Teacher Tools

• WJCC- Williamsburg-James City County School District 
  
• VDOE- Virginia Department of Education
  
• SOLs- Virginia Standards of Learning

• HelpDesk
  Use HelpDesk to request hardware, software, or server repairs.
  
  
• Discovery Education
  WJCC subscribes to United Streaming, a digital video-on-demand and online teaching service. Get you initial user name and password from the computer lab.

• DiscoverySchool
  Free resources from Discovery Education. Find lesson plans, Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators, teaching tools (including puzzle makers, lesson planners, and worksheet generators), clip art, and more.
  
  
• Read Write Think
  RWT is a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the Verizon Foundation. The site features lessons, standards, very comprehensive web resources, literacy engagements, students materials, and a literary calendar.
  
  
• The Learning Page
  This web site was developed by the LOC to provide lessons using primary sources. They are organized by themes, topics disciplines, and eras. It also links to many interesting activities and feature presentations—all tapping the resources of the LOC.
  
  
• Primary Source Learning
  This is a great collection of lesson plans using LOC resources. The lesson plans are searchable by subject, grade, SOL, primary source, and best instructional practice.

• Teacher Helpers
  Part of Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators, this Web site links to assessment rubrics, graphic organizers, rubric builders, and related articles.

• The WebQuest Page
  Bernie Dodge, the grandfather of WebQuests, maintains this site. Here you'll find training, templates, and a large database of WebQuests, where you can search by phrase or by currciulum and grade level.
  
  
• Filamentality
  Designed for educators, Filamentality is an easy-to-use tool for creating WebQuests. The step-by-step process makes creating Web-based lessons a cinch.