Interesting Ways has a series of slideshare presentations to help the classroom teacher with integrating technonolgy. Topics range from blogging, audio, iPod Touch, wikis, flip video and digital photography, Google Earth, and Voice Thread. These are just a few and the presentations are excellent snippets of professional development.
Spicy Nodes.Org Graphic Organizer SpicyNodes is a way to visualize online information that mimics that way that people look for things in the real world. Bits of information — such as text, links, photos, and other media — are placed into “nodes,” which are then linked together in an appealing interface that invites exploration. SpicyNodes can be used for everything from mind maps and content portals to organizational charts and lesson plans.
Literacy.Net Resources for Preschool & Kindergarten
The Literacy Center Education Network is a non-profit organization with a mission to deliver free, professionally-designed, education material to preschool-age children. Good for individual practice or use on IWBs. Also good to use with ELL students.
Birmingham Museum for Kids (not Alabama but the UK) has resources for student learning on the topics of Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece, Roman Empire, Victorians, and World War II. There is also an Art Gallery and a Museum Zone to explore.
Study Jams Instructional Videos from Scholastic has more than 200 topics you can use to introduce science and math concepts to elementary age students. These are truly excellent and would work perfectly with IWBs.
The special STEM-themed Spotlight we mentioned in last month’s newsletter – supporting the National STEM Video Game Challenge – is now live! It’s also free through January 5, the contest’s deadline. Participating middle schoolers are invited to take advantage of our resources as they build their video games. Topics include Video Games, Digital Animation, Ada Lovelace, Energy Sources, Gravity, Geologic Time, Electric Circuits, Basic Probability, Natural Selection, and Statistics. BrainPOP is proud to serve as a founding outreach partner of the Challenge.
Join us on November 17 for our free webinar: Game Design 101: An Introduction for Teachers, and check out our free lesson plan!
Tips for Successful Parent/Teacher Conferences is an excellent reference from the Harvard Family Research Project on most effective way to hold parent conferences.
Good Character.Com is a nice site for Guidance lessons for elementary students. Written to go along with a video series, the resources and guides on the site can also stand alone for character education.
Understanding Science Web Site Science is different from many other ways of learning because of the way it is done. Science relies on testing ideas with evidence gathered from the natural world. This website will help you learn more about science as a process of learning about the natural world and access the parts of science that affect your life.
Lexipedia. Com allows you to type in a word and receive a web of synonyms, antonyms, or “fuzzy” synonyms. Looks great for student writing projects or reading vocabulary practice.
Virtual Cell Animation is geared much more to middle and high school, but a few topics might be suitable for elementary science.
Kate.Net Thanksgiving Resources has desktop wallpaper, coloring sheets, clip art and more to help you and your students celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving.
Visual Fractions Web Site is great for IWB use as you teach fractions lessons or students can work through exercises independently for practice.
Amby Education Free Math Resources has sites for basic facts, arithmetic, problem solving, algebra, geometry, higher level math, and test prep.
