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Teacher Tools and Online Resources
Five Ways to Build Your Own Educational Games Six Easy Ways for Students to Create Videos Online 10 Place to Make and Find Flashcards 10 Power Tools for Lifelong Learners  contains audio and video resources that Open Culture makes available to lifelong learners. These collections are all free, and can be downloaded to your computers and mp3 players.  10 Outstanding Sites for Downloading Lesson Plans   10 Spelling Games and Lessons  for teachers, parents, and students.   10 Terrific Web Apps for Teachers 10 Useful Chat Sites for Teachers from the Classroom in the Cloud Blog 21 Things for the 21st Century Educator based on the National Education Standards for Teachers (NETS-T) 25 More Educational Games and Game Builders 50 Web Applications for Teachers  to help teachers with lesson planning, research and productivity!   100 Video Sites Every Educator Should Bookmark Awesome Stories  a gathering place of primary-source information. The purpose is to help educators and individuals find original sources, located at national archives, libraries, universities, museums, historical societies and government-created web sites. [|Best "The Best Lists" of 2009 from Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day Blog]  Best Websites for Learning and Teaching contains dozens of great tools from the American Library Association. Creative Commons: What Every Educator Needs to Know. In today's world with everyone creating online resources, it is important to understand Creative Commons which provides a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists and educators.  Creative Commons provide ** <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">free  ** <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: #000000; font-family: georgia,Times New Roman,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">//<span style="color: #000033; font-family: georgia,serif; line-height: normal;"> Cybrary Man's Educational Web Sites created by Jerry Blumengarten. This site has resources for students, educators, parents , and general interest sites  with useful information. Department of Education's FREE Resources!   // Digital Teaching Tools: Your Keys to Improved Instruction is a great wiki full of tools to use in teaching and learning. Discovery Education's 20.12 contains tons of resources for the 21st century educator and student! Web 2.0 tools, media literacy, tech tips and internet safety are highlights on this site. Edublogger talks about some OUT OF THIS World Classroom Blogs! <span style="font-family: georgia,fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy;"> Enquiring Minds list of digital tools that may be helpful in education. <span style="font-family: georgia,fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy;"> eTheme's from eMints National Center contains dozens of safe, up-to-date online resources covering hundreds of themes. This is an incredible resource! I looked up Utah History and found lots of websites that I have never seen before. <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy;"> Free Courses Online: 250 Free Courses from Top Universities <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy;">  <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy;"> Free Foreign Language Online Classes  <span style="font-family: Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;">  <span style="font-family: georgia,fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,fantasy;"> Fresh Brain <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> provides teens with the opportunity to explore, engage, and create through activities and projects. FreshBrain takes advantage of the latest technologies, such as web conferencing and social networking, to provide a very progressive environment where teens can complete activities and work together on projects. This experience is enhanced with Advisors, available to support and mentor teens who are working on projects, with the intention of increasing the likelihood of success. In addition, FreshBrain provides teens with tools and training in the latest technologies to complete these projects. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> Google Tools to Use in the Classroom  <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> Graphic Organizer List includes dozens of awesome ready-to-use and free to print graphic organizers. <span style="font-family: georgia,fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,fantasy;"> Interactives <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">  <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> provides educators and students with strategies, content, and activities that can enhance and improve students' skills in a variety of curricular areas. Make sure you check out the Spelling Bee interactive for grade levels K-12th grade. It was great. <span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',fantasy;"> iTouch Resources from Learning Continuity  contains tons of great applications for your iTouch. <span style="font-family: georgia,'Times New Roman',fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: georgia,Times New Roman,fantasy; line-height: 20px;"> Khan Academy  <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> We have 1000+ videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance which have been recorded by  [|Salman Khan]<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">. <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,fantasy;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Magic studio has been developed by museums, publishers, teachers and pupils to provide an easy to use and highly engaging approach to visual, web based learning. <span style="font-family: Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,fantasy;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;">//<span style="color: #000033; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; line-height: normal;">Meet Me At The Corner....dozens of virtual field trips for kids! // <span style="font-family: georgia,fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> National Education Technology Plan comprehensive resource list contains technology tool recommendations, responses, statements, and other valuable information. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"> Next Vista is a non-profit organization dedicated to hosting and sharing original, educational videos. There are three main video classifications that Next Vista uses. The Light Bulbs category is for videos that teach you how to do something and or provides an explanation of a topic. The Global Views video category contains videos created to promote understanding of cultures around the world. The Seeing Service video category highlights the work of people who are working to make a difference in the lives of others. <span style="font-family: Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Paul Hamilton's <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Free Resources from the Net for Every Learner  <span style="font-family: georgia,fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 22px;"> [|RefSeek's reference directory lists] enable users to quickly locate some of the best academic resources on the web. Included in the directory is a list of [|professional development resources for teachers]. <span style="font-family: Georgia,fantasy;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia,fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> School Fusion <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> Blogmeister <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> Edublog <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> Kidsblog <span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,-webkit-fantasy;"><span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy; font-size: small; line-height: 19px;">SafeShare TV is the safest way for schools to view and show YouTube videos. It also removes distracting and offensive elements from YouTube videos and allows you to crop videos before sharing them. Great resource! <span style="font-family: Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> SqoolTools let you search for wonderful lesson plans to fit your needs. <span style="font-family: Georgia,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> [|TeachersFirst.com] contains a <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 14px;"> r   i ch collection of lessons, [|units], and [|web resources] designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. TeacherFirst.com offers professional and classroom-ready content along with thousands of reviewed web resources, including practical ideas for classroom use and [|safe classroom use of Web 2.0]. Busy teachers, parents, and students can find resources using the [|subject/grade level search], [|keyword search] , or extensive menus. <span style="font-family: georgia,fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy;"> TeachersTV! " <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Through engaging [|videos]<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">, practical [|resources]<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> and an active online [|community]<span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">, Teachers TV supports the professional development of anyone working in school, enabling them to widen their skills, develop their practice, and connect with others in the field." <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy;"> Technology and Education Box of Tricks was created by <span style="font-family: arial,verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> J Picardo to support his belief "  <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> that  <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> the effective use of technology in our schools ensures that education remains relevant to our students in their increasingly digital lives  <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> ." This blog contains the awesome A-Z Internet Resources for Teachers!      <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy;"><span style="font-family: georgia,Times New Roman,fantasy; font-size: small; line-height: 20px;">Teacher Training Videos by Russell Stannard - At this site you will find several videos to show you how to use various Web 2.0 tools such as screenjelly, Blogger, Twitter and the Tweet Deck, JING, and much more. This is a great resource when you want to learn something new or just need help. <span style="font-family: georgia,fantasy;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,-webkit-fantasy;"> The Digital Narrative - Finding your story with new media! <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;">Amazing new media narratives, news about teaching digital story writing and much more. <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> <span style="font-family: georgia,serif;"> Why Wordle by Steven W. Anderson gives dozens of creative and effective ways to use Wordle in the classroom and with our students. This online article includes a great Google slideshow presentation entitled Forty-Three Interesting Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom. <span style="font-family: georgia,fantasy;">
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