1. Tech Tools for Teachers
Darlene Achée
Professional Development Resources
http://www.educatorstechnology.com/ - free email daily resource
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ - Richard Byrne's website (a good source on twitter also)
http://www.edutopia.org/ - free registration - resources for technology + (brain based, PBL, etc)
http://www.coolcatteacher.com/
http://coolcatteacher.wikispaces.com/
https://sites.google.com/site/teachertechtutorials/googleapps
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Google-Drive
*http://www.google.com/earth/educators/ - tutorials for beginners and advanced
*http://www.livebinders.com/ - from here search any technical key phrase for tutorials (check Google
Earth and QR codes)
https://help.wikispaces.com/ - an entire list of pages to help you - will add students for you
*https://twitter.com/
https://www.pinterest.com/
http://www.ed2go.com/ - online courses for a fee - catalog>teaching and education
Organizational Resources
http://feedly.com/index.html#discover - collects information from your web choices (blogs)
*http://www.livebinders.com/ - Sort your lesson plans by month/unit/subject here (can collaborate)
*drive.google.com - create/collaborate/store all of your documents, lessons, websites, access
anywhere (cloud), mark passwords to a private page
https://evernote.com/ - capture audio, web pages, images, write in notebook, sync (2 step
verification)
https://www.diigo.com/ - bookmarking, note-taking, web annotations, offline, tag categories
https://delicious.com/ - bookmarking web links with tag categories
https://edshelf.com/ - discovery engine/organizational tool for ed. websites/apps/programs
https://getpocket.com/ - save web information for offline use. If a st has a phone, but no
computer at home, store research information to pocket
http://www.onenote.com/ - similar to evernote, but can organize notebooks with tabs/sub-tabs
Collaboration/Social Networking
* drive.google.com - through Google Docs - used in most schools
http://www.wikispaces.com/
http://edublogs.org/?utm_expid=3915942-0.sTB70DfGTIKG85bY3mRpOQ.0 - embed youtube videos,
blog, media resource, journal, eportfolio - excellent tutorials
*https://twitter.com/
https://www.edmodo.com/ - similar to Facebook, post messages/assignments, interact safely, award
badges, post quizzes/polls, share links/videos, library resource to share files/webpages
2. Teacher Tools
http://www.shortcutworld.com/ - wiki extensive page. Select format on left, then keyboard
shortcuts for so many applications - I've used this for myself and with students
http://www.web2pdfconvert.com/ - free membership up to 30 conversions monthly - handy for
sharing excerpts with students or creating student material for lessons (option to
download or send to Google Docs>Google Drive)
http://www.qrstuff.com/ - free - business cards, book trailers, answer cards
http://tag.microsoft.com/home.aspx - variation to a QR code
*http://www.livebinders.com/ - create entire "units" for future student use
https://prezi.com/
*http://animoto.com/ - use as an engage, book trailer, beginning of the year teaser, end of year
celebration
http://sitescontent.google.com/google-earth-for-educators/classroom-resources - lesson
plans/project ideas
http://www.1001freefonts.com/ - reviewed well online
https://www.thinglink.com/ - make images interactive, insert video/music/text
Windows Excel/Google Spreadsheet
Classroom Tools
Interviews/Real Time Conversations
http://www.google.com/hangouts/ - video conferencing/interviews
http://www.skype.com/en/ - same
Using Images from the Web
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ - images without copyright infringement
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page - - images without copyright infringement
http://www.google.com/advanced_image_search (click free to use or share option under usage
rights) - - images without copyright infringement
https://openclipart.org/ - creative commons clipart ( images without copyright infringement)
Presentation Tools
http://padlet.com/ - online posting with ability to upload media/files/links, collaborative
http://www.glogster.com/ - website poster
*http://animoto.com/ - student creations such as book trailers
http://bighugelabs.com/ - free educator account/no student email - assortment presentation tools
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - record/edit audio
Writing
http://www.storyboardthat.com/ - online storyboard creator
https://www.storyjumper.com/ - digital storybook (can share via a link or purchase into hard copy)
http://www.wordle.net/ - word clouds
http://www.voki.com/ - avatar tool to protect identity
Research
*http://www.livebinders.com/ - have an assortment of safe ready to research websites
http://www.instagrok.com/ - online, safe, interactive research tool
*http://www.google.com/earth/
3. Websites for Teachers
http://www.literacyshed.com/ - incredible literacy resource
http://www.mrsjudyaraujo.com/ - website by reading specialist (I've used her mentor text
sections)
http://corbettharrison.com/lessons.html - writing
http://www.writingfix.com/ - incredible mentor text resource
http://www.mathwire.com/index.html - math lessons/games to make
http://www.k-5mathteachingresources.com/ - math lessons/ideas
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/#.UyDRLPldWk4 - NASA web - click on "For Educators"
for a list of grade levels, lesson plans, videos, programs
*http://reading.ecb.org/ - videos and how-to teach reading strategies
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=365641 - livebinder loaded with web tools for teachers
Educational Websites
http://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/video-more - click on video/cam heading to find list of active webcams
http://mnbound.com/live-eagle-cam/ - privately funded eagle cam (eggs laid 3/7 and 3/10/14)
http://starrranch.org/blog/ - barn owl (with one egg right now)
http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals-and-experiences/live-web-cams/sea-otter-cam
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/index.htm
http://www.physicscentral.com/
*http://gws.ala.org - PAGES of children websites sponsored by the American Library Association -
browse by category
http://urbanext.illinois.edu/kids/index.cfm - University of Illinois 4-H Extension Websites for kids
http://scratch.mit.edu/ - free online program to learn computer code/programming
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html - virtual manipulatives
http://illuminations.nctm.org/ - math games/lessons
*http://reading.ecb.org/ - interactive direct teach/guided practice reading strategies
Educational Games
http://motionmathgames.com/ - award winning tablet/phone games
http://www.kineticcity.com/ - science online games, experiments, activities
http://www.physicsgames.net/
www.spellingcity.com
*http://gws.ala.org - click on a category - PAGES of children websites sponsored by the American
Library Association - browse by category
Classroom Management
https://www.gonoodle.com/ - my favorite brain break resource - will be free for at least 2 years
through a grant
http://www.classdojo.com/ - website manages points for students - I've used solely the positive
reinforcement, showing students their personal points in one-to-one conferences
https://www.remind101.com/ - one way safe messaging for parents/students
