Starwalk KidsMedia is an excellent collection of e-books available simultaneously to your students at school and at home. It also has a log-in and features for teachers. Watch the first video link below to see how you can use it with your students. The second link shows special features you can use with the teacher log-in. To log in to Starwalk, click on the logo at left and enter haddamtr for your username and haddamtr for your password.
Video to show an overview and how to help your students, Click HERE. It is the first video.
Video to show special teacher functions when you log in as a teacher, click HERE.
Video to show an overview and how to help your students, Click HERE. It is the first video.
Video to show special teacher functions when you log in as a teacher, click HERE.
At The Stacks, students can post book reviews, get reading recommendations, play games based on the latest series, watch "Meet the Author" videos, and more. It's like Facebook for reading and it's safe for school, too. Your whole school will want to participate in the "You Are What You Read" campaign, which asks users to list their five most important books
There are so many lesson plan databases online, but Thinkfinity stands above the rest because its content comes from the best names in learning-language arts from ReadWriteThink, math from NCTM, science from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and more.
TeacherTube is the best source for instructional videos in a safe environment.
inklewriter is a free tool designed to allow anyone to write and publish interactive stories. It’s perfect for writers who want to try out interactivity, but also for teachers and students looking to mix computer skills and creative writing.
http://www.inklestudios.com/inklewriter/
http://www.inklestudios.com/inklewriter/
OpenEd
Search More Than A Million Common Core Videos, Games and Assessments. This is a catalog of 750,000 free, standard-aligned educational videos and games. Teachers can search by keyword or Common Core standard to find online tests and quizzes that can assess students’ content mastery—free of charge.
Common Core website
http://ctcorestandards.org
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http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/06/9-places-to-find-creative-commons.html#.Uu8Fl_07hZh
12 Easy Ways to Use Technology in Your Classroom
http://www.teachhub.com/12-easy-ways-use-technology-your-classroom-even-technophobic-teachers
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Photos you can use with permission:
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/06/9-places-to-find-creative-commons.html#.Uu8Fl_07hZh
12 Easy Ways to Use Technology in Your Classroom
http://www.teachhub.com/12-easy-ways-use-technology-your-classroom-even-technophobic-teachers
Edweb.net
Are you a member of edweb.net? It is free and filled with learning communities and webinars. You can join a live webinar to earn C.E.U.s or you can view the transcript of a past webinar.
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View Recent Webinars (These took place already but can still be viewed here).
View "Classroom Tools to Teach Inference - CCSS Standard 1"
Presented by Dr. Susan Hall, Founder and President of the 95 Percent Group
View "Why Fractions? Why Now?"
Presented by Sue Vohrer, Coordinator of Elementary Integrated Mathematics, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, MD; Paul Louis, Director of Curriculum and Assessment, Curriculum & Instruction, Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96, IL; and Jeanne Chmelik, Instructional Math Coach, Glen Ellyn School District #41, IL
View "Helping Children Make Sense of Numbers"
Presented by Sara Delano Moore, Ph.D., Director of Mathematics and Science at ETA hand2mind
View "Guided Inquiry Design and the Common Core"
Presented by Leslie Kuhlthau Maniotes, PhD, Administrator in the Denver Public Schools, curriculum specialist and national consultant on inquiry learning