Wissahickon Staff Developers

"Using Wolfram|Alpha in the Classroom Wolfram|Alpha is a free online computational knowledge engine that generates answers to questions in real time by doing computations on its own vast internal knowledge base. Our long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone. This can be valuable to educators in many ways. "

"Are you an educator looking for new ways to grab your students' attention and liven up your daily lessons? Visit the new Wolfram|Alpha for Educators site, where you'll find examples, lesson plans, and even videos on how you can incorporate the technology of Wolfram|Alpha into your classroom. Peruse the video gallery to get a quick introduction to Wolfram|Alpha, and hear from educators and students who are using it in lectures, activities, and research projects. From there take a peek at one of the many lesson plans, in subject areas such as science, mathematics, and social studies. Once you get the hang of it, you can even submit your own lesson plans to share with other educators. This site also points to many other Wolfram educational resources, including the Wolfram Demonstrations Project and MathWorld. We have even set up an Education group on the Wolfram|Alpha Community site so that you can connect with other educators. So the next time you want to do something new and different in your classroom, check out Wolfram|Alpha for Educators to spark your imagination."

Real life experts in the field share their knowledge. Great resource for teachers wanting to provide first hand digital tellings.

FREE lessons and ideas to educate our students on the ins and outs of digital responsibility

Direct from a CA HS, a listing of relevant apps for students to use on the i-pod

a youtube video that presents the benefits of utilizing podcasting in education. Some great visuals and good information. Easy to follow and engaging.

It's another source for information on web 2.0 apps used in schools.

Looking for the best of the best in educational products? Check out the CODiE awards

Rockingham School District Web site recommendations

"For a web-based learning to be truly effective it must be interactive. This means that it is not just a reformatted canned lesson of printed worksheets placed on the web. The web-based activity is inquiry-based and incorporates the full features available on the web - interactivity between computer and student. The learning activity must engage student critical thinking skills by using the scientific inquiry process."

"The use of this interactive wireless technology is ideal for stimulating student involvement using both interactive whiteboards and for one computer classrooms. "

"Home of SMARTBoard Mini-Movies - Flash animations that teachers can download and use on their interactive whiteboards!"

"More and more educators and students are using Prezi in the classroom. We want to capture the ideas and experiences of our educational community by sharing, adding, and cataloging great prezis used for educating around the world. "

"Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more-using your own word lists."

"Knowitall.org is ETV's educational Web portal, a collection of fun, interactive websites for K-12 students, teachers and parents"

a site for young learners that introduces web2.0 tools and uses.

Your one stop shop for video conferencing

A cool assessment tool for looking at 21st Century skills in school.

This interactive site provides explanations, rubrics and examples for the six-step writing process.