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Smarthistory: a multimedia web-book about art and art history. Smarthistory: a multimedia web-book about art and art history. Professional Development for Creating 21st Century Student-Centered Learning Environments. Professional Development for Creating 21st Century Student-Centered Learning Environments. Great Tech Tools. Every year, so many new technology tools for teachers are launched into the market that it can be nearly impossible to keep up with them all.

Great Tech Tools

In order to keep you up-to-date with the latest and greatest educational tech tools, our team of edtech specialists has put together this list of the best edtech resources and technology tools for teachers. Clicking on the links below will take you to hundreds of apps, websites, extensions, and more. Whether you're looking for a specific tech tool or just trying to find something new and interesting for your class, we encourage you to browse around all of the different categories to see how many wonderful resources are available for your students.

Also, if you have a tool that you'd like to see added to the list, please feel free to contact us at admin@edtechteacher.org. The following technology tools for teachers have been organized by academic subjects, topics, and learning activity. Alpha: Computational Knowledge Engine. Scoring Guides. Brainstorm and mind map online. Video Creation Resources. This page is designed to introduce and show you how to use various free video creation resources.

Video Creation Resources

The process of creating and publishing videos can be a great way to get students excited about researching, storytelling, and sharing their work with an audience. For teachers who have never facilitated video creation projects in their classrooms, choosing the right style of video and the right tools can be a bit confusing at first. To help bring clarity to the styles and tools, I have a rather simple outline that I use in my video creation workshops. That outline with suggested tools for creating videos in each style is included in the PDF embedded below. You can download the PDF here. The playlist embedded below demonstrates many of the tools featured in the PDF above.

The playlist embedded below demonstrates how to create flipped video lessons. Click here to learn how to create choose your own adventure videos in YouTube. Shadow Puppet Edu makes it easy to create a video on an iPad. Lessons & Activities. Thinking about Lesson Plans The most effective technology integration lessons put students at the center of the learning process.

Lessons & Activities

These lessons empower students by fostering creativity and innovation and they enhance collaboration and communication. Look for lesson plans that help build 21st century skills such as inventive thinking, communication and collaboration, and information literacy. There are great lesson plan resources available online that help build 21st century skills. It is often helpful to review the lessons created and use them as a building block to develop personalized lessons for your classroom and students.

A Vision of K-12 Students Today, created by Professor Michael Wesch at Kansas State University Instead of focusing on "canned" lesson plans, concentrate on finding "lesson ideas" that can be adopted and integrated into your lesson objectives. Best Sites for History Lesson Plans and Activities National Archives: DocsTeach Using DocsTeach from the U.S. Mr. Registration. VUVOX - slideshows, photo, video and music sharing, Myspace codes. Jason ohler : Home.