Archive for the 'General' Category

Wonderopolis

Wonderopolis is one of the latest editions to Thinkfinity.org, a site supported by the Verizon Foundation that offers free resources for teachers and students.  I was made aware of this new edition to the Thinkfinity suite of online tools by Pam Gruzynski.  Wonderopolis is maintained by the National Center for Family Literacy to help promote […]


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Printing Press

Printing Press offers interactive, online templates for creating newspapers, flyers and brochures.  Printing Press is part of the many wonderful offerings available on the ReadWriteThink website.  It’s user-friendly interface allows students to choose from several templates, then add images and text.  Another nice thing about this site is that it allows students to save their […]


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Mobento

Mobento is a site that contains hundreds of educational videos.  The staff at Mobento boasts that the videos included on the site are high quality educational videos from reputable speakers and institutions.  What makes Mobento different from other educational video sites is that you can search by words actually spoken in the videos.  What would […]


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Teaching Kids News

Teaching Kids News is a site created by a mom and her son’s teacher to help elementary aged students access and understand the news.  The articles/stories on the site, written in kid-friendly language, are designed for students in grades 2-8.  Each day a new article is added that relates to some news story of the […]


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Aesop’s Fables Interactive Book

Aesop’s Fables Interactive Book is an interactive book of over 140 of Aesop’s Fables that can be accessed through a web browser or through an iPad and Android app.  The collection of fables is made available through the Library of Congress and is adapted from “The Aesop for Children: with Pictures by Milo Winter,” published […]


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Text 2 Mind Map

Text 2 Mind Map is an easy-to-use tool for converting an outline into a mind map.  Students type in their outlines right on the site.  After the outline has been created, they click on the “Draw Mind Map” button, and the outline is presented on the screen in mind map format.  The map can then […]


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Snapguide

Snapguide is a website that allows anyone to create and upload a how-to guide describing how to do just about anything.  The format of the guides is really nice — there are pictures with accompanying text.  The guides that are available cover a wide variety of topics, including many technology applications and skills.


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Phil Hansen: The art of the imperfect

Phil Hansen: The art of the imperfect is a TED video recommended to me by Deyana Matt.  In this video, artist Phil Hansen talks about how to foster creativity and work around limitations.  This short video has a powerful message about getting around the ‘brick walls’ that often get in the way of our aspirations. […]


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Share My Lesson

Share My Lesson is a site created by the AFT and the TES (a worldwide network of teachers).  The site allows you to use its over 200,000 lesson plans and other teaching resources at no cost (free registration is required to download lessons).  It also allows you to upload lessons that you have created and […]


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108 Ways to Use Word Clouds in the Classroom

108 Ways to Use Word Clouds in the Classroom is a blog post by the award-winning blogger Michael Gorman.  As the title suggests, the post offers more than 100 ways to use work clouds in the classroom.  What I like about this particular post is that the ideas are organized by subject area.


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