Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 3/1/13

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

Fetch! Lunch Rush - An app; “In this Augmented Reality, multi-player game, you need to keep up with lunch orders from Ruff’s movie crew. The challenge is keeping track of how many pieces of sushi everyone wants.” (L: E; SA:A )

Narrable - “Every photo has a story. Now you can preserve the voices behind your photos. Narrable makes adding your voice or the voices of your friends and family as easy and natural as talking on the phone.” (L:G; SA:A )

Multiplication.com - “a fun system for students of all ages to learn the multiplication facts quickly and easily.” (L: E; SA:M )

UTellStory - “tell stories with audio, image, video and words” (L:G; SA:A )

Sketch Star - Make your own animations (L:G; SA:A)

Original Image: Tools by Pat Hensley