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Smithsonian History Explorer
Smithsonian’s History Explorer was developed by the National Museum of American History and offers hundreds of free, innovative online resources for teaching and learning American history. The resources emphasize learning history by “reading” objects for the stories they hold about … Continue reading
Livebinder
A “3-ring binder for the web.” This is a great tool for organizing online resources in an easy-to-use format. You can create a livebinder and share it or look through ones that have already been created by others. http://www.livebinders.com/
Virtual Field Trips
Would you like to have your students participate in a videoconference with experts in their field? Perhaps you’d like to collaborate with another classroom in another part of the world? For resources to find Virtual Field Trips and collaborations, check … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, ELL, fine arts, Foreign Languages, geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, grades K-5, language arts, math, science, social studies
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WolframAlpha for general math
Wolfram Alpha is “an engine for computing answers and providing knowlwdge.” Trying to describe just what this means is very difficult, so you might want to watch their 1 minute video to understand. It has always been great for higher math, … Continue reading
neoK12 – Educational Videos, Lessons & Games
This is a great site for finding educational videos. In addition, many of the topics include a collection of subject-related pictures as well as games and review activities. Be sure to check it out! NeoK12
Posted in geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, grades K-5, Interactives, language arts, math, science, social studies
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Earth Science Week – Oct. 14-20
Oct. 14-20 is Earth Science Week!! Celebrate our Earth with ideas and activities from this site from the American Geosciences Institute. Earth Science Week Seven Minutes of Terror Video
teAchnology
This site is filled will helpful resources for teachers, students, and parents. There are worksheets, lesson plans and rubrics as well as teacher-tips for such things as the last 5 minutes of class and bulletin boards. Although the majority of … Continue reading
Posted in fine arts, Foreign Languages, geography, grades 6-8, grades K-5, language arts, math, science, Search skills, social studies, teacher tools
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Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Online resources from A to Z from the Smithsonian Institution Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Posted in fine arts, geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, grades K-5, Interactives, science, social studies, teacher tools
Tagged Info Literacy, Innovation
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Earth Day – April 22, 2012
Visit this EPA site to learn about the 2012 Earth Day happenings! Increase environmental awareness and get involved to make every day Earth day. “It’s the only Earth we have!” Earth Day 2012
Posted in geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, grades K-5, science, social studies, teacher tools
Tagged Global Awareness
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Interactive Whiteboard Resources
Do you have an Interactive whiteboard? Check out this site that has interactive tools that work with any type of board. There are tools for maths of all levels as well as English and Geography. Interactive Whiteboard Resources
Posted in geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, grades K-5, Interactives, language arts, math, teacher tools
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ICTMagic – a wiki with wonderful resources
ICTMagic is a wiki developed by a teacher in the UK. When you first open the site, don’t be discouraged by all the educational ads – scroll down and look at the subjects listed on the left side of the … Continue reading
Posted in ELL, fine arts, Foreign Languages, geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, grades K-5, Interactives, language arts, math, science, social studies, teacher tools
Tagged Creativity, Global Awareness, Tech Literacy
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Sheppard Software
Hundreds of educational games, activities, quizzes and more. It seems to be predominantly for younger children but there are activities for all ages. You can choose country from the list of choices and find all sorts of interactive geography activities. … Continue reading
Posted in ELL, Foreign Languages, geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, grades K-5, Interactives, language arts, math, science, social studies
Tagged Global Awareness, Tech Literacy
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Internet4Classrooms
Internet4Classrooms is a wondersful site filled with resources for teachers, students and parents. Resources are organized by grade, subject area or topic. They also offer technology tips and tutorials. They’ll just added a page highlighting Educational Apps! Internet4Classrooms
Encyclopedia of Alabama
This site has everything you would ever want to know about our state from the battles of the Creek War of 1812 to the Civil Rights movement and Alabama football. <Note that at 9:00 am on January 10, 2012 the site … Continue reading
Posted in geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, grades K-5, Search skills, social studies, teacher tools
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Little Bird Tales
I just ran across a program called Little Bird Tales. It was compared to Voicethread but said to be better for young children. I have created a story (see below) and I agree that it was very easy and I … Continue reading
Posted in fine arts, geography, grades K-5, language arts, teacher tools
Tagged Creativity, Info Literacy
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Free Rice
Free Rice is a great site that has been in use since 2007. Your students can send rice to needy people while studying art, chemistry symbols, English grammar, geography, French, German, Italian, Spanish, basic math, multiplication tables or more. Just … Continue reading
Posted in fine arts, geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, grades K-5, language arts, math, science, social studies
Tagged Global Awareness, Info Literacy
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Voki
Voki is a great site where you can create talking avatars: http://www.voki.com/
Posted in geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, grades K-5, language arts, math, science, social studies, teacher tools
Tagged Communication, Creativity
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Whiteboard Materials
So many Interactive Whiteboards are being used in classrooms now! No matter what brand you have, this site has awesome resources! There are support links for all the various types of boards from Smart or Promethean to Mimio or Polyvision. … Continue reading
Posted in fine arts, geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, grades K-5, language arts, math, science, social studies, teacher tools
Tagged Collaboration, Tech Literacy
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Mr. Wylie’s Educational Games Site
Check out this collection of educational games that help reinforce, or develop, classroom skills. Games are available in Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Art, Music and Technology (Internet Safety and Typing.) Many of these games would be great with … Continue reading
Posted in fine arts, geography, grades 6-8, grades K-5, language arts, math, science, social studies
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World Mapper
This site has a collection of almost 600 maps where the land mass size changes to indicate the information. For example, the map on death rates around the world by ages shows the US as a small almost line for infant … Continue reading
Fact Monster
Try out Fact Monster from Information Please – students can find interesting facts, search the reference desk, and use the thesaurus and almanac to gather information for any project. FactMonster
Posted in geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, grades K-5, language arts, math, Search skills, social studies
Tagged Global Awareness, Info Literacy
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Jeopardy Labs
Just about everyone has created a Jeopardy-type game using PowerPoint. It’s a great tool for reviewing. The problem occurs if you try to post it to your blog. It seems that no matter what you do, when someone opens the … Continue reading
Posted in fine arts, geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, grades K-5, language arts, math, science, social studies, teacher tools
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Stixy
The new, easy way to collaborate with others. Drag and drop a note, upload an image, add a document and work together. You can even add a to do list so everyone is clear on what they need to do … Continue reading
Posted in fine arts, geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, grades K-5, language arts, math, science, social studies, teacher tools
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ePals
Many people think of epals as simply a tool for getting secure email accounts for students – and it is that, but it is so much more. If you’d like to expand your classroom beyond the physical building – this … Continue reading
Posted in geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, grades K-5, teacher tools
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Tagxedo
Word walls are taken to a new level in Tagxedo, word clouds with styles. These word clouds take the shape you choose and can be customized to your liking. Here is an example of one using the words from this … Continue reading
Posted in Common Core, fine arts, geography, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, language arts, social studies, teacher tools
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