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PingPong - gogopp.com
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): DAT device agnostic tool (179), polls and surveys (55)
In the Classroom
Invite students to participate by giving them the class code - no sign-in or account required. Use in a 1:1 classroom, then have students provide feedback in real time to demonstrate understanding. Use as an exit slip, to identify material that needs to be retaught, or to locate specific students that need remediation. PingPong is perfect for use in Flipped classrooms as a quick assessment at the beginning of a flipped lesson.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Beyondpad - Arturs Girons
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): classroom management (159), note taking (40), organizational skills (128)
In the Classroom
Create a class account to organize information into one easy to access place. Spell out the use of the site and what is allowed and not allowed -- and the penalties. Even though all students have the same login, create different notebooks for different tasks that students can use to upload information to be shared by all. Create separate accounts for student groups who can then share their notebook with other groups. Use tags to easily find and identify specific information. Create checklists of steps in a project. Place all notes in one place, so you do not forget. Use this tool easily in a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) classroom since all students will be able to access it for free, no matter what device they have. It may take some time to learn all of Beyondpad's many features, start by adding basic information and find out more as you begin to use this tool.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ClipGrab - ClipGrab.org
Grades
K to 12tag(s): conversions (27), movies (70), video (278)
In the Classroom
Use this service to backup your videos from YouTube and other sites. Use to download and save videos at home that you wish to show to students, especially if the school or district blocks them. Users must be able to find, copy, and paste the URL of the video to be downloaded. Once the program starts, you will be prompted to save it. If you want to use the video at school, you would save it to a USB stick. No registration or login is required. This should primarily be a teacher resource. If using with students, discuss appropriate and inappropriate uses of the technology as well as choosing necessary videos.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ClassTag - Vlada Lotkina and Jason Olim
Grades
K to 12tag(s): chat (51), classroom management (159), communication (10), DAT device agnostic tool (179), parent conferences (23), parents (57)
In the Classroom
Create a free account to use for all your classes, and even your extracurricular activities. Use this tool to send homework, project, and supply reminders. Remind parents of upcoming events, practices, or items students need to bring to class or practice. Remind parents of big tests, report cards, field trips, deadlines, back to school night, sneaker days, conferences, and more. Set up a faculty reminder group within your school for emergency closures and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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GradeCam - Tami Porter
Grades
2 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): assessment (115), quiz (86), quizzes (105)
In the Classroom
Create and use short quizzes to track mastery of concepts by all students in your class. Use this site to pretest gifted students. If the gifted students already know the material, allow them to advance to another topic. The quick feedback allows greater opportunity to focus on students who need additional help.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Virtual Debate - South Orange Middle School and others
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): debate (46), persuasive writing (57), problem solving (294)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the many resources on the Virtual Debate site and enroll your class in a debate. Be sure to preview previous debates with your students and use already-created materials as you prepare. Even if you don't want to participate through this site, the many available materials offer a rich opportunity for including debate in your classroom. Consider creating your own debate (virtual or not) with another classroom in your school or district. Topics could include any curricular or current events topic such as use of social media, elections, or environmental issues. One bonus of using debates in the classroom is the many opportunities to engage students in non-fiction writing to meet Common Core Standards.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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How the Sun Controls Nature - The Solar Centre
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): adaptations (19), animals (322), solar energy (39), sun (69)
In the Classroom
Share information from this blog with students as part of any plant or animal unit, or as you explore the sun as part of our solar system. Have students dig deeper into the sun's influence on animals, then have them create their own simple infographic sharing their findings using Venngage, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Reactions - American Chemical Society
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): chemicals (45), diseases (72), nutrition (159), seasons (36), space (221)
In the Classroom
Share a video with students once a week to help all of you learn about the chemistry in our everyday lives. Flip your classroom and use a video as homework. Have students take notes on the material and write down questions they still have and topics that confuse them. They can do this with pen and paper or online. If you want the assignment online, explain to students they need to open a new tab in their browser window and take notes with a tool such as Webnote, reviewed here; tell students to be sure to save the URL to share their notes and questions with you and their peers. Or, use a tool like playposit (formerly eduCanon), reviewed here, for students to pause videos and ask or answer questions right on the video. These activities can help uncover student misconceptions. Show the video to the class, and then discuss the concept at length.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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iExploreSTEM - University of Iowa
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): animals (322), architecture (84), engineering (129), environment (325), plants (174), STEM (174)
In the Classroom
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. Include STEM career information with any career exploration unit. After completing STEM activities, challenge students to create a presentation using Prezi, reviewed here, to share their results and learning process.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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OK2Ask: 3 Cool Tools for Timelines - TeachersFirst
Grades
3 to 12tag(s): timelines (59)
In the Classroom
The archive of this teacher-friendly, hands-on webinar will empower and inspire you to use learning technology in the classroom and for professional productivity. As appropriate, specific classroom examples and ideas have been shared. View the session with a few of your teaching colleagues to find and share new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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OK2Ask: Build a Google Website in a Day! - TeachersFirst
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): Google (29)
In the Classroom
The archive of this teacher-friendly, hands-on webinar will empower and inspire you to use learning technology in the classroom and for professional productivity. As appropriate, specific classroom examples and ideas have been shared. View the session with a few of your teaching colleagues to find and share new ideas. Find additional information and links to tools at the session resource page. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Tour of National Parks Geology - National Park Service
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): caves (7), fossils (46), geology (81), glaciers (17), mountains (16), plate tectonics (22), rivers (25), rocks (52), soil (18), volcanoes (66)
In the Classroom
Use this site as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce a unit or lesson on geographic features on a projector or interactive whiteboard. After sharing, allow students to explore on their own. Share the locations using Google Earth, reviewed here, and have students add placeholders and information about each site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Text 2 Speech - text2speech.org
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): listening (87), pronunciation (43), text to speech (18)
In the Classroom
Type or copy and paste what you'd like to hear into the Text 2 Speech box. Use speed options to slow down speech for ESL/ELL students. Mark this site on your teacher web page for your ESL/ELL students to hear something read or pronounced both in an outside of class. Use Text 2 Speech with students who have difficulty reading, especially when working with more difficult passages and text.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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OpenEd - OpenEd
Grades
K to 12tag(s): assessment (115), classroom management (159), multimedia (62), slides (65), video (278)
In the Classroom
With 90% of the million resources free, you're sure to find something you need to supplement current curriculum materials. This site could also be used as a learning center or station during any unit or for review. Use activities from this site to differentiate learning within your classroom. Try flipping class and assign videos, slides or lessons to be completed at home and have a discussion (or question and answer session) about them the next day in class. Include this site on the class website for parents to find at-home math, language arts, science projects, and materials for review. Be sure to share with other teachers on campus.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Brains On! - Minnesota Public Radio/Southern California Public Radio
Grades
K to 8tag(s): animals (322), earth (225), plants (174), podcasts (57), space (221), tides (7), volcanoes (66), waves (22), weather (201)
In the Classroom
Use Brains On! for your students to listen to in classroom centers. Use for curious students to explore subjects you do not always teach, such as biology, chemistry, or even all about hair! Watch together on your interactive whiteboard (don't forget to share the extras!). Use the podcasts as a model when studying other subjects, giving students structure and ideas for making their own podcasts. Have cooperative learning groups create podcasts demonstrating their understanding of any concepts. Use a site such as PodOmatic, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MakerBot in Education - MakerBot Industries, LLC
Grades
6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): crafts (39), creativity (118), drawing (78), modeling (9), robotics (29)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a resource for materials and information about 3D printing. Take advantage of the downloadable materials when trying to find funding for a 3D printer. Once you receive your 3D printer, find many ideas and downloads at Sketchfab, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Physics of Ballet - Natalia Kuznetsova
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): dance (27), forces (45), friction (14), gravity (46)
In the Classroom
This site would be of special interest to students who are thinking about a career as a dancer. Other uses for this site would be P.E. classes completing a dance unit, a health class when looking at different forms of exercise, and as an example for girls to understand physics concepts in a more personal manner. Introduce this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector or include it as one of several options for student projects. Challenge students to research the physics of other dance and sports such as gymnastics, high jump, golf, high dive, and others. Ask them to present their findings by creating and infographic using Piktochart, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Smithsonian Science How Webcasts - Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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5 to 12tag(s): agriculture (60), arctic (46), birds (54), dinosaurs (55), environment (325), fish (26), fossils (46), human body (132), insects (72), mammals (36), minerals (18), paleontology (42), plants (174), rocks (52), solar system (119), space (221), volcanoes (66)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the many free resources on this site to use in your classroom. Watch webcasts together on an interactive whiteboard, or have students view at home and bring their questions and comments to class. Use this site for enrichment for gifted learners to dig deeper into science concepts. Challenge cooperative learning groups to create their own science videos using a tool like Stupeflix, reviewed here, and share them on a site such as TeacherTube, reviewed here. Have students make a multimedia presentation demonstrating science concepts using Zeetings, reviewed here. Zeetings' features allow for audience participation, polls, video, embeds, web links, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Lowdown - KQED News
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): commoncore (102), journalism (54), multimedia (62), news (262), newspapers (96)
In the Classroom
Achieve two goals with this very people-friendly site: provide quality non-fiction reading materials and the latest in current events. Use this site to differentiate reading materials by student interest. Encourage students to explore the site on their own. Be sure to include a link on classroom computers and your class website for students to access at any time. Flip your class and assign the reading to do at home. Then, have students create a simple infographic sharing findings from The Lowdown with their classmates using Piktochart, reviewed here. Have cooperative learning groups create weekly podcasts with news from around the world. Use a site such as podOmatic, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show! - Sylvia Todd
Grades
5 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): engineering (129), experiments (69), makerspace (11), STEM (174), video (278)
In the Classroom
A young female teen, science, and maker ed - the perfect ingredients to get girls interested in science! Sylvia's web shows could be an excellent "back door" to creating female student interest in science! Share videos with students as part of your plan to implement maker spaces in your classroom. Use Sylvia's presentations as a model, then have students create videos demonstrating classroom projects and experiments using a tool like Stupeflix, reviewed here, and then share them on a site such as TeacherTube, reviewed here. Have cooperative learning groups create podcasts demonstrating their experiments. Use a site such as podOmatic, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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