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return to subject listingKnight Lab - Northwest University
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K to 12tag(s): digital storytelling (152), images (260), maps (207), timelines (56)
In the Classroom
This site is a must-have for anyone who teaches writing or assigns writing projects. Bookmark this site for use throughout the year with any writing project. Focus on one tool a month to learn more about the features available. Assign a tool to different groups of students and let them become the experts. Enhance students' learning and modify classroom technology use by asking the groups to create a "How to" video for their tool and to share with their peers. For this, try using Free Screen Recorder Online, reviewed here, or RecordCast Screen Recorder, reviewed here. Work with peers to assign projects across subject levels using tools from this site to compare and contrast images, create interactive timelines, build story maps, and much more.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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The Science of Classroom Design (Infographic) - USC Rossier Online
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K to 12tag(s): classroom management (122), preK (263), professional development (407)
In the Classroom
Share this infographic during professional development sessions as advice for creating student-centered classroom environments. Bookmark and save this site to review when making physical changes to your classroom or when creating digital content for students. Consider training students how to move desks and tables in and out of the different configurations.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Common Core Lesson Plans Template - FormSwift
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K to 12tag(s): classroom management (122), commoncore (75), professional development (407)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of these lesson plan templates for lesson planning using Common Core Standards. If you don't teach using Common Core, these templates are still useful for lesson planning. Change the portion with standards to meet your goals and objectives for individual lessons. Use these templates when collaborating on lessons with other educators as a way to maintain consistency in planning. Share these templates with other teachers during professional development sessions.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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ClassHook - Alexander Deeb and Joyce Ang
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6 to 12In the Classroom
Find clips on ClassHook to share with students as an attention-getter or introduction to new content. Create a link to media clips on your classroom computers or class website for students to view on their own. Flip your classroom and have students watch videos at home before teaching lessons. Enhance student learning by having students create blogs sharing their learning and understanding using Tumblr, reviewed here, discussing the content of movie clips concerning the lesson taught. Alternatively, you could add questions for students to answer while viewing video clips at home. Do this by using a tool such as playposit, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mahara - New Zealand's Tertiary Education Commission
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8 to 12tag(s): assessment (148), classroom management (122), portfolios (23)
In the Classroom
Record classroom activities and student learning with photos or videos. Show students how to create a portfolio, then document their learning and make comments in their portfolio. Share portfolios with parents, not just at conference time, but any time the student portfolio is updated to keep parents in the loop.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Full Spectrum Science: Fireworks - Exploratorium
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6 to 12In the Classroom
Enhance learning by having students create a simple infographic about fireworks using Venngage reviewed here. Use this video as a model and have students research the origins of other common items. Have students upload a photo they have taken and add an explanation about what they learned using a tool such as Add Text, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Affordable Colleges Online - Dan Schuessler & Doug Jones
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9 to 12tag(s): college (46), financial aid (13)
In the Classroom
Many students are considering virtual degrees, and almost all college-bound students need information on financial aid options. Affordable Colleges Online is a useful site to include with information on college search strategies, consider bookmarking it for college-bound students. This tool is helpful for high school guidance counselors or teachers who work with juniors and seniors. Provide the link on your class website for families to access and explore at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Smudge's Early Science - Storm Educational Software
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K to 3In the Classroom
These activities are perfect for use on classroom computers as a science learning center. Also, include a link to these interactives on your class website for use at home. Introduce your plant or animal unit using the activities found on this site, then investigate other animals and plants found near your school. Create a story about animals and plants using pictures, themes, and other prompts generated by the site Story Maker, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Weather-Ready Nation - National Weather Service
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K to 12tag(s): fire (22), floods (10), hurricanes (33), safety (69), snow (16), tornadoes (15), tsunamis (15), weather (161)
In the Classroom
Share a link to Weather-Ready Nation on classroom computers for students to explore on their own. Include information from the site during your weather unit. Discuss weather threats that are specific to your area. Take advantage of the free flyer to print and include on a classroom bulletin board. Enhance learning by having students create annotated images of weather events including text boxes and related links using a tool such as Image Annotator, reviewed here, for younger students, or Google Drawings, reviewed here. Google Drawings allows you to annotate an image with links to videos, text, websites, and more. Not familiar with Google Drawings? Watch an archived OK2Ask session to learn how to use: OK2Ask Google Drawings, here. Alternatively students could create a word cloud of the important terms they learn from this site using a tool such as WordItOut, reviewed here. Extend learning by challenging cooperative learning groups to create daily weather forecast videos using Powtoon, reviewed here, and share them on a site such as TeacherTube, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ready Jet Go! - PBS Kids
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K to 6tag(s): gravity (42), moon (73), planets (112), preK (263), solar system (109), space (216), stars (70), sun (71), temperature (35)
In the Classroom
Use this site as a learning station or center. Be sure to include a link on your class web page for use at home. If you're beginning to integrate technology in your class or have younger students, augment techology use by creating a word cloud of the important terms students learn from this site using a tool such as Word Clouds For Kids, reviewed here. Alternatively, these students could use an online poster creator such as Printing Press, reviewed here, to present information learned about space. Teachers more advance with integrating technology can tranform tech use with an online poster creator such as Canva, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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AeroSpaceGuide - Vic Stathopoulos
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6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): explorers (66), solar system (109), space (216), STEM (279)
In the Classroom
Use AeroSpaceGuide as an anticipatory set or "activator" to introduce a unit or lesson on a projector or interactive whiteboard. Allow students time to explore as a starting point for further research into space-related topics. Enhance learning and modify classroom technology use by having students create an infographic sharing their space research using Visme , reviewed here. Upon completion of your space unit transform classroom technology use by having students make a multimedia presentation featuring information learned using slides, reviewed here, or Lucidpress, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Born Free USA - Belton Mouras and Ken Guerrero
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6 to 12tag(s): animals (288), service projects (17)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the free lesson plans and more to include with your animal unit. After introducing the site with a projector or on an interactive whiteboard, allow older students to explore on their own then choose a topic of interest for further research. Have students make a multimedia presentation or create a digital story about their animal topic using Adobe Creative Cloud Express for Education, reviewed here. Younger students could create a digital story around their animal topic using My Storybook, reviewed here. Consider bringing in a local animal advocate to speak to your class about issues in your area. Post a link to this website for students to share with parents at home.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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KQED Media Literacy Courses - KQED Teach
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K to 12tag(s): media literacy (106), professional development (407)
In the Classroom
Gain a better understanding of media literacy tools by taking KQED's professional development courses. Participate in classes on your own or with colleagues as part of your ongoing professional development. Begin any of the self-paced courses anytime and complete them at your own pace.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Exploratorium - Exploratorium
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4 to 12tag(s): atmosphere (22), colors (63), earth (186), electricity (62), energy (132), geology (64), light (53), magnetism (37), matter (46), motion (50), oceans (149), optical illusions (10), optics (12), sound (73), space (216), STEM (279), temperature (35), time (92), water (102)
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the many resources found on Exploratorium to supplement science lessons. Resources include animations, songs, activities, and more. Share this site with students to use as inspiration for science fair projects. After using resources from the site, enhance learning by having students make a multimedia presentation including information learned, using Sway, reviewed here. Sway creates unique multimedia projects using text, images, and media. Change the look of your Sway using the Mood and Remix tools to change the color palette, layout, and fonts. Alternatively, choose one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Asana - Dustin Moskovitz and Justin Rosenstein
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K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): DAT device agnostic tool (147), organizational skills (89)
In the Classroom
Create an account to use with students as a tool for organizing and collaborating on group projects. Asana makes it easy for all users to view overall progress on each task. Use Asana to help students remain on track with project deadlines; encourage older students to create their own account and set up groups for projects. Use this tool to collaborate with colleagues for use with professional projects such as unit planning and long-term scheduling.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Class123 - Choong Hee Lee
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K to 6tag(s): behavior (46), classroom management (122), communication (138), DAT device agnostic tool (147), parents (59), Teacher Utilities (159)
In the Classroom
Use this tool to communicate specific behaviors with parents - both positive and negative feedback. Share this site with students on the first day of school as you go over class expectations and your behavior plan for your classroom. Take advantage of the other tools to take attendance or rearrange your seating chart quickly and easily.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Rambox - Ramiro Saenz
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K to 12tag(s): communication (138), organizational skills (89)
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Download Rambox to organize content into one location, and see everything at a glance. Rambox works well for busy people who receive communications from many different messaging applications.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Animaker - Srinivasa Raghavan
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6 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): animation (64), creativity (90), movies (53), video (262)
In the Classroom
Animaker now allows 2 teachers to share 25 students, 3 groups, and has an in app messenger. Use this tool easily in your Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) or blended classroom since all students will be able to access it for free, no matter what device they have, using the internet and their is no downloading apps. Students will need the basic understanding of how to create using this tool. Work together on your interactive whiteboard to create a class video before assigning to students. Use Animaker to extend student learning and technology use by making commercials, science fair previews, infographics, and animated shorts in any content area. Have students make "advertisements" for an organism or a literary character. Make a travel commercial for a country being studied or for cultural sites in a world language class. Be sure to share the presentations on your projector or interactive whiteboard.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Intergalactic Mobile Learning Center - Intergalactic Mobile Learning Center
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K to 9tag(s): collaboration (94), mind map (28), spreadsheets (22), Teacher Utilities (159)
In the Classroom
Be sure to watch the videos on the homepage for an overview of the apps in action. Download Intergalactic Mobile Learning Center for use in your class for any collaborative project. Ask students to work in small groups to draw landforms or the water cycle in science class, gather data and create a spreadsheet for math, work together to write a story summary or share information on a KWL before the start of a new unit.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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CoSpaces - Delightex GmbH
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4 to 12tag(s): augmented reality (8), coding (90), creativity (90), DAT device agnostic tool (147), digital storytelling (152)
In the Classroom
Recreate scenes from books or use CoSpaces to retell any story with 3D images. Encourage creativity and ask students to develop virtual exhibitions of artwork, animal habitats, or landforms. Have older students create infographics featuring data collections, for example comparing availability of Internet in different American towns.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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