11 Techy Things for Teachers to Try this Year from Richard Byrne’s Free Technology for Teachers blog is a great list of free tech tools to help you be more productive in your job and help your students have authentic ways to learn and publish.
Lovely Learning is a site created by a first grade teacher who utilizes student blogging in her classroom.
Best Strategies for Eliminating Elementary Student Math Misconceptions from David Wetzel’s “Teach Science & Math” blog has excellent tips for teachers on preventing and eliminating math misconceptions.
While you are on this content rich site, check out Math/Science Tips and Tricks for IWB.
Article from Sue Waters on Student Blogging has excellent tips and advice from the lady who knows it all at Edublogs.
Thinking of starting your own blog for your class. These two sites offer free backgrounds.
Keeping Parents Informed – Teacher Web Sites is a great article on the Instructify Blog. As you set up your new school page, use some of the ideas from this expert.
17 Great Spring Ideas for Early Learners is a nice list of activities to close out the school year from the We are Teachers blog.
Personal Learning Network Made Easy is a great place to start for those wanting to grow in this area and establish a learning network. (Thanks to Once a Teacher blog).
39 Web Based Utilities Not Requiring Registration is a great list of web tools for everything from converting text to audio, other file conversions, URL generators, and file storage utilities.
Mrs. Pancake Web Site is the home of “brilliant educational doodads for teachers…” Free downloads of many cool teaching tools. One caveat, this is a UK site, so be careful with money and other vocabulary that might be different in the USA.
New Todd Whitaker/Annette Breaux Book – 50 Ways to Improve Student Behavior – See review of book at The Next Generation of Educational Leadership blog.
Amazon – 50 Ways to Improve Student Behavior — ordering information
Ten CCs of Books for Boys from Teach with Picture Books Blog is a great list of ideas to get those reluctant male readers interested and engaged.
9 Great Science Fair Sites has loads of resources for students struggling to come up with an idea for our Science Fair.
100 Incredible Educational Virtual Tours
One of the wonders of the Internet is that it can bring the world to you instead of your needing to find the time and money to explore the traditional way. The following virtual tours bring opportunities to explore cities, famous landmarks and buildings, museums, college campuses, and even outer space. You can learn how things are made, explore the human body or that of a life-sized whale, and visit ball parks and theme parks. There is even a section of incredible virtual tours that Google Earth has compiled that shares the world in a whole new way.
BrainPop Educators Blog The new notebook explores art and art practice, music, and technology, with more to come.
Kidblog is different. Kidblog.org is built by teachers, for teachers, so students can get the most out of the blogging process.
Kidblog was built out of the need for a safe and simple blogging platform suitable for elementary and middle school students. Most importantly, Kidblog allows teachers to monitor and control all blog activity within the classroom blogging community.
Kidblog’s advanced privacy features put safety first:
Ways to Bring Experts into Your Classroom (Other than Skype) from Free Technology for Teachers Blog
Many of you have used Skype to videoconference with colleagues and experts, by Richard Byrne highlights three more easy ways on his blog. Check it out.
10 Ways to Learn in 2010 — The Learning Coach Blog has ten ways educators can go online to learn and improve.
Mrs. Kathy Cassidy\’s Classroom Blog is a great example of an elementary school blog. Mrs. Cassidy teaches first grade in Moosejaw, Canada. As the school year progresses, Mrs. Cassidy and her students share their learning with the world. Scroll down and check out the Thanksgiving podcast made by this first grade class.
