This is a free online typing skill development program. It provides 27 graduated lessons designed to help students learn how to use their keyboard correctly.
TenMarks provides the teachers and administrators with the tools necessary for assessment and instruction for all 3 tiers of Response to Intervention (RTI).
This organization hosts electronic field trips with four main parts: the trip, journal, the virtual visit (a streaming video), an Ask the expert tool, and a hosted web chat.
With the advent of the World Wide Web and the huge amount of information that is contained there, students need to be able to critically evaluate a Web page for authenticity, applicability, authorship, bias, and usability. The ability to critically evaluate information is an important skill in this information age.
"The objective of this site is to provide teachers with source materials, lesson
plans and classroom activities for all grades K-12. This site is designed to
help busy teachers use their time efficiently. The indexed websites are not
organized by grades as each website listed may have several resources for
different ages. If you want to discover
how to become a teacher
you can check our career
guide."
Both of these presentations are excellent. If you have whiteboard or clickers in your school or use promethean software you will learn so much from Deb Pickerings presentation. I recommend that everyone take time to review these archived presentations.
Education in 2030 developed by the Hoover Institution Stanford University. This is an interesting look at different aspects of education and what it is anticipated education may look like in 2030.
Allows teachers to turn basic cell phones into classroom performance clickers at no charge. Studetns can send poll responses and ideas achieved through bdrainstorming directly to an interactive webpage. An example of the use may be that when the students walk into class the teacher has a question on the IWB that students will need to respond to as their activating strategy for the lesson.