Teacher Resources

Learning Mgmt Systems: 
Edmodo
      Mimicks FaceBook's layout and students/teachers love its ease of use. IEN offers a PD credit, self-paced class.  If you are interested, email Julie Best at Julie.Best@ien.idaho.gov



Teacher Tools:
The best tool is your textbook's online help resources. Introduce them to your students so they can get out-of-classroom help if needed, and still directly relates to their textbook chapters.   







Spend time on this one...  http://www.scoop.it/t/integrating-classroom-technology
“a collection of classroom tools and ideas about new educational tools”

 http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT  Hundreds of education sites... browse at your leisure.



Classroom Tools for Teachers and Students: 





http://www.hippocampus.org/  Has videos that correlate to the most used textbooks.  Do a search for your textbook and then browse the options available.

http://www.goorulearning.org  A search engine for learning; O.E.R. (Open Educational Resource) Has lessons and quizzes pre-built.

http://www.wolframalpha.com/  Similar to GooruLearning above, but based on critical thinking analysis.

http://www.WolverineTutors.org  Michigan College students volunteer for this online homework help for at-risk kids. A student submits a question, the tutors' phones receive a text, and they can email or Skype to help the student with the homework problem.



http://www1.teachertube.com/    Free academic videos on a variety of subjects
(Note: advisable to download videos to harddrive so not waiting to buffer)



use for class-to-class challenges, review for a quiz, or just to have fun with the kids



http://scout.lili.org/  a video branch of Lili.org, Idaho Public Television



http://ed.ted.com  Lessons worth sharing, all subjects made by teachers, video 



http://www.livebinders.com/shelf/featured   Organize web sites into one logical and sharable Binder.



Under Teaching Resources you will find lesson plans, tools, and many more links.
Under Student Activities, Computer Lab Favorites has 5 disciplines to search under.



http://www.apexlearning.com/   Apex Learning is a digital curriculum publisher who works with schools to help increase graduation rates and decrease dropout rates.




https://plus.google.com/
Need to work in groups but away from the IEN room?  With a GMail account and an onboard camera, you can "Hang Out" at Google Plus.  Up to 10 people.



http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2012/07/searching-for-numbers
And article on how to web search "number ranges"























PTE

 http://www.deadtroll.com/sysadmin/index.html  The System Administrator Song (Funny)



http://www.blender.org/    For computer technology classes; this site is for building 3D animations comparable to "Toy Story" quailty.

https://join.me/
Easily share your screen with multiple users (like students in a computer lab) without complicated webinar software.  It's easy and it's FREE.

http://w3schools.com/  Free web development site

http://www.wix.com/  Free and easy website builder


Foreign Language


Foreign Language Resources





Hilarious Teacher/Student Video to watch and show your students (?):



I am Worried About My Grade

http://rhettandlink.com/  Another site to find a crazy video your kids will relate to.

The Grade video above was created using this website:


http://www.xtranormal.com/
Another site that uses talking avatars in your homemade clips is:


http://www.voki.com/

A humorous "what not to do" with videoconferencing...




Video Teleconference - What Not To Do  (Fed Ex commercial)





5 Ways to use video conferencing in the classroom



7 Habits of Highly Effective Teachers Who Use Technology




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