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TV411 - Finance - Adult Literacy Media Alliance
Grades
6 to 12
tag(s): financial literacy (93), money (113)
In the Classroom
Include this site in a course on personal finance, business, or consumer science. It would also be very useful as a real world application for math skills. Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector to introduce or review financial topics. Take advantage of the free lesson plans. Share the videos with your class as you study finance and the economy. Share this site with parents through your classroom website or blog.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Media4Math - Edward De Leon
Grades
7 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): angles (52), charts and graphs (196), equations (132), functions (61), geometric shapes (153), polynomials (23), quadratics (28), statistics (129)
In the Classroom
View Math in the News presentations on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) to help students understand the connection between higher level math and it's real world use. Share links to tutorials and presentations on your classroom webpage for students to access at home. Bookmark this site for use throughout the year as a resource for supplements to current classroom content.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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MIT+ K12 - Ian Waitz, MIT's Dean of Engineering
Grades
1 to 12tag(s): bacteria (19), colors (63), energy (139), engineering (141), glaciers (18), nuclear energy (19), planets (123), plants (143), reproduction (6), scientific method (49), STEM (370), transportation (31)
In the Classroom
Science teachers will want to bookmark and save this site for use throughout the year. Browse the various "ready to go" topics to find something useful in your classroom. Share the video on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Have cooperative learning groups view different videos and "report back" to the class about what they learned. Submit proposals to MIT for video explanations of any topic you wish. Ask students to address a question based on their knowledge, then watch videos for the scientific explanation.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Digital Learning Day - Alliance for Excellent Education
Grades
K to 12tag(s): digital citizenship (108), digital storytelling (166), modeling (8), preK (322)
In the Classroom
Celebrate Digital Learning Day in your school by sharing this site and ideas for digital learning both in and out of school. Suggest to your PTO/PTA that they host a family digital learning evening on or about the same date. Bookmark and save this site to find digital learning ideas throughout the year and to plan special events for a midwinter Digital Learning Day celebration. Share with colleagues as a resource.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Coursera - Coursera.org
Grades
9 to 12tag(s): china (79), climate change (113), computers (115), data (213), energy (139), engineering (141), financial literacy (93), greeks (45), immigrants (51), immigration (85), nutrition (135), professional development (318), psychology (60), scientific method (49), sociology (24), solar energy (34), space (248), sports (88)
In the Classroom
Allow gifted students to enroll in courses that interest them or that provide enrichment beyond classroom content. Share with others in your building as a resource for professional development. Explore the topics yourself for some new, engaging topics to round out your own expertise. Allow students to enroll in a course that would fit into their career goals as an exploratory opportunity in that field.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Tv411 En Espanol - Adult Literacy Media Alliance
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): bacteria (19), heat (13), nutrition (135), photosynthesis (19), spanish (112), water (104)
In the Classroom
This resource is perfect for the blended learning classroom or for distant learning. Include a link to videos on your class website or blog for students to view at home. Use the Share button located near the bottom of the page to share the link via email or other social media sharing sites such as Facebook and X (formerly Twitter). This site would be excellent to use with Spanish speaking students for help with explaining concepts. In Spanish class, enhance student learning by showing videos and then challenge your students to make their own videos using Adobe Express Video Maker, for any topic. Share the videos using a tool such as TeacherTube, reviewed here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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PBS Kids Sesame Street - PBS Kids
Grades
K to 1This site includes advertising.
In the Classroom
Introduce PBS Kids Sesame Street into your classroom with instant enjoyment and success. Even students who have seen it at home will be delighted. Share this site on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Create centers to work with basic phonemic awareness skills and readiness skills. Individualize activities for students in the areas that they struggle. Add to your class website to provide enrichment or reinforcement.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Textivate - TaskMagic
Grades
4 to 12tag(s): grammar review (33), process writing (34), sequencing (18), summarizing (25), word study (58)
In the Classroom
Create Textivates to introduce or review any topic. Type in a summary of information and have students place chunks of sentences in order or choose the missing word option for students to insert missing words. Instantly create sequencing activities to build comprehension and vocabulary skills. Paste in a passage from a well-known text and experiment with word order. What would happen if you tried to rearrange the wording in a famous poem? Paste in text during a world language class so students can rearrange words to practice vocabulary, word order, and various skills. Use the embed feature to insert a Textivate activity for homework. Create activities for small group practice on an interactive whiteboard center. Have students create their own Textivate activities to summarize information. Share them with classmates to complete activities. Learning support teachers can have students create and swap review activities. Be sure to share this one with parents for them to use at home for review fun!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Draggo - 2012 Draggo LLC
Grades
K to 12tag(s): bookmarks (34), classroom management (135), curation (25)
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Use public and private options to collect different links. If you want to make your personal page (with your personal favorites) private, you can share school related links on a public page. Share resources with other teachers. Make group work easy for any age group with easily accessible links. Link directly to single categories or embed categories on other websites. No more students typing in the URL incorrectly! Younger children can easily use your recommended online activities, or enrichment sites. Label sites according to subject, or grade level. Older students can create their own accounts. Sharing links during group collaboration is a snap. Add Draggo as a link on your class website or blog. Explore using Draggo with your professional development opportunities.Edge Features:
Parent permission advised before posting student work created using this tool
Includes Interaction w general public/ public galleries with unmoderated content
Requires registration/log-in (WITH email)
Premium version (not free) includes additional features or storage
Products can be shared by URL
Multiple users can collaborate on the same project
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Voya Unsung Heroes Awards Program - Scholarship America.
Grades
K to 12tag(s): grants (16)
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Applications are accepted annually generally with a deadline of April each year. Nominate yourself or a colleague.Comments
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Dance, Factors, Dance - Stephen Von Worley
Grades
4 to 10tag(s): factoring (29), factors (30), number sense (74), prime numbers (25)
In the Classroom
This is an excellent visualization tool for demonstrating factors and prime numbers. View as a class on your interactive whiteboard (or projector) and explore the different patterns displayed. Have students watch for patterns as numbers grow, or question what happens when numbers are odd or even. Have students explore the site on their own; then use as a journal prompt for students to discuss their exploration of numbers. Ask students how they visualize numbers in their own heads. You may be surprised to learn that some students have visual images of number concepts! Teachers of gifted or visually talented students may want to ask them to create their own "visualizations" of numbers using an animation tool from the Edge.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Wolfram Demonstrations Project - Wolfram Mathematica
Grades
4 to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): addition (137), animals (275), architecture (83), computers (115), division (109), fractions (179), geometric shapes (153), gravity (52), logic (166), maps (224), money (113), multiples (15), multiplication (133), plants (143), psychology (60), statistics (129), subtraction (118), weather (177)
In the Classroom
Explain how to use the Demonstrations on your interactive whiteboard (or projector). Allow students to explore on their own classroom computers. (Remember to download the CDF player onto each computer or request it in advance from your tech department.) Challenge students to create a talking avatar using a photo or other image (legally permitted for reproduction). Use avatars to explain activities performed using a Demonstration. Use a site such as Blabberize, reviewed here. The beauty of the demonstrations is that it allows students to manipulate and "play" to view the impact of changes made, allowing many opportunities for classroom discussion. Ask students to predict the impact of changes using the manipulate command; then discuss the actual impact as it occurs.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Symbolab - Michal Avny
Grades
8 to 12tag(s): calculators (36), equations (132), scientific method (49), symbols (19)
In the Classroom
Use as a search engine for mathematics students. Sort results to find explanations of how to solve an equation, what an equation is used for, as well as videos and examples of an equation in use. IN chemistry class, search for examples of chemical equations and places where they are used.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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The CAT in the HAT Knows a Lot About That - PBS Kids
Grades
K to 2tag(s): alphabet (46), colors (63), dr seuss (12), geometric shapes (153), measurement (127), numbers (120), preK (322)
In the Classroom
Share this site (video or activity) on your interactive whiteboard or projector. Use at a center to provide self-directed explorations. Offer on your class website as a resource for home use. Assign different areas to students based on their strengths and weaknesses. Some games even allow students to create their own version. Provide this website as a guide to parents to practice necessary skills for young students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Generate Data - Form Tools
Grades
7 to 12tag(s): data (213), mean (20), median (17), mode (14), population (53), variables (21)
In the Classroom
Use this site to generate data that can be used to determine averages, mean, or median. Use the data to practice with graphing or analyzing data. Download results to computers and allow time for groups of students to make sense of any portion of the data and present their findings to the class. Use as an introduction to a discussion of data and how results can be interpreted. Discuss the use of bias in reporting results and different ways that results can be presented.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mr. Anker Tests - Henry Anker
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K to 7tag(s): addition (137), alphabetical order (8), capitalization (9), decimals (94), division (109), earth (195), fractions (179), geometric shapes (153), homophones (6), keyboarding (28), map skills (69), maps (224), money (113), multiplication (133), number sense (74), reading comprehension (146), sign language (16), spelling (93), subtraction (118), synonyms (15), time (94), vocabulary (251)
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Create a link to activities and tests on classroom computers to use for review. Share a link to the site on your class website or blog for practice at home. Assign the "tests" for homework practice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Math in Unexpected Spaces - Malke Rosenfeld
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K to 4tag(s): addition (137), division (109), geometric shapes (153), logic (166), multiplication (133), number sense (74), numbers (120), origami (15), patterns (82), problem solving (275), substitutes (25)
In the Classroom
Subscribe to this blog to explore creative ways for finding math in your everyday life and that of your students. Challenge your students to create their own "everyday math" videos and/or activities to share with the class using FlexClip, reviewed here. Share the videos using a tool such as SchoolTube reviewed here. Have a Math Fun Day and share the videos and activities. If able, invite parents in to participate. Extend student learning and enhance student interest in math by sharing your findings of math in the everyday world. Use Gravity, reviewed here as a starting point to involve students and encouraging them to share their examples of math around them. Start with a prompt asking student to share pictures of objects that include math and discuss the math concept involved.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Mathematics Vision Project - Utah State Office of Education
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8 to 12tag(s): equations (132), inequalities (28), sequences (12), sequencing (18)
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Use activities, lessons, and homework available here to supplement current classroom materials. Share the short parent section with parents to explain the philosophy behind activities. Use these lessons to help integrate Common Core Standards into your classroom.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Newsola - Nick Nicholaou
Grades
6 to 12tag(s): countries (74), financial literacy (93), news (223), sports (88)
In the Classroom
Use this site to select current events for the day. Follow the same news thread for a period of time to look at changes and possible reasons for the change in the news. Be sure to check news stories from other countries for a different viewpoint on issues. Create a class discussion for the differences in viewpoints. Challenge cooperative learning groups to explore ONE of the subtopics (Showbiz, World, Finance, etc..) and present the highlights to the class. Have students make a multimedia presentation using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools.Comments
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UnShortenMe - Unshort.me
Grades
K to 12tag(s): browser (6), internet safety (121)
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Use this to access sites especially those shared with your PLN through RSS or Twitter. Many times, the original link is not blocked but the shortened URL is because of the shortener service's URL. Save this tool in your favorites to access when needed.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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