"Technology makes stealing easy, but it makes sharing just as easy. The Creative Commons will let your students innovate in and out of the classroom without having to worry about copyright violations. "
"Newman's prompts
Finding out why students make mistakes
The Australian educator Anne Newman (1977) suggested five significant prompts to help determine where errors may occur in students attempts to solve written problems. She asked students the following questions as they attempted problems."
Learning Guides by Experts and Educators
"Shmoop will make you a better lover (of literature, history, life). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time.
Our mission: To make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age."
KATE, the Kentucky Academy of Technology Education, collects the most innovative and successful technology practices in K-12 education and makes them available to the teachers and students of Kentucky -- the United States -- and the world.
Google and Microsoft applications offered
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Create math worksheets for free
The Mathmaster.org is a free resource for teachers and parents. You can make an unlimited number of printable math worksheets for children, the classroom or homework practice. The intuitive and flexible interface gives you the ability to generate customize worksheets for each skill leve"
Vocalyze is a free service that reads the content of popular websites to you. You can subscribe to popular sites across twelve different categories.
Applications for Education
Vocalyze makes news and other content available to students with vision impairments that prevent them from reading online. Vocalyze could also be used to support struggling readers as you use current events stories in your classroom.
"There are so many good free tools for creating comics and cartoons on the web, as well as apps for tablets and smartphones. I've built out a list of fun tools I am looking forward to trying out over the upcoming holiday break. I can't wait to brainstorm creative ways to leverage these in lessons!"
"Dumpr is where you create marvellous photos to share with your friends"
This site has lots of great tools and toys to edit and use images and photos in fun ways. Make your photo into fine art or sketch.
AutoMotivator provides an easy way to create your own motivational signs or posters for your classroom or office. The process of using AutoMotivator is simple, upload an image from your computer or another website, select the color and style for your font, then type your motivational message.