Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 05/13/22

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

Digital Empowerment Journals - “Varsity Brands is providing FREE access to our full 40 week Empowerment Program with Google Slides and PDF formatted files.” (L:M,H; SA:LA)

Play.org - “We offer players hundreds of free games across every genre. All games in our collection are unblocked free HTML games which you can play directly in your web browser with no app downloads.” (L:G; SA:A)

Math Dictionary - “Wili the Word Wizard can help you learn the most important words you’ll need to understand Math and Science concepts. Click on the letters above to learn some new Math words.” (L:E; SA:M)

Birdo - a short video; “Selected by the Environmental Animated Shorts Contest, a partnership between Brazil's Culture and Environment Offices, "Box" was conceived and written by Luciana Eguti as a reminder that we are all part of the same planet.” (L:G; SA:S)

Public Art - “Use our interactive map or list to browse Columbia’s regional public art” (L:G; SA:FA)

Original photo by Pat Hensley