This particular site is for English teachers and gives 101 excellent other sites that English teachers can use in the classroom. Also, students can take part in fun and engaging activities that have to do with English. goedonline.com is a great resource in general because it provides useful sites for all content areas. I used it to select 10 or so sites for each content area to give to my classmates when they are creating their custom search engine.
A boring assignment on an iPad is still a boring assignment, but an activity or project that ignites students' curiosity will be interesting with or without technology.
This social bookmarking website is great for teachers because it has numerous different ways for parents and educators to find the most educational tools for your student. They have iPad apps, learning websites, and activities for students to participate in to make learning more focused on that child.
This is a great website that describes how to survive in a one computer classroom. It gives examples of how classroom management is with one computer and gives great activities to do to utilize the technology given to you!
This website tells readers how to effectively use iPads in the classroom by real life teachers giving readers their opinion on how their classes use iPads. It also gives a list of activities that iPads can be used for by students in the classroom.
This website consist of different activities in the subjects of language arts, Social Studies, Science and Math, and Learning games and teaching tools. It has videos, games, scrapbooks, etc.
This website is an easy way to create flash cards. Students can upload their cards so other students can use them. It would be a good activity to start a new lesson with you could get the students each to define a few words and upload it to the class file that way it would be available for all.
Hundreds of lessons are available, most of which include hands-on activities. This site has always been my favorite source of lesson ideas for this reason. I easily adapt the lessons to include technology and opportunities for the students to engage in research.
I chose this article to help me understand what PBL actually is and how it contributes to student's learning in the classroom. Project-Based Learning (PBL) shifts classroom activity away from teacher-centered instruction and emphasizes student-centered projects where the teacher can build relationships with students by acting as their coach, facilitator, and co-learner.
Remix-T is online resource for educators to create engaging activities through video. Remix-T shows step by step instruction to create your own video. Students could also use this resource for assignments.
Big Deal Media is a newsletter you can subscribe to and receive excellent periodic notifications of grants, activities, outstanding learning resources, etc.!
Evaluating sources of information is an important step in any research activity. This section provides information on evaluating bibliographic citations, aspects of evaluation, reading evaluation, print vs. Internet sources, and evaluating Internet sources. I chose this source because Purdue Owl is a great source for any information about research and finding sources.
This site provides resources and curriculum for teachers to use in their classrooms. Including lessons, interactives, nearpod activities, assessments, and more.