Add Homework Homework and events are added to each class calendar. Each homework assignment can have multiple downloadable documents associated to it. Homework, or events that have passed are archived for you and can be re-assigned to future dates. Calendar items can be on-going and not necessarily specific to a date.
This website has a ton of videos and audios to help students learn. They even have sample documents you can download to use in either your classroom or for the students to access to study.
This is a good website that helps educators connect. There are podcasts available to to anyone, especially educators, who have posted things they have found to be helpful in the classroom. I feel that podcasts could be an interesting way to introduce a lesson such as multiplication for elementary age students.
abctools® allow you to create the materials you need when you can't find them anywhere else. abctools are ideal for multi-level classrooms, as well as students with varying learning styles and abilities. Over 60 tools are available to members in a variety of subjects. i love this site it is great for standard 6.1 by allowing us to create and find material to help students learn by doing.
Thinkfinity meets standard 6.2 by offering a vast variety of resources for educators to utilize to help increase student knowledge and participation.
Welcome to the Verizon Thinkfinity Community! This page is a great place to start: ask questions, join in a discussion, search groups, and make friends.
This "Website of the Day" is very useful for teachers to learn about podcast, create their own podcast, and listen to others. This website is also not only for podcasts!
This "Website of the Day" is a fun and educational tool that can be used to analyze assessment data and to guide classroom decisions regarding student learning using technology.
This website lets students take the work that they have home with them. There parents are able to use this system for learning and getting better with reading. This website allows kids to use games, worksheets and stories online to improve their better understanding of learning. Being able to choose from many types of content is sure to help a new learning become great at what they do!
This collection of reviewed resources from TeachersFirst is selected to help teachers, parents, and students understand concepts of copyright and Fair Use. This collection includes instructional activities about copyright and collections/tools to use images, music, and texts legally, either through Fair Use or Creative Commons licensing. Use these resources to model and teach ethical use of electronic media or to find copyright-safe raw materials for student projects. Be sure to share these resources with students for them to access any time they have a project to do.
This collection of reviewed resources from TeachersFirst is selected to help teachers, parents, and students understand concepts of copyright and Fair Use. This collection includes instructional activities about copyright and collections/tools to use images, music, and texts legally, either through Fair Use or Creative Commons licensing. Use these resources to model and teach ethical use of electronic media or to find copyright-safe raw materials for student projects. Be sure to share these resources with students for them to access any time they have a project to do.
Myplick is a website created to upload powerpoints and share them with a group or publically. The powerpoint is saved to your account once you are done uploading. When uploading the powerpoint it asks the option to add music. I also have the option to see how many slides people viewed and how long the viewed each slide for. Students and parents can download the powerpoint and print it from there. This website is an affect way to communicate with students and powerpoints on what was discussed and about what was being taught in the classroom.
CourseCracker.com has the goal of utilizing web technology to advance learning and communication in schools. The features provided by CourseCracker benefit parents, students, teachers, and youth education as a whole. Particularly at the K-8 level, schools and educators have yet to properly utilize the power of web technology to enhance and evolve education and the classroom experience. This website is free and my be used by any teacher to communicate with students who are out for a day or long extended periods.
Communicate Better To Home. HomeworkNOW.com makes it possible for schools to communicate with parents and students via the web, iPhone, iPad, Android apps, email, mobile text messaging, Facebook, Twitter, RSS Feeds and more! Administrators use HomeworkNOW.com to easily communicate school announcements, alerts, and schoolwide notices. Although homework now.com is not necessarily free to use, it is something that is available to either the whole school or just you as a teacher and your classroom, and it is not very expensive. It is a site that I believe could be very helpful and useful to parents, teachers and students even though you must invest a little bit of money into it and as a teacher some time into it. It is an easy way to communicate with parents and students at home which something I like very much and it keeps the parents informed on any assignments/tests that may be coming up!
Schoology allows instructors, students and administrators to create a meaningful virtual classroom and extend learning beyond the boundaries of the physical classroom
SchoolNotes provides teachers with a virtual environment, giving the ability to post classroom or school oriented information. This information is accessible anywhere there is an internet connection giving both parents and students the opportunity to keep in touch with what is happening in the classroom.
K12 Portal is a free online grade book program designed to save teachers time and helps them stay organized. K12 Portal is used to manage grades and assignments, while keeping your students, parents and other contacts on the same page. Teachers, parents and students can collaborate through the calendar and address book functions as it automatically displays assignments while making it easy to follow along with what is going on in your class or school by using the blog feature.
