
get a translation into the
language you choose.

39. Naturally, the kids love games.
having these safe, educational games
available is a nice service,
and a hook to the web site.

41. Educational Games

42. Find tutorials to just about
any software, (Word, Excel…)
guides to making a web site,
buttons and banners for sites,
and places where you can build
a free web site blog, wiki…

43. Technology
Links to
tutorials, clip
art, antispyware,
banners and
buttons…

44. Teacher Tech – In Teacher Resources
Find Teacher Support
from Web 2.0, Smart Boards,
State Standards and Blue Prints,
Released Questions

45. Standards

46. Find links to the
California Assn. of the Gifted (CAG),
And other great resources for parents
And teachers—the kids too!

47. What’s New??? …is something new!

48. Google Chrome Apps
only with Chrome
Link found on What’s New

49. Make a YouTube Channel
for your favorite class related videos.
(search YouTube for other teachers finds.)
Create your
YouTube Channel
and then upload
your videos.
Click on upload
and input the URL
of the video.
Very easy!

50. How can you create something similar
to my website?
If you can do basic word-processing,
you can create
Word files with hot links,
Or create web pages, blogs and wikis.
Here are some examples
of how you can do it.

51. If you can use Word, you just create a regular document
with the insertion of hyperlinks. (see a Word tutorial*)
You can save a doc as a regular file. When students bring
up that file on your classroom or lab computer,
they can follow your selected links.
You can also save these files to your web site in HTML*.
The set of links I created for Ancient Rome (in my links)
were done in this manner. Example below,
MAPS OF THE ANCIENT ROMAN WORLD
The Seven Hills of Rome – Map of the Seven Hills of Rome.
Basic Rome City Topography – Topographic map of Rome.
Maps of the Roman Empire - Interactive map of the Roman Empire.
Map of the Roman Empire At Its Greatest Extent – A large file map of the Roman
Empire in the third century.
Maps of Roman Battles and Invasions – Find detailed maps of battles

52. SBC Filamentality
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You create lessons with Hot Links
for each activity.
Then save them at Filamentality.
You create a personal file with password for editing.
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Students then can access your lesson at Filimentality and
use the Hot Links and Treasure Hunt Activities!
You may access and use activities created by other
teachers.

53. Filamentality
Knowledge Network
Explorer

56. You can easily get a free web site!
 Webs.com
 Google
Sites
 Angelfire
 Do you have one to
recommend?
Each of these sites provide you with templates and tutorials.
You could be up and running in minutes!

58. Workshop Follow-up
Visit “Mr. Sabato’s Best of the Web for
Education”.
 Bookmark the site.
 Visit the websites on Mr. Sabato’s Site
 Bookmark your favorite sites.
 Share the site with teachers, students and
parents.
 Advise students to use the site for
homework help.
 Create a Word document with links for
student use.
 Create a Hot Link page at Filamentality.
 Create you own web site with your favorite
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59. Thank you for coming
to the workshop today!
George Sabato
Email Comments and Site Recommendations to:
georgesabato@gmail.com