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Bloomsburg University Sites
Bloomsburg University Learning and Literacy Conference (Conference information for May 17 and 18, 2012.)
BOLT (Bloomsburg Online Learning and Teaching)
Early Childhood and Adolescent Education Department
Educational Standards' Sites
PDE Standards Aligned System (SAS)
NCTM Standards' Link: Elementary National Math Standards . Middle School National Math Standards
NCTE Standards' Link: Language Arts Standards (12 standards)
NCTE Site (This website contains practices for reading and writing for both students and teachers.)
IRA Teaching Tools' Link: IRA Teaching Tools (Literacy links to various online resources)
IRA Lesson Plans (This links to a plethora of reading lesson plans.)
IRA Book Lists (This links to a list of books recommended by the International Reading Association.)
United States Department of Education Link: http://www.ed.gov
Berks County Standards and Benchmarks Link: http://www.berksiu.org/Pages/ProgramsServices_Benchmarks.aspx
Application Packet
Application Packet (This link now provides all PK - 4 and 4 - 8 programs with the appropriate application packet.)
Clearances
FBI Fingerprinting Link: FBI Fingerprinting (This site registers you to be able to be fingerprinted at a location of your choice.)
ACT 34 Link: Online Criminal Background Check Form (This is an online form, and requires a credit card and site registration.)
ACT 151 Link: Child Abuse Clearance Form (The form may be downloaded from the bottom of this link. Also a paper form of the Criminal Background check may be printed from this link.)
Insurance
Student-Pennsylvania State Education Association
(This site provides you with the ability to electronically register for liability insurance which is required for field experiences in all public schools. The cost is approximately, $30.00 per year.)
PRAXIS I and II
PRAXIS ECAE Requirements (This Pdf file that shows PRAXIS I and II requirements from PDE with qualifying and composite scores and registration codes.)
Test Registration (You may register for testing on this site. Be sure to read the identification information prior to registering. Your registered name must match your identification.)
Praxis Practice Test Information
PLATO New as of December 2011 (PRAXIS 1, test preparation and guides. Bloomsburg University has paid for this service, please contact Angela McCabe with any questions by phone at (570) 389-5128 or by email at amccabe@bloomu.edu.)
PLATO Directions(Helpful information and instructions to self-enroll. Please note that you need to copy and paste the Class ID#.)
College Atlas (Study guides for skills you need to succeed in college. Thanks, Missy N. for this fine reference link.)
Where I Excel in Math! (Get the chance to practice math skills at all grade levels. Thanks, Teri D.)
Student Teaching Packets
Bloomsburg University Student Teaching Packet
Teacher Certification
College of Education Teacher Certification Link
APA Websites
http://library.bloomu.edu/apa/apastyle.pdf (On-campus, APA Web site tutorial)
Andruss Library APA Resources Link (Library APA Web Links)
OWL (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
http://ezproxy.bloomu.edu/login?url=http://library.bloomu.edu/apa/apastyle.pdf (Off-campus, APA Web site tutorial)
Harvard University's APA Tutorial (Auditory tutorial, however, you may turn the spoken words off) Thank you, Dr. D'Angelo!
Citation Machine (Cite resources in APA or MLA) Thanks - Professor Fedor!
Subject Matter
Reading Sites 
Bloomsburg University 2012 Literacy and Learning Conference
Bloomsburg University 2012 Literacy and Learning Conference
Early Childhood
Reading Rockets (Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help.)
Starfall (Thanks Mr. Bierman!)
ABCya (Elementary Computer Games & Activities for Grades K - 5. Thanks Mr. Bierman!)
Emergent Readers (This Site would work well for young children, especially emergent readers. It covers mostly language arts skills but it does include a place to click onto shapes and numbers, as well. One feature I really liked was the language choice it gave the user – English, Spanish, German, French.)
The Virtual Vine (This is a superb site for early childhood teachers. Preschool-2nd Grade)
CIERA: The Center for the Improvement of Early Reading
Dr. Jean (This Web site is full of songs and activities by world-renoun Dr. Jean Feldman. Enjoy!)
Washington Learning Systems (Literacy Resources - Thanks Dr. Roberts!)
(This site has material for literature and for language arts. This site also allows children who may not have literature at home to read a good piece of literature.)
Links to the 5 Big Ideas in Reading Reference: Wasburn-Moses, L. (2006, September). 25 best Internet sources for teaching reading. The Reading Teacher, 60, 70-75; and from Dr. Davene Heckman's Faculty Web Site.
ReadWriteThink (This link has many classroom resources such as phonemic awareness activities.)
Get Ready To Read (Early literacy screening, tools, and activities)
Patti's Activities (This site contains activities that can help teachers extend phonemic awareness concepts and skills.)
Strategies for Teaching Phonemic Awareness (Thanks, Carrie.)
Readers Theatre:
VoiceNation Live (This is a fine site that helps struggling readers to overcome obstacles related to comprehension. Thanks Ms. Hill and her students.)
Sites for the promotion and investigation of literacy:
Florida Center for Reading Research
Primary and Intermediate Readers
Pete's PowerPoint Station (A teacher-friendly site with plenty of useable instruction materials and activities. Thanks, Jess C.)
Dibels Information
DIBEL's Home Page (University of Oregon)
Templates (Thanks to: Shari Galgano from the Caesar Rodney School District, DE)
Reading Conferences
Reading Conference PowerPoint (Example of how to conduct reading conferences, thanks, Tiffany!)
Reading and Writing Conferences (Links to a wonderfully thorough set of Language Arts unit plans and resources from Saskatchewan Education in Canada.Thanks, Tiffany.)
Reader's Theatre
Reader's Theatre (Aaron Shep's free readers' theatre scripts)
Drama Mapping (An interactive site that lets you input information and then print out the graphic organizer of your choice.)
Teaching is a Work of Heart (This site has many Reader's Theater scripts and plays for use in the classroom.)
Teacher Web Reader's Theatre (Free downloadable scripts.) Thank you Alicia!
http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/JGriffin/readers.cfm (There are readers theater's and poems here for two or three students to a class, by Joanne Griffin.)
Writing
Young Authors Workshop (A site for middle school students that takes them step-by-step through the writing process. The steps used on this site are the same as those used in Writer's Workshop. There is also information for teachers on this link.)
Mandy's Tips For Teachers! (Wonderful site for reading and writing workshop information. Most of the information on this site is for 4th grade, however it can be adapted for almost any grade level.)
Creative Writing Prompts (This site will provide you with hundreds of writing prompts. Move the cursor over the numbers to view the prompts.)
National Writing Project Site (Improving Writing and Learning in the Nation's Schools)
WritingFix (Home of Interactive Writing Prompts)
Web English Teacher (This site has a variety of creative writing topics.)
Zwolle Elementary School Writing (This site has many ideas for writing in different content areas.)
Jefferson County Schools Write-On Project (This site has a great variety of writing prompts.)
Draw Your World (Drawing and writing lessons, with emphasis on writing practice and handwriting styles.)
Creative Writing Prompts (This site has many exciting creative writing worksheets.)
Can Teach (Creative writing activities plus hundreds of writing prompts.)
Essay Punch (This site is an interactive on-line writing tutorial.)
Brain POP (An animated educational site for kids. This site has information related to Sciene, Social Studies and English.)
First School (This site has handwriting worksheets and printables for Preschool and Kindergarten children.)
Writing DEN (This site has a "tips-o-matic" machine that will answer a writer's questions.)
Universal Publishing (This site contains workbooks in the following subject areas: Handwriting, Vocabulary, Writing Journals, Science and Math.)
Enchanted Learning (This site has a lot of information, activities, and printables, but requires a $20.00/yr. subscribtion fee.)
Flat Stanley (This link leads to Edutopia and an article about the Flat Stanley project.)
Fan Fiction (This site provides writers with a forum to post work and to receive feedback. Use caution, as adults are posting here, too and the ads can be annoying.)
Creative Writing Now (A site sent to me by the founder, Nancy Strauss. This site is filled with prompts and how to's for poetry and all genres of writing.)
Cursive Writing Sites
Hand Writing For Kids (This website has templates of different size lines for small to large print. It also has letter and number tracing guides.)
Kidzone Cursive Writing Worksheets (This site is for third grade and up. It has printable worksheets and gives age ratings for the materials available.)
ABC Teach Directory of Handwriting (This site gives several options for handwriting practice activities.)
Cursive Handwriting Worksheet Maker (Beware that the letters do not connect in the samples you create. This may cause problems for fledgling writers of cursive.)
Pencil Pete's Cursive Writing Worksheets
Language Arts
Kim's Korner for Teacher Talk (This is a Language Arts site that is full of information for teachers.)
British Council-Learn English (LearnEnglish is a portal which links to all the British Council's websites for teachers and learners of English.)
Vocabulary, Grammar, and Comprehension (There is a lot of practice in vocabulary, grammar, and reading comprehension. The site seems best for upper elementary.)
Teacher Vision (Language Arts Games. This large collection of online games will help build skills and concepts for grades Pre-K through 12.)
Lesson Plans Page (Language Arts Lesson Plans, Ideas, Activities, Resources)
Primary Games (A vast array of Language Arts Games)
Dositey (This site has Internet based lessons, courses, exercises, worksheets, and other critical thinking activities.)
Interactive Madlibs (Madlibs and Cloze Statements)
Read, Write, Think (This is another useful Site for teachers. There are some great ideas for lessons all focused on one of the Language Arts from kindergarten through grade 12.)
Time For Kids (This Site features Language Arts skills and provides links for specific areas of interest: biographies, journalism and news, spelling and grammar, books and authors, poetry and drama, writing reports, and foreign languages.)
The Best Site for Language Arts (This Site provides numerous topics related to Language Arts, for example, What makes a good short story? By clicking on a topic of your choice, you are taken to a Website that is related to the topic.)
Soft Schools (This site contains free language arts games.)
The Teacher's Desk (Welcome to The Teacher's Desk, a resource designed for teachers of grades five and six. Please feel free to sit down, relax, and take your time browsing through the contents, a collection of lesson plan ideas and classroom activities.)
The Holiday Zone (Thanksgiving language arts activities.)
Learning Games and Activities for Children (Thanks for the link Ms. Galvin's fourth graders)
Lesson Plans and Worksheets of all kinds (Thanks, Paul McKee)
Best Literacy & Language Arts Resources (Thanks, Mrs. Martin for this marvelous link. This site has fun, interactive learning with: Grammar, Spelling, Reading Comprehension, Composition, and puzzles and activities.)
Poetry Sites
Poetry 180 (A US government sponsored site developed by Poet Laureate, Billy Collins.)
Poetry Place (A hotlist for poetry sites.)
Diamante Poems (An interactive site for creating and printing diamante poems)
Concrete Poems (Another interactive site for creating concrete poems and printing them, too)
Dr. Seuss Sites
The Lorax (A full-length video version of the beloved tale online and free)
Seussville Playground (Thanks, Casey. Here is an Early Childhood interactive play site to develop coordination, color and pattern recognition, and to enjoy.)
Grammar and Spelling Conventions
http://www.accredited-online-college-degrees.com/grammar.html submitted via an email from Kristi Nichols.
Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling (Brought to you by Purdue University's Writing Lab)
Grammar Tests (Test your students' grammar skills with this interactive, self-correcting site.)
Grammar Gorilla (Beginning and advanced grammar games-this site is recommended by Cheyenne <age 10>, Nichlaus <age 8> and Savannah <age 6>.)
Mad Lib/Cloze Quizzes for Grammar (These Wacky Web Tales are geared for grades 3 and above. Check back monthly for new tales!)
Chomp Chomp - Grammar Bytes! (This site has grammar terms, handouts and exercises. Be prepared for the sound effects!)
Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizers at Ed Helper
Bubble Us (Free interactive graphic organizer site. One must make a login/password to save your work.)
English Language Learners (ESL) 
Printable Language Art Resources (Many helpful activities for ESLs)
MES English (This site has many free printables, and is especially good for English Language Learners.)
ESL Printables (This site has English worksheets, lesson plans, and other resources.)
Literacy Center (This site has several language options with a variety of topics for activities in each language. This site is for early childhood, but could be useful in early elementary also.)
Applied Language Solutions (This site allows the user to submit passages written in English that can then be translated into another language.)
ESL Partyland (This site has an area for both teachers and students.)
National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (OELA's National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs (NCELA) collects, analyzes, synthesizes and disseminates information about language instruction educational programs for English language learners and related programs. It is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement & Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students (OELA) under Title III of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001.)
Boggles World (This site has ESL flashcards and cloze activities.)
Multicultural Education (This web site contains links to annotated bibliographies of children's multicultural books appropriate for the elementary grades (kindergarten through grade six). Cultural groups currently listed include: African Americans, Chinese Americans, Latino/Hispanic Americans, Japanese Americans, Jewish Americans, Native Americans, and Korean Americans.Books are categorized by genre: realistic fiction, information (non-fiction), traditional literature, biography, historical fiction, poetry, and fantasy. Each annotation includes an approximate grade level designation, e.g., K-3, 4-6.Each link above contains related links for elementary school teachers. No attempt has been made to evaluate the literary quality of each work nor its appropriateness in terms of cultural content. It is left to teachers to determine each book's appropriateness/relevance to his/her children and curriculum.)
Everything ESL (This extensive site of resources was suggested by a grad. student, Tiffany. Enjoy!)
5 Minute English (Thanks, Ashely for the helpful site!)
Listening Skills
Interactive Listening Skills' Site (Flash scenarios to assist students learn to focus their listening skills.) Thanks, Elyse!
Audio Clips (These are free sample clips form http://www.crystalspringsbooks.com.) Thanks, Jamie!
Thinking Skills
Bloom
Vygotsky
Vygotsky Psychology (Social Development Theory)
Vygotsky and the Internet (Mathematics Education)
Vygotsky-Theory of Social Development (This site gives examples of how Vygotsky differs from Piaget.)
Bandura’s work tied to Vygotsky
Constructivist Theory: Bruner and Piaget
Bruner's Constructivist Theory
Stages of Intellectual Development (in children and teenagers)
Gardner and the Multiple Intelligences
Howard Gardner - Multiple Intelligences and Education
Howard Gardner's 8 Intelligences
Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences (On this website you can take a learning style test which will help you to understand how you learn. This will enable you to "develop coping strategies to compensate for your weaknesses and capitalize on your strenghts" (LdPride.net).
Thirteen Ed - Tapping into Multiple Intelligences
Theory of Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Thinker of the Year, 2000 (A concise summary of Flow with bibiography of the author of this theory.)
Learning and Thinking Article on Flow (What is Flow and how can educators use it to cultivate talent development?)
Classroom Management
Ms. Powell's Management Ideas For Teachers (This is a great site for classroom management and teacher tips!)
Sites For Teachers (This Site is very useful for teachers – veterans and novice teachers alike. It contains information to use in preparing, implementing, assessing, and reflecting on a lesson.)
Generic Sites
Education Corner (This is a generic site with many educational references related to a plethora of issues. Thanks, Misty)
Public Broadcasting Station Kids' Site (An interactive site for younger children and their parents)
Holiday Sites Galore (Kathy Schrock's site is filled with holiday history, pictures, and activities. Enjoy!)
Timeless Teacher Stuff (A website for Teachers which includes the following: Readers Theater/Language Arts Activities/sheets/Writing Prompts/High Frequency Word lists and Powerpoints/Math/Music and more)
RubiStar (This site gives you access to rubrics.)
Sites For Teachers (This website is filled with great information for teachers. There are ABC printouts, math worksheets, lesson plans and much more.)
A to Z Teacher Stuff (This site has a little bit of everything from lesson plans and teacher tips to printable worksheets and discussion forums.)
Grade Level Skills (This site has skill help for grades K-8 in all subject areas.)
EdHelper.com (This site contains the following topics: Reading & Writing; PK-3; Language Arts; Special Education; Foreign Languages; Math; Critical Thinking; Social Studies; Science; Art; and More.)
About.com; Education (This site contains a myriad of information related to the following categories: Arts & Literature; History; Languages; School Programs; Science; Students Resources; Teacher Resources; and Tools.)
National Geographic (This site has many topics related to the earth and it's people. There is a children's section that has games, etc.)
IRIS (This magnificent site is based at Vanderbuilt University and has numerous links related to Special Education and assisting all kinds of students.)
Songs for Teaching Several free sample song clips and a plethora of purchasable songs listed by clearly defined categories. Thanks, Bill for the free sample of Follow The Drinking Gourd.
Young Children's Songs for the Classroom (This site has YouTube clips of PK students singing and purchasable books and CDs.)
Michael Rosen Performs: We're Going on a Bear Hunt (What fun incorporating songs and actions to demonstrate sequencing skills. Thanks, Alicia)
Technology Sites
Dr. Karl Kapp's Educational Technology Blog (Karl is a colleague here at Bloomsburg University of PA, thanks for this terrific blog resource.)
Teacher World (Dr. Pastore's Technology Site, checkout the massive links! Ray is a colleague here at Bloomsburg University of PA, thanks for this fine site.)
Map A Course (Dr. Ruffini's Technology Site, investigate his E-CourseMaps for further instructions related to WebQuests and Virtual Field Trips! Michael is a colleague here at Bloomsburg University of PA, thanks for this fine site.)
The Journal-Technology Horizons in Education (Each issue contains news, trends, and “how-to” features for K-12 technology decision-makers. Featured topics include networking, security, policy and advocacy, telecom, hardware/software, the smart classroom, mobile computing and wireless, eLearning, technology funding, professional development, technology support--all the important issues for administration and teaching.)
Technology & Learning- The Resourse for Education Technology Leaders
My Pod Cast (Free site for creating and posting Pod Casts.)
Subject Related Technology Sites (This site has links to free software and online programs that relate to art, reading, science, math, etc.)
Painted Rock: Rock Art of the California Natives (This is a superb example of a Web Quest that ties literature and caveman art together. Thanks, Allison)
Pete's PowerPoint Station (This site has hundreds of pre-made PowerPoints. Thanks, Jess C. for this fine Web site.)
Wordle (Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text.You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.)
Scavenger Hunts
Education World Scavenger Hunts - At the bottom a few published artcles related to Scavenger Hunts
About.com-How to make a scavenger hunt - How to and references to online Scavenger Hunts
Vicki Blackwell's Scavenger Hunts for Kids
Variety of Scavenger Hunts - various online resources for Scavenger Hunts
National Educational Programs
National Board of Pressional Teaching Standards
National Association for Gifted Children
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
International Reading Association
National Association of the Teachers of English (NCTE)
WalkerWeb Resources 