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Ways to make learning about History fun to students!

"Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!" Dropbox is an excellent example of Standard 6.8. "Candidates effectively use and manage all technology available to them and explore uses of emerging resources." This online tool allows me to keep up with all my files from any computer or mobile device and collaborate and share my files with others.

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again!

The Snowy Day Art Project The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats is a perennial favorite in art rooms. The text is simple yet it easily... [more] Penguin Art Project If you are looking for an expressive, easy and impressive penguin art project, look no further! These...

I decided to use www.deepspacesparkle.com as my website of the day because this site is an excellent resource for K- 6th grade art teachers. The lessons are simple and easily understood.

Leading academic plagiarism checker technology for teachers and students. Online plagiarism detection, grammar check, grading tools. Turnitin is an excellent example of Standard 6.9. "Candidates model the legal and ethicial use of technology resources". This online tool allows teachers and students to check papers for plagiarism.

Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery. Prezi puts a new spin on the word "powerpoint". You can use different themes, choose the path you want your presentation to follow, it's more creative then a normal powerpoint slide and it is free. Users are making technology available to them when they use prezi because it is created online, so internet access is all that is needed in order to edit or present the prezi. This works especially well for those who do not have the microsoft powerpoint program.

Educational Resources at the National Gallery of Art

The National Gallery of art website is a great technological resource for both teachers and students. There is a link to the exhibit of the week which focuses on a new artist or series of artists. Another useful tool is the artist database which makes it easier to look up any artist quickly and also have an accurate biography and list of works. There is also a fun section for kids to use where they can get ideas for art projects, read the online children's magazine for artists, and use a number of free software to create their own original art work.

The NAEA is great website that expands your knowledge about an art education career and a great example of the standard 6.4: Candidates use technology in their own learning process and to change their current educational practice. It provides learning opportunities for current and future art educators to expand their knowledge and to better their classroom. The community part of the website allows art educators from all over the USA to share ideas and strategies for their classroom. There are also grants and opportunities for students and teachers to earn money or more knowledge about art education. The learning tab gives lesson plan ideas. Last, the best part about this website is that it helps you start your career by finding a job.  

As the leading provider of speech-generating devices, our mission is to enable individuals of all ages to develop a greater quality of life through communication, self-expression and independence. Funding is available for your DynaVox device! An exciting virtual learning experience that will help support individuals with significant communication challenges. Dynavox meets the standard because it is an assistive technology for any person who has communication problems. I chose this particular technology because my step-son is non-verbal and we have tried using the device with him.

This is a website that offers a lot excellent information for both English teachers and students. It offers a blog for teachers who are just starting off to ask questions from more experienced teachers. There are also study guides for different aspects of Englsih.

Play free online Science games for kids with our huge collection of learning games. Play educational reading games like Brilliant Brushers, Ozone, Germ Hunter, and Space Station.

This website meets the standard 6.4 because the information it provides could help teachers to see in what area they need to change their educational practices, and they could do it through their own learning process. It is used to document and exhibit the progress of America's students in various areas over time.This website has so much to offer to educators! I have used it in several presentations that I have done in my other education classes; thus far, the information has been accurate and highly intriguing to myself and others.

This website is useful for teachers in grades K-5. It is a site that aligns lessons with Common Core Standards for individual learning for each student. This website gives personalized lessons for each student and the teacher can view student progress and make comments to students throughout their course of learning. It is a great assistive technology to reinforce concepts that have been introduced in the classroom.

This is a fun and completely free web tool for teachers to use! This is a new way for teachers to monitor their classroom and keep in touch with parents on how their child is preforming in the classroom. This a great way for teachers to change the way they communicate with the parents and students about what their behaviors. This website is free and can be customized to all your needs!

Do2learn provides thousands of pages of social skills and behavioral regulation activities and guidance, learning songs and games, communication cards, academic material, and transition guides for employment and life skills.