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Faculty Room:  The Faculty Corner is a site designed to assist teachers and staff with their curriculum planning by providing an overview of resources available within the library as well as on the internet. A faculty reading area is located in the left rear of the library and equipped with professional journals, newspapers, books, comfortable chairs, and a work space.

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Academic Info AcademicInfo is an online education resource center with extensive subject guides.  This is a five star site.
Maine State Department of Education  An important communication link for information on new initiatives, legislation, and Maine Department of Education services and personnel.
U.S. Department of Education  The official Home Page of the U.S. Department of Education. Lots of links to educational documents, program information, research and education information.
NIE Online A good collection of a variety of newspapers in education with subject area lesson plans.
Educator's Reference Desk
High-quality resources and services to the education community from Syracuse University.
Academy of American Poets
Online poetry classroom for teachers.
Biology Corner
Resources, lesson plans, links organized by topic.  For Biology teachers grades 9-12.
WebQuest Page
This site is designed to serve as a resource to those who are using the WebQuest model to teach with the web.
Filamentality
Interactive Web site for turning Web resources into learning activities.
MarcoPolo
Educational web sites in six curriculum areas.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators A categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.
Blue Web'n
Popular educational resource to find recommended and reviewed sites linked to curriculum.
SEED
Seed supports teachers teaching teachers to use technology to achieve Maine's Learning Results.
National Archives Historical documents.
eMINTS National Center
eThemes is an extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes. These resources are created for educators to use in their classrooms.
Maine Learns
MLTI Maine Learning Technology Initiative gives tutorials and resources to assist in using laptops in the classroom.
Multiple Intelligences & Technology
When teachers implement both the theory of multiple intelligences and technology, they along with their students, find that their classroom experiences become more stimulating.  Check this one out!
Multiple Intelligences Resources
Incorporating Multiple Intelligences & Technology into the Classroom.  Includes Dr. Howard Gardner's theory, examples, projects, etc.
Good Questions Module Maker "Students should spend their time researching important questions, questions which require original thought. No more simple "Go Find Out About" research which requires information gathering but little thought."  McKenzie (2002)  Also of interest is an article on Questions & Questioning.
Plagiarism
Learn why and how students plagiarize,  identify strategies of detection and how to discuss methods of prevention.
Rubric Builder
A free service that enables teachers to build effective assessment rubrics.
Rubrics
A series of usable methods for teachers to provide and develop rubrics for student use and for both formative and summative assessment purposes.
Citation Machine
Creates correct reference citations for MLA Style.
NoodleBib
Quick way to create a bibliography or citation correctly.
Create a Graph
Allows you and your students to instantly create an area, bar, line or pie graph  from The National Center for Educational Statistics.
Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
Articles include: cognition and learning, analysis, design, development, implementation and evaluation.  Samples include gender differences, graphic organizers, visual thinking tools, web page design, games and simulations.
Technology and Learning  A journal dedicated to technology assisted learning
From Now On
An online technology journal for educators.
Teacher's Edition Online  An online magazine for teachers, including nice sections with lesson plans, tips and ideas.
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