Planet Esme is a wonderful literacy resource from author and former classroom teacher, Esme Raji Codell. She reviews hundreds of children’s books and has her own blog. She is the author of a Sahara Special, a book that truly opened my eyes and brought new empathy for struggling learners
My Story Maker sponsored by the Carnegie Library allows students to create digital stories on line by combining art and writing.
I Know That.Com web site has a collection of fun learning activities categorized by grade level and subject designed especially for elementary students.
Ninja Words Online Dictionary is a free, fast online dictionary students can use for writing projects, vocabulary study, or even spelling words.
Differentiating Math Lessons on Byrdseed.com has practicial, concrete solutions for differentiating math instruction for your gifted or higher level students.
Storynory Audio Stories for Children
Storynory is an online treasure trove of audio stories. Here you will find a mixture of new stories, fairy tales, and specially adapted myths and histories. We also have a sprinkling of verse.
We have published an audio story every week since November 2005. Storynory has grown and grown in popularity, and now around a quarter of a million mp3 files are downloaded every month from our servers.
Related Link: Think Bank
RTI Tools Web Site has numerous resources including behavior plans, reading, writing, math information, and progress monitoring tools and probes.
Zac Browser web site for children with autistic spectrum disorders
From the web site…Here you will find the best environment on the Internet for children living with various autism challenges.
Zac Browser is a totally free software package. It is the first Internet browser developed specifically for children living with variants of autism spectrum disorders (ASD), Asperger syndrome, Rett syndrome, childhood disintegrative disorder, PDD not otherwise specified and PDD-NOS, also called atypical autism.
Zac Browser was designed to offer a pleasant, rewarding and secure experience. Children sing, play and discover the best that the Internet has to offer with only a few clicks of the mouse.
Zac Browser is software that allows your child to access games (a lot of games) activities (based on diverse interests) along with videos (that allow a stimulating experience and encourages children to talk). All games, activities and videos are specifically chosen for their positive effect on children suffering from autism.
Five On-Line Communities for Special Education Teachers
Special education teachers can connect to others utilizing these online professional development communities.
Resources for Teaching Students with Special Needs is a blog site with several resources and links for teaching students with special needs.
Inclusion Strategies and Resources from Successful Teaching blog
This blog has several excellent strategies and resources for the inclusion classroom.
The Story Place Web Site (in both English and Spanish)
Children and their parents have for years enjoyed attending storytimes, checking out books and participating in a number of other educational, entertaining and participatory programs at the various locations of The Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County. StoryPlace, an interactive web site, came about to provide children with the virtual experience of going to the library and participating in the same types of activities the library offers. In the summer of 1999, a team of Children’s Librarians and Specialists got together with in-house web developers to begin development on this exciting site. In the Spring of 2000, StoryPlace premiered with its first section, the Pre-School Library, completed.
StoryPlace currently consists of two libraries, the Preschool Library and Elementary Library. We welcome comments and suggestions to make StoryPlace the children’s virtual library to check out!
Billy Gorilly Web Site for Early Learning
This is a great site for Pre-K and Kindergarten teachers to teach basic skills using music and rhythm. Free podcasts can be downloaded from iTunes and there are resources to go along with each skill.
Guess the Wordle is the third post on using this free Internet resource. It would be a great “bell ringer” activity to get the kids thinking and analyzing for commonalities. Monday’s “Guess the Wordle” is always the easiest, Wednesday is somewhat harder, and Friday is the most difficult. Check it out.
This web site has activities, games, music, printables, and even research based information for parents/teachers of students with special needs.
http://pbskids.org/smartboard/
I just found out on Twitter that PBS has launched a web link to dozens of active board friendly lessons/games/videos. The activities are sorted by subject and grade level. All lessons have games, printables, and teacher resources. You can also click on the VIDEO tab to watch videos on a variety of subjects. The best part is…it’s all free. Primary teachers will find many great math activities here.
Teacher Lingo Professional Learning Network
Check out this professional learning network where you can connect with other teachers across the world.
Jing allows you to easily take a snapshot of your screen, record video of onscreen movement, add voice narration, and then share on the web. This works especially well with our Promethean Boards. For example, a child solves a math problem and shows the procedures on the board. The entire process can be published on your web site as a homework help or math tutorial. I can think of dozens of classroom applications. Can you? If so post in the comments section.
If you have an iPhone or an iPod touch, this is the web site for you. It is amazing all the information available, and Tony Vincent, the author of the site, has provided an extraordinary resouces of education applications for using touch iPods in the classroom.
Create multimedia surveys or questionaires using Quest Chain.
Click on the link above for a list of more than 70 polling and survey tools.
If you can overlook the ads on the sidebar, this site has learning games in the areas of Music, Art, Math, Reading, and Puzzles.
Famous author, James Patterson, teams up with other writers and education specialists to provide book reviews by age and reading levels. Check it out.
Academic Skill Builders web site
Information from the site says:
Arcademic Skill Builders are research-based and standards-aligned educational games that offer an innovative approach to teaching basic academic skills. We incorporate features of arcade games and educational practices into fun online games that will engage, motivate, and teach your students.
Play games for free right here on our site! Click a button below to play. We have multi-player and single player games. In the future we’ll add features enabling you to save records, tailor content for differentiated instruction, and pinpoint student problem areas!
This animated game has students categorizing animals according to traits and correctly placing the animals in the correct section of the zoo.
Pest World for Kids — Learn About Insects & Other Pests
The web site explores pest ecology as the intersection between human-created habitats and animal needs for food and shelter. The site is designed for students and teachers in the elementary and middle school grade. The web site offers information resources, interactive learning games, science fair kits, and lesson plans that support national standards developed by the National Science Teacher Association and the National Council of Teachers of English.
