great tool for elementary, middle, and high school students. Most of the activities are geared towards a younger audience; however, they can be adapted for an older group of students
Math Machine Archive: Math Games
The Math Machine brings you a great collection of math games that you can share with your students. Here in The Math Machine you will find links to more than 50 online games that will help you teach and reinforce important math skills. Search the list below for games you might use with your whole class in your schools computer lab, or you might schedule students to use these games on computers in your classroom computer center. These games make great reward time activities too.
Edublog Awards Winners 2011. Lists winner and several runners up for various student, teacher, class, library, ed tech, and administrator blogs.
Also recognizes other categories such as
best mobile app, free web tool, most influential blog post, educational wiki, open PD/webinar series, and use of a social network. I would recommend using this page for resources and ideas for creating your own educational blog.
Annotated lists of top teaching and education blogs. Includes special education, home school, early childhood education, school library, science, and technology blogs.
I see a road trip in my near future....
I was quick to add this to my list of outdoor adventure planning! More of my favorites include Florida Fish and Wildlife Mgt, Florida State Parks, and Florida Trail.
Parks scream out science lessons!
List of iPad apps for the classroom. Great recommendations, especially for management and keeping up with everything else that comes with being an educator.
Links to and explainations of 102 of the best-voted Web 2.0 tools to use in the classroom. Check out everything from "Study Hall App" to "Dropbox" to "Wordle" and "Animoto." A consolidated resource to add new technologies to your classrrom in one easy list. Check some out and check some off!
It is a useful website for teachers of ESL students. It lists the factors to consider before introducing the students to technology. It also lists a lot of interesting websites using visual materials.
Activities for Students Centers Grades K-5. Activities compiled by the Florida Center for Reading Research include objectives, materials list, and step-by-step instructions.
Excellent resource page from www.cyberbullying.org about protecting kids online and combatting cyberbullying. Lists a lot of links for organizations, information, lesson plans and interactive websites for students, parents and teachers.
This article offers a list of app for the children to use in the classroom or at home. What I liked most about the list was there were several apps for special needs children and apps that could be customized by parents/teachers for individual learning.
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!
The Science Spot is a one stop shop for free lesson plans, resources, worksheets, hands on activities and numerous other resources. If you teach science this site should be on the top of your favorites list. The quality of the materials and resources on this site are excellent and best of all it is free.