This is a vast resource site with activities covering the whole maths curriculum. There is a 'paid for' section, but most of the activities are free and can be used without signing in.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/maths
NBC Learn interviews athletes, coaches, and scientists in this original 16-part series, and unravels the physics, biology, chemistry, and materials engineering behind the Olympic Winter Games.
NBC News Archives on Demand (K-12) is a collection of NBC News videos, primary source documents, images, and resources specifically designed for use in the K-12 classroom.
Thousands of searchable and downloadable videos (1930s to Today)
Video content aligned to State Standards
Current Events updated regularly
Sciences, Social Studies, Language Arts, Health and Business
Personalized playlists for teachers and students
Magnetic Poetry online - after the site loads, wait for the "Next" button to appear in the bottom right corner. You can enter the words you want to use for the poetry and choose different backgrounds/grids, including Venn diagram.
This nifty site allows you to receive files from anyone to your personal Dropbox. No more passing papers around you can simply "drop" them into your Dropbox.
This site provides a way of putting youtube videos directly into a word document. This means you can give a worksheet with a video (or shockwave game) and not send the students out to other windows. The content plays directly within the word document (not for Mac though) where you can gather responses or write directly about the contents. Since the video is embedded the document file size is small, however, constant internet connections is obviously required.
Kerpoof's multimedia software is used by kids worldwide to create original
artwork, animated movies, stories, greeting cards and more. The site is meant
to be fun, but we're serious about its educational value. Elementary and middle
school teachers can use Kerpoof in many ways to enhance classroom activities
while meeting a range of educational standards.
Make sure you are on the Weebly for Education site. I cannot say enough good things about Weebly. I used it to create my Tech Expo website and I have created a Web Tools For K-12 website also. It has an easy drag and drop interface making it completely user friendly. If you get 5 friends or co-workers to sign up under you they will upgrade you to a PRO account FREE of Charge!
A useful resource for older students that takes interesting words from the news and gives a definition and extracts from news sites and Twitter.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/English
So what we're seeing is less of a notion of a big idea carried through and much more little bursts and snippets. And we see that across media, across film, across, in Web sites, this idea of just do a little bit and then you can run away.
I consider this to fit in with my 'plate spinning' analogy.
anytime you switch from one task to another, there's something called the "task switch cost," which basically, imagine, is I've got to turn off this part of the brain and turn on this part of the brain. And it's not free; it takes time.
I make use of this task switch time by noting things that pass through my brain during this lapse in work time. I keep post-its around all the time and carry a jot it down notebook. It's rationalizing, but I do feel like I make use of the 'lost' time.
One of the biggest delusions we hear from students is, "I do five things at once because I don't have time to do them one at a time." And that turns out to be false. That is to say, they would actually be quicker if they did one thing, then the next thing, then the next. It may not be as fun, but they'd be more efficient.
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One concern I have heard expressed by teachers with regard to the use of
video sites such as YouTube,
TeacherTube, etc. in the classroom is that students tend to
"Fakebook" allows teachers and students to create imaginary profile pages for study purposes. Looks pretty realistic. Would be a suitable substitute for Facebook without the concerns associated with the real site.
David Arendale has put together a really great set of tutorials covering iTunes, podcasts, YouTube, Blogger, and Wiki Web Pages. He uses these in his classes having students create podcasts and other media as part of their learning experience.