EDU614 Integrating Technology

Annenberg Learner Interactive website that covers many content areas, including math, science, history and language arts. This site has many layers to it with lessons for upper elementary through high school, and a video library for teachers.

Learner.org

Biodiversity: All living things we know of are part of the Earth's biodiversity, the diversity of life. The concept of biodiversity can be divided up in levels such as: Ecosystems Species Genes (genetic diversity) It is important to understand that these are all interconnected.

SciGirls Video Podcast | 112 Star Power | SciGirls, a PBS KIDS weekly series and website, is out to change how millions of tween girls think about science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM! In each episode, animated characters Izzie and her best friend Jake find themselves in jams only science can fix.

This is an awesome wiki full of ideas, research of effective use, and examples of uses for voicethread in the classroom. I wont have time to go over it in my presentation, so I wanted to make sure it was posted here. If you are at all interested in using voicethread in the future, you should really check it out!

travelling science

cradle of civilization/mesopotamia

edible plant and animal cells

hooping while thinking of Debbie Auday

This website contains flashcards and games to help students improve their math skills interactively. It also contains worksheets that students can print and work on. The website also has the answer sheets so students can check their work. There is also a "homework helper" tab that allows you to input your problem and answer and it will help you figure out if you are correct.

This website allows for online collaborative writing. This is great for group projects and also works with teacher collaboration too. The teacher can check in on a student's document throughout the process of writing and correct things online, and offer feedback. It also has a chat center so students in the document can communicate with one another.

This Canadian first grade teacher has a blog for her class and the kids skype with other schools, use skitch to label photos, have individual blogs, etc. Pretty amazing.

A 4th grade classroom's podcast. A good example of elementary school podcasting. 

When used educationally, podcasts can empower students and teachers to become content producers rather than content consumers, and they can give them audiences beyond the classroom. Student-created podcasts reinforce course concepts, develop writing skills, hone speaking ability, and even help parents stay current on classroom activities.

book talk podcasts

I found that this website offers a variety of material that can be utilized for the MCAS Alt exams. Along with MCAS sheets, this site offers activities and art projects that I'm kind of excited to use in my class. I found a project where the students paint on terra-cotta pots, resembling the vases of ancient Greece. This makes me want to create a unit on Greece just so I can do this project with the kids.

great videos for bio and math

Great worksheets

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THE internet archive.  Books, music, websites and more.

This could be useful if you teach heath or science.