CVSD Secondary Group

Black and white movies provides downloads of movies from the 20s through the 70s. Free

Download old black and white movies

Free site to create timelines. This tool allows for layering. There are also other lists that can be added to your timeline

Easyt to use tool to create timelines and you can also add layers to your timelines.

"K-12 School Lesson Plans, Curriculum and Materials Chemistry ... and Climate Change, Global Warming & Solutions"

One of the many cool sites you will find in the tired teacher's website K-12

"This Classroom Learning 2.0 blog has been set-up as part of the CSLA School Library Learning 2.0 program to encourage all of us to experiment and learn about the new and emerging technologies that are reshaping the context of information on the Internet today."

This is a really organized blog set up for learning about 2.0. Please share with anyone you think might be interested.

Lists of uses for a document camera broken into Primary, Intermediate/Middle and High School

50 uses for a document camera

This site has links that provide information about various technology tools: PowerPoint, CPS clickers, document cameras, wikis, blogs, social networking, social Bookmarking, Podcasting, Vodcasting, Online calendars, event management.

Great site with lots of information on various technology tools.

"With Nuance PDF Reader, you get the most accurate online PDF conversion available through NuancePDF.com - without having to install extra software. No more copying and pasting or retyping PDF documents. Just use our hosted web service to convert PDF to Word, Excel, RTF or WordPerfect using Nuance's industry-leading OCR technology. It's never been easier to upload, convert, and start using information previously trapped in a PDF."

Good to know about this should you need to convert your PDF files to Word, Excel, RTF or Wordperfect.

Moderately challenging United States map review. Students must drag states to their correct location (not labeled); judged both on accuracy and time.

From A-Z classroom strategies for Teachers

Lots of resources for teachers.

Physics Central - Learn how your world works.

Looks like an interesting site for all ages.

Cool Text has over 1,200 fonts available for download or use with the generator.

Check out this fun font-maker!

Homepage for Common Core Initiative that houses information and links on the new standards adopted by Pennsylvania

The "YouTube" for big thinkers. Hosts a collection of video interview of experts on major world topics, easily embedded and shared.

TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader. On TED.com, we make the best talks from TED available to the world, for free. More than 700 TEDTalks are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.

The new site is loaded with lots of great content including images, videos, tours, maps and tutorials on how to get started with Google Earth. We invite you to explore the new site, starting with these five areas:

*Showcase: Browse our collection of featured content about the Ocean, Moon, 3D buildings and more to see all the ways you can explore the world around you.
*Video tutorials: Whether you're new to Google Earth or an expert user, watch our new video tutorials to learn how to create placemarks, record a tour, add a 3D building, import GPS data and more.
*More products: See all the different ways ways you can experience Google Earth. Did you know you can access the 3D globe from your phone or on Google Maps?
*Community: Get connected with other Google Earth fans in our forums and stay up-to-date through our newsletter, blog and Twitter feeds.
*Industries: Everyone uses Google Earth for a different reason, so we created unique pages for educators, media, developers, businesses, non-profits and data providers.

When it comes to family safety, we aim to: *Provide parents and teachers with tools to help them choose what content their children see online *Offer tips and advice to families about how to stay safe online *Work closely with organizations such as charities, others in our industry and government bodies dedicated to protecting young people

Blogging 4 Everyone is a simple little course I designed to help introduce the concept of blogging to students & teachers. Not only does this course offer tips w/ a tutorial video, but it lists my top 5 blogging solutions for education: 1.Edmodo 2.Kidblog 3.Gaggle 4.Edublog Campus 5.21 Classes

Thought Audio is a producer and provider of free audio books featuring classic titles across a variety of genres. Thought Audio audio books are professionally narrated works that you can listen to online or download to play offline. The library of audio books on Thought Audio contains some titles that are hard to find as audio files. For example you'll find titles like Thus Spoke Zarathustra, The Life of PT Barnum, and The Madman. You'll also find more commonly read titles like Alice in Wonderland, and Poe's The Raven. Thanks to Richard Bryne's.

Picturing America is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Library Association. Picturing America is an interactive gallery of artwork related to events, people, and themes in American history. You can browse the gallery chronologically or by theme. Click on any image in the gallery to learn about the artist and the artwork itself. Along with the background information for each image, Picturing America provides links to additional resources for learning about the artwork and artists. Thanks fo Richard Bryne.

Art Babble is a video website designed and maintained by the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The purpose of Art Babble is to provide a place for people to learn about the creation of art, artists, and collections through quality video productions. Visitors to Art Babble will find videos related to many forms of and formats for art. Browse the video channels and you'll find videos covering a wide array of topics including abstract art, European Art and Design, African Art, graphic design, glass, sculpture, surrealism, and much more. Thanks to Richard Bryne.