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Khan Academy - 10 views

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    Outstanding instructional video library with self-paced exercises, assessments and analytics to master K12 subjects (emphasis on math & science). Step by step tutorials.  Others can contribute!
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Socrative Teacher - 21 views

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    Socrative is for interaction. You ask the questions. Your student responds with any laptop/handheld device. Try it for yourself by playing teacher on this device, and Student on a second computer/smartphone. Instructions: - Student: Open a second computer/smartphone and go to m.socrative.com - Student: Join the Room ###. - Teacher: ask a question out loud and press "Yes / No" button - Student: Respond Yes or No - Teacher: See the results on your screen You can run the Teacher Clicker from an Android phone, or any computer / smartphone by going to l.socrative.com.
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Curriki - WebHome - 2 views

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    Curriki, the online education community, is building the first website to offer free, open-source instructional materials for K-12. We have thousands of free worksheets, lesson plans, exams, project ideas and activities for English language arts, math, science, social studies, technology integration and other subjects. All of our educational material is contributed by teachers and partners and is free and open source.
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Top 20 Best Educational Sites | TopTere Ranked | May 2017 - 42 views

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    "Tutorialspoint.Com"
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Students Learn Better With Star Trek-Style Touchscreen Desks | Popular Science - 3 views

  • A UK study involving roughly 400 students, mostly aged 8-10 years, and a new generation of multi-touch, multi-user, computerized desktop surfaces is showing that over the last three years the technology has appreciably boosted students’ math skills compared to peers learning the same material via the conventional paper-and-pencil method. How? Through collaboration, mostly, as well as by giving teachers better tools by which to micromanage individual students who need some extra instruction while allowing the rest of the class to continue moving forward.
  • the researchers have concluded that these new touchscreen desks boost both fluency and flexibility--the critical thinking skills that allow students to solve complex problems not simply through knowing formulas and devices, but by being able to figure out what the real problem is and the most effective means of stripping it down and solving it.
  • This kind of stuff can be really hard to quantify,
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  • It’s going to take a lot more time, research, and money
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    UK study involving roughly 400 students, mostly aged 8-10 years, and a new generation of multi-touch, multi-user, computerized desktop surfaces is showing that over the last three years the technology has appreciably boosted students' math skills compared to peers learning the same material via the conventional paper-and-pencil method.
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    UK study involving roughly 400 students, mostly aged 8-10 years, and a new generation of multi-touch, multi-user, computerized desktop surfaces is showing that over the last three years the technology has appreciably boosted students' math skills compared to peers learning the same material via the conventional paper-and-pencil method.
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Keeping Your Eye on the Search | Instructional Design Fusions - 15 views

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    some innovative search engines
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join.me - Free Screen Sharing - 8 views

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    Easy and simple way to share your screen with others.
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    Great way to help instruct students or fellow teachers on how to use a program or just to quickly and easily share information with others.
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Document Camera Ideas | Instructional Technology Specialist - 0 views

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    List of ideas for using document cameras in the classroom. Mainly elementary ideas.
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Ms. Jurczak's Instructional Technology Blog - 0 views

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    Jumping with glee! Ms. Jurczak recommends Teacher Toolbar. Check it out for yourself: http://tinyurl.com/326m6o
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Kids' Vid: About Us - 0 views

  • Kids' Vid is an instructional web site that gives teachers and students the tools necessary to implement video production in the classroom. Video production can be intimidating to the novice. Not to worry. It is nothing more than a method for recording research and expressing creative ideas. Video production, if properly implemented, is more than a new toy for students. It provides the tools and the means for students to create and display serious work in a new, exciting and engaging way that is appropriate for all age groups and abilities. This is a place for serious fun.
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Wired Campus: Professor Uses Web 'Widgets' to Share Course Content - Chronicl... - 0 views

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    Nifty example of using widgets to deliver instructional content. Students can embed their classes into their own webpages (like Facebook/Myspace )
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Top News - Free text reader to help print-disabled students - 0 views

  • a partnership that will give print-disabled students a free text reader to access electronic books from the Bookshare.org library.
  • those who receive special-education services and who are unable to read standard print materials owing to physical limitations.
  • At the start of the 2008-09 school year, qualified students will be able to use Don Johnston’s Read:OutLoud Bookshare.org Edition text reader to access more than 36,000 books, magazines, and newspapers in the Bookshare.org library free of charge.
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  • The Bookshare.org Edition text reader offers text-to-speech capability, embedded reading comprehension strategies, and instructional supports that align with state educational standards. The software includes audio feedback, electronic highlighting, and note-taking features that allow students to capture their ideas, as well as a bibliographer that logs and organizes sources in a structured, step-by-step process.
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Online University Reviews: Top 10 Open Source Tools for Educators - 0 views

  • Technology is now being implemented in classrooms around the globe. Both traditional and online schools have discovered how effective it is to blend technology with instruction. However, this effort can prove to be very expensive. Thanks to open source software, which is freely available to anyone, teachers can use many educational tools without worrying about insurmountable costs.
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Critique and Ideas for Squidoo.com - 2 views

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    Have you seen Squidoo? I would roughly describe it as a means of mashing up information from a variety of resources into a lens (as in the eye of a giant squid
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