Resources

On this page I am going to maintain a list of educational resources that I like to refer to when I want to find some new tools to use in my classroom.

Turtlebug Gaphics Teacher Resource Store
Visit my store at Teachers Pay Teachers!

Are you a member of PAECT? On its website, it is defined as : The Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and Technology, PAECT, is a statewide professional organization for all educators who embrace the effective use of educational communications and technology to improve learning. It provides support to K-20 educators and other professionals throughout the Commonwealth by nurturing the exchange of ideas, information, resources, and new developments in the field of educational communications and technology.


Viki Davis and the Flat Classroom Project
If you click on Viki's name, it will take you to her Blog. I suggest you sign up and follow her! She is amazing! I got to see her at Pete&C in 2011, and she has this energy and excitement that is contagious.

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This is an online Professional Development site. You can sign up to watch webinars for free, or you can pay an annual membership and watch videos on demand.

This is also a paid "CLUB". I joined it to help organize my life. I know what you are thinking. I am still hoping I can learn something. Perhaps I can learn to chunk the big stuff into smaller editable bites!

Discovery Education http://www.discoveryeducation.com/ is provided by IU13. For most of the items available on this site you need to log-in. Videos can be searched by standards, subject, and grade level and can be downloaded. Videos are suitable for using with students and for teacher professional development. This can be accessed from home or school using your log-in. To get a log-in for this go to this page: IU 13 Medianet and Discovery Streaming. See more about Discovery Education. For now use: Subscriber Login: SDOLTraining Password: 123456

Socrative
This allows the teacher to create tests in an online classroom. Students then log into the room with the proper room name and take quizes. Teachers can download the graded, yes GRADED, results!

Free Rice
Have some downtime? Need something for those students who finish early? Free Rice helps students increase their vocabulary stills. The site has been expanded to include Math and other subjects as well.

Create a PaperLess Classroom
Directions and other links to create a paperless classroom can be found HERE.

Type With Me
Do you want all of your students to type with you? Perhaps share their insites into your topic? This site allows your students to type at the same time. Then save and print your document.

Zamzar
So you found a video online that you want to save. Perhaps you have a video that is the wrong format to merge into a document. Zamzar allows you to save videos and music from the internet, converts them to a file and allows you to save them to your computer. You can also change the format of a file. This is probably the most useful site I have ever encountered! Zamzar longer works with YouTube videos.