Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 2/1/13

Here are some interesting sites that I’ve found this week, thanks to my PLN. As a teacher, I feel we have to keep up to date concerning research in our field and current issues in the education system. I hope some of these inspire you, inform you, and even have you asking questions. Thank you for coming by and visiting!

Note: Each resource is labeled with a level and subject area to make it easier to use.

Levels: E: Elementary; M: Middle; H: High; G: General, all levels; SN: Special Needs; T: Teachers

Subject Areas: LA: Language Arts, English, Reading, Writing; M: Math; S: Science; Health; SS: Social Studies, Current Events; FA: Fine Arts; Music, Art, Drama; FL: Foreign Language; PE: Physical Ed; C: Career; A: All

13 Essential Vitamins - an infographic about vitamins and the food they are in (L:G; SA:A)

Marvel Kids - Create your own comic (L:G; SA:A)

Perfect Pitch - Learn about the orchestra and musical instruments thought a baseball platform (L:FA; SA:A)

My Classroom Ideas - “where teachers can share photos of their unique classroom ideas. Just upload your photo by clicking on the 'Submit Your Idea' tab above!” (L:T; SA:A)

Phrase It! - “Add cartoon style speech bubbles to photos within seconds” (L:G; SA:A)

Original Image: Tools by Pat Hensley