Clif's Notes for Future Teachers

Teacher Resources, Kindergarten Welcome to

Select the author of a YouTube video and use this tool to download their videos and convert them to video podcasts

The Purdue OWL website offers over writing 200 free resources.

These 20 plots are collected by the Tennessee Screenwriting Association. They are providing the resources to assist in developing stronger writers.

Use RadioJames Objectives Builder to design classroom lesson objectives for your units.

This network is for educators who are interested in educational podcasting and the Podstock conference May 1st and 2nd in Wichita Kansas.

Podstock is a brand new conference designed to bring podcast creators and those who see the real value of podcasting as creators and consumers together.

A reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. Focuses on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing. Watch the engaging 15-minute videos and try the online interactive activities. "Behind the Lesson" provides teachers with information and teaching resources for each strategy. Watch the 10-minute professional development videos, and explore the Web site for lesson plans, video and audio clips, downloads, and more.

Interactive science content for grades 1-6. Well aligned with entire science curriculum for these grades.

An Adobe Air application that allows you to take a set of images and stitch them together to create a panoramic image. The panoramic image you create can be rotated side to side, up and down, and zoomed in and out.

Turn bookmarks and feeds into interactive slideshows, guided presentations and tutorials, virtual tours, and more.

A trail is a collection of web pages, assembled and annotated by any Trailfire member, on just about anything under the sun.

Easily combine webpages, photos, presentation files, etc.so that you and your students can create interactive guided presentations and virtual tours.

Online directory of educators interested in collaborating via Skype instant messaging and video conferencing. Good way to organize collaboration with classrooms around the world, invite in guest presenters, receive/provide assistance, support and professional development.

Prezi allows anyone who can sketch an idea on a napkin to create and perform stunning non-linear presentations with relations, zooming into details, and adjusting to the time left without the need to skip slides.

Innovative and truly interactive resources for learning math and science.

Free online plagiarism detection

Consumers and knowledge workers now have the power of a relational database, combined with a user interface that is easier than a spreadsheet. Sharing blists online is simple.