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	Photoworks.com PhotoWorks.com provides both digital and film-based camera users with new ways to share, organize and preserve the images. Their Resolution 101 tutorial provides information on digitizing images. http://www.seattlefilmworks.com/photoworks/tutorials/resolution101.asp

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	National Staff Development Council NSDC's (National Staff Development Council) focus is to provide guidance for those individuals or groups involved in improving school-based staff development programs to foster student achievement. http://www.nsdc.org
	iSEEK Education iSEEK Education is a targeted search engine for students, teachers, administrators, and caregivers. Safe - Put your mind at ease with safe search technologies and editor-reviewed content Authoritative - Search hundreds of thousands of trusted resources from universities, government, and established noncommercial providers Intelligent - Instantly identify lesson plans, activities, school subjects, grade levels, and more with iView navigation Time-saving - Register to bookmark any URL for storage in MySEEK, your own searchable Web-based library iSEEK Education Resources and Lesson Plans
	Technology Center of Indiana The Technology Center of Indiana is funded by the Indiana Department of Education and Office of Learning Resources to provide information to educators. Their Professional Development resource page provides a variety of links to view. http://etc.iupui.edu/teachers.html#ProfDevel

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	T.H.E. Journal T.H.E. Journal provides updated information on funding, legislation, new products and services. The site also offers Best Practice articles and links to many other educational and corporate web sites. www.thejournal.com Education World Education World's Web site serves to provide educators a place to gather, to share ideas, and to locate resource guides, lesson plans and research materials. www.education-world.com

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	Discovery School's Puzzlemaker Puzzlemaker allows you to create and print customized word search, crossword and math puzzles using your word lists. http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/
	AOL School AOL's (America Online) educational portal, AOL School, provides schools, teachers, parents and students access to a learning environment and resource centers. www.school.aol.com
	Vantage Learning With MY Access!®, students are motivated to write more and attain higher scores on statewide writing assessments. By using MY Access! in the classroom, teachers can provide students with the practice they need to improve their writing skills. The program's powerful scoring engine grades students' essays instantly and provides targeted feedback, freeing teachers from grading thousands of papers by hand and giving them more time to conduct differentiated instruction and curriculum planning. Vantage Learning My Access!
	Federal Resources Educational Excellence Federal agencies make federally-supported education resources available at this web site. Approximately 80 federal agencies submit educational resources. http://www.ed.gov/free/

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	Need a book about monsters? There is a variety of books on monsters that you can incorporate into your lesson. To locate a book, check out Barnes and Noble's bookstore. Listed below are suggested titles you can use in your class to introduce your Monster Exchange lesson. Click on a title below to learn more about a book and to order the book if you choose.
	Where the Wild Things Are Junie B. Jones Has A Monster Under Her Bed Monster Cake Monster's Lunch Box There's a Nightmare in My Closet Monster Party Monster Manners 10 Little Monsters Crypto Zoology A to Z My Monster Mom Loves Me So The Field Guide to North American Monsters We Are Monsters Copyright © MonsterExchange.org All rights reserved.