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Bitstrips Free Trial
Description:
Give this classroom comic-creating website a try for the 2-week trial period. The visual comics can communicate story to different learning types and give you students creative, tech projects.
Teacher Review:
Recommended as "A classroom tool for teaching reading, writing and digital literacy through comic strips." - Shannon McParlane
Grade: 5/5 A
URL: http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/
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Screenjelly
Description:
Screenjelly records your screen activity with your voice so you can spread it as a video via Twitter or email. This is a great classroom application for students, instructing on technology use or your subject matter.
Teacher Review:
"Screenjelly is a great site to use for creating screencasts. It is very user friendly and has the ability to upload to a number of social networking sites... " ~ David Kapuler
Grade: A
URL: http://www.screenjelly.com/
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Donors Choose
Description:
On the Donors Choose website, teachers are given the opportunity to post funding requests that can be fulfilled by business, organizations or individuals. These grants can fund anything from simple classroom materials to large-scale school and district projects.
Teacher Review:
"My favorite part of the process was that first time I got a project funded. I came to my class with the books and told them, 'Some people on the Internet heard about how hard you've been working, and these people you don't even know were so impressed by what you do that they sent some more stuff they thought would help.' That was the best thing." ~ Benjamin Salkowe, a 5th grade teacher at Laura Dearing Elementary School
Grade: A+
URL: www.donorschoose.org
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Sweet Search
Description:
SweetSearch is a Search Engine for Students. Using only sites that have been evaluated research experts and librarian and teacher consultants, it lets students choose the most relevant result from a list of credible results, rather than having them waste time on unreliable sites.
Teacher Review:
"SweetSearch calls itself a "Search Engine for Students," and it delivers on this promise. It only searches Web sites that experts and educators have reviewed and approved, so all of the results are worthy of a student's attention and the best sites, which get buried in Google, show up on the first page of SweetSearch." ~ Shannon
Grade: A
URL: http://www.sweetsearch.com/
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Science Bug
Description:
The Science Bug website provides a variety of science activities that increase science literacy, raise environmental awareness, and introduce different careers in the sciences.
Teacher Review:
"I think you have done a great job of putting things together so that the site is easy to navigate and so that it also does what you want it to do... I would like to use the site with my students this year." ~ Cecilia Owens, Fay School, Southborough, MA
Grade: A
URL: http://www.sciencebug.org
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Digital Book Talk
Description:
Want to get students excited about your book assignment? Check out Digital Book Talk's book trailers, or better yet, make a trailer as a class activity.
Teacher Review:
""This site keeps its feet on the ground — it doesn’t get carried away with the razzle-dazzle of technology nor is it mired in literary analysis. It embraces an expanding canon while acknowledging the value of the traditional one and is designed for students and for teachers. I see a lot of potential here!" ~ Carla Beard, Midwest high school English teacher
Grade: B+
URL: http://digitalbooktalk.com/
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Big Huge Labs
Description:
This photo-editing and customization site offers free educator accounts, free from ads that let you and your students edit their own photos for presentation, projects or classroom decorations. You can download projects free and your students don't need an email address to login.
Teacher Review:
New educator/student portal for Big Huge Labs and ad free for your classroom! ~ Naomi Harm, via twitter
Grade: B
URL: http://bighugelabs.com/education.php
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Classroom Chuckles
Description:
ClassroomChuckles.com is a new website for teachers and educators to read and share those hilarious stories and anecdotes that only other teachers can truly appreciate.
Teacher Review:
"I'm really feeling @ClassrmChuckles it definitely got me through the day! Hilarious!"
~ MorghanMichelle via twitter
Grade: A
URL: http://www.classroomchuckles.com/
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TeacherLingo.com
Description:
TeacherLingo is a single site that hosts most leading education/teacher blogs, so you can get the best of your favorite blogs all in one place.
Teacher Review:
Love that you can find the best in teacher blog posts all in one site, instead of searching all over the internet.
Grade: A+
URL: www.teacherlingo.com
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403bwise
Description:
This teacher-created website has all the need-to-know info about teacher retirement, including understandable guides, news and discussion boards to answer your questions.
Teacher Review:
"I wanted to thank you for your website and contributions to helping teachers navigate this unknown area of educational retirement. With few resources out there your information is a source of understanding and realization for me and my wife... [The book] was awesome, I bought it a week ago and read through it in two sittings." ~ John, Maryland middle school teacher
Grade: A
URL: www.403bwise.com
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VoiceThread
Description:
Ed.VoiceThread is a place for creating and collaborating on digital stories and documentaries, practicing and documenting language skills, exploring geography and culture, solving math problems, or simply finding and honing student voices.
Remember to sign up as a teacher because some K-12 accounts are FREE!
Teacher Review:
Named Top Student Resources "an online media album that allows people to make comments, either audio or text, and share them with anyone they wish." ~
Grade: A
URL: www.voicethread.com
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BrainPOP
Description:
BrainPOP has animated videos to supplement your curriculum. With the help of Moby, BrainPOP’s signature cartoon robot, you’ll get your students attention along with lessons to accompany the video and other resources. Also have ESL specific site and Teacher community. Not all videos are free.
Teacher Review:
“Awesome site for ESL. Video, guided practice, games, systematic curriculum,” ~Marlise6 of Iowa via twitter
Grade: B+
URL: www.BrainPOP.com
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iKnowthat.com
Description:
High energy, engaging games in math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, The Arts, and thinking games all to be found here either by subject or grade level.
Only Pre-K to 6th grade.
Teacher Review:
Recommended as a hands-on website kids LOVE! ~ Mary Miner
Grade: A
URL: http://www.iknowthat.com/
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ALPS - Harvard Teachers Lab
Description:
ALPS, Active Learning Practice for Schools, is an electronic community dedicated that brings together teachers and administrators from around the world along with educational researchers, professors, and curriculum designers. A new, exciting feature is the collaborative curriculum design tool.
Teacher Review:
"The site includes model lesson plans and activities; curriculum design tools; online educational publications; interactive forums, workshops and conferences; and teacher journals refecting on practice... This hands-on, how-to website is mportant for everyone interested in improving teacher practice." ~ Middle Web
Grade: B+
URL: http://learnweb.harvard.edu/ALPS/home/index.cfm
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Animoto
Description:
This presentation tool makes it so easy to put together slideshows with photos, text, music and more in a few simple clicks. When you sign up for an educator page, you get special resources free.
Great for a one-click short video, but it costs $ for videos over 30 seconds and doesn't give you as much control over animation
Teacher Review:
This online tool will become a staple for you in your presentations, review and reflections, classroom projects and also as an option for your student presentations. ~ Cheryl Oakes
Grade: B
URL: http://animoto.com/education
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Carl's Corner
Description:
Retired teacher Cherry Carl has collected resources and lessons that align with reading series, inlcluding alphabet, centers, games, phonics, reading, monthly/seasonal calendar activities, themes/holidays, world family activities, word study activities and lessons for Spanish-speaking students.
Teacher Review:
"I'm a kindergarten teacher and have found this site to not only be a tremendous time saver but the teaching materials to be amazing - they help me put together great lesson plans to use with my students." ~ Carlee
Grade: A
URL: http://carlscorner.us.com/
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Cells Alive
Description:
CELLS alive provides real video and images of living cells and organisms that will bring biology to life for your students. You'll find cell models, video of mitosis, meiosis, and cell cycle, in addition to cell cams, puzzles and quizzes for additional reinforcement.
Teacher Review:
"High resolution electron microscopy and slick animations demonstrate the mechanics of HIV infection, allergy and mite interactions, how antibodies are made, bacterial motility, ulcer-causing bacteria, how lymphocytes kill infected cells, etc. Video clips require QuickTime or AVI." ~ Mary Miner
Grade: A-
URL: http://www.cellsalive.com/
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Etherpad
Description:
With EtherPad, anyone in a meeting can contribute to the notes, or watch them as they're typed. This means more efficient meetings, more useful notes, and fewer misunderstandings. EtherPad literally keeps everyone on the same page.
Teacher Review:
"This is a shared writing pad tool. Start a new writing pad, then send the address of it to anyone you want to collaborate with. Then you can both write on a document, chat about it, brainstorm together, etc. It’s easy and no sign up for basic writing uses. It’s not a word processor but just a collaborative tool to work on something together (which you could then put into a word processor!)" ~ Carolyn Foote (Not So Distant Future blog)
Grade: B+
URL: http://etherpad.com/
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Curriki
Description:
Jump into the wiki world to make your job easier. At Curriki, you can find and contribute curricula, share with other teachers and collaborate on their discussion boards.
Teacher Review:
"Really valuable site to get lessons and exchange ideas with teachers of all different perspectives." ~ Jeremy
Grade: A
URL: http://www.curriki.org/
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CNN Student News
Description:
CNN organizes stories relevant to your classroom and provides some in-class "shout out" activities to get the discussion rolling. There are also learning activities, links to associated maps and content and simple one-sheet guides fitting the themes for that week or month.
Teacher Review:
"I love this site for up to the minute news I can relay to my students. Keeps them current!" ~ Linda, High School teacher
Grade: B+
URL: http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
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Free Rice
Description:
This site donates provides free vocabulary quizzes for visitors. For every question you answer correctly, FreeRice donates 20 grains of rice to the UN World Food Program.
Teacher Review:
"The website was set up by a parent in Indiana. The idea is that it is a vocabulary quiz and every answer you get right the sponsors of the page donate 20 grains of rice to the UN Hunger Relief Fund. It is a great way to make a difference for free." ~ Kim Smith, Chicago teacher
Grade: B
URL: http://www.freerice.com/
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GoodReads
Description:
Teacher Review:
"In short, they are an incredible tool for getting students talking and writing about books. This year, I’m abandoning my paper reading log in favor of a digital reading log." ~ Lisa Huff, HS English teacher, ArizonaLisa Huff, HS English teacher, Arizona
Grade: B+
URL: http://www.goodreads.com/
This social networking site for book lovers lets you share the contents of your book shelf, your favorite quotes and reviews from your latest reads.
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Hippocampus
Description:
HippoCampus provides high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge, provided by Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). You can also create customized mini-sites for your class!
Teacher Review:
Hippocampus is "loaded with great audio/visual- multimedia resources to help out students with home work (as well as teachers with homework). I’m really impressed with this site, really! If you are a High School Educator- please give this a look!" ~ Scott Holcomb
Grade: A
URL: http://www.hippocampus.org/
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Calloway House
Description:
Calloway House Inc. started off selling classic brick blocks and continued to expand to classroom organizers, presentation, display, classroom-management items, in addition to curriculum-support products.
Teacher Review:
"This company offers a great selection of classroom organization products!" - Amy Jo Mitchell
Grade: 5/5 A+
URL: www.callowayhouse.com
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edmodo
Description:
Want to integrate Web 2.0 and social media like in the classroom? Edmodo is a safe, private platform made for teachers and students.
Teacher Review:
"Edmodo works a lot like Twitter with built in privacy controls. The site can also be used to share notes, links, files, assignments, and much more." - Karen Schweitzer
Grade: A
URL: http://www.edmodo.com/
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Planet Pals
Description:
In its site with book lists, lesson plans and teacher forums, Planetpals encourages strong pro-social and pro-active values. It delivers positive messages of teamwork, friendship, responsibility, appreciation and encourages creativity, learning, problem solving, environmental awareness.
Teacher Review:
Great resource for recycle lessons with really adorable artwork and visual aids!
Grade: A
URL: http://www.planetpals.com/teachers.html
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Read Write Think
Description:
Created by the International Reading Association and the National Council on Teacher Education, this site provides tons of classroom resources like lesson plans, interactive student activities, printouts that you can search by grade level, theme or learning objective.
Teacher Review:
"I visit this site more than any other for instruction ideas." ~ Corinne
Grade: A
URL: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/
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