Wednesday, April 25, 2012

The Write-A-Nator This is a neat website that teachers can use for writing prompts. Students view a short cartoon clip and then take a challenge by writing. Check out 'Mr. Big's Plan' about using simile.
Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch this is a web guide that is alphabetically sorted for grammar and writing tips and info. There are also web links. Good resourceful tool.

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Mentor Mob neat teacher tool to create web lessons you can add videos, lessons, and quiz's. Very neat check it out. Click on the link http://www.mentormob.com/learn/playlists/impact-of-westward-expansion-on-native-americans

Friday, April 20, 2012

Picasso Head is a simple little art designing website where you can create your own personal Picasso. This site is safe and simple for students and without the advertisements to distract. I could see this being used as a reward activity for students.

Monday, April 9, 2012

Grahic Organizers from Teachervision

This site has many graphic organizers and they are arranged by grade levels and by subjects. This looks to be useful but you only get 5 downloads free and then you must pay a $39 membership fee. May well be worth the money. Teachervision Graphic Organizers
I took a look at edHelper.com and realized I have to pay for an account to access and print educational materials. I have heard good reviews from other teachers together who ordered this subscription. From looking at the home page the site is clean with no distracting pop-up's and it has an organized table of contents that makes it easy to find what you need. There are also many printable items and even foreign language activities. This site may be worth the money.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

This review is for The Gateway to 21st Century Skills website. This website has been serving teachers since 1966 and contains a variety of educational resource types from activities and lesson plans to online projects to assessment items. Here you can search for teaching materials by subject, grade and by common core standards.

Monday, April 2, 2012

School Tube Review

School Tube is a great resource for teachers and students. Teachers should know that this is a safe and secure website serving educational purposes. With School Tube videos you can spark student engagement and classroom discussions. Teachers can also share lesson and projects. For students School Tube can be used to create video projects and assignments that they can share with classmates and teachers. Students can also see what other students are doing around the world. Click here for the link to see a video of how one class uploaded their readers theater project.