Instructional Technology Sites Instructional Technology Center for Educational Technologies Connecting Students--provides elementary teachers with quality content oriented web sites,educational interactive sites, and Internet ready lesson plans. Clip Art and Graphics Royalty-Free Clip Art Collection for Foreign/Second Language Instruction Cartoon Clip Art Warning: Check for permission to use images. CollegeNET -- a free Internet guide to colleges and universities. Designing Web Pages: Six Steps for Web Design -- web site designed to help educators and students develop web pages. Educational Technology Network -- a very impressive collection of websites that are routinely updated; a visit is a must. Educational Technology in Education Edweb Federal Communications Commission: LearnNet Sites--The FCC's Informal Education page. Font Files Free Fonts (TTF) Download site Horizon--contains instructional resource links for secondary teachers and students. HTML Goodies - Great site to learn how to create a web page. Return to Top
25 Best Websites for Teachers 1. Best for Young Readers: The Stacks At The Stacks, students can post book reviews, get reading recommendations, play games based on the latest series, watch "Meet the Author" videos, and more. It's like Facebook for reading and it's safe for school, too. 2. Use Scholastic's Book Wizard to level your classroom library, find resources for the books you teach, and create reading lists with the click of a button. 3. With hundreds of lessons for every grade level, you're guaranteed to find a colorful idea for your class, such as the "Chinese Dragon Drum" for Chinese New Year or the "What Do You Love?" 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, such as "Before erasers, people used a piece of bread!" 5. 6. Add the beginner's version of the Wordsmyth widget to your toolbar, and students can look up new vocabulary no matter where they are online. 7. 8. 9. 10.
A Holiday Gift to Teachers: My Top 10 List of Free Educational Technology Tools - Catapult Learning Many educators are intrigued by the use of educational technology in their classrooms and with their students. They want to move past the productivity stage to the point of truly enhancing their own teaching and their students’ learning through educational tools. However, there are so many tools available that many teachers feel overwhelmed. Additionally, educational technology tools sometimes require downloads or access to hardware and software licenses that the school may not have. After over a decade of working with teachers to improve their ability to infuse technology into the curriculum, here is my Top 10 list of free educational technology tools for 2014-2015. Is the tool completely free or have at least a free account that is robust enough to make it worth my while? Let’s take a look at the Top 10. Teacher Tools 1. Nearpod is an exciting way to create interactive lessons. 2. 3. Like an interactive game show with music and timers, Kahoot! 4. Socrative is similar to Kahoot! 5. 6.
Educational MetaSites Metasites Ed's Oasis Treasure Zone--excellent resource site for K-12 teachers, great organization of links within subject area categories, and an interesting collection of websites. Education Sites and Resources Educational Hotlists --very comprehensive list of resources and web sites by the Franklin Institute for K-12 teachers and students. Engines for Education Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators Technology in the Classroom -- monthly listing of resource links for elementary teachers. Vose General Education Resource Links--another impressive metasite of resources for K-12 teachers. Return to Top
The Best Tech Tools for Teachers Members of the Education World Tech Team reveal the best technology tools for teachers. Included: Suggestions for using those tools in and out of the classroom. We asked members of the Education World Tech Team to tell us about the technology tools they find most useful in their professional lives and about the technology -- hardware, software, programs, applications, Web sites-- they use most often and most successfully with their students. This is what they said. "Interactive whiteboards (SMART Boards) are rapidly transforming our entire language department," Howard Levin told Education World, "by making board lessons much more dynamic, multimodal, and interactive. "Outside the classroom," Levin added, "my laptop goes with me everywhere. According to Jennifer Wagner, "My absolute favorite software to use with students are Kidspiration and Inspiration. "I introduce Kidspiration with my students by creating an image map using information about Disneyland.
101 Web 2.0 Teaching Tools Online tools and resources have made it easier for teachers to instruct students, and for students to collaborate with those teachers and with other students and parents. These “Web 2.0” teaching tools aren’t magical, but they may seem to defy definition at times since they save time, help you to stay organized, and often take up little space on a computer. Some of these applications are Web-based, which means that they can be accessed from any computer. The following list is filled with tools that will make a teacher’s, or those enrolled in the best online education programs, life easier. Aggregators The following list includes free tools that you can use to stay on top of current events, including headlines and blogs. Aggie: Aggie is an open source news aggregator that’s also a desktop application. Bookmark Managers Classroom Tools You need tools to help assess class progress. Animoto: This web tool completely simplifies the creation and sharing of videos. Collaboration Course Management
10 Tech Tools To Engage Students Websites, apps and devices help teachers teach and kids learn in new ways. Check out these 10 great education tech choices. 1 of 11 Information technology has become so tightly woven into our workday and personal lives that it's hard to imagine life without it. We get directions from GPS, read books on our e-readers, collaborate with colleagues on documents in the cloud, connect with friends on social media and more, and we do it all from our smartphones and tablets. Technology is also driving the way teachers teach and students learn. In other words, what works for the business world should work in the classroom. This is true now more than ever as the Common Core State Standards are adopted across the country. The Common Core State Standards are vague about what technology should be used, and that is more than likely intentional: Any specific technologies recommended today are sure to be outdated five years or even a year from now, as new and intriguing technologies pop up. More Insights
A Collaboration Tool Your Team Will Actually Use Choose Easy-to-Use Online Collaboration Tools to Increase Adoption Introducing a new tool in the workplace has plenty of benefits. It can increase productivity, help employees work smarter, and in the case of collaboration tools improve communication. But sometimes adding more tools is not necessarily a good thing when you’re looking at online collaboration software. To help increase adoption of a new tool in the workplace, ease-of-use is critical. Pick a Product with a Simple and Intuitive Interface Look for a solution that has an intuitive interface, one that is familiar and simple to navigate. Choose Software with Workflow Management Features Collaborating on work doesn’t just stop at leaving a comment; it also involves workflow. Look For a Product that Provides A Digital Workspace for Brainstorming Sessions Plenty of phenomenal ideas come out of a good brainstorming session. Research the Type of Mobile Support Provided Make Sure It Works on Multiple Platforms