We provide free laptops, tablets, robots and internet access to seriously ill children for educational purposes. We envision all seriously ill children in America continuing their education uninterrupted despite their medical condition or financial limitation. We provide the tools and support needed to connect children, face-to-face with their classrooms and teachers, family and friends and medical teams.
Simply stated, we connect kids when their world is out of reach.
TeacherDirect is designed to establish a direct line of communication with classroom teachers and educators. The goal of TeacherDirect is to provide a way to share new instructional resources created by VDOE staff as well as make teachers aware of professional development and grant opportunities, and other information of special interest to teachers and their students.
YouTube has earned a reputation for featuring brain cell-slaughtering fare such as the truly abysmal Fred and playing host to the some of the most depressingly stupid comments this side of Yahoo! News. But for every participant liberally dishing out misspelled racist, sexist and homophobic talking points, there is at least one whose channel genuinely offers something provocative and educational. For teachers hoping to infuse multimedia into their classrooms, YouTube makes for an excellent starting point. Plenty of universities, nonprofits, organizations, museums and more post videos for the cause of education both in and out of schools. The following list compiles some of the ones most worthy of attention, as they feature plenty of solid content appealing to their respective audiences and actively try to make viewers smarter.
Large variety of webinars (only available 6 months after original live streaming date). Topics currently include discipline, online learning, social media initiatives, school climate, flipped classrooms, rti and data driven strategies, print to digital transition, enhancing teacher effectiveness, etc.
Internet for Classrooms - Helping Teachers Use the Internet Effectively website has links to academic resources, instructional supports, software tutorials, and other classroom technology resources.
I4C OVERVIEW
Whether you are a newcomer or an old pro, it's easy to get "lost" in everything I4C has to offer. We have subject help by grade level on almost all school topics. Don't forget to click and explore when you are looking for teacher resources. Here are a few main topics to get you started.
Early Childhood
Elementary Math
Elementary Language Arts
Elementary Science
Elementary Social Studies
Middle/High School Language Arts
Middle/High School Math
Middle/High School Science
Middle/High School Social Studies/History
Middle/High School Foreign Languages
SkillBuilders provide online interactives per subject and grade.
Tech Tutorials provide online support as well as printables.
Assessment Assistance offers online and printable tests.
Welcome to E3T
Macomb County's Universal Design for Learning Project
Macomb County's E3T project is dedicated to providing teachers with the tools and strategies they need to remove curriculum barriers and increase learning opportunities for EVERY learner. E3T teams learn to create flexible curriculum that meets the needs of a wide range of students including gifted students, struggling students, students for whom English is a second language, disadvantaged students, disengaged students, in short, all of the students who comprise today's classrooms
We offer specialized teaching tools for teachers of students with developmental disabilites.
Our products are developed by experienced classroom special education teachers and speech therapists.
specializes in finding unique and creative & effective ways to use technology in the
classroom. Tammy offers some fabulous free resources and ideas here at her NEW website
Created by teachers for teachers, the Math Academy series features hands-on activities and a fun learning environment for the teaching of mathematics to students. Use these lessons to enhance your classroom instruction while staying true to the academic rigor required by the state standards framework.
UDL Wikispaces Wiki created using Glogster.Interactive Wiki providing a variety of information and support for implementing a UDL framework within educational environments
Karen Janowski's wiki contains an amazing array of free UDL tools and resources for all classrooms, including math, literacy, study skills, research, and much more.