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The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators

The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators

Printable Graphic Organizers General Graphic Organizers Worksheets Learning organization techniques should not be a chore, but rather a process that everyone should grasp, understand, and implement into their lives. For example, if you're someone who is unorganized when it comes to bills, more than likely you have a hard time getting them paid by the due date. Organization is truly a skill. Being well organized will help students and teachers both be productive in and out of the classroom. Once you have yourself day organized it is time to look at how to better organize and focus your students. Now look at your individual lessons. We offer tons of graphic organizer worksheets to help students learn the importance of organization in the academic world. 4 Squares- A simple layout of ideas.Arc Ideas - A concept arc.Bingo Cards: 3 Space 25 Space 49 Space - Blank printable bingo cards.Coat of Arms - Map out your coat.Concept Web - A very basic concept web.Concept Wheel - Sort out the concepts / topics.

Playing History | Browse Items Open Feedback Dialog your source for historical games Browse Items (18 total) Do I Have A Right Do I Have a Right? explores the Bill of Rights in the context of operating and growing a Constitutional law firm from obscure to distinguished status. Tags: american history, rights, law, civics, court Think that the Supreme Court doesn't really matter in your day-to-day life? Tags: american history, supreme court, law, justice, constitution, civics Learn about some of the most notable Supreme Court justices in the long history of the Court … How well do you know the history of the Court's landmark cases? DECIDING THE FUTURE: The Future of the Court Log in to predict how the Supreme Court will vote in this year's most important cases JUST CHANGE: Expanding Civil Rights Explores the Supreme Court's changing stands on the issues of citizenship and equality TALKING ABOUT MY CONSTITUTION:Capitalism and Conflict MAJORITY RULES: The First Hundred Years What powers belong only the federal government? News

Museum Box Homepage 12 Screencasting Tools For Creating Video Tutorials Ever wondered how people show you so clearly what is happening on their computer, like in the Photoshop Video Tutorials we shared with you? Thanks to screencasting software, anyone can do it. So what's stopping you now from making your own how-to videos? Try out one of these 12 tools and get to making your first video! Free AviScreen - As the name would imply, this capture program records the video into AVI files, but can also do BMP photos. CamStudio.org - An open source program for capturing your on-screen video and audio as AVI files. Copernicus - A free program for Macs that focuses heavily on making quick and speedy films by recording the video to your RAM for quicker access. JingProject.com - Beyond recording video, Jing allows you to take a picture of any portion fo your desktop, draw on it, add a message, and immediately upload your media to a free hosting account. Wink - Screencasting software that focuses on making tutorials with audio and text annotation abilities. Commercial

Daily Writing Prompts As always, The Teacher's Corner is looking for ways to make your life easier. We hope that our newest addition, “Daily Writing Prompts,” does just that. On as many days as possible, we have selected an event from our monthly event calendars to be the focus of the writing prompt. These writing prompts can be used in a number of ways: Daily warm-up activity Practice in prompt writing for state assessments Daily/weekly writing prompt “Anytime” activity Student work center “When You’re Done” activity Substitute teacher activity One added advantage to TTC’s “Daily Writing Prompt” is that they can easily be displayed through an LCD projector in your classroom. You will find that our prompts are written for different grade levels. One of the Writer's Digest "101 Best Websites for Writers" (2008 & 2011) January Writing Prompts - Writing Prompts include: author J.R.R. March Writing Prompts - Writing Prompts include: Yellowstone National Park, Mardi Gras, Harriet Tubman Day, St.

Zunal WebQuest Maker PowToon : Create Animated Presentations Online Ohio's Statewide Testing: OGT Classroom 2.0 80+ Google Forms for the Classroom If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my weekly newsletter. Thanks for visiting! Google Forms is a great tool for the classroom and this post from 2008 has always proven popular on my blog. I hope you continue to be inspired by the ideas here. I have created example forms for each of the different topics, follow the links in each of the ten sections. 1 ) Get to know your class Use this form to gather some indication from your new class about their likes and dislikes, their favourite lessons or after school clubs they enjoy. 2 ) Emotion graph An emotion graph is a simple line graph comparing a range of happiness to sadness against different points (time) in a story or film. Use a Google Form to gather the children’s responses to different parts of any type of linear narrative, written or visual. 3 ) Spelling test Steve Kirkpatrick had this brainwave a while back so check out his excellent post for more information about setting up the spreadsheet. 4 ) Comprehension questions

Ten Free Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom | Once a Teacher…. - guest post by Karen Schweitzer Where to Find Free Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom Teachers who want to put web 2.0 technologies to work for them can find many different free options online. Engrade – This popular online classroom community provides a free set of web-based tools for teachers who want to integrate web 2.0 into the classroom. Elgg – This social engine provides all of the tools a school or classroom needs to create their own community site or social network. Cramberry – Cramberry is a unique site that makes it easy for students to learn and study new material through online flashcards. PodBean – More than 200,000 people have used PodBean’s free publishing tools to create and publish their own podcasts. Eduslide – Teachers can use Eduslide to deliver elearning modules to students inside and outside the classroom. Writeboard – Writeboard is a free web-based tool that allows students to easily collaborate on a single document online. Like this: Like Loading...

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