Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 1/30/15

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

Video Notes – “All the notes you type are automatically synchronized with the video. Later, just click on a line for the video to jump to the relevant part” (L:G; SA:A)

Duolingo – Learn a language at your own pace (L:G; SA:FL)

Poems and Questions Sets – to teach reading comprehension  (L:G; SA:LA)

Desmos - Graph functions, plot tables of data, evaluate equations, explore transformations, and much more – for free! (L:H; SA:M)

Teach It Timer – Countdown timer and a count up timer. (L:G; SA:A)

Original Image: Tools by Pat Hensley