The 55 Best Free Education Apps For iPad Finding apps isn’t difficult. Finding education apps is only a bit more challenging. Finding free education apps is also possible. The following is our list for the 55 best apps for learning we can find. A few notes: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. The 55 Best Free Education Apps For iPad 1. Developer Description: View 360-degree panoramas of places around the globe with Street View; View high resolution satellite imagery of locations around the world. 2. Developer Description: “…explore more than 750 Science, Math, Social Studies, English, Engineering & Tech, Arts & Music, and Health subjects right on their mobile devices. 3. Developer Description: “This app is a fun way for parents, teachers, librarians, and readers to get more information about top rated books at the fifth and sixth grade level. This app is a fun way for parents, teachers, librarians, and readers to get more information about top rated books at the fifth and sixth grade level. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19.
The Best Free Documentary Websites I usually blog about web tools and mobile apps that we can use in education but since it is summer holidays now i am going to provide you with a list of free documentary websites that you can use to watch thousands of documentaries from different categories. Feel free to share the post with your friends and colleagues. Here is the list of some of the best free Documentary websites.1- Fandor Fandor is a website that offers over 2000 indie movies that you can watch right from your computer. 2- Sprdword Sprd word is a cool website that provides great documentary videos that you would not find in the traditional media. 3- Documentary Heaven Documentary Heaven is another free to use website that offers a various collection of documentary films that you can watch online. 4- TopDocumentaryFilms TopDocumentaryFilms is a website that offers free documentaries. 5- Human Restore 6- SnagFilms 7- Free Documentary TV Free Documentary Tv is a great website for watching free documentary films . 11- Miro
Jamestown - Why There? Jamestown - Why There? (click on images for larger versions) International rivalries with Spain and France shaped the location of Jamestown and the settlement of Virginia. The shape of the channel in the James River was also a factor. The English were not the first people to arrive in Virginia, just as Columbus was not the first person to realize the earth was round. In 1565 the Spanish established the first permanent European settlement in North America, St. Jamestown was intended to become the core of a long-term settlement effort, creating new wealth for the London investors and recreating English society in North America. Factors to consider include: The English settled at Jamestown, a place chosen in accord with the original instructions to the colony (and in reaction to the Spanish killing 350 Frenchmen in 1565, when they blocked the effort of the French to establish Fort Caroline on the coast of Florida):1 It was built about 100 yards downstream. Roanoke Colony: Prelude to Jamestown?
The Best Interactive Web Tools for Educators Most of us are working at full capacity, and keeping up with technology can feel like one more chore on the to-do list. Still, learning your way around a few of the best Web tools is worth your time. Innovative teachers are frequently using intuitive programs and websites that are easy to learn. Sharing and Collaborating The Internet was invented to foster communication. Google Docs First of all, you never have to hit “save” in Google Docs. Google Forms Whether you want to send a quiz to your students or organize a field trip, Google forms can help you distribute and gather information. WordPress Create a class website or blog on this free, easy-to-use site. EduBlogs Set up blogs here for yourself or your students, and you can control the safety settings. WikiSpaces This is a great place for group or classroom projects because multiple users can edit documents. Classroom Innovation Khan Academy This site has helped revolutionize education. EdX MIT Opencourseware TED-Ed Edmodo Evernote DropBox
Social Studies Theme Units Document Based Activities World Problems and Issues Social Studies Mixed Review Practice First grade social studies questions Second grade social studies questions Third grade social studies questions Fourth grade social studies questions Fifth grade social studies questions Sixth grade social studies questions Social Studies Theme Units Life Skills Time Lines Have a suggestion or would like to leave feedback? History Tech Some Great Educational Tools Recommended by Teachers November 23, 2015 Ever come across an education tool that you feel you simply must share? Something that colleagues perhaps don't know about yet? Here are some hidden gems recommended by educators on edshelf. DocsTeach Teach history and social studies using primary source documents. Explore the world through photos of cities and natural wonders. Learn vocabulary through a series of images. Examine a digital 3D anatomy of the human body. Want more? BYOD Apps This is curated by teacher librarian Cathy Edwards. This one is curated by librarian Tonya Tubbs. By: Mike Lee, Co-founder of edshelf
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Active Voice Versus Passive Voice Today's topic is active voice versus passive voice. Here's a question from Brian in Iowa. He writes, “It drives me crazy when people write in passive voice. How can I teach people how to tell the difference between passive and active voice and to stay away from passive voice?” Well, Brian is right, the first step is to help people understand the difference between active and passive voice, because many people believe they should avoid the passive voice, but fewer people can define it or recognize it. What Is Active Voice? I'll start with active voice because it's simpler. Another example is the title of the Marvin Gaye song “I Heard It through the Grapevine.” What Is Passive Voice? In passive voice, the target of the action gets promoted to the subject position. If you wanted to make the title of the Marvin Gaye song passive, you would say “It was heard by me through the grapevine,” not such a catchy title anymore. Next: Is "To Be" a Sign of Passive Voice? Is Passive Voice Always Wrong? 1.
WRITING TOOLS Character Pyramid Tool (PDF) Visualize your character’s FLAWS & associated behaviors (for a deeper understanding of this tool, please reference The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Flaws) Character Target Tool (PDF) Organize and group your character’s POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES by category: moral, achievement, interactive or identity (for a greater understanding of this tool, please reference The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Attributes) Character Profile Questionnaire (PDF) Not your average character questionnaire! Reverse Backstory Tool (PDF) Work backwards to find your character’s wound, needs & lie (for a deeper understanding of this tool, please reference The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Flaws) Weak Verb Converter Tool (PDF) Transform all those generic, boring verbs into power verbs Scene Revision/Critique Tool Level 1 & Level 2 (PDF) A ‘light’ and ‘in-depth’ revision checklist for creating compelling characters and scenes
Mark Anderson's Blog | education, learning & technology Published on September 1st, 2013 | by Mark Anderson 19inShare E-learning or using technology to support learning comes in many different shapes and sizes. 1. Socrative is one of my favourite tools in the classroom. There are other AfL tools that you can leverage in the classroom such as www.testmoz.com, and the more complex element of Google Forms ‘Flubaroo’. 2. YouTube is of course a great tool to support learning in the classroom. Many schools worry (quite rightly) about some of the profanities that can be present on YouTube in the comments and some of the inappropriate linked videos. On the topic of playlists earlier I’d also like to recommend use of the site MentorMob – with their easy to use interface you can create learning playlists with links to resources, documents, worksheets, websites and much more; very simply. 3. There are lots of discussions about flipping the classroom as a quick search of Google will tell you. 4. One such way is through the brilliant tool Tagxedo. 5.
The Victorian Web (www,victorianweb.org) 9 Great Historically Accurate Medieval Movies Movies and TV I am particularly fond of Medieval movies so I was very keen to do this list. As I progressed through my research I was shocked to realize how few of them are accurate historically. For that reason this is a list of 9 movies when I would have preferred to do 10. For the purposes of this list, the Medieval period is considered to have run from the 6th century to the 16th century. The films selected here are not always 100% accurate but are the best of all movies of this genre for being as accurate as possible; do not expect to see the Knight’s Tale here. Henry V 1989, Kenneth Branagh King Henry V of England (Kenneth Branagh) is insulted by the King of France. Buy this DVD at Amazon The Name of the Rose 1986, Jean-Jacques Annaud 1327: after a mysterious death in a Benedictine Abbey, the monks are convinced that the apocalypse is coming. Buy this DVD at Amazon The Message 1976, Moustapha Akkad Buy this DVD at Amazon El Cid 1961, Anthony Mann Buy this DVD at Amazon Andrei Rublev
Crossword puzzle maker The Crossword puzzle maker is used to make simple crossword puzzles. It turns out that good crossword puzzles of the type found in newspapers are fairly hard to generate, and require a pool of lots of words, not all of which are used. This program puts all of the words you specify (no more, no less) into a simple crossword puzzle. The puzzle that is generated will remain on this server for about two months. If you want to ensure that you have a copy of the generated puzzle, make sure you save a copy. If you want help with international characters, you can call up an Alphabet chart to use for cutting and pasting letters that are hard to type. The first part of this is for you to enter a list of words and clues. Once that part is done, hit the Make Puzzle button for a puzzle which incorporates your words. As the number of words you put in the puzzle, increases, the wait increases exponentially.