Top 100 Tools for the Twittering Teacher | Best Colleges Online
Posted on Thursday April 2, 2009 by Staff Writers By Donna Scott Twitter has become a powerful tool for community organizers, marketers, and others who want to share and receive information in a fast, friendly environment. It’s no wonder, then, that some of the best online colleges teachers have also found success on Twitter, using the tool to connect with students, share information with parents, and find useful resources. Note: We’ve updated this list for 2012 with even more useful, up-to-date tools for savvy educators. Managing Twitter These tools will help make managing your Twitter account just a bit easier. Finding Friends Connect with other teachers, people in your local community, and more by finding followers through these tools. Sharing Make Twitter a sharing tool for photos, video, and more with these resources. Games These tools offer a way for you and your students to learn through Twitter gaming. News & Research
50 Incredibly Useful Links For Learning & Teaching The English Language
Teaching a new language to non-native speakers may be one of the most challenging educational jobs out there, so ELL teachers can use all of the help they can get! Thankfully, many excellent resources for ELL and ESL exist online, from full-service websites to reference tools and communities, all designed to make the task of educating ELL students just a little bit easier and more effective. We’ve scoured the Internet to share 50 of the best of these resources, and we hope you’ll find lots of valuable content and tools through these incredibly useful links for ELL educators. Websites Resource tools, printables, and other great stuff for ELL educators are all available on these sites. Articles & Advice Check out resource lists, journal articles, and ideas for best practices in ELL on these links. Organizations Take advantage of the great opportunities and resources available from these organizations that benefit ELL teachers. Learning Resources Teaching Resources Reference Communities & Blogs
25 Best Websites for Teachers
1. Best Teacher Resources: Scholastic Teachables From lesson plans and reproducibles to mini-books and differentiated collections, Scholastic Teachables has everything you need to go with your lessons in every subject. It’s the best of Scholastic classroom resources right at your fingertips. 2. Use Scholastic’s Book Wizard to level your classroom library, discover resources for the books you teach, and find books at just the right level for students with Guided Reading, Lexile® Measure, and DRA levels for children's books. 3. FInd hundreds of standards-based lesson plans, crafts, and activities for every grade level, plus art techniques for beginners to practiced artists. 4. Establish a morning routine with Scholastic's Daily Starters — fun, fast math and language arts prompts and questions, including Teachable Moments from history and Fun Facts. 5. Find teacher-written reviews of thousands of educational tools, apps, and programs with Common Sense Media. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner | College@Home
For those unfamiliar with the term, a learning style is a way in which an individual approaches learning. Many people understand material much better when it is presented in one format, for example a lab experiment, than when it is presented in another, like an audio presentation. Determining how you best learn and using materials that cater to this style can be a great way to make school and the entire process of acquiring new information easier and much more intuitive. Visual Learners Visual learners learn through seeing and retain more information when it's presented in the form of pictures, diagrams, visual presentations, textbooks, handouts and videos. Auditory Learners Auditory learners do best in classes where listening is a main concern. Kinesthetic Learners Kinesthetic learners do best when they interact and touch things.
Best of the Best: Top 100 Web Resources for Educators
Best of the Best: Top 100 Web Resources for EducatorsAn Internet Hotlist on Educator Websites created by Deborah B. Ford, Director of Library OutreachJunior Library Guild Introduction | Content Resources | Collaboration | Global Education | Time and Money Savers | Digital Resources | Worth the Money Introduction Especially for teachers and librarians, award winning author, librarian, teacher and speaker, Deborah B. The Internet ResourcesContent ResourcesA+ Click - Students grades K-12 can take online math practice tests at this site.
58 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed–Treasure Chest April 10, 2011
Welcome to this week’s edition of Treasure Chest—58 EdTech Resources You May Have Missed. It’s really difficult to keep up with all that happens in educational technology. This is my attempt to make it just a little easier. I post a Treasure Chest every Sunday! I usually don’t get too excited over an edtech resource, but this interactive solar system site is “out of this world.” Interactive 3D model of Solar System Planets and Night Sky Featured What Do Kids Say Is The Biggest Obstacle To Technology At School? Tools Digital Tools–Building Digital Literacy presentation by Nik PeacheyTeacher Tools – 100+ Free Internet Resources for Real Teachers in Real Classrooms–Free resources for every classroom.DropTunes Is a Web Jukebox for Your Dropbox Music Stash–You can play music tracks through Dropbox’s web interface, but only one at a time, in a very minimalist player. How-To iOS Miscellaneous Slideshow/Video News Anchor’s April Fool’s Joke Sends Co-Host Walking Off Set
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5 Alternatives To The New York Times That Are Still Free
The New York Times is now behind a paywall, but it’s not the only newspaper on the Internet. If you’re looking for a free alternative to the Grey Lady there are more than a few that offer quality, well-written reporting. Consider yourself a regular New York Times reader, but can’t afford to pay for a subscription? Not just any paper offers an alternative to the Times, of course; that publication’s readers will expect a certain level of quality. The Washington Post This is an obvious place to start. The Guardian World famous following their recent collaboration with WikiLeaks, UK paper The Guardian has slowly been building up readers around the world with their in-depth international reporting. The Christian Science Monitor It’s hard to explain why this paper isn’t better known. The Economist Read by some of the most powerful decision makers on the planet, The Economist is well known for its international reporting and analysis. Conclusion
