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Best Practices Weekly - Education Success Network
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): professional development (164)
In the Classroom
Share this site with other teachers in your building as a resource. Choose interesting articles to discuss during staff meetings or professional development sessions. Save this site in your favorites and check back often.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Study Blue - StudyBlue
Grades
K to 12tag(s): flash cards (46)
In the Classroom
Use as a study aid for students. This is a great tool for older students (who own cell phones). Students can study their flashcards on the bus, in the backseat of the family car, or while waiting for their dentist appointment! Have students create individual accounts and collaborate with others or create a class account for all to use. Have groups collaborate on the creation of flashcards for students to use or have groups create flashcards for specific parts of the unit. Learning support students can take their extra help along with them.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Includes Interaction w general public/ public galleries with unmoderated content
Includes social features, such as "friends," comments, ratings by others
Requires registration/log-in (WITH email)
Products can be shared by URL
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Global SchoolNet - Global School Net
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): cross cultural understanding (123), service projects (24)
In the Classroom
Go global with your class this year! Set your technology goals to include many of the different global project based learning sites in a condensed easy to find manner. Link your class to other classes around the world. Join in online expeditions, competitions for your students, or even an online teacher award. Join in the Newsday Project and have your students publish articles for the world to see. Several International resources provide lesson plans for teachers for problem based technology projects. Information for different competitions bring your class into the cutting edge of global technology problem based learning. Join the list serve to keep updated with the latest happening in global education.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Vodburner - Netralia Pty Ltd
Grades
K to 12In the Classroom
Users will need the to download/install Skype (free) and create an account. Follow the simple instructions for using and recording. Be sure to check out all the help tabs found on the Vodburner site.As noted above, it is a good idea to let those you are Skyping with know that you are recording calls with Vodburner. Be sure to discuss appropriate use of this resource and consequences for inappropriate use before using with students.
Use for any subject matter to record Skype calls with others for later review and discussion. Using Vodburner would be a great addition to Skype calls to professionals, enhancing content in your classroom. For specific ideas on using Skype, check out the Skype In the Classroom section.
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Jotform - Interlogy, LLC
Grades
K to 12tag(s): polls and surveys (55)
In the Classroom
Use in the classroom for a survey, collecting student information, or any time you are looking for feedback. Use this site for checking student knowledge quickly and easily. Use in projects, including graduation projects. Students can collect data for analysis. Teachers can collect input from parents or students, including conference concerns to know about in advance or questions students have about current curriculum topics. Students who might never speak up in class may be willing to share their questions online, especially if it is anonymous.Comments
Jotform is really easy to use! But there are some limits regarding how long and often you can use it without paying. I also use Google forms/ spreadsheets in my class to make forms. Google spreadsheets also have gadgets that let you graph the results!Elise, CO, Grades: 0 - 12
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ABCya - ABCYA.com, l.l.c,
Grades
K to 5This site includes advertising.
tag(s): alphabet (86), decimals (125), drawing (78), fractions (228), game based learning (139), geometric shapes (173), keyboarding (40), latitude (15), literacy (106), longitude (15), number sense (96), numbers (197), operations (123), preK (288)
In the Classroom
Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector, demonstration how to use the specific tool/activity. Create a learning center AT the whiteboard or on individual laptops and allow students to try it out on their own. List this as a student and parent resource on your classroom website. Use this site to informally assess skills to tell you which students to allow to do alternative work or go ahead. Allow your gifted students to explore new concepts while providing necessary reinforcement for those learners that need a technology-inspired method to help master learning goals. This is an excellent tool for differentiating. Provide as an anticipatory guide for new units.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Financial Education in the Math Classroom - The Math Forum @ Drexel University
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): calculators (40), coins (7), currency (19), financial literacy (87), investing (8), stock market (13)
In the Classroom
Use tools available on the site on your interactive whiteboard or projector to explore how different factors influence finances. Have students predict outcomes before inputting information into the tools on the site. Use the tools when creating a mini-economy in the classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SignUp - Volunteer Spot
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): calendars (47), parent conferences (23)
In the Classroom
Teachers can use this for conference night sign-ups; parents can see time slots available immediately and choose what is best for them. This is also great to use for classroom volunteer schedules, class snack sign-ups, and more. School organizations such as PTO's can use this to schedule volunteers for fundraisers, library helpers, and any other activities requiring a volunteer pool. After creating an event, be sure to post the link to the sign up on your class webpage, blog, and in class newsletters. Teachers will also love using this to organize faculty events and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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National TESOL Standards: Online Edition - TESOL
Grades
K to 12tag(s): differentiation (53)
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Save this site as a favorite on your classroom desktop to allow for easy reference later on!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Epic Decide - EpicDecide.com
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): polls and surveys (55), quizzes (105)
In the Classroom
Use this tool to make choices on activities in class, what students feel about certain aspects of history or current events, or any other question where you want to offer options and collect votes. Use in clubs and organizations in school. Poll a class at the start (on iTouches) to see how they would have handled a difficult issue in history or as part of homework, have them predict what will happen in the next chapter of the novel the class is reading. Have students use the decision maker in a role play activity such as deciding whether or not your state should secede from the Union in 1861.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Common Core Standards - Pearson Education, Inc.
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): commoncore (102), professional development (164)
In the Classroom
Begin your transition in to the world of Common Core Curriculum by starting with great webinars and resources. The webinars are very informational and give great insight. Find ways to begin to align your own teaching by offering more rigor and challenge. Stay in touch with the latest blogs on Common Core Information.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teach Magazine - teachmagazine.com
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
This magazine is mostly geared toward the professional in you. But delve deeper and explore to find some excellent ideas to incorporate in your classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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LiveBinders4Teachers - Barbara Tallent
Grades
K to 12tag(s): classroom management (159), teaching strategies (25)
In the Classroom
Use these prefabricated binders as the base for your own binders! Also, connect with other adventurous technology using teachers to glean new ideas and discover even more new tools.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Department of Energy Lesson Plans - Department of energy
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K to 12tag(s): conservation (128), electricity (92), energy (207)
In the Classroom
Find great resources that help answer "What is energy?," the different energy sources, and using and saving energy. Have cooperative learning groups explore one of the articles of interest on this page and create a multimedia project 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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Topmark Interactive Whiteboard Resources - Topmarks
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K to 12tag(s): descriptive writing (40), energy (207), environment (325), forces (45), grammar (212), literacy (106), literature (272), map skills (84), maps (298), novels (22), persuasive writing (57), poetry (219), preK (288), religions (68), rhythm (21), rivers (25), seasons (36), shakespeare (110), speeches (19), spelling (168), water cycle (32), weather (201)
In the Classroom
Use activities offered on the site on your interactive whiteboard or projector either as a whole class activity or use your whiteboard as one of the learning centers in your class. Share with parents on your blog or classroom newsletter as a resource for practice at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TeachersFirst: Sifting Through the Filters - TeachersFirst
Grades
K to 12tag(s): internet safety (118)
In the Classroom
Read through this on your own or share it in a staff meeting where you discuss use of the Internet and teachers' role in Internet safety. You may also want to share the link with your principal or other decision-makers to open dialog on ways to include teachers in the process.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Quizbox - Quizbox.com
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
Use as a pre-test at the start of a chapter or unit. Identify misconceptions or basic knowledge to help determine instruction. Identify interests of students at the start of the school year. Use to poll students on project ideas or to determine reactions to current events. Do the questions as a whole-class activity on a multimedia projector or interactive whiteboard with students contributing the portions of knowledge they do know toward solving the question. Using teamwork and thinking aloud can often help the group reach a conclusion that no single member could do on his/her own. They can each test different math answers to see which one is correct. This process will not only foster thinking aloud and group communication, but also model test-taking skills for multiple choice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Student Produced Video Field Trips - TeachersFirst
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4 to 12tag(s): video (278)
In the Classroom
Read through the step by step and get started! TeachersFirst offers all the practical advice you need to try this 21st century approach to real world learning.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Squareleaf - Squareleaf.net
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): note taking (40)
In the Classroom
Students can easily store their notes and share with others. Use this tool to manage projects and schedule tasks. Help students organize the specific tasks necessary to finish a project. Use class discussion to decide what needs to be done and the intermediate steps to completing projects. Use different colors and shapes to manage different projects. Teachers of both gifted and learning support students can use this tool together with students to build organizational skills. Teachers can use this tool to manage and plan short term tasks, longer term units, and graduate class assignments from their busy lives.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Project Based Learning for the 21st Century - Buck Institute for Education
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): assessment (114)
In the Classroom
Use these ideas in any subject area classroom. Aspects of PBL can be used in introductory activities or whole units. Use driving questions to stimulate student curiosity to know more about how curriculum applies to their lives. Use this PBL framework to give students freedom to research aspects of the content or problem of personal interest. Be sure to view the resources to adequately plan for a successful unit project that incorporates 21st century skills utilizing engaging activities and content.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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