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Tammy Worcester's Tech Tip of the Week - Tammy Worcester
Grades
K to 12This site includes advertising.
tag(s): folktales (34), idioms (29), number sense (75), operations (70), tutorials (52)
In the Classroom
Trying to think of new ways to use technology with your students (in all grades?). Want to learn just one small tip each week? The weekly tips are a great ice-breaker to using technology and new teaching ideas in your classroom. Try that one tip that is suggested and explore more as you feel comfortable.You must be registered and logged in to add items to your favorites.
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Tar Heel Reader - University of North Caroline
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K to 12** This site does contain some materials NOT suitable for all classrooms. Be sure to read the "rating" system, and contribute your own opinions (as the ratings are only as reliable as the pool of contributing voters). Books rated 'E' are meant for everyone, but a 'C' means to use caution, as it may not be proper material for some. Determine what titles are suitable and save them to the favorites file for students to access.
tag(s): audbk (25), audint (12), audio books (42), audtxt (19), book lists (167), digital storytelling (182), literacy (122), writing (304)
In the Classroom
Increase your big book collection ten fold by projecting Tar Heel Readers onto an interactive whiteboard or projector. Use interactive shared reading lessons to strengthen student recognition of common sight words, concepts of print, decoding skills, and use syntax cues and unlock the meaning of text. Ask students to circle known sight words, count the number of words in a sentence, trace capital letters, or point to the first letter of a word during a choral read. Help ESL/ELL students by creating books out of photos from class field trips, events, or experiments. Integrate text that uses key vocabulary words and creates reading materials that are both relevant to grade level curricular standards and match your student's readability level. All books you publish on the web site are public domain and available to all other users. Be sure to get parent permission before publishing student books on-line. In order to create a book, users will need to register. Unfortunately, this requires users to email gb@cs.unc.edu to request of an invitation code. With this code, simply create a username, submit your name, and email address. Set up a single teacher account and have all the students use that login to avoid safety concerns. Be sure to include this site on your class web page for students to access both in and outside of class for further reading practice.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Tarr's Toolbox - Russel Tarr
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4 to 12tag(s): classroom management (154), differentiation (103), game based learning (323), professional development (307)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this excellent resource to use when looking for new ideas for your classroom. Choose from ideas such as "Hands up if you DON'T know" or "Sock puppets in the secondary classroom" to inspire and motivate your students. Look to this blog to differentiate for students of all levels. Divide students into cooperative learning groups using different ideas found on Tarr's Toolbox.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Taskade - John Xie & Stan ChangKhin Boon
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K to 12tag(s): DAT device agnostic tool (134), noregistration (74), note taking (36), organizational skills (92)
In the Classroom
Create checklists of steps in a project. Place all notes in one place, so you do not forget. Use this tool easily in your Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) classroom since all students will be able to access it for free, no matter what device they have. They could use Taskade for assignment information, reminders, and more. Consider setting up a class account that can be used by all students. Spell out the use of the site and what is allowed and not allowed -- and the penalties. Set up separate accounts for student groups who can then share their notebook with other groups.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teach Collaborative Revision with Google Docs - Google
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8 to 12tag(s): editing (98), proofreading (18), writing (304)
In the Classroom
Create an innovative, exciting revision experience for students to edit each other's writing and engage in the peer review process by using the collaboration feature of Google Docs. This tool facilitates teacher comments on student essays by not having to wait until students turn in their papers. Check essays online, monitor progress, and even make suggestions for revisions to provide feedback along the way to drive successful proofreading and editing skills. After students are entered as collaborators, they will each have a different color to distinguish what they contributed to the document, and you can easily see who made what revisions. Suggested lesson plans for peer editing, complete with downloadable, reproducible handouts and online tutorials are provided. The ease of access to Google Docs makes these lessons a breeze to carry out from any internet connection, so you may start it in the classroom and continue as a homework assignment.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teach Dear America - Colonial Period - Scholastic
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2 to 8tag(s): 1600s (20), 1700s (39), colonial america (86)
In the Classroom
Bookmark this site and combine it with TeachersFirst's CurriConnects leveled reading list for Colonial America and the Revolution and Frontier Forts on the American Revolution for multiple offerings and angles on the Colonial and Revolutionary time period. Create a link to various activities, quizzes, and downloadables for students to explore on classroom computers. Include crafts and recipes from the site during your unit. Have students create an annotated image about Colonial times including text boxes and related links using a tool such as Google Drawings, reviewed here to demonstrate concepts learned when making crafts or recipes. Use an online tool such as Interactive Two Circle Venn Diagram, reviewed here to compare Colonial life to present day. Have students create timelines using Timeline JS, reviewed here. Timeline JS also offers the option to upload and add photos, videos, audio, Tweets, and Google Maps making it interactive. Have students use Fakebook reviewed here to create a "fake" page similar in style to Facebook about a student their age living in Colonial America.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teach from Anywhere - Google
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K to 12tag(s): collaboration (142), digital literacy (40), feedback (17), remote learning (33), Teacher Utilities (233), teaching strategies (87)
In the Classroom
Incorporate the tools and ideas from the website into lessons to enhance digital literacy, such as creating collaborative projects in Google Docs or interactive presentations in Slides, reviewed here. Use the platform's teacher resources for personal growth, exploring strategies to improve classroom management, foster student engagement, or integrate technology more effectively in teaching. Incorporate the resources to create a seamless remote or hybrid learning experience, including tips on managing virtual classrooms, engaging students online, and organizing digital materials. Share the website's family tips with parents to help them support their children's learning at home, fostering a stronger connection between the classroom and home environment.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teach Kindness - Stand for Children Leadership Center
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K to 12tag(s): classroom management (154), social and emotional learning (221)
In the Classroom
Students can use Padlet, reviewed here to showcase the kindness that they are displaying in school. Students can use Book Creator, reviewed here to create a book on ways to be kind. Students can become pen pals with schools that are already a part of the organization.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teach With Movies - TeachWithMovies.com, Inc.
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3 to 12tag(s): difficult conversations (53), essays (15), movies (51), questioning (37), social and emotional learning (221), social skills (24), worksheets (71), writing (304)
In the Classroom
Movies offer an entertaining format for history and thematic studies. Use a video to add to the learning experience of students who are visual and auditory learners. Use this site to find videos in a wide range of topics to share on an interactive whiteboard or with a projector. Take advantage of the free lesson plans for classroom use. Preview the lessons before viewing and convert those that can be to a real-time discussion to engage students WHILE they watch a video! Enhance classroom learning and technology use and achieve this by setting up a backchannel chat using Bluesky reviewed here. Alternatively, if you are distance or remote teaching or have a blended classroom, use VideoAnt, reviewed here, to ask questions and have students respond directly on the video.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teach Your Monster - The Usborne Foundation
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K to 2tag(s): game based learning (323), literacy (122), phonics (56)
In the Classroom
Assign each student a notebook where they write down new words they encounter in the game. They could also make a digital notebook using WriteReader reviewed here. Create a small reading corner or station where partners can practice blending sounds and decoding words. Pair students and have them take turns reading words or sentences aloud that they learn through the game.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teachable Machine - Google
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), game based learning (323), gamified learning (88)
In the Classroom
Share Teachable Machines with students who enjoy working with computers and ask them to develop models for different learning activities. For example, ask students to use the image model to create examples of categories of animals for young students and provide them with a picture bank of animals. Use the picture bank to see if animals are categorized correctly as a learning activity. For older students, use this site to build learning games. Find more ideas at Github's Awesome Teachable Machine List, found here.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teachally - EZ Reward, LLC
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), differentiation (103), Teacher Utilities (233)
In the Classroom
Teachally is a handy tool to use for many different purposes. Use Teachally to find ideas for choice boards, generate questions, and create exit tickets for any lesson. Quickly create a presentation from a lesson using the enrichment tools for flipped or blended learning lessons, and then share the activity on your class website or LMS. Use Teachally's trivia game creator as a quick, engaging formative assessment activity. Many enrichment activities, such as presentations and trivia game creators, use Google Slides; after saving the slides, edit the questions and information as needed. Use Teachally's message center to invite parents to the platform, then share updates and bulletins that inform parents about current classroom activities.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teacher Hive - Tony Vincent
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), game based learning (323), Teacher Utilities (233)
In the Classroom
Share apps found on Teacher Hive with students to use for review, remediation, or practice of classroom content. Teacher Hive is an excellent site to share with parents who ask for additional learning support at home. Create personalized learning activities, no coding knowledge required, for students to add to Teacher Hive using Gemini Canvas, located in Google Gemini, then choose tools from the dropdown box to find Canvas in the chat message. After refining your activity, follow the directions in Teacher Hive to copy the code, upload your app, or share the link from Gemini with your students.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teacher Lists - School Family Media
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K to 12tag(s): classroom management (154), preK (351)
In the Classroom
Create a TeacherLists account for your building or teaching team and distribute your supply list or a wish list in an easy to find format for parents to access anytime and anywhere. Share what your class specifically needs to be ready for the start of school or a new marking period. Include the links to your lists on your class web page. Library/media specialists can share a schoolwide list to keep the media center well stocked with supplies. Art teachers can request the craft items and supplies they need. Even grandparents can help out the school when they know what is needed. Share with your school's parent organization for creating their own lists.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teacher Resources for the Baltimore Museum of Art - Baltimore Museum of Art
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1 to 12tag(s): art history (110), artists (106), museums (58)
In the Classroom
Have you been trying to incorporate different sources into your social studies content? Use the content areas found in this collection. In gifted classrooms, use these activities for choice enrichment activities to deepen content knowledge. Use the artwork to inspire a narrative or informative writing prompt. Art classes have immediate lesson plans. Use it as a quick lesson in case of a sub. When going on a trip to your local museum, begin by investigating the content found in the Baltimore Museum of Art. Assign students the opportunity to uncover the mystery of artwork in your own museum to increase interest and motivation during your visit. Students then work on a multimedia project, find one for them to use here, of what they discovered and present it to the class. Some tool suggestions are (click on the tool name to access the review): Adobe Express for Education, Animatron, Renderforest, and Google Slides.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teacher Training Videos - Russell Stannard
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K to 12tag(s): professional development (307), spelling (95), tutorials (52), vocabulary (259)
In the Classroom
Use the links on the left hand side to find videos on how to use some of the most popular and useful classroom sites around. Find something of use in the vast array available for viewing. The screencasts of the web 2.0 sites offer step by step instructions to help novice and intermediate users in their use in the classroom. Videos are organized into topics with multiple tools showcased in the segment. Find quick videos at the bottom of the page which highlight just one tool. Even teachers of very young students will find many of the tools explained helpful for their own use in creating learning materials, centers, etc.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teacher Utilities Resources - TeachersFirst
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K to 12tag(s): Teacher Utilities (233)
In the Classroom
Find new tools to try in your classroom, for communication with families and more. Each review includes classroom use ideas. Read the details of each tool and find the ones that will make your tasks easier to manage.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TeacherMatic - TeacherMatic
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), assessment (142), feedback (17), flash cards (45), quizzes (83), rubrics (39), study aid (175)
In the Classroom
There are two types of AI generators on the site; course planning and activity generators. The course planning generators can create lesson objectives, flash cards, topic notes, and a scheme of work. The course activity generator creates learning activities, rubrics, multiple-choice quizzes, SMART goals, discussion topics, and more. To use TeacherMatic's generators, click on what you would like to create, enter an objective, the number of moves you need, and the level of complexity your lesson requires. After entering all the topic information, click generate and watch your lesson plan ideas come to life!Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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Teachers.io - instin, LLC
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5 to 12tag(s): communication (126), homework (27), organizational skills (92), Teacher Utilities (233)
In the Classroom
Use Teachers.io to help organize information for yourself and your students. Upload your syllabus for easy access by students. Add homework assignments and due dates and include attachments for student use. Even if you already have a website, Teachers.io includes a widget to embed on your site for easy access to all features. Be sure to share myHomework with students for complete interaction between both sites and access to all features.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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TeacherServer AI Tools - TeacherServer
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K to 12tag(s): artificial intelligence (358), professional development (307), Teacher Utilities (233)
In the Classroom
Bookmark and save TeacherServer as a helpful tool for increasing productivity and efficiency in any classroom. Generate and edit lesson plans, use other tools to differentiate learning for students with different ability levels or abilities, or provide choices for students to share their learning. Include ideas from the parent section to share ideas for supporting students at home, write professional emails, and provide customized strategies for many different student needs.Add your comments below (available only to members) | Become a Member
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