Friday, August 16, 2013

Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 8/16/13

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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


Smart Kit - “school safe puzzle games” (L:G; SA:A)

Historical Thinking Matters - “Historical Thinking Matters provides high school students with a framework that teaches them to read documents like historians. Using these "habits of mind," they will be able to interrogate historical sources and use them to form reasoned conclusions about the past. Equally important, they will become critical users of the vast historical archives on the web. Historical Thinking Matters equips students to navigate the uncharted waters of the World Wide Web.” (L:H; SA:SS)

Storyboard That - “easy storyboard creator” (L:G; SA:A)


Crossword Puzzle Tool - easy way to create crossword puzzles (L:G; SA:A)

Google’s Computational Thinking - “Google is committed to promoting computational thinking throughout the K-12 curriculum to support student learning and expose everyone to this 21st century skill” (L:T; SA:A)

Original Image: Tools by Pat Hensley

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