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MIS Work Order Requests: Find forms for computer assistance here.
MMSD Staff and Organization Development Home Page: District continuing education class schedules, sign-ups, and information are found here.
MMSD K-5 Science Scope and Sequence: Order consumables online for science modules.
MMSD Video Library Online Catalog: Instructional videos can be searched by subject, keyword, or title on this "look-only" database.
WDG HTML Validator File: Webpublishers use this to validate webpages.
MMSD's Union Catalog: Under reconstruction. This is the library catalog for all the Madison district schools. It is useful for interlibrary loan or for finding what books other schools use for a particular topic.

Ask Eric: This is the federally-funded Educational Resources Information Center online resource focussing on education-related issues.
Fossweb: Find links to activities, pictures, movies, websites, and book recommendations.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: This is a teacher's resource offering ideas to enhance curriculum.
MarcoPolo: This is a searchable database of lesson plans, with emphasis on Internet resources.
Scholatic Teachers: Find curriculum ideas, author information, projects and activities for pre-K - grade 8.
Wisconsin Educational Communications Board Instructional Database: Search the public television educational database by curriculum, topic, grade level or text.
Interweaving Wisconsin Studies: a Curriculum Guide: Lists resources from the State Historical Society and the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board by history standards for grades 4-8. The Kids Page has some activities for kids.

Teaching Books: Provides easy access to authors, illustrators and exceptional book resources. As part of BadgerLink, it requires free registration and sign-up.
Amazon.com book search page: Find availability and price of current books.
Awards - Randolph Caldecott Award: Find the current and past winners and honor books of the Caldecott Award, given to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book published each year.
Awards - Coretta Scott King Award: Find the current and past winners and honor books of the Coretta Scott King Award. Recipients are authors and illustrators of African descent whose distinguished books promote an understanding and appreciation of the "American Dream."
Awards - John Newbery Award: Find the current and past winners and honor books of the Newbery Award, given to the author of the most distinguished American book for children (up to age 14).
Awards - Pura Belpre Award: Find the current and past winners and honor books of the Belpre Award, given to Latino/Latina writers and illustrators whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latino cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth.
Barnes and Noble out of Print and used books: Find used book and links to the other Barnes and Noble pages.
Half.com: Find used books. (This is the book part of E-Bay.)

DPI: Find information from the Department of Public Instruction.
Puzzlemaker: Create crossword puzzles, word searches, cryptograms, math squares, mazes and other types of puzzles. I have not found a way to save an unfinished puzzle, so allot a good amount of time to create a finished puzzle.

Updated December 2, 2004
Editor and publisher: Nancy Gloe ngloe@madison.k12.wi.us
Webmaster: webmaster@madison.k12.wi.us