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return to subject listingFree Video Downloader Online - Geekersoft
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K to 12tag(s): movies (51), multimedia (43), video (257)
In the Classroom
Many schools and districts block YouTube; use this resource to download videos for classroom viewing. Share videos on classroom devices for students to view anytime, even when Internet access is unavailable. Use this tool to download and save videos you wish to show students, especially if they are blocked at school. Save video conversions to a USB stick for easy viewing on many devices.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Geekersoft PDF Converter Online - Geekersoft
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K to 12tag(s): conversions (36), editing (93), worksheets (70)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save this site for any number of classroom uses. Convert PDF worksheets to Word documents, then edit and change information to fit your needs. Differentiate learning by adapting information on a PDF document to fit the learning needs of students that need additional support or provide extended education for gifted and advanced learners. Take advantage of file converters such as this one to create unique class books. For example, after converting a PDF template to a Word document for students to create a newsletter about features of different states, convert each student's word document back to a PDF file using PDFaid, reviewed here. Then upload all class newsletters into one document using PDF to Flipbook Converter, reviewed here to create an online flippable book.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Twitter Chat: The Power of Genius Hour - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): Project Based Learning (25), twitterchatarchive (173)
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Find resources and information about Genius Hour. Share this chat with your colleagues looking for strategies and resources on Genius Hour.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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AI PNG Enlarger - Background Generator
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K to 12This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
PNG images often lose quality when enlarged; using this program offers the opportunity to retain image quality for multiple applications. For example, increase the size of PNG images when creating presentations made with Google Slides, reviewed here, or to include images on web pages created on sites such as Carrd, reviewed here. Share this site with students for book reports, research presentations, or any other digital writing projects to enhance the quality of finished work and provide additional options for including images.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Ditch That Textbook - Matt Miller
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K to 12tag(s): assessment (147), blogs (66), Formative Assessment (70), Google (46), professional development (393)
In the Classroom
This resource is a treasure trove for new and experienced teachers, bookmark and save it for use throughout the year. If you are looking for the latest teaching trends, take advantage of the many templates and ideas shared through the blog. For those wanting to try new ideas, begin with the free templates that make it easy to introduce gamification and interactive activities into any classroom. Ditch That Textbook is an excellent site to use for ongoing professional development. Choose a blog post or activity monthly to discuss with peers and implement in your classroom. Use a curation tool such as Wakelet, reviewed here, to share and discuss resources found on Ditch that Textbook along with your ideas as a way to easily access your favorite ideas.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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NASA- First Woman - NASA
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3 to 12tag(s): augmented reality (7), graphic novels (5), interactive stories (21), space (213)
In the Classroom
Explore space with NASA's XR graphic novel, "First Woman". This interactive book can be listened to on the website, read online, or downloaded as a PDF and printed. There are QR codes located throughout the book that the reader can scan to walk through life-size scenes from the novel or learn more in-depth about objects that astronauts use in space. In the app, students can collect up to 30 achievements and earn badges by exploring various parts of the interactive content and answering questions. Check back often to read more of Callie's adventures that are coming soon!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Twitter Chat: Tech-Infused Vocabulary Strategies - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): twitterchatarchive (173), vocabulary (235)
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Find resources and information about tech-infused vocabulary strategies. Share this chat with your colleagues looking for strategies and resources on tech-infused vocabulary strategies.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Twitter Chat: Hexagonal Thinking for Innovative Connections - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): critical thinking (112), twitterchatarchive (173)
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Find resources and information about hexagonal thinking for innovative connections. Share this chat with your colleagues looking for strategies and resources on hexagonal thinking.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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OK2Ask: Tech-Infused Vocabulary Strategies - TeachersFirst
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1 to 12Engage students...more
Engage students and get them excited to jump into learning with tech tools to support direct instruction for vocabulary. Learn to implement direct instruction based on Marzano's strategies to expand vocabulary in all subject areas and increase success in school and on achievement tests. Using the six-step approach, we'll explore tech tools to help bring vocabulary from short-term memory into long-term memory. Discover how to choose tech tools you can use to increase student collaboration and provide data for formative assessments. As a result of this session, teachers will: 1. Review Marzano's strategies for vocabulary instruction; 2. Explore tools for vocabulary instruction; and 3. Understand how to use tech tools to create formative assessments for vocabulary. This session is appropriate for teachers at all technology levels.
tag(s): professional development (393), vocabulary (235), vocabulary development (90)
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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Twitter Chat: Tech Resources to Build Classroom Community - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): collaboration (87), communication (136), communities (36), twitterchatarchive (173)
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Find resources and information about tech resources to build classroom community. Share this chat with your colleagues looking for strategies and resources on tech resources to build classroom community.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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OK2Ask: Computational Thinking and Coding with Google Tools - TeachersFirst
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1 to 9It's important...more
It's important for students of all grade levels to have exposure to computational thinking and coding. Learning to code helps students understand problem solving and logic while expressing their creative side. While increasing student fluency in coding technologies helps them prepare for many academic pursuits, it also helps them build perseverance, determination, and grit. Join us to explore a few cool tools that will help as you embark on this journey with your class. As a result of this session, teachers will: 1. Understand the components of computational thinking; 2. Explore Google tools that engage students in coding; and 3. Plan for the use of coding activities in the classroom. This session is appropriate for teachers at all technology levels.
tag(s): coding (88), computational thinking (42), Google (46), professional development (393)
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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TEACHFLIX - Ditch That Textbook
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K to 12tag(s): coding (88), computational thinking (42), computers (106), digital citizenship (89), engineering (119), problem solving (226), social and emotional learning (81), STEM (262), video (257), virtual field trips (80)
In the Classroom
Use this curated collection of videos to engage students in lessons in all subjects. Use EdPuzzle, reviewed here, to enhance the video content by adding comments, questions, and more within the video. Create interactive lessons with videos from this collection, formative assessments, and other interactive content using Pear Deck, reviewed here, to present material in a deeper, more robust manner. Upon completion of your lesson, extend learning by asking students to share their learning using a simple web page builder such as Straw.Page, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Twitter Chat: Flipped Classroom Strategies for Active Learning Innovation - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): flipped learning (9), twitterchatarchive (173)
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Find resources and information about the flipped classroom. Share this chat with your colleagues looking for strategies and resources on the flipped classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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OK2Ask: Engage & Inspire with Hexagonal Thinking - TeachersFirst
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2 to 12Hexagonal Thinking...more
Hexagonal Thinking can be both a metacognitive and collaborative strategy that helps students to construct knowledge. Students can use this strategy to organize concepts presented in class and determine how they are interrelated with concepts students have already grasped. Attend this session to learn about hexagonal thinking and how to use it in instruction. As a result of this session, teachers will: 1. Understand how hexagonal thinking supports knowledge construction; 2. Explore three ways to use hexagonal thinking in the classroom; and 3. Plan for the use of hexagonal thinking during instruction. This session is appropriate for teachers at all technology levels.
tag(s): collaboration (87), professional development (393), teaching strategies (41)
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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Innovation Generation - Discovery Education
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2 to 12tag(s): careers (139), crafts (53), engineering (119), makerspace (41), STEM (262), virtual field trips (80)
In the Classroom
Engage students in the design process and makerspace thinking by sharing the resources found on Innovation Generation. The Educator Guide includes several student handouts; use PDF Converter, reviewed here, or another file conversion tool to enable digital document annotation instead of paper versions. Enhance the learning process using Google Jamboard, reviewed here, to offer collaborative opportunities for students to share ideas and reflections based on the recommended questions and activities in the Educator Guide. As a final learning extension, develop a collection of makerspace activities for students to interact with within your classroom. Browse through the Makerspace Resources Special Topics page located here, to find many ideas and resources to get started.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Indigenous Peoples of the Americas - The Kennedy Center
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K to 8tag(s): cross cultural understanding (157), cultures (132), dance (26), holidays (162), native americans (91), north america (14), stories and storytelling (40)
In the Classroom
Print lesson plans during Native American Month, as a supplement to social studies lessons about cultures and states, or during geography lessons. Lesson plans are available in PDF format or as Google Documents; save any lesson to your Google Drive as a copy of the original document and edit it to fit your curriculum or adapt it as desired to fit current lessons. Use any or all materials found on this site as a personalized learning lesson for students to complete in person or remotely. For example, add a video, poem, and reflective activity, and additional materials to a SchoolStack, reviewed here, an activity that offers students a choice of learning materials and activities. Consider asking students to work in collaborative groups to research indigenous people based on their interests. For example, have a group explore dance, another their art and sculpture, and a group that researches geographic locations of the different tribes. Ask each group to share their learning by creating simple websites made with Telegra.ph, reviewed here. Telegra.ph provides simple website creation tools without all the distractions of backgrounds, templates, and other distractions. Easily add text, images, and links to any Telegra.ph site.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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OK2Ask: Build Community in Your Classroom with Tech Tools - TeachersFirst
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1 to 12Research shows...more
Research shows that students who feel safe and included are more likely to be academically motivated. Take time to focus on supporting and facilitating students' sense of belonging in the classroom. Join us to explore tools that will help students communicate and collaborate, support their social and emotional needs, and build a safe and inclusive environment. As a result of this session, teachers will: 1. Learn community-building strategies; 2. Explore tech tools that support communication and collaboration; and 3. Plan to use community-building strategies in the classroom. This session is appropriate for teachers at all technology levels.
tag(s): communication (136), communities (36), professional development (393), social and emotional learning (81)
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: Engage & Inspire with EduProtocols - TeachersFirst
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1 to 12Routines are a...more
Routines are a key part of classroom management. As educators, we create routines for many things: asking to leave the room, handing out supplies, and transitioning to a new task, to name a few. EduProtocols are routines you apply to your lesson content, streamlining the instructional process and allowing you and your students to focus on the content. Join us to see how EduProtocols can help provide a framework for your lessons. As a result of this session, teachers will: 1. Understand the purpose of EduProtocols; 2. Explore a collection of EduProtocol routines; and 3. Plan for the use of EduProtocols in the classroom. This session is appropriate for teachers at all technology levels.
tag(s): professional development (393), teaching strategies (41)
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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Twitter Chat: Get in the Game with Game-Based Learning - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): game based learning (171), twitterchatarchive (173)
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Find resources and information about game-based learning. Share this chat with your colleagues looking for strategies and resources on game-based learning.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Password Folder - PasswordFolder.net
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K to 12tag(s): digital citizenship (89), internet safety (113), Teacher Utilities (146)
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Add Password Folder to your Windows device for many different uses. For example, protect sensitive student files, private data, or financial information. In addition, use a password when sharing files with parents to ensure that only authorized viewers access personal information. Adding a password to folders also provides an extra layer of security if your device is hacked.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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