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Tiffany Waller

TeachersPayTeachers.com - 0 views

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    This website is a marketplace for educators. It is a resource to get materials of various kinds to be used in the classroom. This can range from classroom management, labels, lesson plans, paperwork used in the classroom, forms, etc. Some items are free and some must be bought. These materials can be printed and used or be used as framework for a teacher who is looking to create their own materials but doesn't know where to begin and can use these as a template.
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    I have been to this site and there are some great things on here, but I have a little bit of a problem with teachers selling their lessons. If this is what you want to do then create something that can be sold commercially. I am not really sure why this strikes me as wrong but it just doesn't sit right somehow. I would gladly share my ideas with others, but if I want to make money off my ideas I would go to the work to present it in a manner that those purchasing would have some assurance that what they are purchasing has some educational value, meets goals and standards and has been tested and refined. Personal opinion, like I said at the beginning there is great free stuff on here too, check it out and see what there is to offer.
Amy Christian

Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Sources of Free Sound Effects and Music - 2 views

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    It's always great to have sources for free sound effects and music.
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    I agree that this could be used in the future classroom because I could use songs to get my students engaged in my lessons. I could download a song with lyrics that have the concepts of one of the units we are currently working on. I also think this is strictly for teacher use because they are the ones presenting it to the students in order to get them engaged. I have never heard of any other resource close to this!
Amy Christian

Free Technology for Teachers: Teach Your Monster to Read Helps Kids Learn to Read - 1 views

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    This is an interesting free game to help young children to read. I am going to try this with my son who just turned 6 and is starting to learn to read. Claims to be the only site like this available but I haven't verified that. Great for teachers or parents. Adults sign up and add kids; kids are issued on password and parent/teacher can view progress.
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    I have signed up for this site but have not had a chance to use it with my 5 year old yet. Looks like it has some great possibilities. I love the Free Technology for Teachers Blog as well, I have found many great things on there such as the StoryKit App for the iPad.
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    This site has a lot of resources...including the Teach Your Monsters to read. Great resource for ways to include technology in your curriculum.
Jane Becker

Apache OpenOffice - The Free and Open Productivity Suite - 1 views

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    Free software that is comparable to Microsoft Office. Works well on Macs
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    Hi Jane, Thanks for sharing. This is a great resource for schools who cannot afford Microsoft Office or just want something more uniform in a multi platform environment. I have actually found that some things (excel type functions) work better in OpenOffice than Excel itself. Plus since it is free, kids can download at home as well.
Mel Carnahan

Free math games - Sumdog - 0 views

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    Games for math common core--free to sign up your class, and then you can set the games and levels for individuals. K-5
Amber Sandoval

Free Teacher Resources | Discovery Education - 0 views

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    Discovery Education offers a broad range of free classroom resources.
Shane Paige

WordPress.com - Get a Free Blog Here - 0 views

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    WordPress is a great way to start a free hosted site or download and run your own server. I use it in my district for a few web servers, including our journalism server.
Marija Musselman

Free Technology for Teachers - 0 views

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    Richard Byrne provides tutorials and information on free resources for use in the classroom.
Amy Christian

Why Kidblog | Kidblog - 0 views

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    A safe, easy, and free way for teachers to have their students blog in the classroom.
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    A safe, easy to use, and free way for teachers to have students blog for the classroom.
John Solis

ScootPad :: Practice. Learn. Succeed. - 0 views

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    ScootPad is a free service offering mathematics and reading practice activities to elementary school students and their teachers. ScootPad activities can be played on just about any device including iPads, Android tablets, and Chromebooks.
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    ScootPad is a free service offering mathematics and reading practice activities to elementary school students and their teachers. ScootPad activities can be played on just about any device including iPads, Android tablets, and Chromebooks.
Tyler Hellmann

Digital Passport by Common Sense Media | Digital Passport - 1 views

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    This is a great FREE resource that discusses the idea of safe internet behavior. There are plenty of resources for the teacher to teach lessons that go along with an online game/component.
kirstinthompson

Curriki - 4 views

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    A Wiki to share lesson plans and look for curriculum ideas. A quick search generates many options, downloadable and ready to go!
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    This wiki is an open education resource that allows you to connect with other educators around the world and access to free resources. In order to download free materials you are required to join the wiki. It looks like a great resource for classroom teachers of any level or content area. There were even special interest groups you could join such as STEM, New Teachers, Technology Integration, and many more. Lots and lots of resources to look through!
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    Do agree or disagree that the resource can be used efficiently in your own future classroom? Explain why or why not. I agree that this resource could be used for my classroom. It provides many resources for teachers including lesson plans to implement into their teaching. Do you believe the resource is mostly for teacher use, student use, or both? Explain your perceptions constructively. I believe it is mostly for teacher use as a means of gathering resources to implement into teaching. Are you aware of any simililar resources that should be considered? If so, what are those resources. I have seen websites like this, including teacherspayteachers.com and smartboard.com.
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    I totally agree that this resource will be efficiency to my future classroom, very helpful resource in math for teachers and students. this is a global website, teachers contribute from many different countries.
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    Great resource! Although it states K-12, I think many of the ideas can be re-tooled for higher education also. It is so great to have the tools so readily available. Why try to reinvent the wheel? This resource shares great, tested ideas, and as you said, downloadable and ready to go!
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    What a great resource! Thanks for sharing it with us. I will be able to use this resource as I create and plan my themed units for the year. I really like that I can search by theme and grade and then tie that directly to the core. This resource is primarily for teachers as it pertains to planning for instruction.
Marija Musselman

Tagxedo - Word Cloud with Styles - 0 views

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    Free web based tool used to create word clouds that can use images for custom shapes.
Marija Musselman

Audioboo - 0 views

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    Audioboo is a free web based resource that allows you to record and share audio recordings. You can also upload a picture with the audio. Audioboo is available for mobile platforms.
Marija Musselman

PhotoPeach - Fresh slideshows to go! - 0 views

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    PhotoPeach is a free online tools that allows the use of images, text, and music. PhotoPeach is an excellent tool for storytelling.
Marija Musselman

Prezi - The Zooming Presentation Editor - 0 views

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    Prezi is a free online presentation tool that allows collaboration.
Hannah Laucamp

Internet Resources for Teachers - 1 views

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    This website provides a list of free resources for education from A to Z along with a brief description of the resource and what it can be used for in the classroom.
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    This is a website full of resources for educational purposes. Teachers can use this site to look for internet sources for collaboration, blogging, research, etc. There is a list of over 200 resources including a detailed explanation.
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    This website has a very extensive list of free resources. It is nice to have the descriptions. There are so many resources available; I have never heard of many of them. This site would be a great resource for a teacher who wanted to use a specific type of technology but had no idea what was available. I will definitely go to this site time and time again.
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    Wow-what a great link! This has a ton of ideas with descriptions for online projects. I will use this often for integrating technology into my curriculum.
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    This website is awesome! There are so many different resources here that could be used for many many different projects. It has a great variety as well of what the different resources are used for and can do.
Ann Hansen

Cool Tech 2.0 - 1 views

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    Great blog that gives free tools to use in the classroom to incorporate more technology.
Ann Hansen

ViewPure - Videos without clutter - 0 views

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    ViewPure is a web based service that allows uses to watch YouTube videos in a clean, clutter-free way. Paste a Youtube video URL in the box and click on "purify" to get the cleaner copy. You can also create your own custom URLs and password protect a Youtube video using this tool.
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    Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was looking for this site the other day and couldn't remember what it was called and then I found it here. I wanted to put some links for my third graders and this is what I needed!
Amy Grell

Open Educational Resources Commons - 1 views

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    Safe to use! It's free to use and share these resources. The information and lessons come from all around the world, and there are over 50,000 documents all organized by grade level and subject.
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