Homework Resources for Parents
Learning to study effectively can be one of a child's greatest challenges, and there's no one right way. These resources can help parents work with their student to find just the right strategies for success at studying and homework.
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Brightstorm Science - Brightstorm, Inc.
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9 to 12
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Brightstorm Science offers a vast array of science videos and descriptions covering science topics related to Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Videos are short (generally 5 minutes...more
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Brightstorm Science offers a vast array of science videos and descriptions covering science topics related to Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. Videos are short (generally 5 minutes or less) and clearly explain the concepts. Next to each video is a list of other similar videos that may be useful. You can search by textbook, chapter, topic, and more to find related videos. Ask questions in the discussion area below. Tutors respond, if you are a member (free). Click on maps in the tab bar to create a playlist of videos for study. Registration to the site isn't necessary; however, registration allows access to message board to get personalized responses to individual questions. Registration requires a valid email address. These videos would be great for homework help and the understanding of concepts.
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tag(s): acids and bases (4), animals (158), atmosphere (14), cells (58), chemicals (18), ecology (113), elements (27), evolution (88), gravity (30), homework (31), life cycles (10), matter (28), plants (65)
In the Classroom
Introduce new topics on your interactive whiteboard or projector using the videos provided on the site. Create a link to the site on your classroom website or blog for students to access at home to review topics presented in class. This site is perfect for both remediation and enrichment for students as it allows them to access concepts at their own individual levels. Share the site with parents to provide explanation of topics being covered in class. Challenge your students to create their own videos about topics you are learning about in class. Share them using a tool such as SchoolTube reviewed here. Share the videos on your class website or blog.
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Study Ladder - Study Ladder
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K to 12
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Studyladder offers a sequential learning program with videos, interactive activities, worksheets and assessments for reporting to teachers and to parents. Activities are highly engaging...more
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Studyladder offers a sequential learning program with videos, interactive activities, worksheets and assessments for reporting to teachers and to parents. Activities are highly engaging and motivating. You can create classes, have unlimited access to all features on the site, and students can access homework features from home. Topics included on the site are Math, Literacy, Numeracy, Spelling Bee, and Interactive Whiteboard activities. Each section provides many activities categorized in several ways such as topic, type of activity, grade levels, and extras. Registration also allows access to progress reports on school and homework results, 2000 printable worksheets, and student rewards such as certificates, special avatars, and access to reward rooms. The site is free for teachers and for limited homework use with one student after registration. However, there is also a paid portion of the site if desired.
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tag(s): factoring (11), fractions (131), homework (31), iwb (16), literacy (99), negative numbers (12), number sense (47), numbers (130), prime numbers (18)
In the Classroom
This site is perfect for use with interactive whiteboards, download and use activities to supplement current classroom curriculum. Create an account and set up student accounts for students to use on classroom or computer lab computers. Take advantage of the progress reports to track and monitor student progress within the site.
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Jiskha - Jiskha.com
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3 to 12
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Jiskha Homework Help is a large collection of resources to help students learn and improve their grades. The homework help forum welcomes posts to their large group of professional...more
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Jiskha Homework Help is a large collection of resources to help students learn and improve their grades. The homework help forum welcomes posts to their large group of professional experts and teachers who are there to receive questions. A well organized array of articles, links, and other searchable resources on all kinds of school subjects round out this really well thought-out site for students of all ages. Archives are available to find answers to previous questions, simply type in a search term to find questions, articles, and directories related to the search. Other searches can be done by grade level or school subject by choosing links on the left side of the page. Most answers are provided within a couple of days so this site shouldn't be counted on for last-minute homework questions!
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tag(s): homework (31)
In the Classroom
Share this site with students to use at home for homework help. Use the site on your interactive whiteboard to answer questions that may come up in the classroom. Have students create "talking pictures" to illustrate responses to homework questions that were answered on the site using Fotobabble reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Join.me - LogMeIn, Inc.
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4 to 12
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Join.me is a web browser-based tool that allows you to share your PC (or Mac) screen with anyone who has access to the web. To share your screen, simply download ...more
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Join.me is a web browser-based tool that allows you to share your PC (or Mac) screen with anyone who has access to the web. To share your screen, simply download a small application to your Windows or Mac OS X PC. (Windows and Mac users can across platforms; it doesn't have to be Windows to Windows or Mac to Mac.) Send the 9-digit code generated to your collaborator (an email is automatically created). They either click a link in the email, or go to the join.me website and input the code, and they can see your screen. There is a share control feature that can be turned on allowing both users access to either computer. You may need to request download and install by school tech staff if computers are locked down for installing software. Test it out at home first.
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Screen share with students in computer labs to demonstrate items such as website addresses, how to locate information on websites, or when learning text editing features such as changing font size or color. Use this tool to collaborate with other teachers when creating lesson plans or student documents. Students with laptops can share the screen with the teacher during presentations to make information easier to view. Share this site with students to use at home when collaborating on projects. Help a homebound student by sharing your class computer screen and opening an audio connection on the phone. Offer "extra help" sessions via screen share at predetermined "office hours" or during a snow day. Have students teach tech skills to their peers using this free sharing app.Edge Features:
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Disposable Web Page - disposableWebPage.com
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K to 12
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Disposable web page offers the convenience and freedom of sharing information on the Internet with little hassle. Each disposable webpage has a count down clock. Set the clock to count...more
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Disposable web page offers the convenience and freedom of sharing information on the Internet with little hassle. Each disposable webpage has a count down clock. Set the clock to count down anywhere from 90 days to 0 days from the time the page is created. When the remaining time reaches 00:00:00:00, the page is automatically set for disposal and will exist for 2 more weeks before being "incinerated." Features that can be included on the page are bookmarking, rich text editor, uploading up to 5 images, and sticky notes with sticky notes player. The page creator receives an editing "key," and can generate a new key for editing by others.
Unlike other web page and online project creators, this tool erases your digital footprint when it is no longer needed!
Unlike other web page and online project creators, this tool erases your digital footprint when it is no longer needed!
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In the Classroom
Create pages for quick link sharing or for upcoming events such as field trips, class party information, school events, science fair, etc. Pages will automatically disappear after the event without any effort on your part. Create a page to countdown to standardized testing and allow students to add tips and advice on the page as the countdown goes on. This site could be used during long term projects to help students "stay on track." Students can create simple pages to share links to include in presentations so classmates can participate on laptops.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Homework hotline - homeworkhotline.org
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3 to 12
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Have a student stumped by homework? Find exercises and extra help in various subject areas in this kid friendly site. Navigate through the various resources and friendly graphics to...more
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Have a student stumped by homework? Find exercises and extra help in various subject areas in this kid friendly site. Navigate through the various resources and friendly graphics to areas of the site such as "Sweet Stuff" which features neat interactives, "Needed Knowledge" with great tips, "Book review" to view video book reviews, and "Getting Historical." Watch informative (don't confuse with boring) videos of various math problems whether it be basic math, solving word problems, or even geometry. Find videos for other subjects such as science, language arts, social studies, health, and art. Review information in various subjects by trying age-appropriate interactives. This site also boasts "Dial A Teacher." Students can use a toll-free number to speak with a real teacher Monday through Thursday between the hours of 4:00 and 7:00 p.m. EST.
In the Classroom
Visit the "Boring Stuff' link for parents and teachers to find a PDF of 10 Ways to Use the Homework Helper Site in Your Classroom. Find segment guides, scripts, and book reviews beneficial for in class or use by students outside of class. Share this link at Back to School Night and put the link directly on your class website. Encourage middle schoolers to build independent work habits using this site.Consider creating helpful information, videos, and tutorials of information students need answers to and creating your own help site as a school. Use students to create book reviews, math tutorials, etc. Use a tool such as SchoolTube reviewed here to share the videos.
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Free Mathematics How-To Library - Teachers Choice Software
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8 to 12
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12 areas of mathematics are offered on the site from Algebra to Trigonometry. Each has multiple sections and offers help with specific topics. After choosing an area, a brief explanation...more
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12 areas of mathematics are offered on the site from Algebra to Trigonometry. Each has multiple sections and offers help with specific topics. After choosing an area, a brief explanation is available, then further information is provided on performing the operation. Many of the topics include graphics or charts along with explanations. Some topics include a downloadable file containing all information on the topic.
tag(s): angles (44), coordinates (18), equations (69), fractions (131), homework (31), test prep (50)
In the Classroom
Create a link on classroom computers for students to use as a resource. Create a bulletin board using explanations of current math topics. Share explanations on your interactive whiteboard or projector when reviewing classroom content. Share this site with students and parents through your website or blog for use at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MyAlgebra - Bagatrix
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7 to 12
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Enter algebra problems and receive the solutions! Also included are many sample problems. Choose sample problems using the options on the right of the screen, from categories such as...more
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Enter algebra problems and receive the solutions! Also included are many sample problems. Choose sample problems using the options on the right of the screen, from categories such as algebra concepts and expressions, simplifying or factoring polynomials, vectors, and much more. After creating a problem, select "solve" to find an answer. One major downfall of the site is that the option to see the steps needed to answer the problem leads to a pay site. However, the site is still worthwhile for students to check problem solutions.
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tag(s): factoring (11), homework (31), polynomials (13), vectors (12)
In the Classroom
Share the site with students as a resource for checking homework. Provide this link on your class website. At the beginning of a unit, display the site on your interactive whiteboard or projector showing the solution to a new problem, and then allow students to investigate and discover how to find the answer. When they complain that the site does not explain how it "got" the answer, you have the perfect teaching moment to point out why you require students to "show their work" to remove such mystery.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Brightstorm Math - Brightstorm, Inc
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6 to 12
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Brightstorm Math offers over 2000 Math videos (plus a lot of descriptions) covering every topic from Algebra to Calculus. Videos are short (generally 5 minutes or less) and to the ...more
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Brightstorm Math offers over 2000 Math videos (plus a lot of descriptions) covering every topic from Algebra to Calculus. Videos are short (generally 5 minutes or less) and to the point. Videos clearly explain the concept then offer sample problems, personalized problems can be inputted using the homework checker below the video link. Registration to the site isn't necessary; however, registration allows access to message board to get personalized responses to individual questions. If you choose to register, a valid email address is required. Next to each video is a list of other similar videos that may be useful.
tag(s): charts and graphs (114), data (83), fractions (131), homework (31), operations (55), ratios (22)
In the Classroom
Introduce new topics on your interactive whiteboard or projector using the videos provided on the site. Create a link to the site on your classroom website or blog for students to access at home to review topics presented in class. This site is perfect for both remediation and enrichment for students as it allows them to access concepts at their own individual levels. Share the site with parents to provide explanation of topics being covered in class. Challenge your students to create their own videos about topics you are learning about in class. Share the videos using a site such as Teachers.TV reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National Repository of Online Courses - Monterey Institute for Technology and Education
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8 to 10
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A great resource for teaching math, especially when trying to teach with digital media, the National Repository of Online Courses offers free content teaching resources for Algebra...more
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A great resource for teaching math, especially when trying to teach with digital media, the National Repository of Online Courses offers free content teaching resources for Algebra One and Developmental Math. Provide your name, email, and title to be allowed into the Moodle courses that are already designed. Read tips for safely managing email registrations here.
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In the Classroom
Have students use activities from this website as homework on the web in Algebra One courses. It is a great practice for college learning settings where a lot of homework is going digital.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teen Space - Internet Public Library
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8 to 12
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This site offers numerous activities and articles on many topics. Topics include School and Homework Help, Heath & Sexuality, TeenSpace Poetry, Handle Your Finances, and much more....more
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This site offers numerous activities and articles on many topics. Topics include School and Homework Help, Heath & Sexuality, TeenSpace Poetry, Handle Your Finances, and much more. Prepared by the University of Michigan librarians under the guise of the Internet Public Library, all sites are well screened and reviewed. There are some social features at this site (i.e. chat) so you may want to preview whatever you plan to share AND set parameters for what is allowed in class.
tag(s): graphic novels (5), homework (31), novels (12), poetry (161), sexuality (11)
In the Classroom
Put a link to this site on classroom computers under reference. Challenge students to explore one of the topics at this site and create a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Drop It To Me - JAJAdesign
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6 to 12
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DropItToMe is a nifty tool that complements DropBox (reviewed here). It allows you to create a secure email address that is password protected so...more
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DropItToMe is a nifty tool that complements DropBox (reviewed here). It allows you to create a secure email address that is password protected so that anyone you provide with this information can send you files. The files go to your Dropbox account. This is bigger and better than regular email. DropItToMe can accommodate files that are too large to be sent through regular email. This can also help when you may not be able to access email accounts because of filtering software and firewalls. Dropittome makes the need for access to email for sending documents obsolete. Note: Some schools block Dropbox, so check first!
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In the Classroom
This tool would be mighty handy for online assignments and anything that is completed digitally. Best of all, as the teacher you can set up one email account, share the password with all of your students, and they can send you files. They never need to access anything but this website. This is extremely handy for those who are conducting or pushing towards paperless classrooms.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Posterous - Gary Tan and Sachin Agarwal
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4 to 12
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Posterous is an email-based blogging tool. Post to your blog via the email program on your computer, or use your smart phone or iPhone and their email features. However, you ...more
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Posterous is an email-based blogging tool. Post to your blog via the email program on your computer, or use your smart phone or iPhone and their email features. However, you can still post to your blog via the web, if you'd like. Pretty simple. Posterous' tools remove the headache of figuring out different formats for photographs, documents, and other rich media. You can e-mail, call, or text message your updates.
In the Classroom
The possibilities for using this program with your students are as boundless as using any blog. What's better is all they have to know how to do is email -- or text, which most prefer. You can create a private group for your entire class. They will get an email update anytime anyone updates the blog. You can send examples of math problems, reminders, attachments, and any number of things to your students. Students can send emails to the blog asking questions about homework, projects, or, for an absent student, what went on in class. Any student who gets the update to the blog via their email can answer the questions. You can create private, small groups for student projects and research. Students will be able to send links, text, photos, and videos to a central location (the blog) and then get together to put it all to use. Be sure that students document their sources, too. Another idea would be to have your students correspond with another class in another state or country. They could correspond about a book they're reading, send photos of their city with explanations, experience science experiments together using photos and video, send illustrated tall tales from their region, or any number of other subject related items. Another idea would be to have your students correspond with another class in another state or country. They could correspond about a book they're reading, science experiments, tall tales of their region, or any number of other subject related items. You may want to join epals reviewed here to find a class to collaborate with your class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Penzu: Write in Private - Alexander Mimran and Michael Lawlor
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4 to 12
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Penzu offers a FREE service to write journals or diaries online with exceptional privacy options. As an added benefit, you can add images or your own artwork as illustrations. There...more
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Penzu offers a FREE service to write journals or diaries online with exceptional privacy options. As an added benefit, you can add images or your own artwork as illustrations. There is a very short demo video on the home page. On Penzu you can keep everything completely private or share selective posts by email or URL. Perhaps share selections on a class wiki page? Don't have a wiki? See the TeachersFirst Wiki Walk-Through for practical management and safety tips for a class wiki. Note: Premium service is available, but this review is for the free version.
In the Classroom
A class journaling program has limitless possibilities. Engage students in discussions using a topic from current events, current social issues, independent reading, literature, and more. Any class using a journal can use Penzu. For example, science lab write ups or the problem of the week in math. Penzu can even be used for homework. Just think, no more lugging heavy boxes full of notebooks around! In language arts have students journal daily and harvest from their musings and ideas to create a short story or a poem. They can even use Penzu to develop their brainstorms and rough draft. Once they are ready to present a final project have them use Bookemon reviewed here reviewed here or Glogster reviewed here to share with their peers and others and possibly add other media. For social studies classes, students can write posts and ideas about famous people or daily life in a time period being studied, then create a "diary" for the famous person in Bookemon or a poster about daily life in Glogster reviewed here. See more ideas for student blogging/journaling at TeachersFirst's Blogging Basics for the Classroom. Share journals with parents as appropriate by URL. Be sure to respect student privacy before sharing.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Khan Academy - Sal Khan
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4 to 12
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There are plenty of helpful sites to learn content. What makes this so special? Created by an uncle wanting to help his nieces learn material, Khan Academy has grown into ...more
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There are plenty of helpful sites to learn content. What makes this so special? Created by an uncle wanting to help his nieces learn material, Khan Academy has grown into a Creative Commons attributed site for helping all students. What information is available? Maybe one should ask: What are you looking for? View a vast array of videos on many topics: SAT prep, Algebra, Geometry, Chemistry, Biology, History, Trigonometry, Calculus, Economics, Brain Teasers, Banking and Money, Statistics, Finance, Physics, and more....Whew! The only problem? The videos are hosted on You Tube. If your district blocks You Tube, then they may not be viewable. You could always view that at home and bring them to class "on a stick" to share. Use a tool such as Zamzarreviewed hereto download the videos from YouTube. Ed note: Another alternative to downloading at home is to access Khan Academy through iTunes U FREE downloads, assuming you can load and access iTunes!
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In the Classroom
Share the site with your students in order to access at home for homework help. List this link on your class website. If you are unable to view this site on student computers but You Tube is unblocked for teachers, consider using a projector or interactive whiteboard to show to the whole class. Use your google account to log in once you click on the exercises link. From there, find access to exercises that students can complete that are related to each video. Encourage students to share links to specific videos they find helpful on a "Video Reviews" (yes, that is a pun) page of your class wiki. For a very real challenge, have students create their own simple review videos in the Khan Academy style and upload to SchoolTube, TeacherTube, or YouTube, whichever works best in your school. Embed them on your class wiki for a year-to-year student-made study guide!
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Chemtutor - The National Science Foundation
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9 to 12
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Use Chemtutor for help with the fundamentals of Chemistry. Although this site appears "plain vanilla," there is a lot of information and helpful explanations. Click on problematic areas...more
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Use Chemtutor for help with the fundamentals of Chemistry. Although this site appears "plain vanilla," there is a lot of information and helpful explanations. Click on problematic areas of understanding for help with many of the most difficult to understand concepts. Read the text based information to help with a specific content difficulty and choose from a vast array of concepts. Learn how to study Chemistry by clicking on "Heuristics" which offer some great tips to surviving the first year of chemistry.
tag(s): homework (31), measurement (95)
In the Classroom
Use this helpful information for students having difficulty in a particular chemistry concept. Consider creating help videos or whiteboard tutorials by and for students to help others with these or other concepts. Enlist the help of student groups in the planning and creation of help videos which can be used on a wiki, blog, or other site to help all chemistry students. Share the videos using a tool such as Teachers.TV reviewed here. Want to try a wiki, but have no clue where to begin? Check out the TeachersFirst's Wiki Walk-Through.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Math A Tube - GreatEye.com
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1 to 10
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This site offers a ton of links to math videos with supplementary support problems. There are many topics, and most include subtopics: everything from rounding to exponents to decimals...more
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This site offers a ton of links to math videos with supplementary support problems. There are many topics, and most include subtopics: everything from rounding to exponents to decimals to pre-algebra! It is a very cool place to find homework help or an alternative teaching approach for various math concepts from things as simple as adding whole numbers to more advanced topics such as geometry. The site is divided by click-able math topics. The site does have some advertisements, but they are fairly easy to overlook. *Be sure to test out this site ahead of time and make sure your school will allow access to the specific videos you wish to use. The videos themselves may be "hosted" on YouTube or other "blocked" sites.
tag(s): decimals (72), estimation (30), homework (31), money (125), ratios (22), statistics (77)
In the Classroom
Teachers could add this site to their class web pages to provide extra support. Specific videos can be shown on the interactive white board as part of learning centers to allow the math classroom to become more like a math laboratory. If you can't find the specific topic you are looking for here, why not challenge cooperative learning groups to create a simple video teaching the new concept(s). Use a site such as TeacherTube reviewed here, to share the videos.
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Game Classroom - Big Purple Hippos LLC
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K to 6
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Find free interactives in Math, Logic, and Language Arts using this colorful site. Choose your grade level (K-6) and then your specific topic. Some examples of topics include: Time...more
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Find free interactives in Math, Logic, and Language Arts using this colorful site. Choose your grade level (K-6) and then your specific topic. Some examples of topics include: Time and Money, Problem Solving, Reading and Comprehension, Range, Mean, Median, and Mode, Grammar, Literature, and countless others. Find help in the homework help section along the right side of the site. You may also do a more generalized search by using the links for "Popular," "Math," or "Language Arts." Many of the activities have been created by other sites or educators (you may even notice some familiar characters, such as Big Bird). Some activities may have ads appearing beside them. Students should be advised to ignore these ads.
tag(s): equations (69), fractions (131), homework (31), keyboarding (18), measurement (95), poetry (161), probability (66), statistics (77)
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Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Make it a kinesthetic "center" for students to explore using your interactive whiteboard. Use these activities to strengthen skills, provide practice, and identify weaknesses. For example, use math games that teach graphing, analyzing, and counting. There is a wide variety of topics here, so be sure to peruse this site before your new unit or lesson! Using examples on this site, students can create their own homework help using a wiki, blog, or other site to help others. Allow students to "rate" the games using stars or smiley faces and comment on how the game helps them learn. Play a variety of word and other language arts games. Be sure to list this link on your class website or wiki for students to access both in and out of the classroom.
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Soshiku (Homework Tracker) - Andrew Schaper (Definitalize)
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5 to 12
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No homework turned in? Then your students must not know about Soshiku. This free site came into existence by a 17-year-old student, Andrew Schaper, who was tired of searching for ...more
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No homework turned in? Then your students must not know about Soshiku. This free site came into existence by a 17-year-old student, Andrew Schaper, who was tired of searching for easy-to-use, reliable homework tracking sites. Creating Soshiku alleviated his frustration. Using Soshiku requires a quick registration for login information, and then it sends out reminders to your students via text messaging, email, or web interface. Do you want to learn more? Click the "Take A Tour" button to learn all about this useful site! As with any site registration, check with your school's policy on email address sharing and membership. Rather than providing personal email addresses, try Gmail. You can create your own Gmail account with up to 20 subaccounts for each group of students (by code name or number) within your classes. Here is a blog post that tells how.
At the time of this review, there were no ads to worry about. For those projects that require collaboration, this site allows users to share information with other group members, assign tasks and share important documents. (Again, the ability to monitor what your students will be sharing is nil, so beware of school policy.)
At the time of this review, there were no ads to worry about. For those projects that require collaboration, this site allows users to share information with other group members, assign tasks and share important documents. (Again, the ability to monitor what your students will be sharing is nil, so beware of school policy.)
tag(s): homework (31)
In the Classroom
For students who need additional help in organizing assignments (think about your focus-deficit students), encourage the use of this site through sharing this link on your class website. With school policy in check, teachers may opt to set up student accounts early in the school year. Perhaps, setting up accounts can be performed school wide during computer classes.
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Helping Your Student Get the Most out of Homework - National PTA
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1 to 8
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Here's a site that explains why teachers give homework, what parents can do to help their children work effectively, and ways to assist while allowing chldren to assume the responsibility...more
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Here's a site that explains why teachers give homework, what parents can do to help their children work effectively, and ways to assist while allowing chldren to assume the responsibility for their assignments.
tag(s): homework (31)
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Share this site with parents at the beginning of the year at events like an open house, or when explaining your homework policy. Print the article out to hand to them, or post the site on your wiki or webpage to let them access the information at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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