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return to subject listingInteractive Planner for Caregivers - TheCPLawyer.com
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K to 12tag(s): Special Needs (56)
In the Classroom
Use this planner to create a personalized schedule for any student. This is especially helpful for students with strict requirements due to diet or health care. Students who receive different services throughout the day will appreciate having this schedule included in their notebook or taped onto their desk for easy viewing. For more visual students, create an infographic using Visme, reviewed here, to provide a daily or weekly schedule.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Twitter Chat: Using Social Media to Increase Student Engagement - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): social media (53), twitterchatarchive (175)
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Share this chat with your colleagues looking for tech tools to generate ideas in the classroom. Explore the various tools that are shared.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Classroom Blogging - Scott Chow
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K to 12tag(s): blogs (65)
In the Classroom
Check out TeachersFirst Blog Basics for the Classroom for additional information on creating a blog for your classroom. Use this information as a starting point for creating blogs for students. Replace written reports or oral presentations by requiring students to create blog posts sharing information learned in class. Use a tool like Edublog, reviewed here. Edublog offers tools for creating class and individual blogs, but not for embedding videos or HTML links. UseTelegra.ph, reviewed here, for older students. With Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer, add a YouTube or Vimeo, or Twitter links. This blog creator requires no registration.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Password Generator Tool - Comparitech
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K to 12tag(s): internet safety (112)
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Share this site with students as part of any online safety unit. Discuss the importance of creating strong passwords. One disadvantage of using a site like this is trying to save and remember the unique passwords. Use information on this site to find free, online tools for saving and managing your passwords. As students learn more about online safety, modify classroom technology by asking them to share their tips using a video response tool like Flip, reviewed here. Use Flip to provide video questions to students with scenarios that might occur online due to lack of knowledge or application of safety techniques. Have students respond with solutions to these problems. Transform classroom technology and ask students to share their advice with other students using a video explanation tool like FlexClip, reviewed here. FlexClip is designed to allow you to create short animated or explainer videos to share on YouTube and other social media sites, to create short, animated video explanations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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X (formerly Twitter) Chat: Using Tech Tools to Generate Ideas in the Classroom - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): twitter (18), twitterchatarchive (175)
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Share this chat with your colleagues looking for tech tools to generate ideas in the classroom. Explore the various tools that are shared.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Internet Safety for Kids, Teens, and Students - CoolTechZone - Dean Chester
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K to 12tag(s): cyberbullying (40), internet safety (112)
In the Classroom
Share this article with peers during online safety discussions. Include a link to this article on your class website as information for parents. You may also want to point out information from the article during Meet the Teacher sessions for parents and guardians. View this article on your interactive whiteboard with students and highlight key phrases or information that is important in your specific situation. As students learn about online safety, replace paper and pen writing journals with blog postings. Use a site like edublogs, reviewed here. Edublog offers tools for creating class and individual blogs. As a culminating activity and to modify student learning, ask individuals or groups of students to create an online book with advice and information about online safety using a tool like Book Creator, reviewed here. Book Creator is easy to use even for the youngest of students and offers a variety of editing opportunities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Email This - Bharani Muthukumaraswamy
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K to 12tag(s): bookmarks (46)
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How often do you see something online and can't find it later? Email This helps avoid this problem by making it quick and easy to send to your email inbox. If you teach older students with their own email accounts, send information to them for use with research projects or share for them to add to their own browser for use at any time. Because this site removes ads, it is perfect for use when sharing information with students who may be distracted by web page add-ons.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Twitter Chat: Tackle the Engineering Design Process With Students - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): engineering (126), twitterchatarchive (175)
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Share this chat with your colleagues trying to tackle the engineering process. Peruse the resources shared.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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X (formerly Twitter) Chat: Preparing for Digital Learning Day - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): twitter (18), twitterchatarchive (175)
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Share this chat with your colleagues preparing for Digital Learning Day. Explore the various tools that are shared. Use these resources as you prepare for Digital Learning Day.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Understood - Understood.org USA LLC
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K to 12tag(s): emotions (48), learning disability (22), learning styles (18), preK (261), professional development (405), racism (79), social and emotional learning (96), Special Needs (56), Teacher Utilities (159)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site as an excellent tool for finding learning resources for classroom students and sharing with parents. Understood includes several helpful resources for parents and educators on how to discuss and teach about racism, use the search feature to find activities to incorporate into your current units about race and prejudice. Be sure to share a link to the site with parents on your class website or newsletter. Use items found on this site as part of your professional development activities. Organize participant's thoughts and ideas using a mind mapping tool like MindMup, reviewed here. Share websites, articles, and resources related to your topic using a bookmarking tool such as Papaly, reviewed here. Papaly allows you to share resources and add comments making collaboration easy for participants. Expand your learning and collaboration efforts using a tool like Flip, reviewed here. Flip is a video response tool that allows you to record a question and gather video responses. As a final product and follow-up to send to your participants, share information learned from this site and others through a multimedia presentation with Sway, reviewed here. Sway is an easy to use tool for creating professional-looking online presentations including video, images, text, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MakerSpace Resources - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): circuits (21), coding (89), creativity (91), engineering (126), makerspace (43), musical instruments (49), robotics (23), STEM (284)
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Use these resources for your digital MakerSpace. Find tools for all grades. Don't miss the Twitter Chat for teachers just starting a MakerSpace. There are also a few sites that have more information for educators just learning about MakerSpace. Some of these resources are ideal for individual devices.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Media Literacy - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): critical thinking (118), cyberbullying (40), digital citizenship (89), evaluating sources (28), internet safety (112), media literacy (107), news (228), primary sources (119), professional development (405), social media (53)
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Today's messages come in many forms and literacy can no longer refer simply to the ability to read and write. Prepare your students to be literate citizens with this collection. Many are ideal for whole-group instruction, while others would work best on individual devices. Read the reviews to find classroom use ideas with each review. Although the list of tools is mainly geared towards grades 4-8, there are a few resources for the primary grades.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Connections Newsletters - Consortium for Media Literacy
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K to 12tag(s): internet safety (112), media literacy (107), professional development (405)
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Use ideas found in the newsletters on this site as the basis for professional development sessions. Organize participant's thoughts and ideas using a mind mapping tool like MindMup, reviewed here. Share websites, articles, and resources related to your topic using a bookmarking tool such as Papaly, reviewed here. Papaly allows you to share resources and add comments making collaboration easy for participants. Expand your learning and collaboration efforts using a tool like FlipGrid, reviewed here. FlipGrid is a video response tool that allows you to record a question and gather video responses. As a final product, share information learned from this site and others through a multimedia presentation with Sway, reviewed here. Sway is an easy to use tool for creating professional-looking online presentations including video, images, text, and more.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Twitter Chat: Project-Based Learning - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): twitterchatarchive (175)
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Share this chat with your colleagues exploring project-based learning. Explore the various tools that are shared. Use these resources on your own journey with project-based learning.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Twitter Chat: Tech Tools for Classroom Management - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): classroom management (122), twitterchatarchive (175)
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Share this chat with your colleagues looking for help with classroom management. Explore the various tools that are shared. Try some of the tools to manage your classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Twitter Chat: Student Voice and Choice - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): differentiation (90), twitterchatarchive (175)
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Share this chat with colleagues. View this chat to learn more about student voice and choice. Explore the tools that are shared.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Twitter Chat: Differentiating Instruction: Practical Ideas for Teachers - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): differentiation (90), twitterchatarchive (175)
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View this chat to learn more about differentiation and tools to help you engage and differentiate for the various levels and interests in your class.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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How to Deliver a World Class Presentation - Malcolm Andrews
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6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): infographics (56), speaking (22), speeches (22)
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Share this infographic with students before class presentations. Include it on your website for reference throughout the year. After class presentations, have students reflect on what they learned through the speech creating and presenting process and ask them to think about what they would do differently next time. Ask students to write a rough draft script for what they want to say (be sure to have them state what they would do differently next time). Then use a tool such as Flip, reviewed here. Flip are video response and reflection tools. This wrap-up for your assignment will help students internalize what they've learned about giving a presentation. Challenge students to create an infographic for something they do well academically, i.e. test taking and studying, writing up labs or research reports, etc. Use a tool such as Infogram, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Twitter Chat: Coding: Bring it to all Classrooms - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): coding (89), twitterchatarchive (175)
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Is your class doing the Hour of Code? View this chat yourself or with your colleagues to learn more about this fabulous weeklong event in December. Make coding a regular language in your classroom, stretching past the "hour" in December. Learn about resources (and benefits) for all grades, even kindergarten.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Childnet Resources - Childnet International
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K to 12tag(s): cyberbullying (40), internet safety (112)
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Take advantage of the many free resources found on the site including classroom lessons about cyberbullying and Internet safety. Share information with parents on your website or during Open House activities. Redefine learning by having students make a multimedia presentation such as a poster, brochure, or infographic about information learned using Visme, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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