Group items tagged

This is an interesting site that could be used for students to do self-journal assignments. There would no longer be a need for bulky notebooks or binders, as the journal site would replace such. Teachers can set up a class and have administrative access to grade/comment on the student journal entries. I have not used this, but it looks like it could be a great tool.

A useful site for tools, professional development, and resources for students and teachers.

This blog is about a teacher's view on the use of Twitter as a learning tool and a mean of interaction in classrooms.

I just discovered this site! This allows all needed participants to enter times that they would be available for an event. I think it would be great for team meetings or parent conferences. You create an event and then email it to the participants.

Glogster EDU Premium is a collaborative online learning platform for teachers and students to express their creativity, knowledge, ideas and skills in the classroom. K12, Higher Ed, Home Education, Distance Learning START your new Glog here IT`S FREE! START your new Glog here IT`S FREE!

EME5050 A good resource for students to get ideas on how to present projects

Learn about 21st Century technological skills and careers. This collection of video segments produced by KET provides examples of African/African-American music, dance, and storytelling. This collection of video segments produced by KET provides examples of Renaissance music, dance, and drama. Learn about biotechnology applications, concepts, tools and techniques, and career options.

For over a decade, TeAchnology has been providing free and easy to use resources for teachers dedicated to improving the education of today's generation of students. We feature 46,000+ lesson plans, 9,600 free printable worksheets, rubrics, teaching tips, worksheet makers, web quests, math worksheets, and thousands of other great teacher resources.

Great site for lesson plans and assessment rubrics. Plenty of worksheets and other resources.

This site gives an example of a discipline specific search engine for technology in education

Technology in the classroom: This has some great articles on technology and education!

State of Florida publication to support RTI strategies. Good support for differentiating education, developing learning progressions and formative assessments

Uses Flickr photos for image search. Images come up as surrounding a globe. Students click on individual images.

Visual thesaurus -- especially good with Smartboards when students struggle with words during a lesson.

Graph Words is a free visualization tool to explore English dictionary and thesaurus, helps you to search the meaning of words and other associated words.

This site is designed to support teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to elementary school students. On this site you will find fun and exciting resources to help keep your students motivated to learn, without sacrificing the learning experience. This site is especially great for classrooms with multimedia capabilities. Introduce new vocabulary with the vocabulary viewer, play fun flash games for the classroom, and print your own customized worksheets and flashcards. You can also download PowerPoint presentations and use fun teaching tools.

Ron Peck (@Ron_Peck on Twitter) teaches social studies at North Valley High School in Medford, OR. A self-proclaimed history and tech geek, he's the co-creator and co-moderator of #SSChat and #APChat on Twitter. Visit his blog at http://historygeek29.blogspot.com/. How many times have you thought to yourself, "In what way can I spice up this unit and make it student-centered?"

Looking for a way to get your students more engaged? Mixbook is proud to present Mixbook for Educators, a program that allows educators even easier access to the most powerful suite of digital storytelling tools on the web. Check out the stories below to hear how Mixbook can help YOU.

Mixbook Education Program gives Educators and Students the power to learn in a new and exciting way.

Create and view beautifully informative animated maps, for free!

LOVE IT! This can be used for ESOL students. They can show their homeland and include anyone who is from their area as well. This is a great tool! Thanks

Wiki containing information about Prezi: How it came to be, troubleshooting, educational applications and more.

Great resources on Pinterest for educational technology

great tool to have students in grades 3-9th use as a way to improve their language, reading, and creative skills

Make your own comic in several different languages

Personal Learning Network information. Reminds me a lot of online courses since we are each others PLN, not to mention social networking. Great information here on how to start your own PLN online.