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
Backchannel Chat - "Backchannel Chat
is a class discussion tool that was designed from the ground up to support
teachers. Backchannels are great for increasing participation in classroom
discussions and for informally assessing your students’ knowledge. Teacher can
control all aspects of the discussion, you can remove messages and prevent
students from posting, if the pace of the discussion is overwhelming and key
messages are lost you can take control and lock the room so that only you
can add content." (L:T;SA:A)
What’s
the Big Deal with Gluten? – a TED-Ed lesson; “If you've been to a
restaurant in the last few years, you’ve likely seen the words gluten-free
written somewhere on the menu. But what exactly is gluten, and why can’t
some people process it? And why does it only seem to be a problem recently?
William D. Chey unravels the facts behind celiac disease, wheat allergies and
non-celiac gluten sensitivity.” (L:M, H;SA:S)
QR Droid Zapper - “Use this free
tool to generate QR Codes. Just select the tab for one of the nine (9)
available QR Code types, enter the data to be encoded and press Generate.
[NOTE: Generate codes for publicly available information
only; not for use with confidential/secret information**] QR Droid
will create a QR image with a short URL; just copy the URL (shown after you
create a QR Code) into your browser or share it with friends, family and
colleagues.” (L:G;SA:A)
JuxtaposeJS – “Juxtapose helps
storytellers compare two pieces of similar media, including photos, and GIFs.
It’s ideal for highlighting then/now stories that explain slow changes over
time (growth of a city skyline, regrowth of a forest, etc.) or before/after
stories that show the impact of single dramatic events (natural disasters,
protests, wars, etc.).” (L:G;SA:A)
Jungle
Jeopardy – “Players strive to create a balanced rainforest ecosystem in
which each animal has enough food to survive over a period of 12 days, in this
interactive game from PLUM LANDING. Players see how the different species of
plants and animals in a rainforest depend on one another. They also experiment
with how changing the amount of one resource affects the whole ecosystem.” (L:E;SA:S)
Original photo by Pat Hensley
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