Teacher Resources, Tools & Giveaways for the week ( Mar 17 – 24, 2012)
TOOLS
Skitch
Annotate, edit and share screenshots and images…fast.
Online Calculator
Students can draw, paint, create, write and record without installing any software.
ClassParrot
Use this tool to text your students about homework, upcoming exams, events or any other updates in the classroom.
RESOURCES
Bulletin Board “Hang Ups”
Print these quotes and hang them on the wall or bulletin board to catch […]
Teacher Resources, Tools & Giveaways for the week ( Mar 3 – 10, 2012)
TOOLS
Gumnotes
Annotate pages, documents, emails, contacts, meetings and appointments using this tool. You can also add notes and share them with your students.
Cartoonize
Convert photos and images to cartoons using this website.
Hot Potatoes
Use this freeware to create interactive multiple-choice, short answer, gap-fill, jumbled-sentence, matching/ ordering and crossword exercises for your class.
Masher
Create videos by combining video […]
Teacher Resources, Tools & Giveaways for the week ( Feb 11 – 18, 2012)
TOOLS
Thoughtboxes
Help students working on group projects to get their thoughts together with this tool. It allows users to put together ideas in an organized manner and collaborate.
Sendspace
Send, receive and track large files including videos and audio recordings, or just large PowerPoint presentations, using this website.
SideVibe
Create web based online activities, pose questions or host […]
Teacher Resources, Tools & Giveaways for the week ( Feb 4 – 11, 2012)
TOOLS
Ahead
Create non linear presentations that are fun to explore, and interactive, using this tool.
Class Pager
This website makes it simple and easy to keep your students updated during the rest of the day using a group messaging feature.
RESOURCES
Own Your Space Ebook
This is a free downloadable ebook for teens, parents and educators on protecting ourselves online.
Stixy
A […]
Teacher Resources, Tools & Giveaways for the week (Jan 28 – Feb 4, 2012)
TOOLS
Witty Comics
A simple way to create images of short conversations between two comic characters. No design skills needed. Use it to add life to presentations, or even to illustrate or demonstrate concepts.
Virtual Swimming
Watch animations of various swimming strokes. Students can also watch the strokes at different speeds. This tool can be used to […]
Teacher Resources, Tools & Giveaways for the week (Jan 21 – 28, 2012)
TOOLS
Learn Boost +
Online organizing tools for teachers including gradebooks, lesson plan creator and a calender that integrates with Google.
Postcard Creator
Get students to learn about old- fashioned postcards, and create their own with this game.
Game Goo
Games to build early reading skills and language arts.
Immune Attack
A learning adventure/ game to help children learn more about […]
Treats for Teachers – Dec.2 – Dec.9,2011
TOOLS
Wordle
Wordle is a tool for generating “word clouds” from texts, giving prominence to frequently appearing words. You provide the text and then tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes to create imaginative notebook covers, posters, wall art or even to present a jumble of word ideas that can get the […]
Treats for Teachers – Nov. 11 to Nov. 18, 2011
TOOLS
Ideas for a Weather Science Fair Project
Here are some great project ideas to test a hypothesis about weather. Follow it up with an experiment to see it for yourself.
Read the Words
Translate text to audio, and listen to texts on headphones while studying with this tool. You could even find out how […]
TOOL: Real Time Editing
It looks like EtherPad (real time document editing) is really going away on April 14th.
Here are some alternatives for folks interested in using real-time collaboration in teaching and learning:
typewith.me
primarypad.com
Free Tech Tool: Creating a Web Site
Imagine a complete web authoring system that is extremely easy to use, combines web file management and simple WYSIWYG web page editing capabilities like those found in Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe Dreamweaver and other high end programs. Now make it ideal for non-technical computer users who want to create an attractive, professional-looking web site without needing […]
