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ESL Discussions - Sean Banville
Grades
7 to 12
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In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to use anytime you want to develop and promote discussion skills in your classroom. After students have completed their discussion questions, have them present their findings to the class then create a quick poll (with no membership required) using kwiqpoll (reviewed here). Share with ESL/ELL and Special Education teachers as a resource for promoting discussion and speaking skills with their students. Use this site for teacher-selected topics in debate club, speech class, and more. Some of the topics could even make good blog prompts.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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CurrClick - Staley Krause
Grades
1 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): ebooks (23)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site for use throughout the year for materials to use with any unit. Check back often, as new titles may be added! Display documents on your projector or interactive whiteboard to teach almost any language arts skills: highlighting parts of speech, subject/predicate, etc. Teacher notetaking or working with informational texts using these free texts. Be sure to use the FREE search to avoid paid texts. This would be a good site to share with students on your class website, blog, or wiki.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ustream - Brad Hunstable and Gyula Feher
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animal homes (19), animals (197), fashion (9), news (148), sports (65), video (112), webcams (6)
In the Classroom
This site would be a great addition to any science, social studies, or world cultures class. Select specific web cams and create shortcuts on your classroom computers. Students can "see what's happening" in a certain place as you learn about animals or events. Use animal webcams for students to observe animal behavior and keep a "lab journal" of what they see. Share the videos on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Create your own live stream for parents to view student presentations, classroom visitors, or other events. Since video connections can sometimes be tricky, we suggest pretesting before planning any major events! Create a live stream to share classroom lessons with homebound students (within school policies). For a great example of a live streaming project and detailed directions on how to do it, see this visit to a school garden.Edge Features:
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Collection: Museum of the American Revolution
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): american revolution (52), boston (15), declaration of independence (9), gettysburg (24), gettysburg address (15), great britain (11), lincoln (75), war of 1812 (9), washington (26)
In the Classroom
Allow students to explore the site and timeline. Challenge them to create a simple infographic sharing their findings using Easel.ly, reviewed here or Venngage reviewed here. Have students use a mapping tool such as Mapskip (reviewed here) to create a map of locations and events shared on the website. They could also create a Mapskip about your own town's history (with audio stories and pictures included)! Have students use Fakebook (reviewed here) to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about an American Revolution event or famous figure.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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If It Were My Home - Andy Lintner
Grades
3 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): africa (173), asia (63), australia (23), canada (22), cross cultural understanding (62), diseases (52), europe (57), globe (11), hiv/aids (16), south america (25), statistics (90)
In the Classroom
Ask each student to choose a country to compare to their country of origin. Have students pair up with a partner and compare their chosen countries to the country of origin. Tie in a creative writing project, and have students imagine that they are moving from their country of origin to their chosen country. Students can use the information and comparison as inspiration for their fictional story about what life would be like in their new home. Use the statistical data in If it Were My Home for some real world mathematical comparison between countries. Create infographics to compare the two countries using a tool such as Venngage, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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360Cities - 360 Cities s.r.o.
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): images (161), landforms (36), landmarks (18), virtual field trips (26)
In the Classroom
The 360Cities panoramic pictures provide a vivid visual experience to enhance any lesson. Students can search and view the panoramic setting of a reading passage or novel. Need to paint a picture for students about a historical topic? View the image on 360Cities. Activate schema with these vivid images. Bring Science to life as you explore the many natural wonders of our world and even space. Explore these exciting worlds through the panoramic pictures. Visit businesses and famous landmarks around the world for a free virtual tour. Looking for creative writing prompts? Use the images for poems or story starters. Teaching geometry? Have students locate geometric figures in the pictures. Provide students an image and challenge them to create a virtual tour as they explore the image. Use web 2.0 tools or the students' artistic talents to create travel brochures for the panoramic pictures. Record the tours as a screencast or present orally. Use the "how-to" section to have your students create their own panoramic pictures. Take a panoramic shot of your classroom to post on your website or blog. Use DSLR cameras or cell phones to create your panoramic pictures.Edge Features:
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Szoter - szoter.com
Grades
K to 12tag(s): digital storytelling (66), images (161)
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Capture a screenshot of websites or software and annotate with directions for student use. Have students label and identify objects in an image. Label parts of a plant, continents, landforms, etc. Practice new words in a different language by asking students to label and identify objects in that language. Create a storyboard using several annotated images as a story starter. Art students can annotate images to point out design elements or annotate images of their own work to talk about the creative decisions they made. Share annotated Szoter images on your class website or blog to tell about a field trip or class event.Edge Features:
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View From Your Window Game - vfywgame.com
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): architecture (51), cities (16), countries (48), cross cultural understanding (62), landforms (36), map skills (44)
In the Classroom
Demonstrate this site on your projector or interactive whiteboard, thinking out loud as you go. Use this site when discussing cultures, architecture, landforms, and other distinguishing characteristics of various countries -- even vegetation. You could also use it as a way to practice scientific observation and inquiry process as you continually hypothesize possible locations and test your hypothesis. Students can work individually or in teams to identify distinguishing portions of photos to identify the location. Have each student(s) give a best guess and justify their choices in writing even after trying the activity. (They can write up their last best guess.) Consider following this model and having students photograph unique locations in your area and post to a class wiki or blog, eliciting similar answers as to the exact location. Follow up the guesses with in depth research about the cultures and history of the specific location.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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America in Class - The National Humanities Center
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): abolition (7), american revolution (52), civil war (113), colonial america (89), colonization (12), commoncore (41), democracy (10), native americans (48), primary sources (61), slavery (56), women (88)
In the Classroom
Use your interactive whiteboard or projector to help your class learn the background information and read the material through once. Work through the lesson together; then consider assigning groups of four students to go through the readings again, discovering the answers to the essential questions. Have students post the group's answers on a back channel chat program such as Today's Meet reviewed here so all groups can see all answers. Where answers differ, have students go back into the reading and cite evidence to support their answer on Today's Meet for all to see.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Educator Resource Center Smart Board Lessons - Teq Educator Resource Center
Grades
K to 12tag(s): 1800s (30), 1900s (16), angles (62), animal homes (19), area (40), civil war (113), communities (24), counting (99), decimals (95), equations (98), food chains (11), fractions (172), graphic organizers (35), habitats (59), hebrew (11), holidays (116), integers (35), iwb (27), life cycles (18), maps (193), mean (16), measurement (121), median (18), native americans (48), percent (58), place value (43), planets (96), plants (86), polynomials (19), pythagorean theorem (18), religions (38), rock cycle (7), rocks (35), STEM (27), transformations (11), volume (28), womens suffrage (10), world war 1 (28), world war 2 (127)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site to use as a resource for interactive whiteboard lessons and activities. Search for topics for your subject/grade level. View the STEM category to find activities for your class. Share activities on your interactive whiteboard, having students operate the board. Some activities would also be appropriate for individual computers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Slave Stories - International Slavery Museum, Liverpool England
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): africa (173), black history (41), cross cultural understanding (62), slavery (56)
In the Classroom
View this site together on your interactive whiteboard or projector. It would be an interesting counterpoint if your class is reading Paula Fox's The Slave Dancer, even though the time frame is not identical. Allow students to explore on their own. Challenge cooperative groups to read a specific "journey." What was the biggest surprise in the story? What did they already know about slavery? Have groups use a mapping tool such as Mapskip (reviewed here) to create a map of slavery voyages. They can even include audio "stories" and pictures.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Term.ly - Agile Tortoise, Inc.
Grades
5 to 12tag(s): dictionaries (34), famous people (14), vocabulary (288), vocabulary development (74), word study (42)
In the Classroom
Use this site when learning science and social studies vocabulary words (or famous people). Add the bookmarklet for students to use with complex informational texts. Use this site for research projects and to explore the "root" of a word. Remember to use caution and supervision when referring students to any adult level dictionary. This is a site that you may want to use as a classroom activity (on your interactive whiteboard or projector). If you choose to allow students to register independently (or list this link on your website). be sure to check school policy about student registrations. The favorite word list feature could be quite handy for students to "collect" their own vocabulary wordsAdd your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Civil War 150 - History.com
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): battles (12), civil war (113), emancipation proclamation (10), gettysburg (24), gettysburg address (15), lincoln (75), slavery (56)
In the Classroom
Mark this site as a Favorite for use during your Civil War unit. Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Show students how to use information from infographics and cite correctly using the "cite this" button located with each infographic. This site is perfect for student exploration. Challenge them to come up with their own top 5 lists to compare to the experts' choices. Another idea: have students create a simple infographic sharing pertinent information about the Civil War using Easel.ly, reviewed here or Venngage reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Hungry History - The History Channel
Grades
3 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): cooking (26), cross cultural understanding (62), holidays (116), myplate (24), nutrition (116)
In the Classroom
Be sure to include this resource in a unit discussing foods. Students can research and report on a various types of food. Compare the nutritional strengths and weaknesses of different cultures. Have students make a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools reviewed here. Discuss how various grains are a major underpinning of most holiday celebrations. As you view each of these resources, be sure to note the various grains that are often used. Report on different cultures and celebrations around the world. Students can even create many of these dishes to share with classmates and gain understandings of various cultures. How does the food reflect the natural resources of a region? How does it relate to the culture's religion? World language students can trace historical foods of the culture they are studying and even share them at a world language fair.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Freebook Sifter - FreebookSifter
Grades
K to 12tag(s): book lists (81), independent reading (69)
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This site is a helpful classroom reference tool. Save this link on your classroom computers. Find books to use at learning stations, especially if you are a BYOD (Bring your own Device) school. Be sure to provide this link on your class website for students to use at home. The books available include all those in the public domain and titles whose authors have granted permission for free dispersal.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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A Europe of Tales - europeoftales.net
Grades
3 to 10tag(s): europe (57), folktales (59), myths and legends (12), narrative (21)
In the Classroom
Choose myths and legends to share on your interactive whiteboard or projector. This site is perfect for when you are studying European countries or when teaching a unit on myths and legends. Students could explore in small groups to discover similarities to more familiar folktales. Another idea: use this site in your world language class. Explore the site in the language you are teaching. The site is offered in French, Italian, and several other languages. Use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram (reviewed here) to create a visual comparison of different folk tales and story patterns.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mapping History - University of Oregon
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): 1700s (9), 1800s (30), 1900s (16), africa (173), alaska (23), american revolution (52), central america (13), civil war (113), cold war (20), colonial america (89), colonization (12), explorers (44), great depression (16), greece (22), greeks (22), hawaii (6), industrialization (10), italy (11), maps (193), native americans (48), romans (22), slavery (56), south america (25), spain (6), war of 1812 (9), world war 1 (28), world war 2 (127)
In the Classroom
View modules together as a class on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Provide links to selected modules on your class webpage or blog. Use as one source for students to create their own maps. Using a mapping tool such as Mapskip (reviewed here) to create a map of any specific time period or event. With Mapskip students can even include audio "stories" and pictures.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Go Social Studies Go! - Kenneth Udhe
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): australia (23), china (56), civil war (113), continents (32), england (51), explorers (44), france (36), germany (21), italy (11), japan (57), martin luther king (30), native americans (48), north america (13), religions (38), renaissance (32), romans (22), rome (21), russia (24), south america (25), spain (6), washington (26), world war 1 (28)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site for use in middle and high school Social Studies classes. Select content to view as a class on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Introduce the site to students and let them explore specific sections on their own. Share a link to the portion of the site desired through your class website or blog. Have students or student groups create online posters using Check This (reviewed here). This site is also a useful reference for students to "look up" a major historic event to better understand historical fiction or even movies. Make it available as a general reference link on your class web page.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Awesome Stories - AwesomeStories
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4 to 12tag(s): art history (38), artists (47), biographies (31), black history (41), civil rights (77), civil war (113), cross cultural understanding (62), disasters (30), earthquakes (37), easter (18), inventors and inventions (93), korea (14), lincoln (75), mars (37), movies (49), natural disasters (13), presidents (87), primary sources (61), resources (92), south africa (6), vocabulary (288), weather (158), womens suffrage (10)
In the Classroom
Use this rich site to support your social studies, history, science, language arts classroom and many others! There is a lot here to explore and many diverse topics. Use the Visual Vocabulary Builder to introduce your students to new vocabulary in a different way. Middle and high schoolers could use the movies to teach about character development and themes. The site includes several lesson plans that help you teach with current movies. Have your students use the site to find historical images to use in presentations. (Be sure to check the licensing on any image you use and cite it properly.) Project the video clips using an interactive whiteboard or projector to introduce students to a unit of study. Challenge small groups of students to explore one of the topics presented at this site and share their "story" with the rest of the class. Have students create an annotated image including text boxes and related links using a tool such as Thinglink, reviewed here. Many texts on this site are also useful examples of informational texts for practice of Common Core standards.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SMART Technology Sites - Arlys Peterson
Grades
K to 8tag(s): alphabet (76), audio books (22), grammar (197), human body (68), iwb (27), manipulatives (40), maps (193), money (154), order of operations (19), poetry (193), preK (163), probability (85), problem solving (150), resources (92), rounding (20), states (150)
In the Classroom
These lessons are great for the new SMART Board user or the seasoned pro. Stop and think before you start about how to use them in a student centered lesson, trying some of the lesson formats that help you avoid being "Vanna." View the lessons as is or use them to help you create your own lesson. Use the training videos to help your teaching peers and new SMART Board users learn how to use the SMART Board. Many of these tools could be used on any brand of Interactive Whiteboard.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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