WSD eToolBox

"We provide teachers and students with mathematics relevant to our world today... and it's delicious"

Easy to Use Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers - A large collection of FREE and easy to use Web 2.0 tools that are available for K-12 teachers. These ideas for educators can inspire kids of all ages and vastly improve collaboration and technology efforts in schools today. SJC.

A nice collection of video tutorials for using the SMART Board

"Most educators hope that their teaching touches students in exciting ways so that the information conveyed makes an impact. One sure way to engage students is to make their educational experience fun. New teachers just starting out as well as experienced teachers who could use a breath of fresh air in their curriculum will love all the great tools available on the Internet to help make their teaching more entertaining. Some of the following tools will have teachers and students exploring wikis, open courseware, Twitter, blogging, comics, videos, and incorporating plenty of other tools that will help make learning fun."

PowerPoint has a fantastic and QUICK way to create a photo album/slideshow of many pictures. Using this feature allows you to import many photos at one time and Powerpoint will autosize them to fit the slide. Then you can print full size pictures or a few to a page using print options!

"first take a look at just a few reasons why you should reconsider: 1. The fact is, the majority of your students and their parents are probably already on Facebook 2. Even when schools have a policy against being "friends" online, there are tools you can use that won't violate policy 3. Despite what you may hear, there are strong privacy settings options that you can set up so only those that you want can access your information 4. We have an obligation as educators to model appropriate online behavior and learn right along our students"

"We have created this wiki to house all of our collective works in 21st Century Teaching and Learning (Classrooms for the Future). This is for your reference and your use."

Instant Poetry forms.. enter your own information and a poem is formed. A lot of different options!

"Welcome! Nourish Interactive is your free one stop resource for fun nutrition games for kids, interactive nutrition tools and tips for parents and health educators to use to promote healthy living for the whole family. Created by nutrition and health care professionals, Nourish Interactive's nutrition education website gives children and families the knowledge and skills they need to make healthy choices."

The Teacher Challenge is made up of free 30 day professional development challenges where participants are stepped through weekly tasks that increase their skills while working together as part of a global community. The Challenge is open to anyone who wants to increase their skills - blogs will be used for reflecting your progress while learning and connecting with each other. We've observed success of any use of online technology is strongly related to the teacher's abilities. The greater we support and increase a teacher's skills, the better they are able to support their students use of web 2.0 technologies.

"This is the official website for the States' Career Clusters Initiative (SCCI). This website serves as a clearinghouse for Career Clusters research, products, services and technical assistance for implementation of the States' Career Clusters Framework for lifelong learning"

"These are instructions on how to use the iMovie '09 green screen feature to change the background of your video clip."

Pennsylvania CareerZone is a spin-off of the New York CareerZone, a proven, successful career exploration and planning system designed especially for students. Jobseekers, educators, and counselors will also benefit from the wealth of information on 900 occupations from the Occupational Information Network (O*Net) database. Users are encouraged to work through the Interest Profiler, Work Importance Profiler, and Assess Yourself assessment based on the Holland Codes for self-exploration. Comprehensive information on 900 occupations includes state specific wages, worker attributes, job characteristics, and much more. There are 300 career videos that give users a snap shot of the featured occupation. Job openings on Americas Job Exchange are easily accessible within each occupations profile. Please continue on investigating from the Resource link where other useful resources are listed. Pennsylvania CareerZone has been developed among the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry.

"The Career Browser has been updated to include dynamic new content on college majors and careers. Please visit the new Major and Career Profiles "

NetSmartz Workshop is an interactive, educational program of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) that provides age-appropriate resources to help teach children how to be safer on- and offline. The program is designed for children ages 5-17, parents and guardians, educators, and law enforcement. With resources such as videos, games, activity cards, and presentations, NetSmartz entertains while it educates.

"When I asked my students recently how blogging in class makes a difference to them, they had lots to say. Blogging has allowed them to meet students from all over the world and discover new interests. It's also helped them improve their technology skills and write more on assignments than they could if they had to use paper and pencil. But for the teacher, bringing blogging into the classroom can be both thrilling and terrifying at the same time. No doubt about it, making the decision to try student blogging is an act of courage. With that in mind, I'd like to share eight things I've learned that can help ensure your brave step is also a wise and successful one for you and your kids. "

"Two boxes of glass plate negatives found at a garage sale 10 years ago and purchased for $45 turn out to be the work of legendary photographer Ansel Adams. Guess what their value is now"

A very nice word cloud creator in which you can choose different shapes, fonts and colors for your word clouds. Nice alternative to wordle. You can even sign in with Twitter and Facebook to make word clouds of your status updates.

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"We've noticed that our users have a lot of questions about copyright as it relates to the videos you create, upload, watch and share on YouTube. If you're unsure what copyright is, or how it affects your use of YouTube, you've come to the right place: The YouTube Copyright School! This self-paced guide will familiarize you with key copyright terms and ideas such as: * Copyright Infringement * Copyright Ownership * Penalities * Authorized Use * Fair Use * YouTube's Copyright Tools School is now in session! Have fun!"