Recently in Learning Community Category
Education - explore - cultural and educational films and photos
Calendar Club - Home Page
UMapper / GeoDart Game
Why Glogster EDU?
For Educators:
-
A creative, dynamic, and innovative digital outlet that captures learner's excitement for online creations, keeps learners engaged in course content, and makes teaching and learning more fun.
-
A private and safe platform, monitored directly by teachers. Teachers control all the activities of their learners.
-
A valuable teaching tool that integrates diverse core subjects including math, science, history, art, photography, music and more for individual learner portfolios, unique alternative assessments, and differentiated instructional activities.
For Learners:
-
A fun, imaginative, and powerful learning experience which fosters independent creative self expression, positive learner-teacher relationships, and teamwork on collaborative class projects.
-
A vibrant, multi-sensory learning experience which integrates learner's knowledge and skills into traditionally text-oriented subjects and motivates learner's desire to explore topics in which they may previously have been less interested.
Glogster - Poster Yourself | Text, Images, Music and Video
AudioOwl - Children - Free audio Books - Download mp3 and iPod format today
Oxfam Education:
1. ABC'S
2. PHONICS
3. TOPICS
4. CRAFTS
5. STORY PATTERNS
6. NURSERY RHYMES
7. FLASHCARDS
8. TEACHING EXTRAS
KIZCLUB-Learning Resources for Kids
Publish Digital Magazines and More Online for Free | YUDU
Google Earth Across the Curriculum
ActiveScience - GSK
PDFmyURL.com - Convert and save pdf from any webpage for free
Google Librarian Central - Tools
Zotero | Home
MakeUseOf.com_-_Searching.pdf (application/pdf Object)
Architect Studio 3D, from the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust
Providing the latest tools in technology, and a social interactive networking environment, has enabled teens to explore, create, and share with others. A result of pulling these two key online arenas together into one solution has enabled FreshBrain to attract teens comfortable with technology and communicating online. Creations from FreshBrain users range from music videos to logo designs.
FreshBrain
A great way to learn 37 languages for free. Spanish, French, English, Mandarin, Russian and much more. You can listen to all audio lessons on your computer and mp3 player. Download and you're good to go.
Quia - Shared French Activities
justpaste.it - publish text and share with friends
Google Image Swirl
The Global Education Collaborative - Helping Teachers and Students Reach the World
copyrightfriendly - home
Teach.Genetics provides resources for K-12 teachers, higher education faculty, and public educators. These include PDF-based Print-and-Go™ activities, unit plans and other supporting resources. The materials are designed to support and extend the materials on Learn.Genetics.
Learn.Genetics (TM)
Teacher Professional Development and Teacher Resources by Annenberg Media
LitCharts.com | LitCharts Study Guides | The faster, downloadable alternative to SparkNotes
Correctional Service of Canada - Educational Resources
Correctional Service of Canada - Educational Resources
Correctional Service of Canada - Educational Resources
Twurdy Search - Search for Readable Results
http://janeknight.typepad.com/pick/2009/10/zoomit-v4.html
ZoomIt v4.1 By Mark Russinovich Published: October 21, 2009 Download ZoomIt (267 KB) Introduction ZoomIt is screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations. ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image. I wrote ZoomIt to fit my specific needs and use it in all my presentations. ZoomIt works on all versions of Windows and you can use pen input for ZoomIt drawing on tablet PCs. Using ZoomIt The first time you run ZoomIt it presents a configuration dialog that describes ZoomIt's behavior, let's you specify alternate hotkeys for zooming and for entering drawing mode without zooming, and customize the drawing pen color and size. I use the draw-without-zoom option to annotate the screen at its native resolution, for example. ZoomIt also includes a break timer feature that remains active even when you tab away from the timer window and allows you to return to the timer window by clicking on the ZoomIt tray icon.
ZoomIt
Fling the Teacher is a website containing 68 history quiz games. All of the quizzes have at least fifteen questions and a few of the games have more than 100 questions. The average is 30-45 questions per quiz. Prior to starting each quiz game students can create their own custom game character.
Fling the Teacher - Interactive History game - www.SchoolHistory.co.uk
Saskatchewan Curriculum
WordAHead
World History For Kids - By KidsPast.com
Science Netlinks: Lesson Index
Building Maker
Grade 10 Science History Math English French
Grade 11 Sciences Math English & Literature History Geography Economics
Grade 12 Sciences English & Literature
Link to Learning 9-12
placeSpotting.com | The online map game | solve
ClassTools.net: Create interactive flash tools / games for education
Cyberchase . Games . Cyberchase and the Eye of Rom | PBS Kids
Treasure Hunt Google Earth
- A creative, dynamic, and innovative digital outlet that captures learner's excitement for online creations, keeps learners engaged in course content, and makes teaching and learning more fun.
- A private and safe platform, monitored directly by teachers. Teachers control all the activities of their learners.
- A valuable teaching tool that integrates diverse core subjects including math, science, history, art, photography, music and more for individual learner portfolios, unique alternative assessments, and differentiated instructional activities.
Glogster - Poster Yourself | Text, Images, Music and Video
TimeRime.com - Make your own timeline!
Virtual Author Visits in Your Library or Classroom - Skype An Author Network
BBC - Podcasts - World News For Children
Webquests
Interesting Things for ESL/EFL Students (Fun English Study)
The COOL course materials include video and audio lecture files as well as slides and other reading materials. COOL offers the video files in variety of formats including MP3, WMV, and MP4. You can also subscribe to courses via iTunes.
COOL Front Page
http://www.dreamspark.com
After a teacher or administrator registers a high school on the DreamSpark site, students from that school can sign up to download Expression Studio & other valuable Microsoft software at no charge.
These educational materials provide a variety of resources for learning Web design with the tools provided in Microsoft Expression Studio software. Students, educators and hobbyists of all ages will find quick tutorials, short learning units and extensive course content to fit their individual teaching and learning styles. The range of difficulty goes from easy - with the quick start tutorials that require no previous Web design experience- to a more advanced level for people who are already skillful at using Web technologies and employing design strategies. The one semester web design course is appropriate for high school and introductory post-secondary technology courses.
Microsoft DreamSpark
Artwiculate - A word of the day game for Twitter
When the word "Flash" is usually mentioned,
most people make an immediate mental link with games. But there is more
to the picture than meets the eye, and this new service showcases that.
Its objective is to enable netizens to share and discover Flash
animations in categories as diverse as "Business Management", "Career
& Jobs" and "Education & Health". Further categories include
"Entertainment & Sports" and "Inspiration & Motivation". But
the most interesting is probably the one named "Startups &
Innovation", aimed at small businesses owners and entrepreneurs to
feature and highlight their products and services all across the WWW.
Upload and Share your Flash SWF Files
Google For Educators - Web Search
Free online books library for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast.
 | Absolutely FREE online books Thousands of novels, poems, stories Easy to read books online |
Online Books, Poems, Short Stories - Read Print Library
- 716
Music, Architecture, Movies & Animation
- 320
Books & Reviews, Authors, Plays & Drama
- 195
Money & Economics, Careers, Consumer Education
- 438
The Internet, Programming, History
- 932
North & Central America, Asia, Africa
- 990
Diseases, Human Anatomy, Medicine
- 1287
United States, Ancient Civilizations & Archaeology, War & Conflicts
- 241
- 399
Philosophy, Religion & Mythology
Mythology & Legends, Religions, Philosophy
- 3246
Life Science, Technology, Earth Science
-
Education, Cultures, Languages & Language Arts
- 682
ThinkQuest : Library
Free Math Video Lessons and Tutorials | Tutor-USA.com
Earth Science
Educational Games, Worksheets & Homework Help for Kids, Parents and Teachers | Game Classroom
Read and publish online for free from anywhere. Explore the Library to find magazines, newspapers, eBooks and more.
Over 1 million publications read each month.
Yudu Library
Lit2Go: MP3 Stories and Poems
100 People: A World Portrait
Using video in the classroom can help students make connections and provide them with opportunities to practice media literacy and critical viewing skills.
There are many FREE videos/clips online! Below is a collection of links to video-rich websites. While this is certainly not a complete list of all the video sites on the web, it will hopefully provide you with a variety of video resources for you to use in your classroom.
NC Live
http://media.nclive.org/
Includes over 250 documentary and educational video programs chosen by
NC librarians. Search for videos or by topics including science, US
and world history, biography, current events, the arts, and other
subjects. Also includes several educational series for children. You
can access the videos from school (or at home with a password from your
local library).
Snag Films- free documentaries
http://www.snagfilms.com/
Choose from over 850 full-length documentary films to watch online (or embed in your blog) for free. The films I've watched on this site include short commercials, but there are some great documentaries here. Search by keyword or topics, including campus, environment, health, history, international, life and culture, music and arts, politics, religion and spirituality, science and nature, sports and hobbies, and women's issues.
Open Video
http://open-video.org/
This shared digital video collection includes thousands of clips/videos
searchable by keyword as well as by genre and duration. Collections
include videos from NASA, National Archives, and more.
NeoK12
http://www.neok12.com/
This site has links to tons of videos (and images) for preschool
through high school. Videos have been viewed to ensure they are safe,
accurate, and appropriate for students. Search by keyword or by
category. There are also Web 2.0 tools and lessons available on NeoK12.
PBS Video
http://video.pbs.org/
Find PBS video by program, topic, or collection. You can also search
by keyword. If you can't find a video you're looking for, you can look
in their "more videos" section http://video.pbs.org/morevideos.html .
PBS Kids Video
http://pbskids.org/go/video/
The kids video section of PBS includes hundreds of hours of full-length
shows and clips of some of PBS kids programming, including Arthur, Maya
& Miguel, WordGirl, and more.
National Geographic Channel Videos
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/videos/
Featured video categories include full episodes, animals and nature,
exploration and adventure, history and events, people and places,
science and technology, Nat Geo wild, preserve our planet, and dog
whisperer.
History
http://www.history.com/video
The History Channel website includes a video section where you can
search by keyword, view by show, or by topic. Categories include
American history, military history, mysteries and unexplained, science
and technology, and society and culture.
Academic Earth
http://academicearth.org/
Find full video courses and lectures from world scholars at
universities such as Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. Search by keyword,
subject, university, or top rated instructors. Subjects include
biology, chemistry, history, literature, math, and much more. Even
thought these are college level lectures, there is certain to be some
content adaptable to high school level classes.
BBC Learning Zone Clips
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/
Most any search for educational resources online will lead me to a BBC
website. Looking for educational videos is no exception. This BBC
site included video clips for primary and secondary students in
subjects such as art, history, foreign language, language arts, math,
and more. Find clips for subject area topics or search by keyword or
clip number.
Arkive
http://www.arkive.org/
This site includes thousands of wildlife images, information, and
videos. You can search by keyword in the species, video, or images
search box. Arkive includes a special focus on threatened species.
Countdown
http://countdown.luc.edu/
The Loyola University Chicago School of Education has posted over 300
math topic program clips from its cable television show Countdown. You
can find 4-7 minute clips in categories (number and operations,
algebra, measurement, geometry, data analysis and probability, extended
response, technology, and connections) for elementary grade levels.
TED
http://www.ted.com/
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, and Design. Each year, there
is a TED conference in California and Oxford UK featuring speakers from
all over the world who give a short (less than 18 minutes) talk on
"Ideas Worth Spreading." Search by theme (technology, entertainment,
design, business, science, culture, arts, and global issues), speakers,
ratings, and more. New talks are posted often.
NOVA Teachers Video
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/teachers/video/
From PBS, the NOVA Teachers video section includes complete programs
and shorter science clips. Search the teachers site by keyword or view
videos by subject (including chemistry, earth science, life science,
social studies, and more).
BioInteractive
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/video/index.html
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has a video collection with clips
related to neuroscience, infectious diseases, DNA, and more. The video
search section includes lecture topics and video from the DNA
Interactive section of the site http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/videosearch.html. Videos from this site could be used in a high school classroom.
Teachers Domain (requires free registration)
http://www.teachersdomain.org/
This website requires free registration, but has a wealth of materials
including videos, professional development resources, and other digital
media resources. After logging in, you can bookmark your favorite
sections of the site to create easy access to the content that is most
relevant to you. Browse by K-12 subject area, professional development
topic, or special collection or search by keyword.
SchoolTube
http://www.schooltube.com/
Videos and pictures on this site are student-produced and will be
approved by moderators before being posted online. Therefore, this
site is a great resource for finding student created materials that are
safe and appropriate. Search by keyword, categories, or by channels.
Teacher Tube
http://www.teachertube.com/index.php
Think of You Tube for education and you'll understand the idea behind
Teacher Tube. You can find student and teacher created videos for the
classroom as well as professional development content. Search by
keyword or browse the channels. Content can be rated by users and
inappropriate content can be flagged.
iCue
http://www.icue.com/
This interactive news and history portal from NBC is designed for students.
Description from the website:
"iCue is a fun, innovative learning environment built around video from
the NBC News Archives. Videos, games, and activities correlated to
courses in U.S. History, U.S. Government and Politics, and English
Language and Composition, and more. A community of friends and
learners engaged in discussion around academics, current events, and
important issues. A collection of Video Cue Cards, with thousands of
video clips from the NBC News archives wrapped in a tradable,
interactive virtual card."
History Games and Animations
Teacher Activities - Scholar's Choice Children's Toys And Games
Math - Brightstorm
Atmosphere Design Lab
EtherPad
EtherPad is the only web-based word processor that allows people to work together in really real-time.
When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone's screen. The result is a new and productive way to collaborate on text documents, useful for meeting notes, drafting sessions, education, team programming, and more.
EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing
Museum of Humor
Cyber School's newest development is an On-line Professional Development
Lounge for All Educational Staff from our own school division and
from around the world.
The Lounge is active and vibrant and updated almost daily by Cyber
School Educational Technology Specialists.
The PD Lounge houses a multitude of both self-directed and guided short
courses geared specifically towards integrating technology into the classroom.
Communicate and collaborate with other educators regarding Smart Boards, Wikis's and blogs (Just to name a few).
In Addition to this, there is a vast amount of other Software Tutorials,
Smart Board lessons as well as access to Atomic Learning a company
who specializes in tutorials for most software applications used in schools.
*Please note: These tutorials can be used with or by students as well.*
Do you need some refreshers or introductions to Cyber Planets, Learning Communities, Hybrid courses or Blogs?
If so, Cyber School is posting videos of all staff delivered In-services so that
anyone can access them at anytime.
Click Here To Register for FREE!!!!!!
TADO EDUCATOR PD Lounge
-
Anthropology -
Archaeology
-
Criminal Justice
-
Geography
-
Government
-
Health and Human Performance
-
History
-
Law
-
Political Science
-
Psychology
-
Religion
-
Sociology
|
Whether you are studying backyard stargazing or exploring the possibility of becoming a professional astronomer, Astronomy Education at Free-Ed.Net can get you started and sustain your learning for years to come.
|
 |
|
 |
|
This place is right for you if you simply want to be better informed, want to get a first-hand look at what it is like to study chemistry, or want to further your education in the field.
|
 |
|
The Greeks separated all matter into air, earth, and fire. Today's earth sciences are a bit more sophisticated, but they are all about the air around us, the earth beneath our feet, and the bodies of water that cover most of the world.
|
 |
|
General Mathematics
- Mathematics Illuminated
The series of 13 videos explores major themes in the field of mathematics, from mankind's earliest study of prime numbers to the cutting edge mathematics used to reveal the shape of the universe.A Video Survey of Everyday Math
See how mathematics influences everything from the success of savvy entrepreneurs to the fairness of voting practices.
Mathematics Courses and Resources
 |
Arithmetic and Basic Math |
|
|
Pre-Algebra |
|
|
Algebra |
|
|
Trigonometry |
|
|
Pre-Calculus |
|
|
Calculus |
|
|
Statistics and Probability |
|
|
Linear Algebra |
Statistics & Probability
A Video Survey of Modern Statistics
Probability Theory: The Logic of Science
Linear Algebra
The
Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs- This intensive, academic programming course uses the free e-text offered here.
- Introduction
to Programming using QBasic
- This is a gentle introduction to programming using the computer programming language QBasic.
- Introduction
to Computer Science using Java
- This is a first course in Computer Science using the programming language Java. It covers the fundamentals of programming and of computer science.
One of the most complete and popular courses in Visual Basic. The course is supported by a free online textbook.
A complete presentation of C# programming. The course is supported by a free online textbook.
Fundamentals of Visual Studio .NET
A complete survey of Visual Studio .NET principles and applications. This course is supported by a free online textbook.
A complete presentation of Visual C++ programming. The course is supported by a free online textbook.
A complete presentation of Java programming. The course is supported by a free online textbook.
Introduction to MIPS Assembly Language
This is a programmed course in assembly language programming of the MIPS processor
- Fundamentals
of JavaScript
- A complete presentation of JavaScript scripting and Web applications. This course is supported by a free online textbook.
-
Hands-On JavaScript
- A no-nonsense series of lessons with plenty of examples and an online editor.
-
Fundamentals
of HTML Scripting & Web Design
- A complete presentation of HTML scripting and Web design. This course is supported by a free online textbook.
-
Hands-On
HTML
- A no-nonsense series of lessons with plenty of examples and an online editor.
-
Hands-On VBScript
- A no-nonsense series of lessons with plenty of examples and an online editor.
-
Introduction to Microsoft FrontPage
- Get a running start or brush up on your FrontPage techniques. This mini-course is supported by a free online textbook.
-
Introduction
to Perl Programming
- One of the most complete and popular training resources for Perl programming. This course is supported by a free online textbook.
-
Practical Perl Programming
- All anyone needs to know about Perl.
-
Hands-On
XML
- A no-nonsense series of lessons with plenty of examples
-
Hands-On ASP
- A no-nonsense series of lessons with plenty of examples.
- Fundamentals
of Windows XP
- A complete round-up of Windows XP principles and applications. This course is supported by a free online textbook.
- Fundamentals
of Windows 2000 Professional
- A complete survey of Windows 2000 that provides free access to a best-selling online book.
- Fundamentals
of Mac OS X
- A thorough introduction to the Mac operating system, including a complete online textbook that is provided free of charge.
- Fundamentals
of Red Hat Linux
- A complete course in the principles and design of Linux applications, including a complete online textbook that is provided free of charge.
- Fundamentals
of SQL
- A complete round-up of SQL programming and applications. This course is supported by a free online textbook.
-
Hands-On SQL
- A no-nonsense series of lessons with plenty of examples and an online editor.
- Essentials of Access
- A practical introduction to this powerful database.
- Fundamentals
of Microsoft Office
- A complete round-up of Microsoft Office applications. This course is supported by a free online textbook.
- Introduction
to Microsoft PowerPoint
- Get a running start or brush up on your PowerPoint techniques. This mini-course is supported by a free online textbook.
- Introduction to Microsoft Excel
- Get a running start or brush up on your Excel techniques. This mini-course is supported by a free online textbook.
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Office 2000 Series, courtesy of Florida Gulf Coast University
- Word
- Excel
- Power Point
- Access
- FrontPage
Computer Graphics & Gaming
- Vector
Math Tutorial for Computer Graphics
- Interactive tutorial in mathematical preliminaries for computer graphics.
Lesson 1. Accounting-Past and Present
Lesson 2. Financial Statements and Accounting Concepts/Principles
Lesson 3. Fundamental Interpretations Made from Financial Statement Data
Lesson 4. The Bookkeeping Process and Transaction Analysis
Lesson 5. Accounting for and Presentation of Current Assets
Lesson 6. Accounting for and Presentation of Property, Plant and Equipment, and Other Noncurrent Assets
Lesson 7. Accounting for and Presentation of Liabilities
Lesson 8. Accounting for and Presentation of Owners' Equity
Lesson 9. The Income Statement and the Statement of Cash Flows
Lesson 10. Explanatory Notes and Other Financial Information
Lesson 11. Financial Statement Analysis
Lesson 12. Managerial Accounting and Cost-Volume Profit Relationships
Lesson 13. Cost Accounting and Reporting Systems
Lesson 14. Cost Analysis for Planning
Lesson 15. Cost Analysis for Control
Lesson 16. Cost Analysis for Decision Making
-
Some lessons are better learned by experience. Now you can start your own business in the robust economy of a 3D virtual world. It's lovingly known as Start-Up Boot Camp.
-
Introduction
to Franchising
- A thorough (and neutral) introduction to the essential element of franchising. This is an interactive presentation provide by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
-
How
to Write a Business Plan
- A thorough introduction to the essential element of a good business plan. This is an interactive presentation provide by the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Small
Business Primer: Guide to Starting a Business
Technologies
for Small Business Start-Ups
Entrepreneurship
& Small Business
-
Strategic Planning and
Execution
- Extensive audio/slide presentation provided courtesy of SmallBizU.
-
Principles of
Business Management
- This course of study is built around Contemporary Management, 4/e; authored by Jones and George; and is provided courtesy of McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
-
Developing Breakthrough Products and Services
- This course covers modern tools and methods for product design and development. The cornerstone is a project in which teams of management, engineering, and industrial design students conceive, design, and prototype a physical product. The video and printed material is provided courtesy of the Sloan School of Management at MIT.
Building & Construction: General and Core Topics
Esitmating for Residential Construction
PowerPoint PresentationsArchitectural Drafting & Design
Sample documents and video clipsResidential Construction
Videos of house construction
Carpentry
Professional Carpentry
Although a DIY (do-it-yourselfer) can learn a lot from this course, it is mainly intended for professionals and apprentice carpenters.
Building Construction & Finishing
This is our premium, apprentice-level building/construction course.
Concrete/Masonry
Essentials of Masonry
This is a terrific introduction to bricks, concrete blocks, mortar, and the construction of wall structures.
Electrical
Electrical Principles
VideosHouse Wiring
VideosSurvey of Electrical Construction
A study sequence intended to familiarize prospective electricians with a sense of the theory and practical skills required for a successful apprenticeship and career.Installing Electrical Conduit Systems
This course is designed to teach the knowledge necessary to classify and size, cut and thread, and bend and install conduit and conductors.
Plumbing
Essentials of Plumbing
This is a complete introductory course to plumbing installation and repair. It is intended for professional and apprentice plumbers, but a do-it-yourselfer can also learn a lot about home installation and repair.
Welding
Essentials of Welding
This welding course provides prospective tradesmen with an in-depth view of the theory, principles, methods, and techniques related to modern welding.
Painting
Painting for Professionals
This painting course is part of a series of professional development courses for crew leaders, tradesmen and apprentices.
Select a course or study resource:
Art Appreciation
 |
Works in Progress
 This is a video instructional series on art appreciation. Each of the 10 half-hour segments is devoted to a contemporary artist who takes one or more works of art from start to finish. |
|
|
Essays from the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
|
|
Online Works of Art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Art History
|
|
Art of the Western World
This is a video instructional series on art history for college and high school classrooms and adult learners |
|
|
Art History Art History is a survey of the subject, presented in 29 outlined lessons. |
Studio Art
|
|
Art School Roger Elliott's well-known and highly respected online tutorials for the mechanics |
|
|
Learn to Draw Portraits Video lessons. |
- Introduction to Journalism
- Here is a brief introduction to the basic elements of modern journalism , including research methods and interview techniques.
A video survey of modern journalism
- Basic Photography for Journalists
- This short course includes five relatively brief lessons that give journalists the tools necessary to perform as a photojournalist. These lessons provide a general knowledge and understanding of using 35mm and digital cameras; film and digital recording media; power sources; exposure and light control; image processing and ethical considerations of photojournalism.
  |
Back to School Checklists ...this site links to sites to help you get off to a good start |
||
|
Back to School from Scholastic ...icebreakers, plans, and units for the K-5 grade levels |
||
|
Back to School Technology Activities ...teacher-submitted ideas for technology use at the start of the school year |
||
|
Back to School Theme ...all types of back-to-school lessons and ideas |
||
|
End of Year Planning ...links to lessons and activities for the end of the school year |
||
|
First Day Activities ...links to lots of ideas for fun and useful activities for the first day of school |
||
|
First Day of School Sites ...a link to all types of sites to help you get ready for the first day of school |
||
|
Icebreakers and Energizers ...a nice list of beginning-of-school year activities |
||
|
Icebreakers for the First Day of School ...teacher-tested ideas for the first week back to school |
||
|
Icebreakers, Warm-up, Review, and Motivator Activities ...icebreaker activities and revies for every age |
||
|
Icebreakers, Warmups, Energizers, & Deinhibitizers ...some icebreakers for older students as well as link to other sites |
||
|
101 Things for the First Three Weeks ...common sense and practical tips for setting the stage for a good year |
||
|
Student Interest Inventory #1 ...a fun interest inventory to give to students at the start of the school year to learn more about them |
||
|
Student Interest Inventory #2 ...a interest inventory to give to students to learn more about them |
||
|
Teaching Hearts Ultimate Back to School Stop ...tons of resources for early primary teachers and easily adaptable for the higher grades |
||
|
Tips for Getting Organized ...all kinds of ideas for organizing your classsroom, your students, and much more | ||
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Educational Resource Lists - Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
WGBH Forum Network | Free Online Lectures
Annenberg Media's multimedia resources help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods. Many programs are also intended for students in the classroom and viewers at home. All Annenberg Media videos exemplify excellent teaching.
Annenberg Media
Academic Earth - Video lectures from the world's top scholars
ReadWriteThink offers a collection of online Student Materials to support literacy learning in the K-12 classroom. These interactive tools can be used to supplement a variety of lessons and provide an opportunity for students to use technology while developing their literacy skills. Click on the name of each interactive for a brief description of the tool and a list of the ReadWriteThink lessons that use the tool. From there you'll also be able to directly access the tool and use it in your classroom.
ReadWriteThink: Student Materials
- What the Internet is,
- How to do lots of different things online,
- How to stay safe when using the web,
- and lots of cool Internet tricks!
Welcome to the Web
BabelWith.Me - Create a Conversation
Escrapbooking
100 Awesome Open Courses for Those Who Want to Change the World | Select Courses
Learn from the Top Instructors in America - Educator®
Your audience - or even your
students - are tweeting : How do you draw them into your presentation?
By asking for their opinion, and displaying their tweets directly in your
PowerPoint slides.
With Poll Everywhere, you can invite
people to tweet a short comment directly to your slide in real-time, while
still blocking inappropriate or off-topic tweets. You can also ask multiple
choice questions and watch a graph evolve as people vote.
Download slides that show live
results. Nothing to install!
Free and paid price plans
Use Twitter in PowerPoint | Poll Everywhere
Start exploring by using the sections on the right
Welcome to Planet Science
The Teaching Palette
Social Studies Central
AncientWeb.org: The Ancient Worlds Great Civilizations
KODAK: K-12 Solutions - Lesson Plans
Scoopler is a new search engine that allows you to simultaneously search Delicious, Digg, Twitter, and Flickr in one place. Scoopler is quite simple, enter a search term and you'll find results from all four of those services. Results are sorted into two columns, "live" which provides the most recently shared links and "popular" which is based on the number of times a link has been shared.
Scoopler: Real-time search
Used by thousands of schools and colleges, with over 700,000 registered users and over 1.3 million monthly visitors (March 2009), TESconnect is the central focus for the UK teaching community to share their ideas, thoughts and views outside the staffroom. TESconnect is a social network that allows teachers to network, share resources and search for jobs. It is the world's largest social network for a single profession and allows teachers to connect with other professionals to find and share their best classroom resources and advice. Split into five user-friendly sections including jobs, community, resources and My TES, the site gives teachers access to tools that have the potential to transform lesson planning and the quality of lessons taught.
TES Connect - Teaching Jobs, Resources & Community
This site is about the fur trade in Canada and how it led to the exploration of the country and the formation of the oldest and largest company in Canadian history: Hudson's Bay Company. In fact, the history of the fur trade, Hudson's Bay Company and the exploration of Canada are so intertwined that they can not be separated. So read on and learn more about Canada!
Exploration the Fur Trade and Hudson's Bay Company - L'Exploration, le commerce de la fourrure et Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson
LMK: Life Online - Home
Conect and share with other educational technological educators.
http://www.nettrekkervillage.com/
http://icot.iste.org/
Type for Gold
Vocaroo | Record and send voice emails
Habitats
ePals Global Community
BBC - Schools - what is weather
learningscience.org is an organization dedicated to sharing the newer and emerging "learning tools" of science education. Tools such as real-time data collection, simulations, inquiry based lessons, interactive web lessons, micro-worlds, and imaging, among others, can help make teaching science an exciting and engaging endeavor. These tools can help connect students with science, in ways that were impossible just a few years ago. Take a look at a few different types of "learning tools" at this link, Tool Examples. At this point in our project we are highlighting some of the best web resources for science concepts. Although our main emphasis is on students, teachers, and parents, really anyone interested in science education will find the site useful and informative.
learningscience.org
The teachers area and what you can do here
This area of the website has been specifically created for teachers. You can use this area of the website to help your students get the most out of their visit.
When you register with the website you will be able to:
- Allow your students to access key stage specific information.
- Distribute quizzes and other educational materials amongst your students and communicate with them about their learning experiences through their own personal pages.
Centre of the Cell
Over the years, TeachersFirst has created a number of lessons and instructional units that have proven popular with our users. While these are all listed in the various TeachersFirst subject pages, we have also listed them here. We hope this list will simplify searching for those of you who have used these resources in the past, and that they will provide new users with a quick introduction to some of the material available on our site.
TeachersFirst Instructional Units
TeachersFirst: Gated Blogs for the Classroom
Home
Kids Around the World | Home
My Hero is a site where students can write about people they view as...heroes. You can register and create a multimedia webpage about your choices, but, even better (at least, in my view), you can go to the Guestbook area and write a short piece that appears immediately (there are automatic filters to screen content, plus it's manually screened later).
The MY HERO Project Homepage
Topical units to date focus on Japan in the modern world. Units in development extend to early-modern and modern China. The thrust of these explorations extends beyond Asia per se, however, to address "culture" in much broader ways--cultures of modernization, war and peace, consumerism, images of "Self" and "Others," and so on.
Images of every sort are introduced and examined here--in partnership with contributing institutions and collections, and with the collaboration of experts devoted to transcending the printed word and hard-bound text.
MIT Visualizing Cultures
MVU CareerForward - Take the Challenge
"Welcome to LabWrite! LabWrite guides you through the entire
laboratory experience, from before you walk into the lab to after you get back
your graded report."
LabWrite for Students
Excel for Teachers
scratchworkshop » home
Help you and your children explore some of the fundamentals of banking.
Students can find ideas for making money and suggest their own.
Articles on spending money wisely
Students share their favorite piggy banks.
Games and information for kids
Weaving and Carding Information (for A New Coat for Anna)
Online Games
Quiz game for kids with information on real vs. fake money.
Teachers can set up different games for students to play.
Game for students to try starting a business and watching money grow.
Business Links
Virtually tour hundreds of factories to see how they work
For teachers Stop Disasters provides fact sheets to distribute to students about each type of natural disaster. Stop Disasters also provides teachers with teaching guides, lesson plan ideas, and links to additional reference materials.
Stop Disasters
Confusing Words
This platform has been developed by afPE to create a Zone for users to exchange and share material not all material is therefore necessarily endorsed by afPE and users are strongly advised to consider all the relevant health and safety aspects associated with using any materials posted on the Zone.
http://www.pezone.co.ukType and Search in your language with Free Online Multilingual Virtual Keyboard - LiteType.com
EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing
Today, Google has launched YouTube EDU, which centralizes the
content from over 100 universities and colleges (get list here).
This robust collection gives you access to lectures by professors
and world-renowned thought leaders, new research and campus tours. At the
moment, you can access over 200 full courses from leading universities,
including MIT, Stanford, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Yale and IIT/IISc.
And it's all searchable within YouTube EDU.
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.
Courses -- Open Yale Courses
Phil's Cooking Academy
Myths and Legends from E2BN
In November, Google launched a
3D tour of Ancient Rome, circa 320 AD. The tour, produced with the help of
the Rome Reborn project
at the University of Virginia, features over 6,000 buildings, some rendered
in fine detail, and it includes some interiors as well. The Coliseum, the Roman
Forum, the Basilica Julia, the Temple of Vesta -- they're all there. The video
above introduces you to the tour, and shows you how to access it on Google
Earth. (The software can be downloaded here).
I should note that Google just held a competition that let educators develop
history lessons (aimed at high school students) using elements of the 3D Tour.
The winners and their lessons can be found here.
With this site, you'll be able to create your customized video player, which works great for conferences and events. What's the best part? You'll be able to tape your event, and alongside it, show the slides you used for your presentation. This makes your video a lot more useful, as people who are watching it from home will be further immersed into the online conference. It's great for professors who like to use this
"Enjoy an interactive learning experience as you see
thousands of hand-selected and relevant links to pictures, slide-shows, videos,
audio-clips, artifacts, manuscripts, documents and other primary sources
linked, in context, within each story."
Vocaroo is a super easy way for students to record a message -- of any length -- and then place a link or an embed code on a student or teacher website. It's got to be one of the most simple ways for audio recording out there -- no registration is required and you just click "record."