Have Fun Teaching November 16, 2009
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Have Fun Teaching web site has links to reproducables, educational videos. songs, flash cards, teacher productivity tools, and even social networks especially for teachers.
Teacher Linx October 26, 2009
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Teacherlinx is a free platform for teachers to manage and engage in the most vital aspects of their profession. Its goal is to allow teachers to manage their practice and reach their potential as an educator.
Teacherlinx Services Include:
- Earn Rewards! – Earn Rewards such as Gift Certificates and Coupons for adding lesson plans to our teaching community.
- Search lessons – Search for Free Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Tests, and Quizzes.
- Lesson Plan Management – Add Lesson plans that are evaluated, commented on, and shared with other colleagues.
- Worksheets – Create customized worksheets.
- Lesson Plan Storage – Save added and shared lesson plans or worksheets to specific folders for future use.
- Staying Connected – Keep in professional contact with former credential classmates, current and past colleagues. (Create a Profile, Add a colleague, Create a group, Share Worksheets and Lesson Plans).
- Professional Management – Keep up-to-date with job openings, salary ranges, and salary point teacher training that public and private districts offer.
- Add a link for your own teacher website or school website.
- Stay connected with Colleagues and Classmates.
Weebly for Education October 14, 2009
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Weebly is perfect for creating classroom websites, student e-portfolios, and websites for assigned projects. The drag & drop website editor is simple to use, and appropriate for use with students of all ages. Weebly enables your students to express themselves creatively using a variety of multimedia features, all within a protected environment that you control. Weebly was named one of TIME’s 50 Best Websites of the year.
Preview of Google Wave October 1, 2009
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Great Preview of Google Wave from lifehacker.com
Intervention Central September 25, 2009
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Intervention Central is targeted to special education, but the abundant index of tips and resources are excellent for all classroom teachers.
Tools for Teachers September 25, 2009
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Super Teacher Tools is a teacher productivity site with free applications such as random name generator, seating chart, board game designer, Who Wants to be a Millionaire game, Quiz Maker, and Jeopardy — among others.
Reading Programs Online September 24, 2009
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Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in working with struggling readers who require additional help in reading fundamentals and comprehension skills development.
Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8. Children create their own book lists from over 7,000 recommended titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they’ve read, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes. Book Adventure was created by and is maintained by Sylvan Learning.
Reading Logs gives students a better way to track reading, create vocabulary cards and practice spelling. Learning material is uploaded by teachers and is accessed online by students in their class. Once the material is online, it is brought to life with learning tools: Electronic Reading Logs, Vocabulary Card Creator, and Listen and Spell practice system.
Twelve Essentials for Technology Integration September 21, 2009
Posted by eatonblog in Classroom Management, Desktop Publishing, Digital Photography, Digital Storytelling, Eaton Technology, Educational Resources, Lesson Planning, Podcasting, Technology.add a comment
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Richard Byrne author of Free Technology for Teachers has put together an excellent quick reference guide to twelve of the most important free productivity tools for the classroom.
Inclusive Schools Web Site September 18, 2009
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Inclusive Schools.Org is an informative web site with many resources for schools providing inclusion programs for students. There are articles, news updates, resources, and forums.
Engrade Calendar & Grading Program September 16, 2009
Posted by eatonblog in Assessment, Classroom Management, Desktop Publishing, Odds and Ends.add a comment
Engrade Online Grading Program
I set up an account and it does look easy to manage classroom assessments through this program. The best part is that it is truly free.
Engrade is a free set of web-based tools for educators allowing them to manage their classes online while providing parents and students with 24/7 real-time online class information. It’s private, secure, truly free, and unbelievably easy to use
