Twitter has become a powerful tool for community organizers, marketers, and others who want to share and receive information in a fast, friendly environment. It's no wonder, then, that teachers have also found success on Twitter, using the tool to connect with students, share information with parents, and find useful resources. Here, we'll take a look at 100 tools that can help twittering teachers make the most out of this helpful microblogging tool.
For teachers of mathematics, we:
* Offer you FREE enrichment material (Problems, Articles and Games) at all Key Stages that really can help to inspire and engage learners and embed RICH tasks into everyday practice.
* Help to promote RICH thinking in classrooms by offering on-line and face-to-face support at Primary and Secondary level.
* Deliver professional development courses and workshops in rich mathematics.
* Help teachers to think strategically about 'next steps' and progression in problem solving.
What Twitter can be to users . . .
Broadcast medium, PLN builder, Professional Development, Edchat, Virtual conference attendance, Live blogging, Backchannel, Complaints dept., Tech support, Subscription service, Disaster and emergency tool, Share your tastes and activities, Real time search, News on demand, Broadcast the revolution, Journaling, Look at me, look at me!
Provides free math worksheets, free math games, grammar quizzes and free phonics worksheets and games. Worksheets and games are organized by grades and topics. These printable math and phonics worksheets are auto generated.
You can use this to create a Personal Learning Network (PLE). A video that introduced the use of this tool was shared by Ann Johnston at IU 12. That can be accessed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEls3tq5wIY
Want the 411 on Web 2.0 tools? Need help getting started with the Read/Write Web? The 5 can help! Each category features the answers to five basic questions providing information educators should know about a variety of technology integration tools, focusing particularly on Web 2.0 resources. Links to the tools and additional resources are also included.
Employed by the York County School of Technology, a comprehensive vocational-technical school in Pennsylvania, as a Media Technology Specialist/Librarian/Tech Coach. I help kids, teachers, and administrators become more ethical, effective users and disseminators of information.