For Standard 6.4., one can use the Crayola website to find art-related lesson plans for any subject. Materials, time, grade level and significance are listed for each project. Additionally, techniques for all art supplies for the educator are given.
This website, Freerice.com, is a useful tool for teachers to use to reinforce some knowledge that may be learned in class, to provide a source of edutainment, and to provide students with the recognition that they live in a global community with people less fortunate. The site allows for you to copy and paste free banners to your own personal website or blog. A link could also be saved to the site on a classroom computer, allowing students to use the site as a means to reinforce a skill or to reward a student for good behavior. The site does adhere to the standard 6.9 by the permission allowed to educators by the "Fair Use" doctrine.
This website describes cyber ethics and some of the legal/ethical issues revolving around the use of technology , at the same time, advocating proper use of the legal policies. It has a lot of helpful links for parents, educators, communities, the youth, and more!
Yahoo! Messenger can be used for students and parents to contact their teacher should they have any issues with assignments, also for teachers to contact the parents should anything come up with the students.
ClassMarker's secure, professional web-based testing service is an easy-to-use, customizable online test maker for business, training & educational assessment with tests and quizzes graded instantly - saving hours of paperwork! The ClassMarker hosted online testing software is the best test maker solution for business and training tests; recruitment & pre-employment assessment; educational facilities - including schools, distance learning, online courses & E-Learning and self-study groups, practice tests and more.
This website has important information and tips for teachers and parents to keep kids protected while they are surfing the web. I chose this site because of its awareness on how to properly teach kids how to surf the web. This website discusses the importance of parents/teachers communicating with children to make sure that they understand the rules and laws of surfing the web.The site also discusses cyberbulling and the signs to recognize if children are being abused online. The site has other important links and websites that can be utilized.
Education.com is an education and child development site for parents, but can be very useful for teachers as well. It has grade specific information for all grades such as social, emotional, and academic development for the children, and it has links to worksheets and activities.
This site wans students to be able to go on the internet freely without worrying about all of the risks involved. The ethics of preventing cyberbullying by the teachers is also linked as well.
This is a neat and useful website. It gives you links to online tools for teachers, and online tools for students. It also gives you links for training materials. All of the links have been tested and proven that they are accurate.
This website is full of information regarding the proper usage of technology for children. Children use social technology on a daily basis for communication, homework projects, surfing the web, and etc. I chose this website because it displays the rights and the responsibilities of minors and the importance of protecting them while they are surfing the web. As teachers we want our students to make good choices when it comes to the use of technology. This website include other links such as "Stop Cyberbullying" that can be used to teach young people about internet safety.
This is great website to browse in your spare time, maybe during summer break, to expand your thinking. TED.com's slogan is "ideas worth sharing" There's lots of different topics to choose from, and the people at these TED conferences are from all over the world so you really get a good perspective of global thinking.
With the popularity of Facebook and the ability to connect to it from iPads to desktops, it only makes sense to use it for a classroom communication tool. I did a quick search for classrooms, and specifically special education classrooms on Facebook and found numerous pages from all over the world. By using a Facebook page for the class, parents can see what the days lessons were as well as homework and pictures of the day or week. Messages can also be sent to the entire group or individuals as well as other teachers in the department.
This site contains an endless amount of free resources for teachers. You can make flashcards, create custom word searches or use already made worksheets for your classroom. All the research is done for you. Just locate what you want to do and go directly to that website. Free resources rock!