Google Lit. Trips

Google Lit. Trips is a great site that offers the ability to map out a story using Google Earth. Google Lit. Trips also has lesson plans for teachers as well. The site has many great books such as Possum Magic, Bud Not Buddy, and many other great reads.

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Youngzine News

Looking for current events to use in your classroom? Check out Youngzine on-line magazine for real world events.

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Book Seer

Are your students looking for a great book to read? Have you run out of suggestions?  Check out the Book Seer.  This site recommends books for students based on what they have read.

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VideoNot.es

VideoNot.es is a great resource for students to use when they are watching a movie. This site allows you to connect via Google drive. You then can have the notes on one side of the screen while the video plays on the other. I like to use this site to model to students how to take notes from a video.

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Classmint

Classmint is a free online flash card maker.  Classmint allows users to create and share flashcards.  One feature of Classmint that is different from some of the other on line flashcard makers is the ability to read back the flashcards.

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National Computer Science Week

This week is National Computer Science Week. The University of Colorado is offering a free on line coding activity.  Students can create a 3D Frogger game on line. Pin It

Code

Today I was introduced to a great site called Code.  Students can learn how to write basic computer code. This site would be great to use for extensions.  LearnCode.org has videos and lesson plans for teachers to use in class.

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Math and Science Smart Notebook Lessons

Scholastic has a great site of Smart Notebook Lessons for math and science. The site is organized into subject ares.  Check out Scholastic's site.

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PBS Learning Media

I am always looking for new sites that have videos to use class to support flipped learning.  I recently heard about PBS Learning Media.  PBS Learning Media looks like it will become one of my go to sites for videos to support my curriculum.  Once you create a free account you can create folders to save favorite videos to access later.  This site has a multitude of great videos on every topic.

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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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Schoology

Schoology is a greaton line classroom  program.  Schoology allows you to set up a class. Students then are given an access code and can join your class. Schoology allows you to assign assignments to students and they in turn can post them back to you. Check out Schoology if you are flipping your classroom.

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Live Math

Live Math is a great site that has animated videos that teach students math lessons. Live Math gives real world examples for students to use. Check out Live Math.

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Write About

Write About This is a great writing app.  Write About This offers photos and writing prompts student can write stories about.  There is a free part and a paid for $3.99.  Write About would be great in a writing center.

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Remind101

Remind 101 is a great website/app to use for communication with parents.  Once parents have join your class they will receive reminders in text form.

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Fakebook

I recently found a great website called Fakebook.  My students have had a lot of fun researching famous gifted people and making a Fakebook page of information.  Fakebook is just like Facebook.  Students write posts as if they are the famous person. If you are looking for  a different way to present reports on famous people check out Fakebook.

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Tellagami

I recently found a great app called Tellagami.  Tellagami is an app that allows students to animate a character.  This app is fun to use and has a lot different uses.  Students can create stories and have the animation tell the story.  Going on a field trip?  Have the students come back and make an animation of what they have learned.  Check out Tellagami.

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GoodReader for iPad

GoodReader is an iPad app that reads PDFs. This app was the number one non apple app in 2010.

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Air Sketch Free for iPad

Air Sketch is an app that allows for a wireless display of an iPad through a computer. The basic app is free. There is also a paid version for $9.99.

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Boardcam

Boardcam is a new app I was introduced to that turns your iPad into a document camera.  It is a free app at the iTunes store.

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Miss Farah

Miss Farah is a new site I recently found that is write by an educator.  The site offers game and videos on different topics for students ages 5-10 years old.  The site has activities for math, science, social studies, and reading. Pin It

Character Scrapbook

Character Scrapbook by Scholastic is a great site to use during reading to help students analyze characters in books they are reading.  The Character Scrapbook allows students to digital draw what they think a character would look like.  After drawing the character students complete a list of ten things they know about the character, details about the character, describe the character, challenges the character may face, and personality of the character. The page can then be printed. Pin It

appoLearning

I recently read about a great site called appoLearning that is designed to help teachers and parents find the best apps for learning. The site features an app of the week.  appoLearning is divided into Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle School, and High School. Pin It

Puzzles.com

Puzzles.com is a great site for challenging puzzles to stretch students and teachers thinking.  Check out Puzzles.com for a challenge. Pin It

Primary Sources Struggle

Primary sources when researching is always a struggle for my students.  I recently was introduced to a wonderful site, Digital Public Library of America.This site offers many resources for primary sources student can use when researching.  It's worth a look. Pin It

Feedly

Google Reader will be closing in July.  Thanks to A Media Specialist's Guide To Internet website I have found a good alternative to Google Reader.  You can import all of your feeds into Feedly.  There is also an app for Android, iPhones, and Kindles. Pin It

Class Dojo

I thought I would share an old favorite for classroom behavior management. Class Dojo   is a great site to use to track students behavior.  I like to use it to keep track of students work in cooperative groups.  I track their participation and behavior.  I pull of Class Dojo on my iPAD or Smart phone and walk around recording students behavior. Class Dojo is easy to set up and use.  Results for behaviors can be shown in a graph for students to see.  Parents can also be emailed the results as well. Pin It

Google Chrome Apps

I have recently been exploring Google Chrome's App store. I ran across several Apps that are very helpful to teachers and students.  I have listed some of my favorites below.

1. Typing Club is a great App for learning to type on the computer correctly.
2. Tweet Deck is a great way for teachers to organize their Twitter.
3. Google Forms has an App that makes it easy to make new forms on Google Drive.
4. The Teacher Tube App is a great App to access this site with ease.
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Who Has More

Today we played Who Has More to practice comparing decimals. We used a ten sided dice and rolled it three times. We used zero as our whole number to start. We then compared our number to our partners. The largest number won.

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Primary Wall

Primary Wall is an online post it note site designed for elementary students. There is a paid and unpaid section. Primary Wall was developed in the UK.

 

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Lino

Lino is a fun website students can use to make post it notes. They can also make presentations.

 

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The Hero's Journey

The Hero's Journey is teaches students how to write mythical heroes.
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/hero-journey-30069.html

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Study Blue

Study Blue is an app on create on-line flash cards. Students can use Evernote to use notes to make flashcards.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/studyblue/id323887414?mt=8
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The Printing Press

I ran across a great writing tool called The Printing Press. The Printing Press is made by ReadWriteThink. Students can make newspaper articles, brochures, and fliers.

 

 

 

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KidBlog.org

KidBlog.org is a great student blogging site.  Simply create a class and enter in your class.  Students can create their own blogs.  I make a different page for each student to have their own blog page.  Viewers need to belong to the blog to be able the view the blog.
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Test Designer

I recently was introduced to a new website called Test Designer.  Test Designer is a wonderful website with banks of questions you can pick from to make up your own tests.  You also can make up your own questions as well.  The basic membership is free.  There are more options for the paid version.  Check out Test Designer.
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