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Classroom Freebies

murraygirl — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:59:55 +0000

Check out Classroom Freebies for all kinds of printables to use in the classroom. It looks like most of the content is at the elementary level, but there are also some classroom management printables that might work across middle and high, too.

Happy Friday, friends!

Today’s Links 01/27/2012

murraygirl — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:42:29 +0000

Standards for Professional Learning

“Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students requires prioritizing, monitoring, and coordinating resources for educator learning.”great article about planning for and providing effective professional development for teachers

tags: professionaldevelopment elementary middle high donna articles research

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Today’s Links 01/26/2012

murraygirl — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:41:09 +0000

Circus Physics | Classroom | Circus | PBS

“The Big Apple Circus’ jugglers, clowns and high-flying acrobats provide an entertaining and engaging way to introduce basic physics concepts to high school students. Eight videos feature footage from the series and interviews with the performers to illustrate the laws of physics at work. For deeper exploration, each video has a corresponding Study Guide for students and an Activity Guide for teachers, as well as raw video clips of performances which can be used for analysis in the classroom.”

tags: science physics videos lessons circus high
SpedApps2 – HOME

“The founding members of this wiki consist of “old” therapists, with over 200 years of experience working with special populations and technology. We hope that people will use this site to make informed decisions before downloading. Our purpose in creating this wiki is to foster collaboration around how applications can be used in unique ways to support learning in home, school, and therapy settings.”

tags: sped apps ipad elementary middle high wikis

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Digital Learning Day – Feb. 1st

murraygirl — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:41:37 +0000

“The marquee event of the first-ever national Digital Learning Day, the National Town Hall will feature live interaction with school sites around the country, profile great teachers who effectively use technology to deliver instruction, and focus on successful education innovation projects that demonstrate how technology can be used in the classroom to improve student outcomes.

Join thirty-six states, 10,000 teachers, and more than 1.5 million students who have already signed up to participate in Digital Learning Day by registering to participate in this special live internet broadcast of the National Town Hall on Wednesday, February 1 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., ET.“

Click here to register!

Today’s Links 01/25/2012

murraygirl — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:42:52 +0000

5 Fun Free iPad Math Game Apps | Emerging Education Technology

descriptions of some free math apps

tags: elementary math apps ipad list free
Rebrick

My Jacob will love this site. It’s devoted to Lego fans who want to share their creations.

tags: legos fun jacob elementary
Wolfram Education Portal: Free Resources and Materials for Teachers

“Wolfram has long been a trusted name in education—as the makers of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wolfram Demonstrations Project, we’ve created some of the most dynamic teaching and learning tools available. We are pleased to offer the best of all of our technologies to you here in the Wolfram Education Portal, organized by course. In the portal you’ll find a dynamic textbook, lesson plans, widgets, interactive Demonstrations, and more built by Wolfram education experts. You can take a look at the types of materials we offer below, but to get full access to all materials, you need to sign up for a free account.”

tags: wolfram math middle high algebra calculus interactive textbooks free
Social Networking | Common Craft

Another great video explanation from Common Craft! Social Networking in Plain English is the second video CC has created on this topic. This video is “a short introduction to the concepts behind social networking websites.”

tags: socialnetworking commoncraft elementary middle high videos professionaldevelopment facebook twitter
Social networking sites and our lives | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project

“Questions have been raised about the social impact of widespread use of social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, and Twitter. Do these technologies isolate people and truncate their relationships? Or are there benefits associated with being connected to others in this way? The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project decided to examine social networking sites in a survey that explored people’s overall social networks and how use of these technologies is related to trust, tolerance, social support, and community and political engagement.”

tags: facebook socialnetworking elementary middle high stats pewinternet professionaldevelopment research

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Get The Math

murraygirl — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:16:38 +0000

Get The Math provides algebra-based real-world challenges for middle and high school students. The challenges focus on fashion, videogame design, and music production and give students an interactive problem to solve. Students watch video segments where professionals encounter algebraic problems, then are given interactive tools within the website to try and solve the problem themselves. Students then return to the video to see the professional team’s solution.

This site includes lesson plans and related resources for teachers as well. Watch this short video to see how you can use Get The Math to support algebra instruction in your classroom. http://www.thirteen.org/get-the-math/teachers/overview-of-the-lessons/26/

(Thanks to Richard Byrne for his awesome blog, Free Technology For Teachers, where I found this resource.)

Today’s Links 01/24/2012

murraygirl — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:41:19 +0000

Kozzi | EXCLUSIVE FREE IMAGES | High-quality Photos and Illustrations.

free images – no royalties or credit needed

tags: free photos images creativecommons elementary middle high resources
APPitic – 1,300+ EDUapps

“APPitic is a directory of apps for education by Apple Distinguished Educators (ADEs) to help you transform teaching and learning. These apps have been tested in a variety of different grade levels, instructional strategies and classroom settings.”

tags: apps ipad elementary middle high resources math socialstudies langagearts science
iPads in the Art Room – Home

apps, with descriptions and ideas for use, related to art

tags: ipad apps art arts elementary middle high tools
You Are Your Words – AHD

Cool tool! Upload a picture of yourself, input text (or connect to your facebook or twitter account to automatically get text) and create an image of yourself made from those words. Can customize some with font, background color, and contrast. Download final image or share on FB/Twitter.

tags: fun tools elementary middle high languagarts art arts free writing reading
SMART Board Goodies » Facebook & Twitter Guides for Educators

tags: twitter facebook socialnetworking elementary middle high tutorials pdfs free internetsafety digitalliteracy professionaldevelopment
Apps4Edu Search

Search for educational apps. Search options include compatible device, grade levels, cost, core curriculum areas, and categories

tags: apps ipad elementary middle high tools math science socialstudies languagearts arts
Cybraryman Internet Catalogue

tons of ipad-related resources/links

tags: links resources ipads elementary middle high professionaldevelopment
Fort Smith Literacy / FrontPage

wiki with resources aligned to common core

tags: commoncore elementary professionaldevelopment wikis resources pdfs links literacy languagearts middle high
We Give Books – Read a book. Give a book.

“We Give Books is a new digital initiative that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don’t have them, simply by reading online. We Give Books combines the joy of reading with the power of helping others, providing a platform for caregivers and educators to inspire children to become lifelong readers and lifelong givers.” (requires free registration)

tags: books ebooks reading elementary literacy free languagearts interactive
Learn to code | Codecademy

“Codeacademy is the easiest way to learn how to code. It’s interactive, fun, and you can do it with your friends.”

tags: free programming code websitedesign elementary middle high professionaldevelopment
Google Digital Literacy Tour — iKeepSafe

“iKeepSafe is dedicated to the education of families on how to stay safe online. That’s why we’ve teamed up with Google to develop curriculum that educators can use in the classroom to teach what it means to be a responsible digital citizen. The curriculum is designed to be interactive, discussion filled and allow students to learn through hands-on and scenario activities. Each workshop contains a resource booklet for both educators and students that can be downloaded in PDF form, presentations to accompany the lesson and animated videos to help frame the conversation.”

tags: cyberbullying internetsafety google digitalliteracy pdfs elementay middle lessons videos presentations
Living Math Book List

“This is a collection of living math books and stories that can be used to teach and/or reinforce various mathematical skills. The books are divided into categories based on the mathematical skill addressed in the book.

tags: math literature elementary reading languagearts resources
Create Mobile Apps | Conduit Mobile

Create Free Mobile Apps! Create apps for all the major mobile devices. Quick, easy, no coding required!

tags: apps programming tools elementary middle high websitedesign
WHHS PD & SAS Homepage – Formative Assessment

resources related to formative assessment

tags: formativeassessment assessment elementary middle high professionaldevelopment pdfs resources

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You Are Your Words

murraygirl — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:09:00 +0000

Check out You Are Your Words for a fun way to combine writing, art, and images. Create your artwork by uploading and image of your face. You can make simple edits to move, adjust size, and rotate the picture to center it. Then, choose your text by copying/pasting, typing in original text, or connecting to your Facebook or Twitter account to have the text from recent posts pulled in. (In the example above, I used my personal Facebook account.) Then, edit your image by adjusting the background color palette, contrast, and font. Once you are done, you can share your artwork via Facebook or Twitter or download the image to your computer.

This might be a neat activity for students to do as a way to create a visualization of words. One activity idea might be to upload an image of a book character or historical figure and have students write about the character or story as the body of text. Or have students use self-images with a description of themselves.

Moms With Apps

murraygirl — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:35:41 +0000

Moms With Apps is a site for family-friendly app developers to share apps that are educational or suitable for children. Most apps seem suitable through elementary age.

On Fridays, the site highlights FREE and discounted apps. These deals are usually only good on Friday, unless the app developer extends the deal.

I’ve found some great apps for free (or discounted) on this site and I try to remember to check the site every Friday for new deals. (Must. Add. Reminder. On. Calendar…)

So, if you have an iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch, go check out Moms With Apps!

Today’s Links 01/21/2012

murraygirl — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:42:08 +0000

The Best Resources For Creating Infographics | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…

a collection of infographic related resources!

tags: infographics visualization elementary middle high resources links data graphs math socialstudies tools
Celebrate the 100th day of school! – ReadWriteThink

lessons and resources for the 100th day of school

tags: day100 elementary lessons links interactive
Printable 100th day glasses

tags: math printables elementary day100
Splat Square 100

interactive hundreds board

tags: math interactive elementary day100 manipulatives
People in Order – YouTube

cute video of 100 people, each a different age from 1-100

tags: math videos elementary day100 youtube
Mathwire.com | 100th Day of School

100th day of school activities

tags: math games printables elementary day100
100th Day of School

interactive book from Starfall

tags: math interactive elementary day100 languagearts reading
Gamebone

find the 10 hidden bones on the 1-100 number square in less than a minute

tags: math interactive elementary day100
ABCya! 100 Number Grid | Count to 100

interactive 100s grid – find the number – great for 100th day of school (site contains ads)

tags: math interactive elementary day100
The 40 Best iPad Apps for Young Learners – Online Colleges

tags: elementary ipads apps links lists math socialstudies science sped languagearts interactive

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