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Vocabulist (Beta) - Ahan Malhotra
Grades
4 to 12
tag(s): flash cards (47), spelling (167), vocabulary (325), vocabulary development (125), word study (79)
In the Classroom
Vocabulist is perfect for differentiated learning. Create individual student vocabulary and spelling lists based on student needs. Create lists for difficult vocabulary from any text or for any subject. Be sure to share a link on your class website for students to use at home to create study guides throughout the year.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Blended Learning Implementation Guide - John Bailey, Scott Ellis, Carri Schneider, & Tom Vander Ark
Grades
K to 12tag(s): professional development (133)
In the Classroom
Print and share this guide as an excellent resource when implementing blended learning in your classroom or school. Be sure to save a link to the online version to access the videos linked within the guide. Use the guide as part of your professional development sessions. Discuss and work with different portions of the guide throughout the year as you learn about blended learning. Consider using this guide as a book study with your peers for one year, then implementing blended learning the following year.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Math Salamanders - Crispin Salamander
Grades
K to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): addition (239), division (169), geometric shapes (166), measurement (159), money (190), multiplication (222), number sense (94), numbers (200), place value (56), preK (291), subtraction (199), time (140), worksheets (62)
In the Classroom
Although there is relatively heavy advertising on this site, the many resources make it worth a look. Take advantage of the free worksheets on Math Salamander for use with students needing additional practice, to send home when parents request additional work, or to keep in your substitute folder for quick practice activities. Be sure to share a link on your class page for parents to access at home. Create a link to online interactives on your classroom computers for use as a math center.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teaching London Computing Resources for Teachers - Teaching London Computing
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): computers (92), logic (239), probability (131), problem solving (274), sequences (16), STEM (151)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free activities and resources on the site to promote computer skills and problem solving in the classroom. Choose activities from the site to include during your school's math fair (or hold your own class math fair). Share a link to activities on your class website and encourage students to complete them and share with the class. Have students create an annotated image of their activity including text boxes, related links, and video using a tool such as Thinglink, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Investing for Beginners - Fidelity Investments
Grades
8 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): financial literacy (80), investing (10)
In the Classroom
Share videos with your students on an interactive whiteboard or projector. You may be interested in continuing the investment study by having students set up their own practice portfolio for a no-risk option to dabble in stock trading and buying. Use a program like Wall Street Survivor, reviewed here, to do this. Have cooperative learning groups research other aspects of economics or business and challenge the groups to create videos and share them on a site such as SchoolTube, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Go To Quiz - gotoquiz.com
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): assessment (104), quiz (89), quizzes (101)
In the Classroom
Create a Go To Quiz as a tool for checking prior knowledge or making a quick assessment. Have students answer exit questions or see what students remember from the previous day using Go To Quiz. Use for formative assessment to identify misconceptions that students may have at the start of a unit. ESL/ELL and world language teachers could use this for vocabulary practice. Have students create quizzes with characteristics of story characters for classmates to see which character they are most like.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Flock - Cookies Riva FZC
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): chat (53), microblogging (41), polls and surveys (55)
In the Classroom
Teachers can use the chat feature to communicate with parents or students. Collaborate with other educators on lesson plans and activities. Create groups of students during group projects for collaboration. Attach the directions to the chat and monitor the conversation by including yourself in the group and promoting good digital citizenship. Use the poll feature to check for understanding or use the chat as an exit ticket.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Includes social features, such as "friends," comments, ratings by others
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Voxer - Tom Katis
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): chat (53), DAT device agnostic tool (170), listening (92), microblogging (41), social media (20), speaking (25), speech (94)
In the Classroom
Use Voxer with early readers in your Daily 5 literacy structure for oral reading and listening to others read. Archive students' reading fluency at the beginning of the year, making comparisons throughout the year. Send the Voxer sample readings to parents via email so they can hear the progress and your comments, too. Use Voxer with any language learning students, both ELL/ESL and world languages. Students can practice speaking and listening in their new language. Connect with another class in a country speaking the language your students are learning for rich, real-world discussions. Create small groups to discuss anything from current events, to how to complete a math problem, to contributions for group research projects. Middle and high school teachers can use Voxer for communication between classes posting a question about the reading they are doing, an equation in math, or a lab in science. Collaborate with another classroom across the state or in another country allowing students to discuss with other students not in their school. Reluctant writers could use this tool to brainstorm their thoughts for a writing piece. With students under 13 consider setting up a class account using a global login. Students would need to give their first name when contributing so you will know who is speaking.Edge Features:
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Ponder - Parlor Labs Inc
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): browser (6), critical thinking (111), independent reading (129), reading comprehension (118), reading strategies (47)
In the Classroom
Track students' reading and develop close reading skills and critical thinking with Ponder. Register with your email and create a Ponder group by clicking on "give it a spin" in the upper right corner of the home page. Then, give the class a name, and save the group by creating an administrator account. All directions for doing this are in the support section, as are the directions for adding additional classes. Ponder will bulk create accounts for your class, with no student email required. Just contact their support. Find an article or any text you want students to read on the web. Responding to an article on the web will initiate the class activity feed. Start out by sharing text (article, book, etc.) on an interactive whiteboard or projector with your students. Read through the text with them, asking them for feedback along the way. By doing this, you will be able to show students the features of Ponder. When you create a micro-reading response, it will post to the class activity feed along with a link to the article. Ponder is a wonderful tool to moderate reading in any core class. ESL/ELL and resource teachers can gain greater insight to their students' reading comprehension.Edge Features:
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OK2Ask: Awesome Apps for Education from Google - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12In the Classroom
Understand how to find, install, and use Google apps to support classroom instruction and for personal productivity. Watch this recording together with a few of your teaching colleagues to collect new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions hereAdd your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Iditarod Teacher on the Trail - Teacher on the Trail Program
Grades
3 to 8In the Classroom
Bookmark this site as you and your class learn about the Iditarod and follow the Iditarod as it takes place each March. Sign up to receive email notice of the latest blog entries. Take advantage of the many free lesson plans for use in your classroom. Have students create maps using Animaps, reviewed here, to follow the journey of the Iditarod. Students can add text, images, and location stops! Create a quick poll (with no membership required) using SurveyRock, reviewed here, before the race begins to let students predict the winner of the Iditarod. Have students use Fakebook, reviewed here, to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about the participants in the Iditarod.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Your Money's Best Friend - Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency
Grades
2 to 12tag(s): financial literacy (80), money (190)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free tools and materials on this site for use with any economic or financial planning unit. Have older students create economic plans based on different amounts of income to help them understand the cost of living expenses. Share a link to this site with parents, to help their student understand economic planning. You may want to share the free program, Right on the Money, with parents of younger students as a basis for teaching finances to their child.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Math Talk 101 - Genia Connell
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): commoncore (96), preK (291)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this site as a resource when planning math instruction. Math Talk techniques correlate perfectly to Common Core Standards, so this article is an excellent tool for use when preparing lessons based on standards. Create videos of math conversations and share them on a site such as TeacherTube, reviewed here. Be sure to share a link to videos on your classroom website for parents to view methods for fostering math conversations. Share this article with your peers and collaborate as you incorporate Math Talks into your classrooms.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Make to Learn - Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE)
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): computers (92), creativity (118), design (83)
In the Classroom
Share a link to the site for students interested in design and computers. If your school has an after-hours computer club, share this site with their leader as a resource for ideas. You may be interested in writing a grant to buy any equipment needed for digital formatting. See GetEdFunding, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Pixar in a Box - Khan Academy and Pixar
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): animation (65), creativity (118), movies (72), STEM (151)
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This site is excellent for enrichment. Include it on your class webpage for students to access both in and out of class. Share the opening video for lessons, then allow students to explore and complete the videos at their own pace. Use this site for enrichment with your gifted students or students interested in art and filmmaking. Challenge students to use concepts presented in the Pixar in a Box tutorials to create their own animated films.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ignite - Ninjas LLC
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): digital storytelling (154), multimedia (64)
In the Classroom
Use this tool to present new ideas to students via projector or interactive whiteboard. In a flipped classroom, share the URL and have students view the presentation on their own. Include questions on the slides to encourage active participation while viewing. Students can use this tool to work collaboratively on a slideshow to demonstrate knowledge and present material. Discuss what working collaboratively includes before beginning the project. Have students take their own pictures to include in their Ignite presentation to enhance the learning experience.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
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Sembly - Sembly
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): classroom management (148), organizational skills (128)
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Use Sembly to manage and organize any classroom. Maintain a classroom calendar so students can easily find due dates and deadlines for homework and projects. Reminder notices will be automatically generated. Share information with parents to keep them up to date. Use the discussion feature as a resource for keeping students involved over long holidays or on a snow day. Sembly is an interactive and collaborative program. Challenge literature circles to complete write ups, discussions, and final presentations about the book they read using Sembly. Lab partners can present their findings, and math students can demonstrate how they solved a problem.Edge Features:
Includes an education-only area for teachers and students
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Includes social features, such as "friends," comments, ratings by others
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Knewton - Jose Ferreira
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): adaptations (17), differentiation (50), tutorials (48)
In the Classroom
Introduce Knewton on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Students can sign up using the URL for your Knewton class, or by you putting in either their email, Knewton username, or account information. There is a very detailed FAQ section where you can learn all about the teacher dashboard and monitoring student progress. You could use this tool as a daily bell ringer assignment or at a center. You could also assign this for homework. Once students finish the selection, the tool will present another to work on right away. You may want to specify how many selections you want the students to complete on Knewton in each class session. Knewton will allow you to continue in the same area the next time you sign in. Working on these assignments through the year will improve your students' skills and literacy in Math, English, and Biology. Remember, History will be added soon. Post the link to Knewton on your class web page for students to use at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mathsspin Deluxe - Lysis Games
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): addition (239), fractions (236), game based learning (113), order of operations (36), subtraction (199)
In the Classroom
Share Mathsspin Deluxe with your class on your interactive whiteboard or projector, then allow them to play on individual classroom computers. Challenge students to track scores and share individual high scores on a class bulletin board or have students keep a log of scores in math journals.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE) - NISE Net
Grades
K to 12tag(s): carbon (21), cells (104), diseases (70), electricity (90), energy (203), environment (321), measurement (159), medicine (70), plays (36), preK (291), STEM (151)
In the Classroom
Bookmark NISE as a resource for finding STEM lesson plans and activities. Some of the lesson plans include theater plays and scripts, take advantage of these to incorporate the arts into your STEM lessons making them STEAM. Share NISE activities with students for use with math and science fair projects. Be sure to include a link to activities on your class web page for parent use at home. Share the Professional Development section with your administrator and fellow teachers.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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