Organising platform that would be good for upper grades, college students, teachers or really anyone looking to organize themselves in one online place.
This site allows you to "publish" your writing book style for others to read for free. I think this would be amazing to use in upper grades. Caution would have to be used by the teacher when allowing students to access site.
Self-described as "the online workplace of an international community of education professionals," this is a great site for K-12 teachers, librarians, and administrators to collaborate, share, and support one another. Membership is free. Build your own safe, online learning community for your students and/or your colleagues.
This site is for teachers, parents, and students. It provides a large number of programs and free tools for students in all subject areas. Teachers can join the Discovery Educators Network to collaborate with other teachers around the world. There are also a large number of lesson plan resources for teachers as well.
I use this website atleast once a week in my classroom. If it isn't this it is YouTube! There is usually everything for everyone, except the Chemistry vids are lacking.
You Tube contains many great videos that can be incorporated into your classroom lessons. No longer have to worry that You Tube is blocked at school. You can now convert those favorite videos into a file that you can take to school and show your students.
I've been trying to remember what this site was since it was mentioned last semester. Thank you for saving me some time in searching and sifting through past information!
This website provides short videos of 'teachers-in-action'. My personal favorite is China through Mapping, as you follow an Early Childhood Teacher through the steps of a class-created GIANT map, all while learning about China. \nThe entire site is filled with great videos that 'teach teachers' about great classroom ideas!
K-12 resources in arts, foreign languages, literature, language arts, math, science, and social studies. These resources can be accessed for FREE at Learner.org or can be purchased through the website.
Have cell phone? Will VOTE! Sites such as this one eliminate the need for personal voting devices during lectures. The only requirement is that students each have a cell phone, but most high school students do. Regular texting charges apply, so the 'unlimited' plan is certainly best - it WILL come to this though!
This is a great site for any classroom teacher. The site is intended to link curriculum with computers to engage students. The curriculum is K-12 and all subjects. The site has ready to use content and works well with any Interactive White Board. This site does cost around $50, but has a 30 day free trial to make sure it will be useful to you.
This site is great for any curriculum area. Add as many words as you would like to the list. The more times you add the word, the larger it will appear. The end result is a unique "word cloud". Great for discussion starters, vocabulary terms, etc.
Great site with free educational resources and lesson plans. It has sections for teachers, students, parents, and an "after school" section with activities, interactives, and projects. It even has free Webinars in Professional Development for teachers!!!
Bright ideas is a blog where school library staff share ideas on how they can use Web 2.0 tools in their library and in their school. Tons of links and resources for book reviews, collaborative tools, Creative Commons websites, cybersafety, e-books and magazines, e-portfolios, feature use of Web 2.0 tools, and much more. This site was the first runner up in the 2009 Edublog Awards for Best Library Blog.