Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Interactive Websites for the SMARTBoard

GENERAL
SMART Notebook Activities
http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+activities/default.htm
http://www1.center.k12.mo.us/edTech/SB/templates.htm
http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/smartboard.htm
http://technology.usd259.org/resources/whiteboards/smartlessons.htm
http://www.teacher.scholastic.com

GREAT K-3 SMARTSites http://www.juliethompson.com/SMART.html
SMARTBoard Resources http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/
Interactive Practice http://www.quia.com/web
I Know That http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=WackAWord&COOK
BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/science.shtml
SKILLSWISE http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/
Interactive Sites http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/Interactive.htm
Online Games http://www.apples4theteacher.com/math.html
EWTN for Kids http://www.ewtn.com/ewtnkids
Sesame Street Games http://www.sesamestreet.org/games
Teacher Portal http://www.mrsnicolo.homestead.com/

ILA
Interactive ILA http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm
Starfall http://www.starfall.com/
Play Maker http://www.kids-space.org/HPT/1a/11a.html
Story Maker http://www.kerpoof.com/#
Vocabulary Workshop http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/vocabulary/
Vocabulary Fun http://www.vocabulary.co.il/
Word Central http://www.wordcentral.com/games.html
Free Rice http://www.freerice.com/
Spell Bound http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/den/spelling/index.htm
Spin and Spell http://www.spinandspell.com/game.swf
Grammar Quizes http://a4esl.org/q/j/
Interactive Poetry http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm
Reading is Fundamental http://www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/gamestation.htm
Interactive Writing http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

MATH
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/
IXL Math http://www.ixl.com/
Multiplication Games http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm
Cool Math http://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Visual Math Learning http://www.visualmathlearning.com/
Multiplication Game
http://flash.learning.com/ahamath-demo/River-Crossing/SCORMDriver/indexAPI.html

SOCIAL STUDIES
Virtual Reality Field Trips http://www.techtrekers.com/virtualft.htm
Virtual Reality – Pyramids http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
Geospy http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geospy/
America’s Story http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
Henry Hudson 400 http://www.henryhudson400.com/home.php

SCIENCE
Science Kids http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/
Amazing Space http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/
Science Games http://resources.kaboose.com/games/science.html
Just for Kids http://urbanext.illinois.edu/kids/
NASA Space Place http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/games.shtml
Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu/
Dinosaur Train http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/7221/preview/
Weather Map http://www.glencoe.com/sec/science/activities/weather/index.html
Chemistry for Kids http://www.chem4kids.com/
Biology for Kids http://www.biology4kids.com/

ART/MUSIC
COLORCUBE http://www.colorcube.com/play/play.htm
Sanford http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com/
Google SketchUp http://sketchup.google.com/
Interactive Art Zone http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm
San Francisco Symphony http://www.sfskids.org

SMART Activity Toolkit
http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+resources/toolkit/tipsandtricks.htm

Mrs. Meanie http://teachertube.com/videoList.php?pg=uservideolist&user_id=68022

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Using Web 2.0 Collaboration Tools in the Classroom

PODCASTS
Education Podcast Network http://epnweb.org/

Podcasting: Just the Facts http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/

Overview of Podcasting http://chatt.hdsb.ca/~magps/boylit/Podcasting%20in%20Education

Radio WillowWeb http://millard.esu3.org/willow/radio/

Learning in Hand http://learninginhand.com/podcasting/

Podcsting Booklet (FREE) http://learninginhand.com/podcasting/booklet.html

Podcasting Examples http://www.mrcoley.com/coleycast/index.htm

Discovery Channel Podcasts http://www.discovery.com/radio/podcasts.html

NPR Podcasts http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php

Our City Podcast http://learninginhand.com/OurCity/index.html

K12 Handhelds http://www.k12handhelds.com/podcasting.php

iTunes U http://www.apple.com/education/mobile-learning/

Just Vocabulary http://www.justvocabulary.com/

Podomatic http://www.podomatic.com/directory/Education/K-12

BLOGS
Blogger https://www.blogger.com/start ePals http://www.epals.com/

Penguin Books Blog http://us.penguingroup.com/static/html/blogs/index.php

Word Press http://wordpress.org/ Classroom Blog http://21classes.com/

Blogs of Room 12 http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=41233

MERIT blog http://teachershavemerit.blogspot.com/

Elaine Carboni (St. Gabriel) http://www.carboni304.ning.com

SOCIAL NETWORKING
Wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/ http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers http://eduwikius.wikispaces.com/ School 2.0 http://school20.wikispaces.com/

Wet Paint http://www.wetpaint.com/ Twitter http://twitter.com/

Student Writing Models http://thewritesource.com/studentmodels/

Young Adult Publishing http://www.merlynspen.org/

Young Writers http://www.young-writer.co.uk

Yahoo Buzz http://buzz.yahoo.com/submit/

RESOURCES

Video http://www.teachertube.com http://www.unitedstreaming.com http://www.teachersdomain.org/

Poetry http://www.teachersdomain.org/special/pe08-ex/

Powerpoints http://www.worldofteaching.com/

Presentation Tool http://prezi.com/

Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Garage Band http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/

MIT Open Coursewhere http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

Nortel Learn It http://nortellearnit.org/

Web 3.0 http://computer.howstuffworks.com/web-30.htm/printable

BEST ONLINE COLLABORATION TOOLS

COLLABORATIVE WRITING

BUZZ WORD $$ https://acrobat.com/#l

WRITE BOARD http://writeboard.com/

GOOGLE DOCS http://docs.google.com/#

ZOHO WRITER http://writer.zoho.com/home?serviceurl=%2Findex.do

QUICK TOPIC http://www.quicktopic.com/

SYNCHRO EDIT http://www.synchroedit.com/

ETHER PAD http://etherpad.com/

GOBBY http://gobby.com/

TEXT FLOW http://www.textflow.com/

MIXED INK http://www.mixedink.com/main.php

THINK FOLD http://www.thinkfold.com/

MINDMAPPING and DIAGRAMMING

CREATELY http://creately.com/

MIND MEISTER http://www.mindmeister.com/

BUBBL.US http://www.bubbl.us/

MIND 42 http://www.mind42.com/

WEBSPIRATION http://www.mywebspiration.com/

SPINSCAPE http://www.spinscape.com/

GLIFFY http://www.gliffy.com/

MINDJET http://www.mindjet.com/

UUORLD http://www.uuorld.com/

SPICYNODES http://www.spicynodes.org/

COMAPPING http://comapping.com/

DOCUMENT SHARING – WIKIS

COMIND WORK $$ http://www.comindwork.com/

PBWIKI http://pbworks.com/academictour

WET PAINT http://www.wetpaint.com/

WIKIDOT http://www.wikidot.com/learnmore:education http://www.wikidot.com/

MEDIA WIKI http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

GOOGLE SITES http://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/overview.html

SOCIAL TEXT http://www.socialtext.com/

MIND TOUCH DEKI http://www.mindtouch.com/

DATA PUBLISHING

TABLEFY http://www.tablefy.com/

DABBLE DB http://dabbledb.com/


DOCUMENT PUBLISHING

SCRIBD http://www.scribd.com/

DOCSTOC http://www.docstoc.com/

ACROBAT.COM http://www.acrobat.com

MICROSOFT SHAREPOINT http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/Pages/Default.aspx

KNOWLEDGE PLAZA http://www.knowledgeplaza.be/


PRIVATE SOCIAL NETWORKING PLATFORMS

GOOGLE GROUPS http://groups.google.com/?pli=1

YAHOO GROUPS http://groups.yahoo.com/

NING http://www.ning.com/

SOCIAL CAST http://www.socialcast.com/

FRIEND FEED http://friendfeed.com/

CUBE TREE http://www.cubetree.com/

YAMMER https://www.yammer.com/

GROUPSITE http://www.groupsite.com/

CAMPFIRE http://campfirenow.com/

WIZEHIVE https://www.wizehive.com/

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Interactive Math Resources

GENERAL

 

Math & the Movies

http://mathbits.com/mathbits/mathmovies/ResourceList.htm

AAA Math

http://www.aaamath.com/

Illuminations  

http://illuminations.nctm.org/

A Grade Math

http://agrademath.com/

Figure This

http://www.figurethis.org/index.html

CA Math Lessons

http://score.kings.k12.ca.us/lessons.html

I Know That

http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L2?GradeLevel=-1:6&Subject=Math

Topmarks

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=8

Virtual Manipulatives

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vLibrary.html

Cool Math for Kids

http://www.coolmath4kids.com/

Math Practice Site      

http://www.ixl.com/

PBS Teachers

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/search/resources/?q=math&x=41&y=7

Fact Monster

http://www.factmonster.com/mathmoney.html

A Plus Math  

http://www.aplusmath.com/

Mixed Math Games

http://www.mathplayground.com/games.html

Math Playground

http://www.mathplayground.com/mathvideos.html

  

PRIMARY

 

Sesame Street Videos 

http://www.sesamestreet.org/browsevideosbysubject

Telling Time

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/basic/math-time.html

  

INTERMEDIATE

 

Ms. Davis Math Magic  

http://mathmagicians.podomatic.com/player/web

BBC Math

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks3bitesize/maths/number/

Pizza Pizzazz

http://www.multiplication.com/flashgames/pizzapizzazz.htm

Multiplication Facts

http://resources.oswego.org/games/mathmagician/mathsmulti.html

Cyberchase Math

http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/games.html

  

JUNIOR HIGH

 

Algebra & Pre-Algebra  

http://www.mathpower.com/video.htm

Brain Pop

http://www.brainpop.com/math/freemovies/

Math Videos forTeaching

http://countdown.luc.edu/

Math Motivation

http://www.mathmotivation.com/videos.html

SOS Classroom

http://sosclassroom.org/?page_id=11

Kids Zone

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

Sudoku

http://www.funbrain.com/sudoku/Sudoku.html

  

TEACHERS

 

SMART Notebook Math  

http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en/US/Ed+Resource/Math+resources/default.htm#NBMATH

Teacher Tube

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=3963

Sqool Tube

http://www.gamequarium.org/dir/SqoolTube_Videos/Math/


 


 


 


 


 


 

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Interactive Social Studies Resources

Social Studies Resources


 

Discovery Student Adventures 

http://studentadventures.discoveryeducation.com/

Social Studies Resources 

http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/onlineactivities.html

Virtual Reality - Pyramids 

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/

Free Social Studies Videos 

http://www.sqooltools.com/edvideos/socialstudies/index.html

Henry Hudson 400 

http://www.henryhudson400.com/home.php

The History Channel 

http://www.history.com/

Portals to the World 

http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

America's Library 

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es

National Geographic 

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Learn About the World 

http://www.mrdonn.org/index.html

Teaching Fairness

http://www.equalexchange.coop/educationaltools

Geography for Kids 

http://www.kidsgeo.com/

Interactive Social Studies

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interact-socst.htm

Kathy Schrock's Social Studies Resources 

http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/history/hista.html

Social Studies for Kids 

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/

Virtual Middle School 

http://www.sldirectory.com/teachf/socsci.html

Online Video Clips 

http://www.thinkport.org/classroom/onlineclips/socialstudiesclips.tp

Social Studies Central

http://socialstudiescentral.com/

Ben's Guide to US Government 

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Kid's Portal for Government 

http://www.kids.gov/

History Interactives 

http://www.learner.org/interactives/

Internet Public Library 

http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/

White House for Kids

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/white-house-101/

World History 

http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html

States and Capitals

http://www.50states.com/

US Mint for Kids

http://www.usmint.gov/kids/

Treasury Dept. for Kids

http://www.bep.treas.gov/newmoney/main.cfm/learning/fun

Houghton Mifflin

http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/


 


 

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Resources for Successful Technology Integration (best viewed in Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome)

SEARCHING

General Overview 

http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

Directory 

http://KidsClick.org
http://kids.yahoo.com/
http://www.ipl.org/
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

Search Engine

http://www.altavista.com     http://www.google.com
http://www.ask.com/
http://www.kartoo.com/         http://clusty.com/

Metasearch Engine

http://www.metacrawler.com     www.dogpile.com

Website Evaluation

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/eval.html

Online Bookmarks

http://www.portaportal.com

GENERAL RESOURCES

Fact Checker

http://www.refdesk.com/

Reference Desk

http://www.referencedesk.org/

Library Spot

http://www.libraryspot.com/

Encyclopedia Brittanica

http://www.britannica.com/

Infoplease

http://www.infoplease.com/

Fact Monster

http://www.factmonster.com/

Education Oasis

http://www.educationoasis.com

Little Explorers

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Dictionary.html

Middle School

http://www.middleweb.com/

Sites for Teachers

http://www.sitesforteachers.com/

Sue LeBeau

http://www.suelebeau.com/

Thinkfinity (Marco Polo)

http://www.thinkfinity.org/EducatorHome.aspx

Internet 4 Classrooms

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/

Wiki Teacher

http://www.wiki-teacher.com/

I Know That 

http://www.iknowthat.com/com

BBC 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/

ABCYa 

http://www.abcya.com/index.htm

Powerpoints for All 

http://www.pppst.com/index.html

Gamequarium 

http://www.gamequarium.com/index.htm

READING/LANGUAGE ARTS

Read/Write/Think

http://www.readwritethink.org/

NCTE

http://www.ncte.org/

Web English Teacher

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/

Starfall  

http://www.starfall.com/

Florida Center  

http://www.fcrr.org/Curriculum/studentCenterActivities.htm

Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/

Interactive Practice 

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/phonics/student.cfm

Word Central

http://www.wordcentral.com/

Carol Hurst 

http://www.carolhurst.com/

Online Storybooks 

http://www.storylineonline.net/

Instant Poetry Forms

http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm

MATH

IXL Math

http://www.ixl.com/

Math Online

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/math-unit/

Virtual Manipulatives

http://nlvm.usu.edu/

Math Worksheets

http://www.mathfactcafe.com

Math Playground

http://www.mathplayground.com/index.html

Math Play 

http://www.math-play.com/index.html

Math Magician

http://www.classbrain.com/artgames/publish/math_magician_games.shtml

SCIENCE

Science for Kids

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/

NSF Videos 

http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/index.cfm?s=2

Amazing Space 

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/

Science Games 

http://resources.kaboose.com/games/science.html

Exploratorium 

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Cool Science 

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/index.html

The Wild Classroom 

http://www.thewildclassroom.com/

Chemistry 4 Kids 

http://www.chem4kids.com/

Biology 4 Kids 

http://www.biology4kids.com/

Astronomy  

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/index.htm

Edheads 

http://www.edheads.org/

Physics 

http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/index.html

Ask a Scientist 

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/aasquesv.htm

SOCIAL STUDIES

The History Channel

http://www.history.com/

Portals to the World 

http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html

Student Adventures 

http://studentadventures.discoveryeducation.com/

US Treasury 

http://www.bep.treas.gov/

America's Library 

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es

Kids Geo

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/es

Geospy 

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Games/GeographyGames/Geospy

Learn about the World 

http://www.mrdonn.org/index.html

ARTS

Art

http://www.alifetimeofcolor.com

Music

http://www.sfkids.org

Physical Education 

http://www.pecentral.com

Teacher Web Pages

Teacher Web

http://www.teacherweb.com $$

Inspiring Teachers 

http://www.inspiringteachers.com/teachers_community/free_web_pages.html

School Notes

http://www.schoolnotes.com/

Webpage 

http://www.webstersclassroom.com/

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Interactive Web Resources for Science

GENERAL 

 

Science Kids 

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/

Think Green 

http://www.thinkgreen.com/classroom?utm_source=discovery&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=0909&utm_content=button

Fuel Our Future Now 

http://www.fuelourfuturenow.com/#

BBC Science 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/websites/4_11/site/science.shtml

Brain Pop 

http://www.brainpop.com/free_movies/

National Science Foundation 

http://nsf.gov/news/mmg/index.cfm?s=2

Score Science 

http://scorescience.humboldt.k12.ca.us/fast/kids.htm

Exploratorium 

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Kaboose 

http://resources.kaboose.com/games/science.html

Interactive Science Sites 

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/interact-science.htm

Science Buddies 

http://www.sciencebuddies.com/

SchoolTube 

http://www.schooltube.com/

TeacherTube

http://www.teachertube.com/

Science for Kids

http://kids.yahoo.com/science

National Geographic for Kids 

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Animals/CreatureFeature

Earth Science for Kids 

http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/

The Science Spot 

http://sciencespot.net/Pages/kidzone.html

Science Kids 

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/

Life Science Resources 

http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Kids/lifescience.html

NASA Kids' Club 

http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html


 

PRIMARY

 

PBS Kids Videos 

http://pbskids.org/ (Sid the Science Kids)

Dinosaur Train 

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/connect/resources/7221/preview/

NBI Kids

http://kids.nbii.gov/index.html

Science With Me

http://www.sciencewithme.com/

Fun School 

http://funschool.kaboose.com/arcade/index.html

NASA for Kids

http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/en/kids/animations.shtml


 

MIDDLE/UPPER

 

Cool Science (Virtual Labs) 

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/index.html

Amazing Space 

http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/

Chemistry for Kids 

http://www.chem4kids.com/

Biology for Kids

http://www.biology4kids.com/

Astronomy for Kids

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm

Neuroscience for Kids 

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chmodel.html

Solar System 

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm

http://kids.nineplanets.org/

Ed Heads

http://edheads.org/

The Wild Classroom 

http://www.thewildclassroom.com/

Planet H20

http://www.thirteen.org/h2o/

Amusement Park Physics

http://www.learner.org/interactives/parkphysics/index.html#

Videos for Your Health 

http://www.healthination.com/

Canadian Museum of Nature 

http://nature.ca/sila/hm_e.cfm

Children's Hospital of Boston

http://www.childrenshospital.org/research/Site2029/mainpageS2029P23.html

Chemistry Podcasts 

http://www.eagan.k12.mn.us/fletcher/acn/