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Demonstrates good techniques for talking about math concepts. Also demonstrates techniques for classroom management for young learners.

"Sign up for a free account for tons of running, dancing, stretching, and mindfulness videos!" Looks like fun and is downloadable as an app from App Store.Break up your school day with some easy physical activity. Requested by students, touted by teachers.

Movement and mindfulness. A good break that stimulates minds and bodies. Hundreds of videos to dance to, or solve a puzzle, or learn something.

Beautiful timelines for history or social studies.

Once again, you can play Oregon Trail -- this time online. Great for American Civ and history, project- and content-based. Middle school.

"A super quick introduction into using the excellent Google Forms. You can quickly create surveys, questionnaires and even comprehension questions. You can then share the link or embed your questions. The data is automatically created into graphs and forms when the participants answer the quesitons. A really useful tool for any teacher or students that I have made massive use of. If you are looking to quickly collect together some data and then see all the results presented to you automatically, then this is great. Students can create surveys for other students in the class, teachers can collect feedback and even use Google Forms for formative assessment. if you are looking for more detailed videos on Google Forms then watch these other videos.

"A quick introduction to why Google Docs. This is a really useful, free tool and only the teacher needs to have a Google account to create a Google Doc. Teachers can create a document and then students can immediately access it via the shared link. Students can then edit and add to the document, so this is ideal for group work and collaborative work both in the class and at home. It has countless uses and is an technology tool that is widely used in industry. This quick introduction takes you through the basics of working with Google Docs." By R. Stannard.

"Google Slides is a great collaborative tool that creates slides rather like PowerPoint but online. I have used this tool extensively for groups to create slides at home but also in the class. I often use one set of slides and give one slide to each group of students to work on. In this video I suggest a few useful tips of how to work with this excellent teacher tech tool. It is a quick 5 minute introduction to working with Google Slides. I also recommend you watch the 5 minute videos on working with Google Docs. Google Docs is also good for collabaration and works in a similar way. "

This site also contains links to over 1,000 free courses online at Google, MIT, et al.

"Description: Stay organised as a staff or as a class with media rich collaborative virtual sticky notes. Add text images, files, links, Google Documents and more. You can add due dates and see changes being made by others in real-time. Be organised on the go with the Android and iOS apps." A number of teachers swear by this app.

The examples will be somewhat old, which will change the results. Find new "fake news" stories from current information to really get your students thinking -- and searching.

14 Free Tools -- includes Hot Potatoes, Quandry, JeopardyLabs, Edgames, etc. Games to revise/review as well as make your own quizzes.

R. Stannard training video: "This tutorial is a quick set of videos that takes you through the key advanced features in Quizlet. It looks at features such as folders, class sets, creating your own cards etc. It provides you with lots of tips and tricks about using Quizlet. It also looks at Quizlet from both a teacher and student point of view. It begins with a quick review of the basics before going on to show you the more advanced features An excellent educational tool for both students and teachers. If you need to learn the basics of Quizlet first then you might like to watch these videos first. A full introduction to Quizlet: Key Educational Tool "

R. Stannard training video for students: "This is a guide on how to use Quizlet to study vocabulary. If you are a teacher and you want to know what tips you can give to your students about using Quizlet, then this will really help you. It shows you ONLY the essential things that you need to show to students so that they can understand how to use Quizlet and how to organise their learning. If you do now know anything about Quizlet then I recommend you watch these videos first. Key Tools for Educators: A full introduction to Quizlet"

R. Stannard training video on this important tool: "Quizlet 2017 is a complete introduction to all the basics of using Quizlet. In this video I will show you how to quickly get up and running with Quizlet without signing in and without making any flash cards. This is a useful educational technology that means you can revise and practice vocabulary at any time. Find flash cards and then start to revise the vocabulary through a series of games. This is a simple learning with technology tool that students and teachers can both use very quickly and easily. Watch these videos and when you know the basics you can also watch these more advanced videos. Learning with Technology Advanced Features in Quizlet"

" CodeMonkey is a fun and educational game environment where students learn to code in a real programming language, no previous experience needed. " Students start with a game that helps teach them CoffeeScript, an HTML5 variant. The teacher's kit helps with basic computer science concepts. Students should be able to build their own games after mastering the code.

"eSkeletons is a great website produced by the Department of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin. eSkeletons features interactive models of mammal skeletons. Select a model from the menu on the home page then click on any bone in the model to view it in detail. After select a bone to view you can choose from a menu of viewing angles. In many cases eSkeletons offers a short video display of the bone you've selected from the menu." Great tool for allowing students to compare bones and learn the glossary of mammal science.

R.Byrne: "Numbeo claims to be the world's largest database of user-contributed data about the costs of living in cities. Some of the sets of data that you can see find in Numbeo include property values, transportation costs, and healthcare costs." Culture comparisons; includes a short lesson plan suggestion.

"A useful web tool which simulates a solar system allowing users to build their own." Very clever website that lets you create different types of planetary bodies, vary simulated speed of revolutions, etc.

Good for digital projects; get the creative juices flowing.