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SRSD Staff Start Page IMPORTANT! If you are trying to set up your e-mail be sure to read these Outlook Setup Instructions. The SRFEE Foundation Grant application grant is now available to download. This Day in History $2,500 Awards from Best Buy Best Buy is is offering $2,500 in technology to classrooms already using technology interactivly (doing and creating). These applications are due in September. Thirty-six of the 1,200 awarded schools will be given $15,000 in technology (and a chance at $250,000!).

We now have Microsoft Office 2003!* This means new versions of Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. (Click each link for two page reference cards). These links will eventually be moved to the Tech Help section with other related help files. * If you do not have it yet, it will be there by the time school starts.

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Resources

Report a site (good or bad) to our Web filtering - Take a minute to tell the company that provides our filtering to block or unblock a file.

AAA Math- Grade level basic skills, interactive practice and challenge games.

WCRESA Workshops / Online Courses - Descriptions and registration for RESA courses (not just technology).

Grade level content expectations for both ELA and Math grades k-8 - Grade Level Expectations have been developed in preparation for every year testing language arts and math in grades 3-8. Grade Level expectations define testable content at each grade level.

Michigan Curriculum framework- The start page for all content areas - Math, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies, Fine Arts, Career and Employability , Technology , World Languages, Health Education and Physical Education. (200+ pages)

Visual Thesaurus- A way of visually mapping words. Wait a few seconds as the page loads, when 'click to launch' appears, click it! You do have the option to change the default word of "experience" to something else (such as: computer or school).

MI Climb - Now you can Clarify Language In Michigan Benchmarks without the CD! A teacher resource from the MDE.

SRFEE - South Reford Foundation For Educational Excellence

MESSA - On-line insurance information

Wayne County School District Directory - The whole 75 page directory from RESA

Search RESA - Employees, Services, Ed Reseach and more

Michigan Electronic Library - The Michigan eLibrary is an anywhere, anytime information gateway to selected Internet resources. Check MEL out today.

Education Week - America's on-line education newspaper.

"Free" On-line Resources from the US Department of Education - New resources every day.

National Science Digital Library - For science, technology, engineering and math try the NSDL!

Michigan Teacher Network - Best practice & standards-based educational resources for PK-12.

tech.know - A bi-monthly technology newsletter with tips on software, web sites and training from Wayne RESA Learning Technologies.

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Hoax Information

Snopes Urban Legends - see if those e-mail stories are true

Stop those chain letters (breakthechain.org)

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Creating a web page for your class
Use these resources (or some resources) and we can link from your name in the address book.

Filimentality - Bookmarks for your class

FreeWebs - My new favorite place to create web sites. NO SOFTWARE NEEDED! And it's easy to use to add photos, documents (word, excel, powerpoint) and more. It's free and there are no banner/popup ads (other than a small ad to FreeWebs). Supposedly there are limitations, but I haven't hit the limit yet in my testing.

Teacher Web

My School On-Line*

GeoCities @ Yahoo!*

Tripod*

* = Not school specific, likely to have ads.

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Michigan Information

Michigan's State Symbols Michigan Through the Years Kid's Stuff The "Michigan Quarter" Read Michigan Brochure This week in Michigan History 360° 3D Panoramas of Michigan

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Free Stuff!

NASA Posters - With Curriculum and CD-ROMs! Check out the first two links for free stuff! The rest the page has downloadable worksheets.

Free Stuff for Teachers - Includes a 27 exp kodak disposable camera w/flash, dry erase markers, goal book for teens, stickers, postcards, rubber band bracelets and more. Click sign me up" then click on "I am a teacher" and then select , "Yes, I would like a Start Something Kit" from Target.com.

Free DVD - From the US Department of Labor: “Up From Zero” is a documentary film that pays tribute to the brave men and women of the New York City building trades who put themselves on the line on September 11, 2001 – and for nine months afterward – to reclaim Ground Zero.

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