Useful Information In and Out of the Classroom 08/19/22

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

Hide and Seek - “Hide and Seek in Google Street View! Create your own account and join a random match or start a private match with up to 20 friends.” (L:T; SA:A)

Timeline Game - “The Timeline game is a bit like a card sort activity. You’re asking kids to organize information into patterns that help them make sense of data. With a card sort activity, you typically use people, places, or vocabulary. A timeline activity will use events.” (L:T; SA:A)

Zoomtastic - “Games to Learn Geography” L:G; SA:SS)

Wonderscope - I only tried the one free story but it was worth doing. I think the other stories are $4.99; “Wonderscope is an iOS app for kids that uses Augmented Reality to transform ordinary spaces into extraordinary stories.” (L:E; SA:LA)

Things that suck and your social studies classroom - “encourages high levels of thinking, connects emotion with content, allows for physical movement, and forces kids to make choices.” (L:T; SA:A)

Original photo by Pat Hensley