Administrators
Administrator Contributed Sites
THE Journal: A description on key tech skills for administrators International Society for Technology in Education
National Technology Standards for students, teachers, and administrators
FreeRice: Vocabulary activity for students
Math Fact Cafe: Create math fact practice sheets for kids
Writing Fix: Interactive writing prompts and resources
Graphic Organizers: A lot of customizable graphic organizers
Reference Desk: The internet fact checker. Word of the day, quote of the day, dictionary, encyclopedia and more.
About: Guidance, not guesswork. A great place to learn something, have fun, and save money.
Math Movies: Clips from movies that have a math theme or topic.
College Bound: Good reference to set the vision of college in our students.
Fun With Words: A fun and useful site for LA teachers with a variety of odd language constructions such as oxymorons, etymology, rhyming slang, mnemonics and much more.
The Northern Lights Live!: Live cam of the northern lights, very interesting to show students in the next few months.
Algebra Help: Step by step explanations/practice problems
Talk About Math: For parents to engage young children in math activities
Math Homework Help: free online homework help/math blogs/chats
Math Terms Glossary: Knteractive glossary for K-6
Free Educational Materials: Free materials for teachers from the US Department of Education
Delicious: Social Bookmarking, a great place to find valuable and not so valuable links
Snopes: Find out if that email is an urban legend or a vital warning
Expert Village: A place to find out how to do stuff with video tutorials
Coins in a Jar: This site estimates coins in a jar, by entering the weight of the jar
National Geographic: Lots of great resources for teachers and students.
Maps 102: Lots of maps!
Mexico-Oregon Standards Crosswalk: Just what it says…
Education Wonk: This is an awesome site that is the bleeding edge of education policy making.
This Week in Education: This site is a good starting place to see what’s up in the world of education. It used to be connected to EdWeek until Russo (the Host) ruffled a few too many feathers.
Ed Week Blog: This blog distills current school law cases and summarizes the shifts in applications of case law.
Solar System: Compare the size of planets.
Star Life: Create your own star and follow it through its life.
Online Reading: Many online titles to read. Study guides and teacher resources are available.
Classroom Management Tips: Instant help with classroom management
Teacher Networking: Networking with other teachers
National Debt Clock: Beyond the debt clock, this site has numerous links and information about our country’s financial situation.
Teacher Web: A very useful site when looking at incorporating the internet into the classroom. I find the link “Webquests” useful and interesting, not only school subjects but topics such as harassment and bullying. However, be selective, much of the material is targeted toward Elementary.
UM: This University of Minnesota site has relevant & current information concerning a wide array of school subjects: Block scheduling to assessment.
Film for Education: Being a social studies teacher, I have to have a site that incorporates film & movies into the classroom.
Educational Games: Some fun, educational games for kids (and adults).
CoolMath: Coolmath-math sites for kids
BrainPop: Most of our tech-grant teachers are using this site. There is a site fee, but some of the games and videos are free. Those in the tech grant get the fee paid for them.
Donors Choose: Schools & teachers can register a project that they need supplies/funds for and community members can donate the funds. This site was started by a teacher in the Bronx.
Instructables: This is a Do It Yourself (DIY) site with many many fun projects you can safely do at home or school, and many that you cannot (do safely, that is). As an example that could be fun for a middle school science project, how about making a speaker for your iPod from a styrofoam plate, cardboard, glue, tape, a magnet, and some wire:
NSDC: National Staff Development Council
GeoSense: A fun geography game – for adults and kids alike!
JamStudio: This is a great website that promotes music, song writing, and creativeness. I use this in my LA class to create or identify the mood of a scene or story. You can register to have a free account for you and your students. After you have created an account and a song, you can create MP3 files. These MP3 files will be emailed to you. You can save your songs on jamstudio.
TinyURL: By entering in a URL in the text field they will create a tiny URL that will not break in email postings and never expires.
Zoomit: ZoomIt is screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations. ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed image. You need to click on Download Zoomit, and follow the directions from there.
ClassTools: Classtools.net allows you to create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash! Select the desired template and have fun. I use the Random Name Picker in my class and the kids love it. Type in student’s names or questions about a topic and click either Fruit Machine or Typewriter. I’ve found that the typewriter is more effective with names rather than questions.
KickYouTube: KickYouTube is the easiest way of downloading YouTube videos. These videos have cleared our filter. It would still be a good idea to view the videos before showing your students.
ImaginationCubed: This is a free online drawing program that allows students to replay their drawing creations. Really cool.
Wordle: Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. Great to use (PBS).
Ad Council: The ad council is the leading producer of public service announcements in the USA. They address critical social issues that our students face everyday. Just go to the Campaigns tab and choose the campaign that fits with your topic. We have watched many of these videos during homeroom and had discussions on them afterward.
Bibme: BibMe is a free automatic bibliography generator that supports MLA, APA, Chicago, and Turabian formatting.
Magic Pen: Really fun, super challenging game that students can play. The game requires focus, problem solving, and coming up with creative solutions. Be careful it’s addicting.