"A Collection of Technology Resources to help create a new vision of Vocabulary Instruction!" * Etymology * Figurative Language * Graphic Organizers * Resources * Six Traits * Visual Representation * Word Walls * Building Academic Vocabulary
"One of the most exciting opportunities, stimulated by this new technology, is the capacity for students to access rare primary sources. Such resources are housed physically far away from the students' schools. They have been digitized and placed online for all to view."
The Brain Tour explains how the brain works and how Alzheimer's affects it. There are 16 interactive slides. As you view each slide, roll your mouse over any colored text to highlight special features of each image. Then, click on the arrow to move to the next slide.
History Animated is a fantastic resource for teachers of US History. The animations will make great supplements to classroom instruction. The animations are a significant improvement over drawing or pointing to places on a map.
access an interactive graphic overview on tools, books, researchers in different visualization fields, as well as on key success factors of visualization. There is also an interactive organizing table that shows (incl. examples) one hundred visualization-based methods. Clicking on a particular tool, book, person, document, principle or method within a map opens the respective website or homepage in a new browser window or reveals an example
The NRICH Project aims to enrich the mathematical experiences of all learners. To support this aim, members of the NRICH team work in a wide range of capacities, including providing professional development for teachers wishing to embed rich mathematical tasks into everyday classroom practice.
Over the Top is an interactive adventure game that allows YOU to experience life in the trenches during the First World War. As a young Canadian soldier stationed somewhere along the Western Front in the late Fall of 1916, you will live through some of the excitement, despair, brutality and sheer horror of trench warfare.
powerful web resources that use the increasing amount of primary source materials online and have the power to engage students using digital tools and their desire to express themselves.
Remix America encourages students to draw parallels between the present and the past. They hope that viewing seminal speeches and events from American History will inspire young people to express themselves and take action on the issues that matter to them.
The Starter Sheets are resources for the classroom teacher. The intention of each sheet is to introduce a tool, technology or activity that could be easily adapted for use in the classroom