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Merenda Benge
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Just Some Helpful Sites Here are some sites that canmake your classroom run a little more smoothly. Below are some links that vary from simple timers to detailed lesson plans. If you know of more that could be added, email me and I'll add them to this page. Happy Teaching! Web 2.0 Tools - http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1qb82/TheSuperBookofWebToo/resources/index.htm This is an online book collection of Web 2.0 Tools for educators. Very cool! A K-1 Collection - http://livebinders.com/play/play/54415 - This is a livebinder collecion of great sites and activities for K-1 teachers and students. Bubble Test Maker - http://catpin.com/bubbletest/ - This website will allow you to create your own bubble sheet for tests that you create. Interactive Timer - http://classtools.net/education-games-php/timer/ This is a great resource for teachers at any grade level to help manage transition times. I would have loved to have used this when I taught in a classroom - I guess I could still use it during workshop activities. (Grade - Any and all) http://www.brainpopjr.com/ animated curriculum based content, fun to watch (K-3) http://www.educationoasis.com/ an oasis of teaching resources and educational information for educators everywhere (K-12) http://www.shambles.net/ supporting school communities worldwide, over 30,000 links to moderated teaching and learning resources (K-12) http://www.apples4theteacher.com/ interactive learning games, quizzes, and worksheet generator tools by subject (preK-6) http://cybersleuth-kids.com/ an Internet search guide, homework helper and educational resources (K-12) Kerpoof - http://www.kerpoof.com - Use the background scenes to write a story including text. It has lots of different background to include. Speech bubbles can be added. Students would really enjoy all these different types of stories they could create. (Grades 2 and above) iRubric - http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm - Create or find rubrics that have already been created. (Any teacher that uses rubrics) Shape Collage - www.shapecollage.com Students could take or collect photos of a topic, like an animal, and use this to create a collage image to include in their report. They could also be assigned a shape and find/collect real world examples of that shape and quickly display them in the shape, using this program. (2nd and above) Computer Lab Favorites/Scholastic.com Teacher - http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/clf/index.htm - This site has quite a few good resources. There are some bad one, to not bother with, but review them and you’ll probably like a lot of what you see. (K-5) Exploratree - http://www.exploratree.org.uk/ Mapping site that generates graphic organizers. (Any grade that uses graphic organizers) Mind Mapping - Mindomo - http://www.mindomo.com/index.htm - Another mapping site. (Any grade that uses graphic organizers) Inspired Learning Community - http://www.inspiration.com/community/ - Networking site of teachers to share lessons and ideas created regarding visual learning, Inspiration, InspireData and Kidspiration. (K-6) Glogster EDU - http://edu.glogster.com - This site allows a teacher to sign up 100 student accounts (after March 1) for the creation of posters projects. If you sign up by February 28, you can get 200 free student accounts. (grades 3-12) Petfundango - http.//www.petfundango.com/teachers - Many classrooms still have pets. This websites provides tips as well as lesson plans and activities to make pets in the classroom as more rewarding experience. (grades K-5) Character Counts - http://charactercounts.org/resources/index.html - The ideas on this site are to help teach character education. They include lesson plans and worksheets. There is the opportunity to purchase additional supplies from Josephson Institute - Center for Youth Ethics, but it is not necessary. (grades K-8) teAchnology - http://www.teach-nology.com - This website provides lesson plans, tips, themes, games, worksheets, downloads, webquests and more in all subjects to help any teacher be prepared. A special section is provided for monthly ideas. (grades K-12) Thinkfinity - http://www.thinkfinity.org - This website provides interactive games, maps, and activities in many different subject areas. It has links for educators, students and parents. It lists 21st Century Skills and combines current events since it is a product of the Verizon Foundation. (grades K-12) www.eyePlorer.com A new kind of search engine- claims to search internet more like the brain thinks. Puts the found information in a color coded wheel. (K-12) www.boxoftricks.net A huge amount of free online technology resources for teachers to use. Listed in alphabetical order. (K-12) http://www.watchknow.org/ Videos for Kids to Learn From- (K-12) Videos for all ages for subject areas- very well organized! http://www.internet4classrooms.com/ (K-12) One of my favorite sites. It has a lot of online resources organized by grade level, subject, goal and objective http://www.freefoto.com Another website with free pictures. The owners only ask that the source be identified in projects. Odosketch- http://sketch.odopod.com/sketches/new Very cool interactive sketchpad. Our art teacher uses this in class. Xtra Normal- http://www.xtranormal.com/makemovies/ This site allows students to create free movies using cartoon characters My studiyo- http://www.mystudiyo.com/ This site allows you to create really cool quizzes for your website Thinklinkr- http://thinklinkr.com/ This is a collaborative outliner. Mindomo of 2.0 tools- http://www.mindomo.com/view.htm?m=48511abbfb7e4145a33dbe6453d0f8af This site has tons of web 2.0 sites all organized for you to view! Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day - http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ Lists of the best websites categorized by subject. What2Learn - http://www.what2learn.com/ Award-winning games-based learning website. ClassTools - http://classtools.net/ Create your own on-line tools to use in your classroom. I like the random name generator. Sketchcast - http://www.sketchcast.com/ A new way to express yourself through drawing. Memory Games - http://www.lumosity.com/brain-games Games to help improve memory skills. Not your typical memory games. |
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