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Current - Your Private, Daily Diary - current.im
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): creative writing (165), journals (20)
In the Classroom
Share this site with students to create their own private diary or journal. Because it is only 140 characters, Current may be a good option for students to use for prewriting and brainstorming before beginning writing projects. Create your own account and use Current as a tool for reflecting on lessons and classroom activities each day. If you have individual laptops for students, or are in a byod school, why not begin class with a Current entry each day. Have students keep a simple, year-long journal of the highlights of their learning. Use Current as lesson "closure" using today's 140 character format.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Presentain - Neek Kurat
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4 to 12tag(s): DAT device agnostic tool (179), multimedia (62), slides (65)
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Use your existing presentations and upload them as a PDF to Presentain. Use the many tools available at the site to engage your students. Use the question feature as a backchannel to address questions and concerns. Though students have to be 18 to create a Presentain, they do not have to be 18 to interact with your presentation. Collect data using polls to differentiate your instruction. A BYOD school? Connect your students on their mobile devices. Share your slidecasts for student access both in and outside of class for further practice. An excellent site to share your presentations on professional development with your teaching colleagues. A great tool to flip your classroom instruction. Record students' presentations (using your account) to share on a website or blog so families unable to attend can view. Create visual presentations for key concepts or vocabulary. Record descriptions and share the slidecast for student access both in and outside of class for further practice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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How Do You Play - howdoyouplay.net
Grades
K to 12tag(s): back to school (62), firstday (25), sports (99)
In the Classroom
Use this site to find games and activities for classroom centers or review activities. Icebreaker activities include options for the first week of school community building. Bookmark this tool for the first week of school or anytime that you want to experience some "team-building" in your class. This is a great site to use if you have weekly classroom meetings to build relationships among students. Share this site with students and have them create their own games based on research projects or as review for major tests. Challenge students to describe their "creations" using the models shown on this site. Share this site with parent helpers to find ideas for classroom parties.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Printable Paper - printablepaper.net
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K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): charts and graphs (198), comics and cartoons (65), handwriting (16), letter writing (19), musical notation (39), preK (288)
In the Classroom
This site is a must bookmark for classroom use. Use anytime you need graph paper, writing paper, music sheets, etc. Share a link on your classroom website for student use at home. Share this site with parents at Back to School Night. Share this site with older students the first week of school. Now there is no excuse for not doing homework because of not having the correct type of paper! Some of the papers have alternate uses, such as using quilting graph paper to create and study geometric shapes.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Inspirational Quotes for Teachers - Windows to the Universe
Grades
2 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): firstday (25), quotations (25)
In the Classroom
Post in the signature on your email, on your website, or even on your whiteboard! Encourage leadership, hope, and inspiration! Use quotes as a theme for writing prompts or even to relate to the theme of a story. Use the quotes as examples of figurative language. Add quotes to end of year picture CDs/DVDs. Use the quotes to inspire personal or classroom mission statements. Have students include a quote when turning in work, and explain how it inspired or helped them. Add music or art to explain a quote. During the first week of the school year, share this site with students. Challenge students to choose a "quote of the year" for themselves personally. Have students put the quote in their notebook, folder, or as a screen saver. Also, choose a few quotes to hang around your classroom. If you need more quotes, check out TeachersFirst's Bulletin Board Hangups.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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OK2Ask''®: Blooms 2.0 July 2013 - TeachersFirst
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K to 12As a result of this session and through individual follow-up, teachers will: Recap the basics of Blooms Taxonomy; Discuss and share the importance of keeping Blooms in the classroom; Browse and explore various tools available on TeachersFirst to use at all levels of Blooms Taxonomy; and (Follow-up) Plan and implement a lesson or activity using a web tool that promotes one of the higher levels of Blooms Taxonomy. Applicable NETS-T standards (2008)*: 1a and c, 2b, 4b, and 5c * The text of these standards is copyrighted. Please read the full text at ISTE's NETS-T page.
In the Classroom
View this webinar to learn about the new HOTS Blooms 2.0. Find resources to use to meet all levels on Bloom's Taxonomy. View this webinar with a friend or group of teachers in your computer lab. Take a look at the resource page for some great sites to learn more about Blooms 2.0 and resources to use in your class! Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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OK2Ask'®: Great Ideas July 2013 - TeachersFirst
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K to 12As a result of this session and through individual follow-up, teachers will: Locate resources within the new TeachersFirst to provide real-world learning experiences for their students; Locate and evaluate effective, web-based tools and resources in support of teaching and learning, both for themselves and for their students; Evaluate TeachersFirst membership features applicable to their individual technology expertise and teaching situation; Find solutions to individual questions or practical problems of their teaching situation by exploring TeachersFirst and/or asking live questions during the session; and (follow-up) Use the features of TeachersFirst's value-added reviews to plan technology- infused learning experiences for students that promote learning and creativity. Applicable NETS-T standards (2008)*: 1b, 2a and b, 3d * The text of these standards is copyrighted. Please read the full text at ISTE's NETS-T page.
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Not overly familiar with TeachersFirst? This is a great introduction. Learn how to search efficiently on the site, saving you time! Learn about some hidden treasures available from TeachersFirst. Learn about our ready to go lessons, units, resources, and more. Share the resources page with a friend. Or better yet, attend the webinar together! Take a look at the resource page full of GREAT ideas! >. Learn more about OK2Ask and upcoming sessions here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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SciShow - SciShow
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K to 12Be sure to check whether You Tube is blocked at your school and download videos prior to class if necessary. You could always view the videos at home and bring them to class "on a stick" to share. Use a tool such as KeepVid reviewed here to download the videos from YouTube.
tag(s): video (278)
In the Classroom
Share the videos on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Flip your classroom and have students view video clips at home and then discuss the following day in class. Use as an introductory video at the start of a lesson or unit to catch student interest. Follow with individual and group brainstorming of questions the students have about content they would need to know to understand the topic. Students can research the answers to the questions and present to the class with teacher guidance and filling in gaps of knowledge. Can't find a video that pertains to your current unit of study? Why not have students create their own videos to share with the class using a tool such as SchoolTube reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The Field Book Project - National Museum of Natural History and Smithsonian Institute
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7 to 12tag(s): field trips (13), geology (81), journals (20), scientific method (67)
In the Classroom
Share this site as you teach about scientific method or simply about what scientists do. Display sample journals on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Then have student partners explore to find a journal they find intriguing and bring it back to describe to the class. Be sure to discuss the value of using journaling in the sciences. View a journal to identify what information is included in actual scientist's journals. How is the information recorded then valuable to what we know today? How are field journals different from the type of work that students do? Challenge your students to keep their own field journals. Have students use Ourboox, reviewed here. Ourboox creates beautiful page-flipping digital books in minutes, and you can embed video, music, animation, games, maps and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Who Am I? - London Science Museum
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6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): brain (68), cells (99), emotions (36), genetics (88), human body (132)
In the Classroom
Much of this material is ideal for sharing on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Another idea: flip your classroom and have your students view a certain section of the site at home and share their thoughts the following day in class. Allow students to play Thingdom on classroom laptops to explore concepts learned about genetics. Create an account to save games for later play. Have students create an annotated image including text boxes and related links using a tool such as Thinglink, reviewed here to explain the genetics concepts they have learned.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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We Heart Trees - Knock
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K to 8tag(s): earth day (105), environment (324), recycling (60), trees (28)
In the Classroom
Have students create their own tree as part of your Arbor Day or Earth Day activities. Include this activity when studying plants and trees. With younger students, you will have to read the questions aloud or have them partner with stronger readers. This is also an excellent "homework" activity to do with a parent. After creating trees, have students draw their tree and include with an environmental tip for a bulletin board or hallway display. Or make your display online on a class wiki or blog to SAVE more trees! Have students upload a photo or screenshot of their tree and add voice bubbles to explain what they learned using a tool such as Superlame, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mars Education - Developing the Next Generation of Explorers - Arizona State University
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K to 12tag(s): mars (40), planets (128), scientists (69), space (221)
In the Classroom
View videos on your interactive whiteboard to learn more about the exploration of Mars. Download and use lesson plans during your planet or atmosphere units. Challenge students to create online, interactive posters, infographics, or presentations using a site such as Genial.ly, reviewed here, to demonstrate what they have learned and further questions they would like to investigate.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Tableizer! - Danny Sanchez
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4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): blogs (85), data (161), spreadsheets (22)
In the Classroom
Tableizer is an excellent tool for easily displaying data on your web page or blog. Use anytime you want to display information from a spreadsheet. Share with students for use in displaying lab results, scientific data, budgets, etc. Use this to list a schedule of events, requirements, etc. in a clear table on your class blog.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Kaizena - Kaizena
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1 to 12Start by highlighting a text selection, hit record, and provide your feedback. Writers will be able to listen to your feedback and revise or edit their writing as though you were face to face. Tag your highlighted text with keywords that can be tracked in a mastery-based rubric. You could tag conventional errors, mistakes, or selections that are amazing. Verbal feedback can be played on an iPad so students can listen in the best learning environment to meet their needs. Writers will progress as you enhance the writing process with explicit audio feedback. Kaizena can enhance feedback for written work for any school subject or even outside of school.
tag(s): editing (72), process writing (47), writing (365)
In the Classroom
Editing and revising are better with audio feedback. Provide explicit details to improve student performance. Students can record peer edits and share audio recordings with classmates. Classroom time is more efficient and effective when students can listen to your feedback before meeting face to face. Have students highlight passages of text and provide their reflections on the selection. World language classes can speak text or respond to questions in their new language. Learning support students will better understand audio feedback on their writing than detailed comments written in "teacher-ese." This is a great tool for students to highlight poetry and record their thoughts and feelings on the text. Students can highlight and record their thought process as they solve math word problems. Highlight and record opinions on current event articles. Highlight an entire passage of text to model reading fluency. Students can listen and read along with the recording to help with phrasing and expression. Highlight text and model fluency for ESL/ELL students. Highlight assessment questions or text for lower-level readers to provide a level playing field in the classroom. Challenge students to provide audio feedback to their peers on passages where they would like to know more, questions they have as readers, and positive feedback on passages they enjoy.Edge Features:
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Hungry Pests - APHIS
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4 to 12tag(s): ecosystems (93), environment (324), insects (72), species (30)
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Create a campaign to educate others on activities that spread pests around. Identify what these pests look like and how they are similar or different to other insects that live in your ecosystem. Write a story about the animals in the ecosystem and include one of the invasive pests. Students can also write poems, create pictures, or other displays to educate others about pests. Have students create a blog to share their writing projects. If you are beginning the process of integrating technology, have students create blogs sharing their learning and understanding using Loose Leaves, reviewed here. This blog creator requires no registration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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QuizSlides - London South Bank University
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3 to 12tag(s): quiz (86), quizzes (105), slides (65), test prep (98)
In the Classroom
Create quizzes for review before tests. Share the link with students to use at home. Have students create their own PowerPoint quizzes and upload for sharing with other class members. 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 by asking quiz questions. Do the questions as a whole-class activity on your 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 alone. Learning support teachers can have small groups create review quizzes as a way of studying without realizing it!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Newsela - Matthew Gross
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2 to 12tag(s): DAT device agnostic tool (179), differentiation (53), guided reading (47), independent reading (129), news (262), reading comprehension (124)
In the Classroom
Achieve two goals here: help students improve their reading comprehension and keep them current with what is happening in our nation and the world. When assigning articles, choose to have the class read at one reading level, or choose individuals and set the reading level for them. There are five categories from which to choose. You may want to set up different articles at different learning stations on the computers in your room. Have the students rotate daily through the stations, completing one or two a day until they have completed all five articles. Since Newsela is cloud based, even absent students can complete the missed work easily. Teachers of gifted students can use this site to accelerate or enrich reading for students. Find each student's individual levels for reading nonfiction. Teachers of Learning Support and ELL students will love this alternate way for their students to meet current events requirements.Comments
This is an excellent site and allows differentiation while everyone is reading the same text.Renee, NC, Grades: 0 - 5
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The Secret Door - Safe Style UK
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2 to 12tag(s): cross cultural understanding (123), landmarks (27)
In the Classroom
Teacher-librarians can use this to inspire research or non-fiction reading by embedding it in their website or displaying it on a computer in the media center! Use this site to learn drawing inferences about each of the places visited. Use the images as a class or in groups to determine where in the world it is located using clues from the picture. You will want to "hide" the location that shows in the top left corner. This is a great introduction into culture, building, design, etc. Project an image on an Interactive Whiteboard as a prompt for a short story, poem, or essay inspired by the image. Share an image as your students enter the classroom as the daily "travel mystery." Give your students 2-3 minutes of time to investigate WHERE the image is from. Brainstorm how the image is related to a story being discussed in class, a unit of study, or parallels to our culture. What creatures and cultures would be seen in this place? Ask and answer interesting questions related to the images. Teachers of gifted can use these images to inspire creation of text-based games to take place in these settings using descriptive writing and a tool such as Quest, reviewed here, or Playfic, reviewed here.Comments
Very cool, easy to use site for when you have a few minutes. I think the age range could be k-12 as my 4 year old loved seeing where the door would take us. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is because it is really hard to get back to a place that you previously visited.Diane, PA, Grades: 0 - 4
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Pursued - Street View Game - Nemesys Games
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6 to 12tag(s): capitals (24), cities (27), continents (51), countries (81), cross cultural understanding (123), map skills (84), maps (298)
In the Classroom
Use this as a fabulous geography and problem-solving activity. Play different levels together as a class or in small groups on your interactive whiteboard (or projector). Allow students to explore on their own. In a science class, you could use this game to teach observation and hypothesis testing. (What do you observe? What city might this be?) Social studies or world language classes can explore the signs of different languages or other cultural observations. Challenge students to create their own game including geographic locations within your state, hometowns of famous writers, or any other activity using a map. Have students use a mapping tool such as Click2Map, reviewed here, to create a map with display markers featuring text, photos, and videos. This is perfect for gifted students who want an open-ended challenge.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Actively Learn - Jay Goyal and Dr. Deep Sran
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): guided reading (47), reading strategies (51)
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Choose a piece to use with your students and model for them how the program works on your interactive whiteboard (or projector). Then assign students to read a piece with a partner in class. Once students are familiar with the format and tools, assign reading for them to complete on their own. Upload current event articles into Actively Learn and write open ended questions for students to answer. Include images or video to go with the article. Use a tool like the Question Generator, reviewed here, to create some intriguing questions and writing prompts. This is a great tool to use for students with learning differences and ESL/ELL students due to the ability to adjust the text size, color and background, include audio, and the built in dictionary. Besure to check out the blog for ideas about teaching divisive topics, an infographic for close reading stategies, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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