Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 3/4/22

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

Map Puzzles - different choices of map puzzles depending on levels of students (L:G; SA:SS)

C-Span - “Classroom Featured Resources (L:G; SA:SS)

Wheel of Names - random name picker (L:T; SA:A)

Certify’em - “Build an online exam that sends certificate.” (L:T; SA:A)

How to spot a misleading graph - “When they’re used well, graphs can help us intuitively grasp complex data. But as visual software has enabled more usage of graphs throughout all media, it has also made them easier to use in a careless or dishonest way — and as it turns out, there are plenty of ways graphs can mislead and outright manipulate. Lea Gaslowitz shares some things to look out for.” (L:G; SA:A)

Original photo by Pat Hensley