This website is a compiled a list of some of the tech tools, including some that are becoming increasingly popular and widely used, that should be part of any teacher's tech tool arsenal this year, whether for their own personal use or as educational aids in the classroom. These resources are categorized under four categories: Social Learning, Learning, Lesson Planning and Tools, and Useful Tools. The "Social Learning" section includes tools that use social media to help students learn and teachers connect. Tools listed under "Learning" includes educational resources to help teachers make lessons fun, interesting and more effective. "Lesson Planning and Tools" provides teachers with tech tools to pull together lessons and design amazing and memorable student projects. Last but not least, "Useful Tools" can help teachers stay connected, organized, and increase the ease of building multimedia lessons and learning tools.
Edutopia's Tech2Learn page. Tips, links and other resources for Integrating Technology into the classroom. Homepage has countless great articles and resources for teachers.
Lynne Jonell is a noted author of books ages 9-12. There is talk that her works will become Sunshine State Books. This website is a great website for kinds to view future projects and complete some online games/crafts.
Interactive activities about water topics including water cycle, ocean, fresh water, watersheds, water conservation and protection, indirect and direct water use and water and health for elementary and middle school students and their teachers. Designed for ages 8-12.
Great resource for no cost "free to use" digital images. I've used this site in several projects for the program and while they don't have EVERYTHING, they've got quite a bit.
Open Educational Resources page provided by the California Learning Resource Network. Many resources for educators categorized by subject, standard, grade level, etc. Visitors can narrow searches by using the filter feature on the sidebar menu, or use the browse feature under the Open Resources Tab on the menu bar at the top of the screen to specify subject, grade, type of resource, etc.
Great resource for learning more about research studies and findings. The National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. Can learn about research studies in progress or look at specific categories such as ELL, teacher quality, Math, etc... This bookmark links to "Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Educational Technology Interventions"
Rubrics have become popular with teachers as a means of communicating expectations for an assignment, providing focused feedback on works in progress, and grading final products.
A collection of rubrics for assessing cooperative learning, research process/ report, PowerPoint, oral presentation, web page, blog, wiki, and other social media projects.
Author:By Liz Kolb, description: This book illustrates how teachers and administrators use cell phones for classroom projects, homework assignments, and communication with parents., Category: Paperback Books, Length:
This website provides information on why rubrics are so important to use in the classroom. It also has printable rubrics that teachers can use for all different grade levels and all different assignment types such as projects, reading, and writing assignments.
This article was written by UCF professors Dr. Tony Grajeda and Jay Beck discussing the importance of "sound studies" on the discipline of humanity, specifically, but also across academic disciplines.