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7 Steps to Do Academic Research Using Digital Technologies ~ Educational Technology and... - 0 views

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    This blog shares a variety of resources that can be used to do academic research. Tools include resources to researc, curate data, save and organize data, read and review data, synthesize and take notes, and cite data
karen sipe

Academic Vocabulary Games - 0 views

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    Six step process in the instruction of vocabulary (building academic vocabulary).
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    This site is broken down by grade level (right side) and there are a number of games lists (left side).
karen sipe

http://www.funnelbrain.com/ - 0 views

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    "FunnelBrain is a collection of academic questions and answers that are created, edited and organized by its users. To get started, click "Create Flashcards" to add questions or select "Study Teams" to collaborate with your classmates. Be sure to check out the free Degree and Test-Prep Quiz Page for GMAT, Accounting, Criminal Justice and other free quizzes."
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    This site also has a free academic decathlon practice scrimmage.
karen sipe

Smithsonian Education - Welcome - 0 views

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    This site provides teaching tips, lesson plans, activities, academic articles, web resources and many more items.
karen sipe

Memorize.com - Remember and Understand - 0 views

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    Memorize.com is a new learning website that allows users to create their own study guides and then share them on the web. The free site assembles user-generated content in three formats -- flash cards, multiple choice, and visual learning diagrams. The topics range from traditional school subjects, such as history, languages, and geography, to less academic categories, such as food, billiards, and television. Users can follow other users and their pages and edit other users' pages to craete their own unique page.
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    Look like some fund activities that could be used for a variety of content areas.
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    Free and can be used by a variety of content areas
karen sipe

The Longfellow Ten - 0 views

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    "The LF10 is a loose association of middle school students in undisclosed locations in cyberspace dedicated to promoting awareness of important academic terms and concepts through absurd stop-motion films"
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    I checkd out some of the videos the kids made. This looks really engaging. What a great way for kids to demonstrate their understanding.
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    I checked out some of the projects. What a great way for students to demonstrate understanding of a concept.
karen sipe

History Matters: The U.S. Survey Course on the Web - 0 views

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    History matters is a database of coursework, guides, and primary-source documetns on topics in American history, History Matters was produced by two academic programs at the City Unviersity of New York and George Mason University. The site is most useful for high school history teachers and studetns, and educators can use it as a professional-development resource. The Digital Blackboard page offersr curriculum guides with links to third-party reference sites. Another page hosts a series of Q & A interviews with history teachers, who reveal the secrets behind teaching a successful history course. The Students as Historians page links to web-based projects created by high school and college students. And don't forget to check out the primary-source search engine, located on the Many Pasts page. The search enging links to more than a thousand images, audio, and text-based documenets from American history sites across the Internet.
karen sipe

Mint | Scholastic.com - 0 views

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    Math and Money, as academic standards-based program designed to teach middle school students the value of managing and saving money. Teachers can download lessons, printables, and bonus materials. Students can participate in an interactive game to see the impact of smart money decisions and budgeting. A parent handout encourages families to work together to create budgets, save wisely, and cut costs.
karen sipe

Free Social Teaching and Learning Network focused solely on education - 0 views

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    Sophia is a first of its kind online social teaching and learnign platform that provides free academic content to educators. in beta testing since March, 2011, the site lets educators supplement their teaching methods with Web 2.0 tools to craete public or private learning environments
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    Free resource
karen sipe

Arcademic Skill Builders: Online Educational Games - 0 views

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    "Arcademic Skill Builders are free research-based and standards-aligned educational games! Engage and motivate students with our multiplayer and single-player games." As of August 2011 Academic Skill Builders has released 40 web-based learning games designed to help K-8 students build basic math, olanguage arts, vocabulary, and thinking skills. The games incorporate multiplayer capabilities in educational gaming. Studetns can play together in groups of 4, 8, or 12 at a time, promoting positive interaction and achievement. Educators can use the free arcade-like games with a projector screen, interactive whiteboard, or computer lab. Security safeguards ensure that no one outside the classroom can contact students who are playing the games. The games align with state standards and the Common Core Standards.
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    Sharing this again as there have been some additions to that that I think will be very helpful for teachers grades K-8.
Pat Kennedy

Website - eduTecher.net - a non-profit web resource - 0 views

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    The website's main purpose is to help educators and schools around the world effectively integrate technology, including the wonderful tools on the vast World Wide Web, into the classroom. eduTecher provides links to thousands of Web Tools and provides concise information on how these tools may be useful in the classroom setting. The site's goal is simple: contribute to the academic world, without charging membership fees for the users or promoting specific software and hardware products through commercial advertising.
karen sipe

Vocabulary.com - Learn Words - English Dictionary - 0 views

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    Vocabulary.com is the quickest way to improve your vocabulary. This site will help you tom aster the words that are essential to academic and business success.
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