iPad Apps for School

iPad Apps for School is a great site that recommend math apps to use in the classroom.  This site is a wealth of apps. This is a great site to check back to.

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Project Based Learning

I recently came across the BIE Project Based Learning website.  This site offers teachers ideas for project based units.  Check out BIE if you are looking for a Project Based Project idea.

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ifaketext.com

ifaketext.com is a fun site that allows students to make fake text messages.  Students write a name, click a fake carrier, and then start their text message.  This site would be great to use during reading time.  Students could have a conversation between two characters.  Students could also share information they have learned on a research project by partnering up and writing their text messages together.

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Zamzar

Every once in a while students will make a movie that will need to be converted to a certain format that is compatible with our class website.  When I am in need of converting a movie I turn to Zamzar. Once you create a free account you are able to convert to most any format you could need. I highly recommend Zamzar.

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Fake Tweet Builder

Today I learned of a great site called Fake Tweet Builder.  Fake Tweet Builder always students to make fake Tweets.  Fake Tweet Builder has a lot of great possibilities in the classroom.  Teachers could have students create a fake conversation between two characters in a story.  Students could do research on a topic and become the expert and tweet information learned.  Students could also practice new spelling or vocabulary words by tweeting with each other on the stream.

I can't wait to give Fake Tweet Builder a try.

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Google Connect Classrooms

Google released their Google Connect Classrooms on Nov. 4th.  Google Connect offers Virtual Field Trips for classrooms around the world. Google uses Google + Hanouts On Air as a place for students to have opportunities to ask questions from experts.  I first learned about Google Connects from Free Technology for Teachers.  There are some great upcoming events.

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Pics4Learning

Are your students doing research projects and need free photos to use?  Then check out pics4Learning.
This site has a vast selection of pictures students can use in their projects. These pictures are copy right free and good for educational use.

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QuickCast

QuickCast is a great screen casting app for Macs.  QuickCast allows users to make up to 3 minutes of recording and share via an URL.  You can also embed QuickCast onto a blog or wiki.

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Scoop it!

I first learned about Scoop.It! a few years ago.  I have once again began using it in my classroom to curate websites for students to us during research units.  Scoop.it! is a wonderful site that has a magazine feel to it.  Scoop.It works similar to Delicious in the sense that it has a Scoop.It! button you can add to your tool bar. Simply click and you have add it to your collections of sites.  You can then link or embed the Scoop.It! collection into a website.


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appo Learning

Looking for a new app to use in your classroom? Check out appo Learning. This site lists tons of app for each content area. appo Learning is well organized and will give each app listed a report card score.

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Digital Public Library of America

The Digital Public Library of America is a fantastic site full of manuscripts, moving images, sounds, photographs and much more that is free to the public. This site connects allows users to browse and search collections by timeline, map, format, and save items to customized list, and share their lists with others.  This is a great resource to use in the classroom.

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Recipe4Success

Recipe4Success is an old favorite of mine.  This website allows you to make your own scoring guides. Once you have selected the criteria Recipe4Success will also generate a student checklist to go along with the scoring guide. You can choose from a list of criteria or make up your own.  This is my go to scoring guide generator.

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Science Bob

Science Bob is a great site for simple science experiments you can do in the classroom.  Many of the activites start out as demonstrations, but can be made into experiments following the scientific method.
Science Bob is a great site for intervention time.

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