Teacher Librarian and ELO Technology Education

Use this online converter to convert files from PDF, JPG, etc.  Just select up to 100MB files or URLs to convert, choose the format to convert to and the program will email the converted file to you!

Zamzar:  Free Online File Conversion

Sample topics on thsi site include Avoiding scams, Browsers, Creating and promoting web sites, E-mail programs, Great Web Sites, Glossary of Internet Terms, Search engines, Simple tips, Valuable information

About-the-web Internet Guide

Lots of images for your classroom needs - all free!

Classroom Clipart

Hundreds of webquests categorized by grade and subject to make your search easy. This is an incredibly user-friendly site.

Webquests

Eduweb develops award-winning digital learning games and interactives about art, history, science, and technology.  Their mission is to "create exciting and effective learning experiences that hit the sweet spot where learning theory, digital technology, and fun meet." 

 

Eduweb Interactive Learning Games

This site has copyright free images from a variety of sources.

Free to Use Media

Over 130000 copyright free images organized into over 3500 categories.  There will be an image here for every purpose!

FreeFoto

Links to help teachers, librarians, and parents with internet safety.

Internet Safety: Information for educators and librarians

Ce projet vise à mettre en place une procédure qui pourrait être suivie par n'importe quel enseignant ou personne ressource voulant intégrer les TIC dans la salle de classe peu importe le projet. Le principe est le suivant : les mêmes démarches devraient être entreprises quelque soit le projet d'intégration des technologies dans la salle de classe. Le méta-scénario sert donc de guide et vous en trouverez une description dans la première section.

Intégration des technologies dans la salle de classe m à 8a>

No matter what your grade level or subject area, Learn Alberta's website has many resources for you.  You can find resources by grade, subject, keyword, media type, audience, language or learning resource type. 

LearnAlberta

Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers. Unlike many Internet sites, permission has been granted for teachers and students to use all of the images donated to the Pics4Learning collection.

Pics4Learning - Tech4Learning

It's Powerpoint on steroids!

Type text, embed pictures, and insert video are all features that Prezi puts forth to creators. Unlike Powerpoint, Prezi is free and extremely portable. Because it's web based, Prezi can be created and shown on any computer with web access. If there is no web access available during your presentation, a downloadable version can be obtained to show offline anywhere. No other software needed, not even flash! Prezi also performs quite well in creating a visual organizer. As they claim on their site, "With the help of Prezi you can create maps of texts, images, videos, PDFs, drawings and present in a nonlinear way."

Prezi

A 'must have' site for every teacher filled with different quizzes and online fun.

Quiz Hub

Browse and download lessons and demonstrations made for the Smartboard!

SMART Exchange

Science and Technology

Agriculture (61) Astronomy (182) Biology (1173)
Chemistry (427) Computer Science (515) Engineering (398)
Geology (211) General Science (110) Health Sciences (491)
Information Technology (780) Nanotechnology (171) Physics (1611)
Fire Safety (1)

Browse Materials by Subject

The Winnipeg School Division has created a blog with over 400 entries for Smart Board users.

Smart Board Activities

A great list of interactive websites, Notebook activity downloads, resources and training tools for teachers to use.

Smart Board Interactive Websites

Great for Smartboard users!  Create seating plans, make jeopardy-style review games, make board games and more.

SuperTeacherTools

Teacher Librarian Main

These modules explore components critical to the role of teacher-librarians as instructional leaders in Saskatchewan schools. Each module contains information, examples of best practices, resources, and learning opportunities. Together, they will assist in developing the skills required by teacher-librarians to support student learning.

This site was designed to give teachers a practical and effective way to add a technology component to the classroom. Utilization of these technology skills will engage students while improving their grasp of educational objectives.  The computer skills should not be used in isolation, but rather, as a tool for achieving the educational objectives

Technology Skills for Teachers

You can master the virtual keyboard!  You can either play one note at a time or multiple notes.  You can choose from piano, flute, strings, drums, etc.

Virtual Keyboard

Just as the title suggests, this is a site to narrow down the search for webquests.  There are a variety of webquests, all categorized to correlate with the Ontario Curriculum in 2007.

Webquest Locator

ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that is designed to let anyone easily create their own customized 3D pop-up books.  You must sign up for a username and password to create your own books.

Zoo Burst Augmented Reality 3D Pop-up Books

actDEN currrently offers ten software tutorials, produced in conjunction with Microsoft K-12 Education, and seven exciting DEN courses. Each tutorial and online course offers up-to-date information and interactive features that encourage students to learn, think, and participate in the online community.

actDEN (Digital Education Network) Software Tutorials and Online Courses