These resources are helpful when integrating technology into the classroom:
Content Area Specific:
Arts/Music –
English/Language Arts –
- Scholastic Write-It
- Holt Elements of Literature
- Pic-Lits
- Ergo Essay Writing Skills (State Library of Victoria)
- Springnote
English Language Learners –
- Many Things – American History
- 1-Language Online ESL Literature Library
- ESL Partyland Student Learning Pages
- Embedplus
PE/Health –
- Fuel Up to Play 60
- The President’s Challenge
- USDA’s My Plate for Kids
- Kids Health
- Exploratorium’s Sports Science
Social Studies –
- Virtual field trip resources like SimpleK12, A Teacher’s Ultimate Destination for Virtual Field Trips, HistoryTech
- Page Flip-flap
- Research Skills on Ergo – State Library of Victoria
- Go North! – Polar Husky Adventure Learning
General Teacher Sites:
- Education World: tools, templates, professional development, articles and more.
- Free Technology for Teachers: Great online resource outlining free technology resources to be used in the classroom.
Gifted Education:
- Cogito – online forum for connecting young thinkers
- Annenberg Learners Interactives – interactive games and decision making software
- TED – application sharing TED talks from fascinating people around the world
- MoMA The Museum of Modern Art application
Instructional Software:
- Khan Academy: video tutorial site with practice scratchpad.
- AAAMath: math drill and practice site for K-8.
- Wolfram Demonstrations: interactive video and simulation site.
- CoolMath: math drill and practice site for Pre-algebra and above.
- Coolmath4kids: math drill and practice site for K-8.
- Coolmath Games: math games site for K-8.
- Webmath: math response generator and problem solver.
Photo Tools
- Flickr.com: Photo hosting site and great place to look for Creative Commons images.
- Compfight.com: Flickr Search tool to look for Creative Commons images and sort by relevance.
Presentation Tools:
- Google Docs Presentation: free Google Docs app to create simple presentations.
- Slideshare: Basic free subscription site that allows you to share slideshows by uploading PPT or creating slides.
- Microsoft Powerpoint: Ubiquitous presentation software; for purchase.
- Microsoft Office Web Apps: Upload/embed MS Powerpoint to a website.
- Voicethread: Upload slides and pictures and add audio/typed comments. Others can view and leave comments as well.
Presentation Help – Tips and Tutorials:
- Garr Reynolds Top Ten Slide Tips: Outlines the top 10 tips for keeping PPT presentations clean and readable/viewable.
- Teachnology’s Powerpoint in the Classroom: Outlines the pros/cons of using PPT in the classroom.
- Powerpoint in the Classroom: Tutorial for learning to use PPT 2007.
- How to Make an Interactive Quiz in PPT: Tutorial
Online Tools:
- Gliffy: free, collaborative, online diagram software.
- CmapTools: free online concept mapping site.
- 4Teachers: links to various classroom and teacher tools sites.
- TeacherWeb: teachers can create free websites with this tool.
- Productivity Software List: Education World’s top list of productivity tools.
- Presentation Software List: Education World’s top list of presentation tools.
- Curriculum Software List: Education World’s top list of curriculum software.
- Keyboarding Software List: Education World’s top list of keyboarding software.
- Web-Authoring Software List: Education World’s top list of web-authoring software.
- Classroom Management Software List: Education World’s top list of classroom management software.
- Reference Software List: Education World’s top list of reference software.
Social Networking:
- Social Networking: Their Space: Edutopia article about using social networking and technology in the classroom
Special Education – Assistive and Adaptive Technology:
- Pictello– create talking photo albums app
- Kidspiration – concept mapping
- Reading Quest – graphic organizers for reading
- Visual Assistant – task prompting through pictures app
- Smarspeaker – add on speech synthesizer tool
- Wacom Bamboo Connect Pen tablet
- Endeavor Talker – communication system app
- Dexteria – fine motor skill app
- Dragon Naturally Speaking – speech to text software
- Speak It! – text to speech application
- Read2Go – text to speech book ereader app
- Primary Access – primary source storyboard creator
- Lino It – online sticky note service
- Intellipad – word prediction and spell check work processor app
- Notability – handwriting and note taking app
Kristin Ewing: EDTECH Portfolio 