UWBtechclass

This is a platform for ideas. It is for combining online sticky note services, such as Wallwisher with collaborative mind mapping functions. You can create a wall of multimedia sticky notes that can include videos and images that you pull from other online services. You can also upload media from your desktop to your sticky notes. Free.

The creators of this video are featured on the TV program Sunday Morning regularly. They draw, write and speak very quickly all at the same time, explaining various concepts that relate to news. It is little bit tricky to follow without paying full attention because it moves so fast, but that is what makes it so interesting. It should keep students fully engaged. Free.

This includes CNN daily news coverage and current events geared for student learning. It has sections on news discussion and quizzes.

This site has videos about conservation and ecological awareness. It addresses questions such as, "What kind of world will be here when you grow up? YOUR future is affected by what happens to wildlife and nature today. Learn how to protect your future." They also are having contest for kids' videos about animals, nature, or ideas for protecting our environment.

This is an eight-part documentary about the history of The West going back to 28,000 BC. This series was created for public television. It is filled with photographs of the landscape, interviews with its people. It includes lesson plans and quizzes. I especially liked the interactive time-line.

This is a tutorial for using an Activboard. The narrator is creating videos of his screen while he is talking about how he uses the Activboard to do things such as hiding and revealing text.

Using this digital platform students can visually balance out pros and cons they have created and listed on any subject. This could be used before or after researching a topic or issue even taking into account emotional and rational influences. The lists can then be shared and commented upon by their classmates as to whether they agree or disagree and why.

This is a site of user generated, unofficial world records. It provides a fantastic context, complete with images, for teaching grammar points such as comparatives and superlatives. Because it wasn't designed for educational purposes, content to be used in class should be evaluated for appropriateness before hand.

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A great resource for younger grades that are learning to tell time. There are online games and worksheets.

Cacoo is a free, easy-to-use online drawing tool that enables the user to create lots of kinds of diagrams. I especially like the "wireframe" style. One cool feature is that, like Google docs, multiple users can collaborate on a drawing.

LiveBinders is a free, easy-to-use tool for setting up online binders. A simple click creates a binder, and then the user can organize and store related online resources simply by pasting in the link, or by installing and using a LiveBinder button in the toolbar. LiveBinders may be made public or kept private. My mentor teacher was thrilled when I set up a LiveBinder to facilitate our students' access to ancient civilizations resources for a WebQuest.

Wonderful resources for literary content K-8. Also integrated curriculum.

Great website for virtual manipulatives to use in math instruction on white boards. Grades 3-5.

TED conferences that are worth listening to. They inspire on many levels, art, science and technology.

Resources for teachers across the curriculum

This website is a vast online resource for teachers. It offers "teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum."

Free, downloadable dynamic geometry software. An alternative to pricey programs like Geometer's Sketchpad. Most appropriate for middle and high school.

I LOVE listening to audio books. No chore or drive is quite so painful while listening to a good story. Books Should Be Free is a website that provides free downloads of books in the public domain. It's easy to browse by genre and there are even sections for children and teens.

Created through Utah State University, the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives has an extensive collection of online manipulatives for preK-grade 12. Manipulatives are sorted by topic: number and operations, algebra, geometry, measurement, and data analysis and probability. The CD for purchase which is referenced on the site is only needed if one does not have access to the internet. Otherwise the site if free.

A site that has tech projects suitable for your students.