I was looking for more things I could use my Nook for in the classroom and came across this great list! Check it out if you have a Nook/Nook Color or are looking to purchase one. Great apps at really low prices!
If you do have a Nook- or maybe a Kindle- this app sounds great! This is a free app and is great just to check out with all of our vocabulary talk recently!
I have recently been trying to find more ways that I could use my iPhone in my classroom- while searching for educational apps- I found this! Here are 50 apps for your iPhone that are more for the educator- but just had to share!
This is a great list created by a teacher of different technologies she uses in her classroom and how she uses them. Sometimes we hear about these great technologies- but don't know exactly how to use them with our children.
Bookshare is an online library of digital books for people with print disabilities. Members can download books, textbooks, and newspapers in a compressed, encrypted file, then read the material using adaptive technology. Through an award from the federal Education Department, Bookshare offers free memberships to U.S. schools and qualifying U.S. students!
DimensionU is a video gamebased learning resource for K-12 students. In DimensionU, students can access 3D multiplayer educational video games that help them hone their math and literacy skills, connect with friends, and compete and collaborate while learning.
Study Island is a web-based system designed to help students master their content standards. It includes academic content that is designed to be fun and engaging, and it consists of practice, assessment, and reporting tools built around each state's standards. Because it's web-based, students can use the system at school or at home.
"The teacher can maintain blogs, wikis, assignments, correspondence, and instructional tools-all from one [secure] space they have developed in My Big Campus." How great does this sound! My Big Campus offers a safe, monitored environment for students to blog, hold discussions, and collaborate on group projects online.
Lexia Reading is a technology-based system of differentiated practice, embedded assessment, and targeted reading instruction. It's designed to advance foundational reading skills for students in prekindergarten through
grade 4 and accelerate reading development forat-risk students in grades 4-12.
I do not have a document camera in my own classroom- but have just become aware that I am able to borrow one from the media center at my school as needed! I have never used one in a classroom- so was curious to see what I could do with it- check out these great ideas for uses of a document camera with your students!
Since so many of us have been discussing the Senteo/Clicker devices- I thought I would add this useful site I found. I will be using these devices very soon and wanted a quick explanation as a review of what to do- this site was very helpful!
I thought I would add this site this week in celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday coming up March 2nd I believe... this site is great! Very kid friendly- has books by Dr. Seuss, author description, games and activities, characters of Dr. Seuss and videos! I am going to have my students explore in the computer lab this week.
This site contains 100's of links to websites related to using technology in the classroom! There are links such as; going digital in the classroom, smartboard activities, 1001 uses for a digital camera, digital edge learning exchange and so much more!
You can either download for free or pay for materials here- but this is a huge collection of resources other teachers have created. I find things for any unit of study I am doing!
I love this! We have been working on word families for awhile now- and I wish I would have had this when we were working on the -at family. This is so fun for the children- much more entertaining than listening to me try to explain -at words!
I read about this site through my tech reading this week- but thought it was worth posting again! This site is said to be a combination of Facebook, Wikipedia and YouTube all in one! Yet- the focus is on education. Looks like yet another great way to collaborate and share!
Yet another great resource for teachers and students to use in the classroom. This site was mainly created when video streaming began to be blocked in schools.
This is a great site- I use it a lot in my classroom! We will be talking about Dr. Seuss very soon- and I found Justin B. to tell the story of Green Eggs and Ham! Very similar to videos you would find on youtube- but you can use this is your classroom!