ed+tech+ideas+links

=Please Add Resources, Ideas, and Links to this Page =

This is a great space for us to share ideas, tools and tips. Please contribute to this page when you come across something interesting, new, exciting, etc. Along with the link(s), provide a short description to pique others' interest.


 * Internet-Based resources: **
 * FREE! The Story of Movies This is a cool link to free resources in teaching literacy using themes and centered around storytelling as utilized in film media.
 * TED talks are a host of short (15-20 minute) videos on numerous topics.
 * [|TEDEd] talks focused on education, courtesy of TED
 * [|Khan Academy] A website with pre-made math and some science videos on every topic you could imagine
 * [|TeacherCast] A website that offers teachers help/resources related to technology and teaching; they have reviews of apps and websites, tutorials, podcasts, free online course videos, etc.
 * [|Teacher Reboot Camp] Shelly Sanchez Terrell's website devoted to teacher professional development and integrating technology into students' learning
 * [|Online-Stopwatch] A website that acts at a stopwatch or a timer that teachers can project on their screens when they want students to finish tasks within certain time restraints.
 * 21things4teachers A website (21 Things for the 21st Century Educator) created in conjunction with the Clinton RESA, Ingham ISD, Macomb ISD and Shiawassee RESD.
 * [|FreeTech4Teachers] Richard Byrne's blog with a lot of great resources for teachers
 * [|edTechTeacher] A website that has a list of various tech tools and resources for students and teachers based on the learning goals the teacher wants to accomplish
 * [|21st Century School Teacher] A website maintained by two teachers, Donna and Nicole, who share a lot of ed tech resources
 * [|GoEd's 101 Websites that every elementary teacher should know about] This site has, as its title indicates, 101 websites for elementary teachers
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Educational Technology and Mobile Learning] A site that claims to have, "a collection of great interactive sites for teachers"
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chrome Web StoreAn online store for web applications owned by Google


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 10pt;">iPad and digital tablet resources: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Kathy Schrock's guide to "bloomin' apps" - Kathy Schrock's website is chock full of ideas and resources for how to use iPads and technology tools, as well as web-based resources in the classroom. If you click on this link, prepare to spend some time exploring!
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">High School iPad Apps from John Shoemaker at Palm Beach Schools, FL
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">//The Telegraph's// digital book, 500 Must Have Apps (according to the website, it's the "ultimate guide to the iPhone 5 and the 500 must have apps for your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or computer")
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">iBook, iPads for Learning by Dana Specker Watts (download to your iPad with iBooks OR on your computer with [|iTunes])
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Storia, eReader App (and so much more!) for Windows PC, iPad, and other tablets, by Scholastic (download is free and comes with 5 free eBooks)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|iPad Apps for School] by Richard Byrne (a terrific resource for learning about iPad apps teachers and students can use, in and out of the classroom)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|103 iPad Uses Google presentation], which is open to the public and may be edited by the public
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|Teachers With Apps], a website dedicated to examining and reporting out on apps teachers can use with students and in the classroom


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Interactive White Board resources/ideas: **
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">SMART Exchange - Free and pay-for lesson plans connected to using an interactive white board in the classroom
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">"SMART Ideas for SMART Board Integration" - This is a blog which contains some links for ways teachers can use Smart Boards in their classrooms as well as other links to technology-related resources teachers can use.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Education Week Teacher Blog Post: Responses to: "The Best Ways to Use Interactive White Boards" by Ferlazzo (2012)