This is a site I have used last year and will start very soon using with my students. There are excellent online simulations for math and science students with comprehensive lesson pages for teachers and students. There is a 30-day free trial as well...
Offers free, interactive resources online featuring Latin & Greek root-based activities at grade levels. Includes ESL/LEP/ELL lesson plans with audio, 390 word lists for required reading, daily puzzles, SAT and ACT test prep and assessment, worksheets, and 80+ calendar/themed content features. Vocabulary from 135 novels, with additional word puzzles, assist teachers and students. All features are printable and answers can be emailed.
This website offers free, interactive resources online featuring Latin & Greek root-based activities at grade levels. It was listed as an instructional resource on the Florida Department of Education website.
This site provides interactive and fun ways for students to practice and learn new vocabulary words via games, puzzles, and crosswords. It is suitable for students from high elementary grades through college!
Jamendo is a site where you can download creative commons music for free. It has a number of calming, instrumental tracks that would be perfect background music in the classroom.
Your personal or professional learning network (PLN) is alive and seemingly awake 24-7 when it comes to Twitter. You've probably faced a few scenarios where your real-world obligations got in the way of a hashtag chat, your vacation meant you weren't able to connect as often, etc.
Unfortunately this site is only free for 14 day trial. The minimum price is $9.00/month. The cool about this site is that you can create animation. It is an animation site to create movie, stories. It is simple to use by dragging the cartoon from the tool box. this can be used with students to create digital stories.
PowToon is an online business presentation software tool that allows you to create free, cool, and awesome animated video explainers as an alternative to using powerpoint
"From engaging, standards-aligned rich media to interactive digital textbooks, our world-class content takes students beyond the classroom. Extensive professional development opportunities and a passionate educator network support teachers in transforming the classroom experience. Measure results and accelerate student achievement with digital curriculum that engages today's students."
Discovery Education has great videos in content specific areas and topics. This is a great tool for enhancing and inspiring learning in the classroom. Engaging and interactive learning at the click of a buttion. For free registration, you have to register through your school.
Subscription required, but there are a few free resources. Excellent website for integrating technololgy into the classroom. Offers lesson plans, teacher made, computer based assessments based on both Common Core and Sunshine State standards, teacher and student resources. Highly recommended for any school pre K-12.
Problems Worth Solving Discovery Education accelerates school districts' digital transition through comprehensive standards-based content, professional development, formative assessment, and community engagement proven to positively impact student achievement. A digital textbook series, built from scratch for today's learners and current standards, engages students with dynamic, multimodal content and an inquiry approach.
Discovery Education has terrific resources that is linked to the current textbook that your county may be using for it's curriculum. User friendly and the United streaming is also helpful when planning lessons with the library of video segments.
Problems Worth Solving Discovery Education accelerates school districts' digital transition through comprehensive standards-based content, professional development, formative assessment, and community engagement proven to positively impact student achievement. A digital textbook series, built from scratch for today's learners and current standards, engages students with dynamic, multimodal content and an inquiry approach.
CPALMS is an online toolbox of information, vetted resources, and interactive tools that helps educators effectively implement teaching standards. It is the State of Florida’s official source for standards information and course descriptions.
From FLDOE site - but also a site that we live by in 5th grade at my school. Gives access to sample FCAT questions based on standards, as well as videos and other resources online that can be used.
Great teacher resources for all grade levels. Includes lesson plans for each subject area based on standards, free printables, virtual manipulatives, and a scheduling component.
This is by far the best site the DOE has to offer. The curriculum maps are easy to design and there is a plethora of lesson plans for each standard for every grade level to work with. This is especially nice when you have little resources from your district!
This seems to be the go to site for teachers right now. I use this a lot to help me with my lesson plans and to find out what technology resources are available.
CPALMS is the official site of the FDOE standards and course description. The site includes educator toolkits, lesson plan development tools and interactive tools for lesson planning and creation
The Seminole County School District offers a link to this website. It provides information about the standards and curriculum benchmarks for each grade and each subject area.
A look at rubrics that work for all subject and grade levels. Has a variety of rubrics not only for course work, but for behavior, class participation, listening, team work, etc.
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The GTA is a FREE professional development experience designed to help primary and secondary educators from around the globe get the most from innovative technologies.
Join us for one (or more) of our monthly webinars highlighting a wide range of topics and also find links to all of the webinars we have recorded in our Webinar Archive.
This was actually introduced to me recently by my daughter's preschool teacher. Sure I had seen the commercials- but I had no idea it is FREE for teachers! I shared it with my Kindergarten team and we are all in love. So many lessons can be used on the smartboard, and you can create individual learning paths for each child.
The Discovery Education Network (DEN) uses numerous highly qualified educators to provide lessons and free resources which include the use of digital media.
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Make flashcards for students to study both online and on-the-go with Apple and Android apps. Students can quiz themselves from flashcards and track their mastery of key concepts. StudyBlue is free, secure and requires no extra work by your IT department. Built for students.Loved by teachers. This is not a top-down, group-purchase, fee-licensed product.