EDU614 Integrating Technology

"When I first started teaching it was a goal of mine to integrate technology into the classroom as much as I could. I began my teaching career after being a graphic designer and working for a textbook publisher. That experience taught me how important technology is in the real world." This website has neat ideas on how to incorporate technology in early childhood classrooms.

"Free brain breaks kids love and teachers request." This is a great website for free and appropriate movement activities for students of all ages!

"The only kids' eBook subscription service that offers thousands of high-quality books from well known publishers like HarperCollins, National Geographic and others." Check out this website, and App for free digital books to use in your classroom!

iPads are in more and more classrooms... This link includes a link to great math apps as well as some good discussion from math teachers using Khan Academy and others.

Great site for middle school science.  She has a lot of activities and pre-made worksheets for others to use.

Fun game to help children practice counting

Free math teaching resources, math games, center activities and math journal tasks for K-5 aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Great Resource

Free math teaching resources, math games, center activities and math journal tasks for K-5 aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Great Resource

Appropriate for high school students A brief (and funny) history and overview of Shakespeare

Let Sparky Sweets, PhD. teach you a thing or two about the classics.

Not necessarily appropriate for all students - good for honors and high level students.

A great page for teacher's who school's are going Google, or who want to look more into google apps can start!

This article gives me a new perspective on Project Based Learning, and one teacher incorporates a lot of interesting technology to expand her anatomy class.

Not necessarily appropriate for students, but very entertaining.

Okay--this is not necessarily appropriate for students, but is valuable for educators who need to handle the demands of the work by acknowledging that sometimes, there is nothing you can do but just laugh. If you run across something worthy of notice among your own classes, you can immortalize your students' writing gems by submitting them to the blog. Educational applications? Well, there are some fine and entertaining mistakes which could provide fodder for exercises in editing, revision, etc. as well as discussion on the importance of choosing the right word. If you check out the site, you'll see what I mean. Enjoy!

A logophone's dream. While I would love to possess a revered hard copy in my classroom learning center, I would definitely have this site bookmarked.

This link to the Oxford English Dictionary is an invaluable resource for Middle School ELA and Secondary Ed English teachers. I can see it as a frequent "go-to" site for Student Researchers, providing more interesting content than a standard online dictionary. Because the OED is concerned with word origins, I believe it would be helpful in creating bridges with ELL students as well, giving them a chance to see the linguistic contributions their language has made to ours. Check out the link in the lower center column for teachers and students (resources and lesson plans).

Great resources for math practices

Great resources for math practices