Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 5/27/16

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

Hopscotch – free app for iPhone or iPad; “Learning to code? You've come to the right place! 
This award-winning app lets you make your own games and publish them instantly for anyone to play. Use our super easy-to-follow videos to make games like Angry Birds, create pixel art, or build something brand new.” (L:M,H; SA:A)

Geogebra- a “dynamic mathematics software for all levels of education that brings together geometry, algebra, spreadsheets, graphing, statistics and calculus in one easy-to-use package.” (L:G; SA:M)

ReadWorks.org Poems – Poems and questions are given. (L:G; SA:LA)

Stupefix – “Just add photos, videos, music, and text. It's very easy, and super fun!” (L:G; SA:A) Update (11/21/2020): What happened to Supefix: 

https://www.videoproc.com/resource/what-happened-to-stupeflix-studio.htm

Adobe Illustrator Draw – “Draw puts your favorite vector drawing tools and features into a simple, modern interface so it’s easy to turn any idea or inspiration into a gorgeous design. You can even launch Adobe Capture CC from within the app, create a new shape and have it immediately appear on your Draw canvas. And because Draw is part of the Adobe Illustrator family, you can send your designs directly to Illustrator to refine on your desktop.” (L:G; SA:A)

Original photo by Pat Hensley