Resources

=__Resources Categories__=
 * ==General Technology Ideas for Teachers==
 * ==Math Technology Resources==
 * ==English/Language Arts Technology Resources==
 * ==Smartboard and Powerpoint Resources==
 * ==Blogging, Wikis, and Games for Classroom Use==
 * ==Videos and Lesson Plans==

=General Technology Ideas for Teachers=

Teacher Resource Website: [] This site has free lesson plans and activities that incorporate technology. Each week new materials are provided and there is a newsletter that you can subscribe to. Education World is the publisher and there are a group of columnists that contribute. The site is easy to navigate and has more to offer than just technology integration. media type="custom" key="8745132" width="110" height="110" A team from MIT ( Eric Klopfer, Scot Osterweil, Jennifer Groff, Jason Haas) as part of the Education Arcade created an article about how to include digital gaming, social networking, and simulations into a traditional education setting. The goal of their work is to show that students can still develop the desired skills, such as problem solving, working collaboratively, project based learning, and connecting with students from around the world, through using new technology. Teachers can appreciate the statistics and gain valuable resources and ideas to use in their classrooms. media type="custom" key="8745132"
 * Research Supporting Technology Integration plus ideas for how to use it.**
 * Authors: Eric Klopfer, Scot Osterweil, Jennifer Groff, Jason Haas**
 * URL: []**

This site offers thousands of lessons, powerpoints, booklets, charts, etc. created by teachers. Most are for a small fee but there are some available for free. There is a lot of very good material that will save teachers a lot of time.
 * Online Resouces for Teachers**
 * Author: Paul Edelman**
 * URL: []**

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This site provides a list of technology resources. When you click on one it brings you to a more specific list to choose from. It provides detailed instructions about how to use different technology resources and how to teach others to use them. A few that I checked out brought me to blogs created by educators so not only did I learn about the resource, but also received first-hand knowledge about how well it works in a classroom. Susan Brooks and Bill Byles created the site and it offers numerous links to helpful information. media type="custom" key="8745132"
 * Internet4classrooms**
 * Creators: Susan Brooks and Bill Byles**
 * Online Technology Tutorials. URL: []**

**URL:** [] Teacher TidBytes offers everything from power points and videos to homework tips. You can find lesson plans for elementary and preschool curriculums. It's a great source for a variety of links to different concepts. The site is mainly for educators and parents that would like an extra boost of information or things to do. media type="custom" key="8745132"
 * Teacher TidBytes **

**URL**: [] This blog reviews the below position paper written by Renee Hobbs. She summarizes main ponts that are discussed, plans of action and the future of education. She helps explain what media literacy means and what it should look like in the classroom.
 * BLOG: Project-based learning **
 * Author: Suzie Boss **

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**URL**: [] Position paper that I found enlighting and informative about the direction and approach we should be taking as teachers to prepare our students for the future. She discusses the importance of being and having media literacy, because this is the future of the world we live in today and part of that is being responsible citizens that can contribute to the conversations on the Internet. We need to learn how to do this as adults, but also teach our students how to speak professionaly and notice the difference; for example, between updating your facebook status and contributing to an educational blog (or wiki like this one :)).
 * Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action **
 * Author: Renee Hobbs **

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=Math Technology Resources=

URL: www.multiplication.com/This site offers a variety of multiplication games, activities and challenges that are applicable to different age and skill levels. New games are added each month. Kids can play alone, against classmates or even against the computer. The games are filled with colorful, animated characters that guide, encourage and help players make good choices and guesses. Support is also offered when losing a turn and congratulations upon winning. media type="custom" key="8745132"
 * Multiplication Resources ﻿ **
 * Author: Alan Walker**
 * Online Multiplication Reinforcement Games**

This site is great to use in the classroom or for students to practice math skills at home. The skills are alligned with the state standards. They offers dozens of reports showing what skills the students have mastered, where they need more work, and how much time they have spent in each area. It keeps the students interested because they can earn rewards and points for playing similar to a video game.
 * Online Math Practice for Grades Pre-K through 8**
 * URL:[| http://www.ixl.com/]**

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This site is an excellent source for kids! They can get on the site and teachers or parents have no worries about what they are on. It offers puzzles, logic, geometry, multiplication, addition, etc. This is the first site students usually go to when getting on a computer. There are a variety of games to reach every learner, no matter what age. media type="custom" key="8745132"
 * Cool Math 4 Kids **
 * Creator: Karen Lyn Davis **
 * URL: [] **

=English/Language Arts Technology Resources=

URL:http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp TumbleBookLibrary is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. The books were created by adding animation, sound, music and narration to existing picture books in order to produce an electronic picture book which you can read, or have read to you. The Language Learning provides bilingual titles which allow the user to read the book in two languages. This is a paid subscription site for evaluation purposes only. Free trial subscriptions are offered. media type="custom" key="8745132"
 * Tumblebook**
 * Creators: Rye Free Reading Room**
 * Tumblebook Online Ebook Reading Resource**

This article gives an overview of some ways that we can use a wiki in our classrooms. The related wiki link provides additional resources for creating and using wikis, both personally or professionally. media type="custom" key="8745132"
 * School Library Journal Resources**
 * Owner: Media Source Inc.**
 * CEO: Randall Asmo**
 * http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6277799.htmlResources**
 * Related Wiki Resources: []**

This is an innovative idea to get students to write. Students create a story from pictures available on the website. They can then publish their story's. This is a great site for students who don't really like to write or just need help coming up with ideas. It helps spark their imagination. Can be used as a class or can be set up so that each student can create their own story.
 * Collaborative Storytelling**
 * Founder: Amy Jussel**
 * URL: []**

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=Smartboard and Powerpoint Resources=

This sites offers a numerous amount of Powerpoints to correlate with the curriculum being taught in the classroom. There are Powerpoints for all subject areas and for all sorts of topics. There are also links to interactive games that students can play. There a lot of great resources on this website that will save teachers a lot of time in not having to create their own lessons or powerpoints.
 * Pete's Powerpoint Train Station**
 * Author: Kevin Jarrett**
 * URL: http://www.pppst.com/ **

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This is a GREAT website for those teachers who have Smartboards in their classrooms. There are tons of lessons that are already created to use with the Smartboard. There are also templates for games to use in the classroom for test review. This site will save teachers a great deal of time in not having to make Smartboard lessons. It also includes lessons for those who have Senteo Response clickers to correlate with the Smartboard. media type="custom" key="8745132"
 * Smartboard Lessons and Resources**
 * CEO: Nancy Knowlton**
 * URL:** http://www.exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?m=01

This is a great interactive map resource which helps in a variety of different classrooms. The maps are broken down into five categories: People, Planet, Business, Politics, Living. Each countries size changes due to how much of something is located within that country. For example, if you are talking about Buddhism, each country with a large number of buddhists will appear large, while countries with very few Buddhists will appear small. media type="custom" key="8745132"
 * Smartboard Map Resources**
 * URL:** []

=Blogging, Wikis, and Games for Classroom Use=

Top 20 Teacher Blogs
**URL:** [] I was googling to find some of the best blogs and best ways to use them, and I found a site that rated the top 20 teacher blogs. These blogs were great examples for someone like me, who just started blogging and needs some ideas to get going! It covers most subject areas, including a great art class blog! I especially liked #6-Best Forward-Tech Thinking Blog. The teacher in that blog has some amazing ideas of things of which I've never even heard! media type="custom" key="8745132"
 * Publisher: Scholastic**

EDUGlogster
URL: [] Glogster is an online poster-making website where students can go to a class that a teacher has set up for them, see an assignment or a project, and then create a "poster", complete with multimedia, that teachers can grade and other students can comment on. Teachers can enroll students without having to create an email address for the student. There is a cap on how many students a teacher can have, unless you pay for the premium site.

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**Author: Diana Dell** This site offers a variety of games to go along with curriculum being taught in the classroom. There is also a link to videos that can be used for classroom purposes depending on the material being covered. This is an interactive way to keep students engaged yet they are still in the learning process.
 * Online Games for All Subject Areas **
 * URL: http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/Gamequarium/ **

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This site allows for users to create cartoons over any subject. This can be utilized in any class, but I have found it to be very successful in my Social Studies classroom. It allows students with very little artistic ability the chance to be creative. This works great for politcal cartoons, or it works for any reason you would want to create a cartoon. media type="custom" key="8745132"
 * Cartoon Creator **
 * URL: [] **

=Videos and Lesson Plans=

Zamzar- download from youtube and play at school!
URL: [] Zamzar lets you download youtube videos from home, send a link to the file in an email, and open it on your school computer! It's a great way to include clips in your classroom, even if you can't find them anywhere but on a blocked sight! I use it all the time.

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This site offers lesson plans, worksheets, and videos that help teach a variety of units in English, History, Science, Math, Health, and Technology. It is split up into different grade levels so you can find the age-appropriate videos and work for your class. It's a GREAT site to get information and have an amazing number of references for any subject. This site is very reliable, as it's a subsidiary of the Discovery Channel. media type="custom" key="8745132"
 * Discovery Education **
 * URL: [] **

This website addresses issues about effectively teaching media literacy for the future. They create multimedia resources for educators to integrate media literacy education in the classroom. They have created online games, videos and lesson plans for teachers to use and teach towards the future by integrating technology. media type="custom" key="8745132"
 * Media Education Lab**
 * Temple University**
 * URL: []**

. This is a portal site, the layout is not the most pleasing to the eye, but it is easy to navigate and there are useful links to websites under the Education Resoursces links for "K-12 Websites" and "Subjects" where he catorgizes the websites by subject and content area. I have noticed he has some of the same sites that colleagues have shared with us on this wiki. media type="custom" key="8745132"
 * Ways to Integrate Technology in your Classrom**
 * Author: Choong L. How**
 * URL:** []

This is a great website for Social Studies teachers. This website provides for thousands of primary and secondary source materials. It is a nice resource to use when looking for primary source writings and when looking for themed photos. media type="custom" key="8745132"
 * Library of Congress - For Teachers**
 * URL: []**