Resources and Downloads for Online Learning
Free tools, web links and other resources to help bring online learning to your school. Turnaround Kid: Tessa Beaver, left, says zoology was her favorite course with the Idaho Digital Learning Academy, shown at right. Tessa went from being a year behind to graduating early with help from IDLA and Lorrie Houston, center, the IDLA site coordinator at Centerpoint Alternative High School in Caldwell, Idaho. Credit: Grace Rubenstein Resources On This Page: Tips for downloading: PDF files can be viewed on a wide variety of platforms -- both as a browser plug-in or a stand-alone application -- with Adobe's free Acrobat Reader program. Click on any title link below to view or download that file. Downloads to Help You Get Started These are handy documents used every day by practitioners in the field who have offered them up here for you to download and use yourself. Back to Top Sample Teacher Lessons from TeacherStream and K12OnlineSchools.org Demonstrations and Tours of Online Courses
PicMonkey: A Free Way To Edit And ‘Instagram’ Your Images Online
Instagram is all kinds of hot right now. You can’t swing a digital camera without hitting a photo filter. But up until now, most filters were embedded in either mobile apps or somewhat bulky software. Until now. Best of all, the editing is all done with a slick and intuitive interface. You can currently access ‘premium’ filters for free (limited time) but there’s plenty of tools that are going to be free forever. H/T to my amazing wife for finding this fun tool! Share Your Images! Send us your PicMonkey pictures! Samples I (Poorly) Made Screenshot of PicMonkey Layout
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Video Creation Resources
This page is designed to introduce and show you how to use various free video creation resources. Click here to learn how to create choose your own adventure videos in YouTube. Making Videos on the Web - A Guide for Teachers How to make an Animoto video. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Here's an example of stop motion video made by students.
Learnist: A Helpful Tool on the Road to Inquiry
The meaningful and careful use of technology is one of the most significant conversations in education today. When educators offer students greater access to knowledge through technology, and encourage them to use that knowledge to inquire about the world around them and beyond, they are providing students a chance to succeed in even the toughest conditions. I teach eighth- and tenth-grade English and sixth-grade Speech/Drama for Stockton Collegiate International Schools. Our mission is to "offer the rigorous, relevant and practical International Baccalaureate (IB) curricula and methodology to urban students grades K-12 in order to prepare them for post-secondary education and global citizenship in the 21st century" and to "enable students to become literate, self-motivated, competent, lifelong learners by providing a multi-cultural, student- centered environment." Although our school is only in its third year, we are already making a mark on the community.
The 30 Best Web 2.0 Tools For Teachers (2012 Edition)
Looking for the best cloud computing software for your school? What about a way to remotely store homework and other assignments? It’s time to figure out which web 2.0 tool is right for you! The following presentation contains dozens of the most popular tools being used in classrooms right now. See Also: The 100 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You Each slide in the below presentation by Rafael Scapin contains the name, description, link, and screenshot of what each tool looks like and does. Edudemic’s Recommendations If you’re looking to try out some of these tools, here are the top 5 tools we recommend you try out (if you haven’t already). Slideshare - Get the credit and audience you deserve for your presentations! Scoop.it - A stellar social bookmarking service that is being used by a ton of teachers right now. PlanBoard - It’s an online lesson planner made for teachers. Evernote - Featured in Edudemic Magazine numerous times, we love all things Evernote.
5 Leadership (and Life) Lessons You Learn From Your Kids
A few years back, we hosted a leadership conference that featured sports leaders - players and coaches, some of whom went on to top leadership positions in politics , business, and other fields. I was surprised by how frequently they mentioned the role that their parents played in their development as top athletes and as leaders. But even more surprising were the lessons they learned from being parents - the lessons they learned from their kids! Here is a summary of behaviors that are used both by good parents, and the very best leaders. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. [Readers of this blog will note that much of the above is based on Transformational Leadership Theory . Also, if you are interested in research on the early development of leadership, take a look at the recent special issue of the journal, The Leadership Quarterly .
A List of 20 Free Tools for Teachers to Create Awesome Presentations and Slideshows
Below is a list of some of the best free tools teachers and students can use to create awesome slideshow and presentations. 1- KnovioKnovio gives life to static slides and with a simple click you will be able to turn them into rich video and audio presentations that you can share with your friends and colleagues via email or popular social media websites. Knovio does not require any software installation or download, it is all web based. 2- AheadAhead is a great presentation tool for educators. 3- HelloSlideHelloSlide is a cool web tool that allows its users to create awesome slides together with voice narration. 4- JuxJux is one of the best showcase for your stories. 5- SlidestaxxSlidestaxx is a great presentation tool. 6- Present.meIt allows its users to record and share their presentations using their webcams. 8- SlideboomSlideboom is a slide hosting service where you can store your presentations and share them with the rest of the world. 11- Zoho Show
A Great app for developing spelling
I've been a fan of SpellingCity.com for quite some time now and I was fascinated when I heard they had produced a free app. For those of you who don't know about SpellingCity, the website enables learners or teachers to enter a word list and then automatically generate a range of interactive multimedia activities based around the words. The site automatically adds audio recordings of the words and example sentences to the activities it generates. The app is in many ways very similar to the site. Spelling TestMe - In the activity students have to spell out the words from the word list. If they got any of the words wrong they can go to the 'Teach ME' activity which spells the word for them using audio and text and gives them an example sentence containing the word. The MatchIt activity tests the students understanding of the words by getting them to put the words into gapped sentences. Related links: Best Nik Peachey
