Lesson resources:
Tumble Books: E-books, videos and games for all subjects, fiction and non-fiction, designed for grades K-3. Tumble Books Cloud: E-books and videos on all subjects designed for middle and high school. |
Smart Exchange: Lessons, images, and training you can use on your Smart board for any grade level or subject.
Teachers pay Teachers: Marketplace where teachers can find amazing resources from other teachers for many grade levels and subjects. Some are free resources available to download, some are pay. You must create an account to download free or pay resources, prices are relatively inexpensive.
Brain Pop : Online educational resources; movies, games, quizzes, activities & more; material aligned to the Common Core. Free material & subscriptions available. Spanish resources also available.
PBS Learning Media: Offers strategies, tools and professional development resources to fully utilize digital learning in the classroom. Lessons and videos available. Browse by grade level, subject or standards.
Khan Academy: Lessons & tutorials to introduce and explore Math, Science and Social Studies concepts. Classroom data and student progress tools available.
Reading Rockets: "Reading Rockets is a national multimedia literacy initiative offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so many struggle, and how caring adults can help." Find lesson ideas, tips on teaching reading and writing, ways to help struggling readers, and much more. A great resource for teachers, librarians and parents!
Webquest.org: Great resource on how to create an effective webquest and search their database for webquests by topic.
Scholastic for Teachers: Many great resources for teachers on printables, lesson plans, books, common core activities, teacher blogs, etc.
Sno-Isle Kids: Great resource to find good books to read! Search by genre, age, award winning books, etc. You can also listen to books, play games and get homework help!
National Archives: The National Archives offers a access to their research databases and offers a teacher's resource section that provides lesson plans, access to primary sources, and professional development.
Airpano.com : Air Pano provides high resolution, 3D aerial panoramas, which are virtual tours of the most interesting places on the planet!
A field trip right from the classroom! Fantastic aerial footage of historical landmarks, cities, coral reefs, and underwater caves to name a few.
A field trip right from the classroom! Fantastic aerial footage of historical landmarks, cities, coral reefs, and underwater caves to name a few.
Educators Technology.com : A great resource for ALL classroom technology needs. Features teacher guides which provide step by step instructions & pictures, youtube videos for teachers, iPad resources, downloadable classroom posters, teacher tools, blog, reviews and more. Definitely worth checking out!
Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything: Another great resource for teachers on EVERYTHING technology in the classroom! An educational technologist, Kathy Schrock provides information on many topics including app reviews, lesson ideas, ways to implement various technology into your classroom and troubleshooting tips.
Get More out of Google : Infographic created by HackCollege.com. Provides tips & tricks for using Google.
Copyright & Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers: A pdf created by TechLearning.com. A great resource for teachers in understanding copyright laws and fair use policies when creating lesson plans.
Connect with the global community:
Skype for education: Find guest speakers and invite them into your classroom. Collaborate with other classes no matter where they are in the world. Take a virtual field trip anywhere in the world. A resource that offers amazing opportunities for many grade levels in many subject areas.
Epals.com : Wonderful resource for teachers that connects classrooms around the globe! It is a network of opportunities: providing on-line projects for any subject area and age group that classes can work collaboratively on, teacher forums, lesson plans, activities, and more. According to their website, "ePals offers elementary and secondary school administrators, teachers, students and parents worldwide a safe and secure platform for building educational communities, providing quality digital content and facilitating collaboration for effective 21st century learning." A great way to safely connect your classroom with the global community.
QuadBlogging : connecting classrooms across the globe. 4 classes participate throughout a 4 week cycle. Each class has the opportunity to be the bloggers and the responders throughout the cycle. Can be used with all ages & grades.
GlobalSchoolNet.org: links classrooms and students around the world to collaborate on content driven projects. Easy to use website and another great way to connect your classroom with the global community.
Study aids & games:
Quizlet for Teachers: Watch this short video to show what you can do with Quizlet. You can make flash cards, quizzes, and games for students to play with the information by themselves or against each other. There is also a mobile app they can download on smart phones or ipods.
Webmath.com : Stuck on your math homework? This math help site can help you solve them! Type in your own homework problems and the website will walk you through the process on how to solve it, step by step.
Funbrain: Read online ebooks & comics, play Mad Libs and preview new books. I love this reading section of this website; does offer math and other games as well. Good for use in classroom centers.
ABCYA.com: Educational computer games for kids grades K-5. Also provides a section on great educational apps for iphone, ipods, etc. Good to use for classroom centers or to reinforce concepts at home.
IXL : Educational computer games for Math and Language Arts grades K-12. Great to use to review concepts in classroom or for students who need extra practice.
Spelling City : A wonderful resource to help your students study their spelling words. This site allows you to enter your own spelling word list and creates games and tests for students to use to practice. Hang mouse is a student favorite! This is a free site but a premium membership is available for purchase which unlocks other games and vocabulary study options as well. Teachers can create a class account and students can access their class list easily through the search option.
Need apps?
Websites that review educational apps for iPad & iPods:
apps4stages: This link leads you to a wikispaces page that recommends apps based on Bloom's Taxonomy. From here, you can also navigate to find app recommendations based on the stages of development.
iear.org : I Education Apps Review- great way to find recommendations for educational apps for all levels and subjects.
apps4stages: This link leads you to a wikispaces page that recommends apps based on Bloom's Taxonomy. From here, you can also navigate to find app recommendations based on the stages of development.
iear.org : I Education Apps Review- great way to find recommendations for educational apps for all levels and subjects.
classroom management:
Class Dojo : FREE classroom & behavior management tool. Also captures and generates data on behavior. Can be used with smartphone or other mobile device as well as smartboards.