iTunes now has their educational apps organized on a page for teachers. Apps are grouped into categories such as classroom tasks, curriculum support, instructional tools, reference, and personal organization.
Check out this infographic from onlineeducation.net that illustrates what technology means to our students:
Via: OnlineEducation.net
Education World Back to School Activities Whether you have already started back to school or are a week or two into the process, this archives of starting the year activities is sure to have something you can use.
Top 20 Social Network Sites for Educators comes from the “Technology Tidbits: Thoughts of a Cyber Hero” blog and provides links to and descriptions of the major social network sites targeted toward education.
Adobe Educators’ Choice Awards
the 2011 Educators’ Choice Awards will recognize and reward Adobe Education Exchange members who submit the most innovative teaching and learning materials. Your fellow members will choose the winners of the Awards by rating one another’s work, so impress your colleagues and compete for valuable prizes by submitting your best projects, lesson plans, curricula, and tutorials. For inspiration and examples, join or sign in to browse the resources on the Adobe Education Exchange.
Math Guy on NPR Archive of Broadcasts is a great resource for middle and high school math teachers looking for “real world” tie-ins to math concepts taught in class.
Tekzilla on the Web answers Technology Questions Tekzilla feeds your tech hunger! Patrick Norton and Veronica Belmont bring you hands on reviews of the latest gear, tips and tricks that improve the tech you already own and conversations with the most informative experts around.
Every wonder what to showcase on your teacher web site? Check out the wonderful resources and information for parents on Beth Newingham’s class site at Rockin Room 13.
10 Tips to Improve Your iPhone Experience is an article from Tech Republic with practical hints to make your iPhone use easier.
10 iPad Apps Every Teacher Needs is a post on Scott Sibberson’s Technology blog. I have most of the apps listed here and plan to try out the others.
iPad Academy A place for you to learn about using the iPad, apps and accessories, led by a teacher who’s been helping others to make sense and make use of technology for more than 20 years.
Speak-N-Spell App – Review from NY Times
Short, concise review of this early learning app.
20 Incredibly Entertaining iPad Apps for Science Nuts
has resouces for middle and high school teachers to use with iPads in the science classroom.
64 Interesting Ideas for Blog Posts
This web site is great to use as you start the school year. I challenge you to set up a class web site or blog to share information with your school families.
Massachusetts posts their Achievement tests, constructed responses, and answer keys online every year. This is a good source to have when aligning your assessments to the current standards and reflecting upon your questioning strategies and accurate levels of challenge that is mentioned in the new evaluation rubric. Massachusetts is what the “common core” is patterned after, so the rigor/relevance of the questions are spot on. Take the time to view it and pull questions for bell ringers, formative assessments, summative assessments, summarizers, etc. It also offers a Spanish version that could be very useful in obtaining higher order thinking.
http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/testitems.html?yr=
Larry Ferlazzo Best Resources for Learning about Google+
I am not sure I have time for another social networking site, but here’s some great advice and resources from Larry Ferlazzo’s blog on the topic.
Don’t be afraid to use this site due to its UK origin. All the money references are in gold coins that are base ten.
Moneyville.co.uk is an educational website that was designed to enable school children aged 5 to 9 years old to learn more about money in a fun and interactive environment. With its entertaining games and various activities, your pupils can explore where money comes from, what money is worth and how they can prioritise and save up.
A special area designed for children from 8 to 9 years of age enables them to learn about finances in a game specifically related to everyday life. For example, they must make a number of decisions that can affect their total finances during a year.
Students and teachers will like this free site writing class. It is a free service that allows you to find words and phrases that are similar or related to each other.
Type in a word or a phrase and Words Like.net will come up with a list of related words and their corresponding definitions.
is a math gaming site with activities suitable for elementary students. My personal favorite is Battleship Number Line.
Thinkfinity Back to School Resources
There is something here for everyone including lesson planning ideas, printables, and web links for back to school activities.
Brightstorm Math and Brightstorm Science videos are free—these 2,500+ videos cover every topic in Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Precalculus, Trigonometry, Calculus, Biology, Chemistry and Physics
QR Code Treasures for Teachers
has a treasure hunt generator. It’s easy to use and gives students a chance
to use their smart phones for an educational use.
Cody’s Science Zone Inquiry Questions
From a handout from the Exploratorium Institute for Inquiry, written by teacher Marilyn Austin. These questions are intended for teachers to pose as they interact with students engaged in inquiry processes.
is a site with dozens of instructional technology videos and presentations useful to teach both students and educators.
Not all these ideas are for education, but all are useful to help a busy educator get organized and save time.
