resources4educators

=Resources for Educators=

[] - Kaboose is one of the most trusted online resources for parents, caregivers and educators seeking information, resources and activities to engage and share with their students and children ages 3-11. This award-winning resource website offers more than 10,000 pages of topical content relating to parenting and education and thousands of ideas and tips to enhance the family Internet experience. It is a top choice for product reviews, crafts, family vacation planning tools, teaching tools, party planners, clip-art, contests, free downloads and much more to help parents plan their family life. [] - Line Rider was originally created by Boštjan Cadež, a Slovenian university student, in September of 2006. It almost immediately gathered a cult following and became the seventh quickest gaining keyword in Google. Since that time, the 'toy' has generated over 16 million views. Fans quickly noticed that they could create tracks, set them to music, and share them over YouTube.com. Currently, there are over 11,000 shared videos with many more to come. inXile Entertainment is extremely excited to work with Boštjan in order to reach the full potential that we feel the Line Rider application can live up to. [] - Welcome to Reedy Technologies. This site has been designed to provide technology resources to educators. Its focus is to assist teachers in the integration of technology across the curriculum. Lots of SMART material. [] - In this :60 Sec Tech you will see how you can use the new Smart Technologies Document Camera from within the Smart Notebook v10 software. You will learn how to do two things: Capture just the image itself, or capture the image with the notes you have written over it. [] - A fantastic way of building cutting-edge technology into the curriculum! ClassTools.net is a brand new, FREE website allowing teachers and students to create interactive Flash diagrams for learning and revising material. All diagrams created can be saved as data files or web pages to host on your own school website or intranet! [] - Educator Resource Center with tons of SMART items. [] - Lots of videos to use in the classroom or just get an idea. [] - This site was developed to provide teachers with a full range of resources and activities to support the teaching of landmark Supreme Court cases, helping students explore the key issues of each case. [] - Current events, news, and learning activities. [|http://www.jacksonpollock.org] – Paint on the SMART board. Great activity for smaller children and be sure to buy a paint brush for use on the board. [] - One link to lots of Education related information and links. [] - Each game is designed to help children understand basic concepts in mathematics. [] - SMART Exchange; a community of teachers, administrators and SMART experts sharing ideas, expertise and enthusiasm to create extraordinary moments in the classroom. [] - MrNussbaum.com was developed with the idea that crucial concepts, themes, ideas, and fact sets taught in the classroom can be enhanced over the internet through interactivity. [] - This Web site contains Java™ applets whose purpose is to be used as tools to help and enhance the education of children. [] - These Harcourt School Publishers World Wide Web pages ("** The Learning Site **") are intended primarily to provide high quality online learning resources to students, teachers, and parents of students using Harcourt related print publications. These resources will extend, enrich, enhance, and diversify learning. [] - Shodor is a non-profit research and education organization dedicated to the advancement of science and math education, specifically through the use of modeling and simulation technologies. [] - Helping Teachers use the Internet more effectively. [] - Welcome to the applet that makes it easy for anyone to be a painter. [] - Math resources. [] - Free Flash resources for teachers. [] - Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. [] - Teachers Love SMART Boards. [] – Beaufort County School District – Beaufort, South Carolina (SMART Board resources). [] - The [|National Council of Teachers of Mathematics] is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students. With 100,000 members and 250 affiliates, NCTM is the world’s largest organization dedicated to improving math education in preK‑12. [] - Blue Web'n is an online library of 2177 outstanding Internet sites categorized by subject, grade level, and [|format] (tools, references, lessons, hotlists, resources, tutorials, activities, projects). [] - The mission of the Instructional Technology Team is to prepare instructional staff to integrate technology into the curriculum and promote a student-learning environment that assists and encourages technological skills. [] - Here are some links that can be powerful whole-group instructional tools when used on an interactive whiteboard. [] - Come and have fun with cat theme preschool activities and crafts suitable for toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten. [] - Winplot is a graphing utility written and maintained by Richard Parris, a teacher at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. [] - Having worked as a teacher for the past ten years, I know exactly how people's motivation can start to flag after a while, be it for pupils or for teachers. E-learning is not the miracle solution but I hope that this site will provide some help for teachers trying to motivate their pupils, and for pupils looking at a way to revise for tests or exams, or for anybody wanting to have some fun playing Spanish games. [] - CASLT promotes the advancement of second language learning and teaching throughout Canada by creating opportunities for professional development, by encouraging research, and by facilitating the sharing of information and the exchange of ideas among second language educators. The CASLT mission fosters and advances professional excellence in the teaching of second languages in Canada. [] - The purpose of this site is to accompany a free podcast that focuses on using SMART Boards in the classroom. [] - At Google, we support teachers in their efforts to empower students and expand the frontiers of human knowledge. That’s why we’ve assembled the information and tools you’ll find on this site. [] - LiteBrite http://www.homeschoolmath.net/ - HomeschoolMath.net is a comprehensive math resource site for homeschooling parents and teachers. [] - Magnetic Poetry resources. [] - A new concept in e-learning solutions. [] - Free tools and resources for educators support collaborative student-centered learning. Online thinking tools are active learning places where students engage in robust discussions, pursue investigations, analyze complex information, and solve problems. [] - The Elementary Science Program of the Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES provides a hands-on, interdisciplinary curriculum that converts the elementary classroom into a science laboratory. We hope these Webpage resources help you use science to explore and enjoy the world. [] - Transforming learning on campus, off campus and where there’s no campus at all. [] - NCEF's resource list of links, books, and journal articles on the educational use of interactive whiteboards, an electronic tool that combines with a computer and projector to become a large, touch-sensitive display that allows teachers and students to write and erase notes, control computer applications, and save information. [] - Whiteboard Resources. [] - To support and promote the creation and sharing of teaching resources for use on interactive whiteboards. [|www.think-bank.com/iwb] - Interactive Whiteboard Resources. [|www.whiteboardblog.co.uk] – TheWhiteboard Blog. [] - Over the past few years, enormous strides have been made in providing computers in educational settings to aid the learning process. This, combined with high speed access to the Internet have opened up many new opportunities in education. This open reference project has the goal of providing high-quality content for these computers free of charge to the end user, and provide numerous benefits over paper textbooks. [] - The Reactive Colours Research Project has been developing multi-modal software interfaces to utilise the sensory interests of children on the autistic spectrum in ways that encourage social interaction skills through play. [] - Education World's goal is to make it easy for educators to integrate the Internet into the classroom. [] - Promoting educational excellence for all Americans. [] - Education resources. [] - Our mission is to help you find the answers to all of your questions, under one roof. And to inspire you with ideas that make learning a part of your family’s everyday life. [] - Student news. [] - NASA Education. [] - Education resources. [] - This page is a collection of information and web links showing activities to use in economics classes and sites of other teachers of economics. [] - The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), founded in 1944 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, is the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. [] - Welcome to BioEd Online, the online educational resource for educators, students, and parents. BioEd Online utilizes state-of-the-art technology to give you instant access to reliable, cutting-edge information and educational tools for biology and related subjects. [] - Teaching Resource forHigh School and College Classrooms. [] - Editorial Projects in Education Inc. publishes //Education Week//, American education's newspaper of record, the //Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook//, //Digital Directions//, edweek.org, teachermagazine.org, and TopSchoolJobs.org. We also publish periodic special reports on issues ranging from state policy to technology, as well as books of special interest to educators. [] - Bring the latest in science and policy to your classroom! Use this site to explore exciting scientific "hot topics" on the cutting edge of the environmental and life sciences. [] - Resources for college teachers. [] - TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons, [|units], and [|web resources] designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. We offer our own professional and classroom-ready content along with thousands of reviewed web resources, including practical ideas for classroom use and [|safe classroom use of Web 2.0]. Busy teachers, parents, and students can find resources using our [|subject/grade level search], [|keyword search] , or extensive menus. [] - Advancing Excellent Teaching in American Schools -   Annenberg Media uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools. This mandate is carried out chiefly by the funding and broad distribution of educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers. It is part of [|The Annenberg Foundation] and advances the Foundation's goal of encouraging the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge. Annenberg Media's multimedia resources help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching methods. Many programs are also intended for students in the classroom and viewers at home. All Annenberg Media videos exemplify excellent teaching. [] - This site contains a variety of social psychology teaching resources, including textbooks, course syllabi, lecture notes, classroom activities, demonstrations, assignments, and more. [] - Since 1911, NCTE has worked to advance teaching, research, and student achievement in English language arts at all scholastic levels. [] - Sothink SWF Catcher for IE is a free and useful extension to Internet Explorer that enables you to save multiple Flash based charts, presentations, e-cards, games and Flash movies at the same time. [] - Quizlet helps you and your friends learn vocabulary. You make a list of words, and we teach them to you. Feeling lazy? Your friends can share their lists with you. You'll never use flashcards again. Plus, it's free. [] - The Utah Education Network is a consortium of public education partners, including the Utah System of Higher Education and its ten universities and colleges and Utah eLearning Connection; the Utah State Office of Education, local school districts and the Utah Electronic High School and; the state’s Library system. [] - Want to make exemplary rubrics in a short amount of time? Try RubiStar out! Registered users can save and edit rubrics online. You can access them from home, school, or on the road. Registration and use of this tool is free, so click the Register link in the login area to the right to get started now. [] – Collaborative digital collections. Sometimes you stumble across something that really makes you say "wow" and reminds you that there's so much more to this internet thing than just the latest web app. These images won't show up in search engines' image searches or on [|Flickr] (save one exception), but instead can only be accessed via the links below. [] - Music games, Piano, Guitar & Drums. [] - Extraordinary made simple. See the power of using SMART products in a variety of learning environments with the collection of videos created by teachers and SMART staff. [] He has "mini movies" that you can download - and guess what, they have the .swf extension on them. Which of course means that you can right-click on them to download. Then open up Notebook and click on "Insert" and "Flash File". Browse to where you downloaded the movie. Now the little movie will play right off of the Notebook page for you. Very slick!

[] - SMART Share Center
 * Participant Recommended Sites: **