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return to subject listingKeith Hughes Teaching Stuff YouTube Playlist - Keith Hughes
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K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): back to school (62), mentoring (5), professional development (388), test prep (66)
In the Classroom
Include videos during back to school preparation and planning with other staff members. Share with your student teacher as an excellent repository of teaching advice. Use these videos as examples for creating your own videos to share with your teaching colleagues.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Mobile Learning: Why Tech Savvy Educators Are Turning to Podcasts - Buzzsprout
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1 to 12tag(s): podcasts (72), professional development (388), radio (20)
In the Classroom
Share this article with parents (or administrators) as an explanation and introduction to using podcasts in your classroom. Share with other teachers as part of your professional development sessions on learning technologies. Explore these other options for choosing your podcasting tools - PodOmatic, reviewed here, and Spreaker, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TPS Teachers Network - Metropolitan State University of Denver
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K to 12tag(s): bookmarks (47), primary sources (113), professional development (388), social networking (68), Teacher Utilities (146)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save TPS Teachers Network as an excellent professional development and social networking site. Share with your colleagues to create your own professional learning network on the site. Create albums with primary sources for use throughout the year in one easy to find location.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Milestones - GreatKids
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K to 8tag(s): parent conferences (24), parents (60), professional development (388), video (256)
In the Classroom
Milestones is perfect for sharing with parents to explain grade-level goals and expectations. Share a link on your class web page or blog for parents to access at any time. Share one or two videos during your meet the teacher night or with individual parents during conferences.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Thrively - Thrively
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1 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): back to school (62), differentiation (83), multiple intelligences (7), social and emotional learning (80), Special Needs (53), Teacher Utilities (146)
In the Classroom
Begin your school year with a more personal touch, by knowing what your students' interests are. On the teacher dashboard, examine each student and match interest to activities to differentiate instruction. Students can explore careers, apps, and activities matching their profile. With interest and strengths targeted, you can sail smoothly into a highly engaged class of individualized learning. During career explorations, open up worlds of possibilities for students and families to begin planning a successful path. Add a link to this tool to your class website for possible enrichment activities for families. Offer suggestions to parents for enriching after school activities found around your area.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Reason and Wonder - Michael Fenton
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5 to 10tag(s): blogs (66), characterization (16), equations (119), problem solving (225)
In the Classroom
Subscribe to Reason and Wonder to receive email updates with new posts and lessons. Incorporate lessons found on this site into your current lesson plans. If you are beginning the process of integrating technology, have students create blogs sharing their learning and understanding using Telegra.ph, reviewed here. This blog creator requires no registration. Challenge cooperative learning groups to create videos including problem-solving and discussion, and then share them on a site such as TeacherTube, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Boomerang for Gmail - Bavdin
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1 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): organizational skills (90)
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Let Boomerrang simplify your email life. Start the beginning of school with welcoming emails to each student/family. Schedule emails with newsletters, timely events, or parent conference reminders in exactly the right time! Design unit newsletters to coincide with your lessons time periods. Schedule birthday wishes or even schedule emails to remind yourself of an important event. You will never forget to collect all responses or assignments with a reminder email. Manage daily or weekly parent reports with ease and timeliness. Share at Meet the Teacher Nights or Curriculum Chats to help parents improve organizational skills for their student.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Institution for Arts Integration and STEAM - Education Closet
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K to 12tag(s): architecture (64), professional development (388), robotics (22), STEM (259)
In the Classroom
Look at the back issues of ArtsEd LAB for different articles to see if you want to subscribe to ArtsEd LAB. Find ideas for incorporating art into science, technology, engineering, and math classes. Share with colleagues and at professional development meetings for any relevant ideas.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mathematics Instructional Resources - Los Angeles Unified School District
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K to 12tag(s): assessment (147), commoncore (75), professional development (388)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site for use throughout the year. Take advantage of the free lesson plans and curriculum maps provided. Share with colleagues as you plan Common Core lessons. Use the intervention links provided for middle and high school students to reinforce and review topics. Share the Opening Strong in a Common Core Classroom article with your back to school activities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Shape America - Shape America
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K to 12This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
Bookmark and share this site with your school's physical education teacher and coaches. Share a link to the physical activity guidelines on your class website as information for parents. Share this site with older students as part of any health unit, ask them to create a home health plan based on guidelines provided on the site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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180 Days: Challenge - PBS
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K to 12tag(s): classroom management (128), professional development (388)
In the Classroom
Take the 180 Days Challenge as part of your professional development activities. Use individual scenarios as a prompt for discussions within your school or grade level. Be sure to share this site with other teachers and administrators as part of your ongoing teaching discussions. Use videos found on the 180 Days Challenge to discuss how your school handles different classroom situations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Creating a Rubric: Tutorial - University of South Florida Health
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4 to 12tag(s): assessment (147), professional development (388), rubrics (33)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site for use when creating a rubric of any kind. Share with students and have them set up their own rubrics, based on the requirements, for projects. Doing this may help clarify the requirements. Be sure to check out other TeachersFirst Rubrics resources here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Common Core Quick Tips - Math Solutions
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K to 6This site includes advertising.
tag(s): commoncore (75), professional development (388)
In the Classroom
Use these tips and strategies as part of your Common Core Standards instruction. Take one strategy at a time to work on, enlist peers to work together as part of a study and support group. Share strategies as part of math professional development sessions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National STEM Centre eLibrary - National Stem Centre (UK)
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K to 12tag(s): engineering (117), STEM (259)
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Take advantage of the free activities, videos, and other resources throughout the year. Be sure to bookmark this site to search for resources for any lesson. Share a link to specific lessons and activities on your class website for use at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Intel Teach Elements - Online Professional Development Courses - Intel
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K to 12tag(s): professional development (388)
In the Classroom
Gain a better understanding of digital learning tools and techniques by taking Intel's professional development courses. Share with other faculty members as part of your school's professional development. Take a course together with fellow staff members and discuss content and how it works in your teaching situation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TextProject YouTube Channel - TextProject, Inc
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K to 9tag(s): commoncore (75), literacy (106), professional development (388), reading comprehension (142), reading strategies (96), video (256)
In the Classroom
Share individual videos with parents to help them understand different reading strategies. Embed a video of the week on your class website or blog for parents. Share with colleagues as part of your ongoing professional development.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Technology Integration Matrix - Florida Center for Instructional Technology
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K to 12tag(s): rubrics (33)
In the Classroom
Use the matrix to evaluate how you use technology in your classroom. Share with administrators and peers as part of your ongoing professional development. View videos to understand different ways to incorporate technology in your classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Microsoft Educator Network - Microsoft
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1 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): computers (105), Microsoft (84), professional development (388)
In the Classroom
Sharpen your technology integration skills and grow in your knowledge with Microsoft. Apply useful tools to your classroom situation. Using tutorials, you can find answers to many common problems. Form a group and participate in classes and blog together. Create lessons aligned to the Common Core Standards using the Common Core Implementation Kit. Develop students critical thinking skills using the Critical Thinking Teaching Guide. Teachers of students with special needs, discover videos and guides for accessibility with definitions of impairment types and more. Chemistry teachers will find Word Add-in, with an easier way to insert, modify, and present chemical symbols and data sources. These are just a few of the guides, videos, and lesson plans. Explore for yourself to see many, many others. Allow students to explore tools and use ones that are useful for them.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Creative Educator - Tech4Learning
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1 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): addition (128), creativity (92), Teacher Utilities (146)
In the Classroom
Creative Educator, designed for teachers, helps you move past stale worksheets to get inspired! Be sure to look at this site to help you discover ways to integrate technology and creativity into lessons. Work with a partner to make the lessons fit in your situation. Share at staff meetings and offer new ideas. Look for ways to bring a new focus to your gifted students. Give as a resource to students, so they can choose a multimedia product to share the content knowledge they are learning. Once you and your students are familiar with the site use Padlet, reviewed here, to list out student interests. Then use Symbaloo Learning Paths, reviewed here, to assign lessons to groups with the same or similar interests. Older students, once they have determined their interests, can select their projects/lessons and create their own Symbaloo Learning Paths. After several selections, ask older students to choose the topic they were most interested in, find resources to learn more about the topic, then extend their learning by presenting their findings using a multimedia tool such as (click on the tool name to access the review): Canva Infographic Maker, Marq (formerly Lucidpress), Powtoon, and FlexClip.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Thinkuknow - Crown
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1 to 12tag(s): digital citizenship (83), internet safety (112), professional development (388)
In the Classroom
Before you begin work with any tool on the Internet, educate students with the most important lessons, keeping safe! Choose the age group and follow the lessons together as a group on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Continue discussions on your class blog. Add parents to your blog so they can reinforce lessons on Internet safety. Then it is time to introduce the Appropriate Use for Technology permission form, and this will now make sense to kids. Bookmark this site on classroom computers so students can refer to the information. Be sure to offer as a tool for parents to review and reinforce at home. At your technology night, have this up on your projector screen while parents are entering, so all get a needed reminder. Be sure student technology clubs examine and understand the concepts. Have the student technology club make their own videos introducing safety concepts.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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