CVSD Secondary Group

Ronnie Burt's post 07/14/11 about privacy issues related to web and other popular social media tools.

Blooming Peacock ilearn technology

Strategies, resources, and tips from the NY Times (with lots of links to materials they provide + update) on teaching strategies for informational text to meet the demands of new common core standards.

Free online software for creating and sharing movies; similar to iMovie or Windows Movie Maker.

Dynamic Periodic Table

This is a livebinder all about wordle. Very helpful for anyone who wants to know more about wordle and see an cool example of how a livebinder can be used to provide professional information for educators.

Great example of a livebinder organized to teach about wordle. The tutorial tab is a great place to start to see how useful Wordle can be in the classroom.

Similar to Worlde, but provides more power in the form of searching and manipulation

Site all about math. It provides resources for teacher, parents and students. The site includes math games, math lessons, math practice, math dictionary and I also used a graphing function from this site.

Lots of easy to use resources on this site for math.

This is a virtual world devoted to science, technology and free educational games online.

Check out this site with lots of science games.

Easily create a number of online educational interactives (ex: Crosswords, Wordsearches, Quizzes, Jumbles) that can be linked onto learning platforms - such as our Moodles!

Teachers and students can easily create FaceBook-style pages to: chart the career of a historical character, create a timeline of important events, outline the main plot of a book, play or film and so on!

Class parrot is in beta version but it is a free way for teachers to text students and parents quick reminders about school related issues.

Studyblue is a free tool that allows users to create flashcards, quizzes, and lecture notes and share them with others. Teachers can set up a "class" and give students a code, and everyone with the code can create collaborative study materials. There are mobile phone apps that the students can use to take their flashcards and notes anywhere. They can access their files offline. StudyBlue also sends helpful test and study reminders via email and text message.

I learned about this tool from an article in Learning & Leading with Technology, August 2011. An educator shared how her students use it.

Article on 10 steps to a better web research.

Math applets for 12-18 year old students.

Great for those who need visuals.

This 3 part video 'Sexting in America: When Privates Go Public' Preview shows students how serious sexting is and how it can negatively impact your life. These 3 videos will automatically run from the first to the last. Users can pause them between to discuss what they heard.

This site links to the American Museum of Natural History. There are a number of topics to select and then learn about. It looks very engaging.

Cells alive covers a variety of cell related topics with interactives that make learning easier due to the visuals provided.

Site sponsored by the National Earth Science Teachers Association. Allows students to explore and learn about earth and space sciences and related topics in the humanities include mythology, art, poetry, and more.

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Students can view and learn about museum artifacts and air and space history.