Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 9/30/16

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

Draw and Tell – free iPad app; “Draw and Tell is an award-winning creative tool for children of all ages that encourages imagination, story telling and open-ended play. Use the tool to draw, color, decorate with stickers, create animations and record stories. (L:E; SA:A)

Maine’s Autumn Magic – a video explaining why leaves change color. (L:E; SA:S)

Symbolab – “Solve algebra, trigonometry and calculus problems step-by-step” (L:H; SA:M)

Elections and Politics – Make Belief’s commix templates to print about elections and politics (L:G; SA:SS)

Pace Recorder – an Android app that helps you check the pace of how you are speaking. Great for practicing your presentations.

Original photo by Pat Hensley