Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 7/18/14

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

Notezilla – “Notezilla is the first tool out there that successfully brings high quality audio and sheet music together. Our sheet music is synced to real recordings, so users can listen to the recording of a piece while easily studying the underlying sheet music.” (L:H; SA:FA)

World Digital Library – “The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.” (L:G; SA:A)

Cost Of Living Map – click on a state to see how much it costs to live there. (L:G; SA:A)

Molecular Workbench - Is a modeling tool for designing and conducting computational experiments across science, Provides an authoring system for instructional designers to create and publish model and simulation-based curriculum materials, Delivers an interactive learning environment that supports science inquiry, Is free and open-source. (L:H; SA:S)

Diffen – compare two things (L:G; SA:A)

Original Image: Tools by Pat Hensley