teachertools

=Teaching / Training Tools=

General Resources Using Technology to Teach Miscellaneous Resources

Also see SMARTboard/Interactive Whiteboards, Classroom Response Systems

GENERAL RESOURCES
[|K - 12 Education Series] [Templates by Xerox] www.office.xerox.com/small-business-templates/education/enus.html

[|EDpuzzle] www.edpuzzle.com/ (video overview 5:32) http://youtu.be/xOtGNgExKX0 Re-purpose video. Crop videos, add your own voice, add questions.

[|Snapguide] snapguide.com/ (review) http://www.wired.com/business/2013/12/snapguide-next-big-thing/

Educator’s Reference Desk http://www.eduref.org/ This site has lesson plans, links to information, and an archive of question/responses about education.. It is from the Information Institute of Syracuse and is the location of much of the information previously on the AskERIC web site.

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ “This site is one of the premier resources of information for educators. The design indicates that it is for K-12 teachers, but many of the topics are also of interest to educators in other areas and at all levels of teaching and training. It is a “categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning.

Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/ This is an online magazine by the George Lucas Educational Foundation.

IRIS Resources Locator http://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/resources.html "... more than 150 of these handy and concise informational documents explore a rich variety of topics, from Autism to RTI to Universal Design. ... Select a category under "Pick One" then click Info Briefs. Clicking on a title will take you directly to the brief's source Web site."

TeAchnology http://www.teach-nology.com/ “We provide free and easy to use resources for teachers dedicated to improving the education of today's generation of students.”

Education Portals http://www.edsupport.cc/utsa/default.htm There are a gazillion links here, but not well organized until the bottom part of the site.

How to Develop an Inquiry-based Project http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/activities/howto.asp

Teacher View http://www.teacherview.com/ General “teachers’ lounge” type resource with lots of different types of information

Interactive Resources http://www.globalclassroom.org/ecell00/javamath.html All subject areas

Teaching Toolbox – Tips http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/tac/toolbox/ Cornell University

Free Resources from the Net for (Special) Education http://paulhami.edublogs.org/

Childtopia http://childtopia.com/index.php

Teacher Magazine Blogboard http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/blogboard/

University Readers (commercial course packs) http://www.universityreaders.com

The Study Stack http://www.studystack.com/java-studysta/frames.jsp;jsessionid=177BAA3957E0506F8CB77B5660B14730?reloading=1

Education World http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech004.shtml

Indiana University http://www.indiana.edu/%7Etltl/projects/ideas.html.

University of Washington, Bothell, http://www.bothell.washington.edu/toolkit/inttech.html T

Teachers Net http://www.teachers.net/index.html

Educational Resources [|http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel/EducationalResources.htm]

Adventures of Cyberbee http://www.cyberbee.com/index.html

Top Teaching Resources 'http://www.topteachingresources.com

EduHound http://www.eduhound.com/ “Everything for Education K12: We track it down so you don’t have to!”

Special Connections [University of Kansas] http://www.specialconnections.ku.edu/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/specconn/main.php?cat=sitemap§ions=main “Their goal is to provide educators, both classroom teachers and university faculty, with tools and resources that support students with special needs in general education settings and in accessing the general education curriculum in meaningful ways.”

H-Net [|http://www.h-net.org/~envision/interact/]

Sue LeBeau [|www.suelebeau.com]

Kids Stuff [|www.ronn.com/kidstuff1.html]

Fun Brain [|www.funbrain.com/]

L Burkhart [|www.lburkhart.com] “Teachers will find tips on integrating technology and the Internet into elementary and middle schools. Special attention is given to making adaptations for children with disabilities."

Free Software [|www.cs.uu.nl/~markov/kids/] “Visitors can download games and activities which include a game maker, drawing tools, beginning programming skills, and animation."

Nice Net http://www.nicenet.org/ "Nicenet's primary offering, the Internet Classroom Assistant (ICA) is designed for post-secondary and secondary classrooms, distance learning and collaborative academic projects, though anyone who finds it useful is free and welcome to use it. The ICA runs on Nicenet's server and requires any web browser running on any platform and an Internet connection - there is no software to download and no server to configure."

BBC Schools http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ This large BBC site offers information on numerous school subjects and gives age groups for intended audience. For example, one of the subject areas is biology for ages 16+ http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/16/biology.shtml

Interactive Websites http://www.fsdb.k12.fl.us/rmc/content/interactivesites.html These are not specifically for use with interactive whiteboards, but would work well with the technology.

Free Stuff for Teachers [|http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/freestuff.htm]

CanTeach http://www.canteach.ca/index.html They say they have “hundreds of lesson plans, thousands of links, and tons of other resources!”

Kerpoof []

Kerpoof (review) [] “KerPoof is a free online multimedia software that allows children to explore their creativity by drawing, making animated movies, writing and illustrating stories, producing pictures and cards and more. … The site also offers teacher resources and ideas for utilizing the multimedia software in the classroom, and is available to view in several languages.”

Kerpoof (review) []

RTI. . . Where Can I Get One?: Online, Interactive Training Materials from the IRIS Center []

Multimedia Materials: Their Instructional Potential for Students with Special Needs [] This suite of Research in Brief articles takes a look at the research on multimedia materials and offers practical lessons along with guidance on choosing and implementing the materials in classroom instruction. Each article also includes an extensive list of linked resources.”

Creative Ways to Use Software []

Snap Files [|http://www.snapfiles.com] This is “a download site that provides access to thousands of Windows software titles, that are either free to keep (freeware) or can be downloaded as a free trial (shareware). Each product is submitted by a software company or developer - a link to the developer's web site is included with every description. What this site does is review and rate the software, categorize it and make it available to users.”

Freeware [] This site is copyrighted by Alan Sawicki. It lists a variety of software download links to a number of companies. Topics range from dictionaries to subjects such as math and geography.

Small Business Essentials [] “Special Report on Top Selling Software From Internet security and virus scanning to accounting and office productivity, learn which software titles are winning small-business users.”

Sandy’s Classroom Tutorials [] by Sandy Berger

TeacherTV [] “Through engaging videos, practical resources and an active online community, Teachers TV supports the professional development of anyone working in school, enabling them to widen their skills, develop their practice, and connect with others in the field.” A fantastic resource!

The Teacher's Corner - Teacher Resources and Lesson Plans []

Free Printables for Teachers []

USING TECHNOLOGY TO TEACH
Internet 4 Classrooms http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line.htm “Helping teachers use the Internet effectively” Lots of common programs

Teacher Tap http://eduscapes.com/tap/index.htm This is a “free, professional development resource that helps educators and librarians address common questions about the use of technology in teaching and learning by providing easy access to practical, online resources and activities.”

TAPPED IN [|www.tappedin.org] This is an “online workplace of an international community of education professionals. K-12 teachers librarians, administrators, and professional development staff, as well as university faculty, students, and researchers gather here to learn, collaborate, share, and support one another.” You must register for a (free) membership. This site is based on multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) technology.

Imbee http://www.imbee.com/teacher “Imbee's new Teacher Feature enables teachers to extend their classroom onto the Internet and establish class blogs and online interaction. Teacher Feature enables teachers and parents to work together closely to guide children's foray into social networking while bolstering classroom learning.”

Free Class Homepage Builder http://teacher.scholastic.com/homepagebuilder/index.htm ”Ensure that even busy parents stay in touch with what's happening at school — a practice that's proven to boost student achievement!” You can create a personalized class home page with this tool.

Free Technology Toolkit for UDL in All Classrooms - Spread the Word! http://teachingeverystudent.blogspot.com/2007/06/free-technology-toolkit-for-udl-in-all.html

Microsoft Education http://www.microsoft.com/education/teachers/default.aspx

How-To Articles from Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/education/howto.mspx

Microsoft product and technology tutorials http://www.microsoft.com/education/tutorials.mspx Includes an area of Guides to Educators

MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES
Random Student Selector http://aschool.us/moodle-scripts/random-name.php An online tool. Just add the names (you can paste them in) and click the button!

Random Name / Word Picker http://www.classtools.net/main_area/fruit_machine.htm A little tool to randomly pick a name from a list of students or a word from any list you enter. You can copy and paste lists directly from other programs.

Read the Words http://readthewords.com/ COOL! This is a free online text-to-speech service where you upload or enter text, choose a ‘person’ to read your text, and then listen!

Edubuntu - Linux for Young Human Beings http://edubuntu.org/ Edubuntu is a “Linux distribution designed for schools and other educational environments. Built on the popular Ubuntu, it is a complete operating system that includes an office suite, web browser, many educational applications, and much more.” It is based on the ideas “that software should be available free of charge, that software tools should be usable by people in their local language and despite any disabilities, and that people should have the freedom to customise and alter their software in whatever way they see fit.”