KEYBOARDING
PHOTOSHARING
WIKIS
FILL
IN OR WRITE ON PDF FORMS
TECHNOLOGY SITES FOR TEACHERS
CARLOS'
COLORING
BOOK - http://www.coloring.com/
Activity: Choose a picture, color it, and then show your finished ART
to the instructor. This is an example of an interactive coloring page.
It redraws the picture with the new color added. You can save your
finished
picture to a disk or the hard drive as an image file. Import the image
into your favorite paint program and print it on a color printer.
Another
use would be to include it in a project report.
CISCO
EDUCATIONAL
ARCHIVES - http://www.ibiblio.org/cisco/
No longer being updated, but...The virtual schoolhouse, education network, and the new network
operations
center all combine to make this a vital teacher technology stop.
Although it is no longer being updated, the material is
timeless.
Use it!
COMPLETE
GUIDE TO
DIGITAL CAMERAS - http://www.shortcourses.com/
Links to everything about Digital Cameras, from how to use them, how
to buy one and how to take great pictures to how to edit them.
DIGITAL EDUCATION NETWORK - http://www.actden.com/
Wonderful ideas and approaches for using the Internet as part of your
instruction - updated weekly! Includes Math, Writing, News, Graphics,
Astronomy,
the Internet and tutorials too, like PowerPoint 2007 and 2--3, Outlook
Express and others.
DOWNLOAD.COM - http://download.cnet.com/
Education downloads on a variety of subjects - freeware and shareware
as well as titles for purchase. Free newsletter.
FACEBOOK IN THE CLASSROOM - https://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php
Create a classroom page under Company/Organization/Institution - choose
education and then share the link with your students and parents. You
can post homework, show videos or pictures, give a lesson, all free.
You need to sign up on the page that appears.
FILL IN PDF
FORMS - http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/19911/formulatepro
Download this free program on a Mac to fill in forms or overwrite on
PDF files when you only have a pdf reader. Great!
4TEACHERS
- http://www.4teachers.org/
Links to technology-based learning and activities. Check it
out.
FREE TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHERS - http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/06/how-to-use-opened-to-create-practice.html#.U-TSOyh4H9J
This is a free service that offers a huge catalog of educational videos
and games. This link demonstrates (via videos) a free tool for creating
practice assessments aligned to Common Core standards. Also click
on ipad apps for School, Google Tutorials, free guides and other links.
FROM NOW ON
-
http://www.fno.org/
The Educational Technology Journal written by Jamie McKenzie - You
can subscribe for free. Includes links to STAFF
DEVELOPMENT,
how to use Graphic
Organizers.
Assessment,
copyright information, how to write grants, Internet Use Policies,
Technology
Planning, Virtual Museums...You want it? It's probably here.
GOOGLE DOCS - https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&nui=1&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F&followup=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F<mpl=homepage&rm=false
You need your free Google Account. Create and share your work online.
Upload,edit, share, all FREE. Google
Docs provides a powerful set of collaboration tools, a familiar
interface, and meets most of the usual wiki criteria. With a free
Google account, you can post and share documents, spreadsheets, and
presentations. You control who can view and edit each document. The
documents are stored remotely and are accessible from anywhere; and
changes made by anyone, are immediately available to everyone.
GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS - http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/
HOMESTEAD
COM
- http://homestead.com
Build a free webpage
- step by step, start with a blank page and go.
They will host for $4.99 month after a 30 day free trial. But,
you can see just what you want your page to look like and use it for 30
days.
HOW DO I
INTEGRATE
THE INTERNET INTO MY CLASSROOM CURRICULUM - http://www.cyberbee.com/
See Treasures on the Web: a Roadmap for Curriculum Opportunities, from
the Currency Converter activity to Dinosaur Eggs activity, each one is
easy to follow and something you can do in your class without changing
the lesson at all.
HOW STUFF
WORKS: DIGITAL
CAMERAS - http://www.howstuffworks.com/digital-camera.htm
How Stuff Works explains how a digital camera works and includes plenty
of practical buying tips along the way. Top click is the Feature
section
which will help you better understand digital camera jargon.
HOW TO CODE – http://www.surfnetkids.com/resources/learn-to-code
In celebration of Hour of Code, this is a collection of websites where
kids of all ages can be introduced to computer programming. Hour
of Code is a campaign created by Code.org to introduce 10 million
students to programming. Dozens of sites created tutorials for Hour of
Code. Here are Barbara J. Feldman’s picks.
HOW
TO SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE AND SEARCH E-MAIL LISTS -
http://www3.niu.edu/newsplace/netlists3.html
BOOKMARK THIS! Exactly what the title suggests; think you know all the
differences
in kinds of listservs? This is a good thorough overview.
INTERNET RESOURCES ON CITING - http://www.marcaria.com/internet-resources-on-citing-the-trademark-of-a-good-writer.asp
This is an interesting site recommended by students from Daly City who
used my site as a starting point to learn research paper construction
and citation. This site explains why citing is important, when citing
is needed, and tools to help with citation among other things. Thanks
"teach" for your letter.
KATHY
SCHROCK'S KATCH OF THE MONTH - http://www.schrockguide.net/
THIS replaces Kathy Schrock's site on the Discovery Channel. Try these.
There is a guide to everything techie and classroom
BBC - DANCE MAT
TYPING - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Four levels of typing - Dance Mat Typing is a fun musical introduction
to touch typing for kids
seven and older. Practice is divided into twelve lessons, and led by
animated characters.
FREE TYPING GAME
- http://www.freetypinggame.net/
There are six arcade-style typing games, thirty keyboarding lessons and
thirty timed typing tests, featuring a keyboard that is color coded for
our ten fingers. Check it out.
GOOD TYPING - http://www.goodtyping.com/
27 guided lessons with 18 different keyboard layouts - you need to sign
in but it is free.
LEARN TO TYPE - http://kids.learn2type.com/
A free web site that helps kids master the skills of touch typing. the
exercises automatically adjust to the students' skill level. The better
they get the more challenging the t yping exercises become. Come and go
as you please and pick up where you left off.
POWER TYPING - http://www.powertyping.com/
Lots of keyboard practice set to radio music.
KODAK
DIGITAL LEARNING
CENTER - http://www.kodak.com/US/en/digital/dlc/
Although written specifically for Kodak digital cameras, this site
offers plenty for anyone interested in learning
about digital photography. With projects like Vacation Scrap Box
and Vacation Ornaments, and featured tips among other things, you can
try a seashell frame or vacation magnet. Great ideas.
LISSA
EXPLAINS IT ALL - HTML HELP FOR KIDS - http://www.lissaexplains.com/
Want to make a Web page? You've come to the right place. Lissa is13
years old nd in the 8th grade. She wrote this site.explaining and
graphics
(she makes all of her graphics herself), and has even made some
commercial
Web sites!! She started this page when she was 11 because had a
lot
of kids ask her questions about how to make their own Web page, and
there
were no other pages especially for kids to learn HTML. She figured, why
not make a page just for kids about how to make their own Web page? She
has covered the questions asked the most, and if there is anything you
would like to see added, she'll consider it!
MAC HELP FOR MOMS - http://www.machelpformom.com/
What a site! Videos and
links for all things Mac, not just for Moms. There is a search function
so you can search for something or some help you need. You can
sign up for your free subscription here too.You get free weekly emails
describing new videos.
PICS4LEARNING
- http://pics.tech4learning.com/
Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and
students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images
that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur
photographers.
This is a great site for images for your classes to use legally in
class
projects and reports? There is a clear use policy for images. Teachers
can get ideas for groups projects or reports using technology in the
lesson
area.
POWER
POINT IN
THE CLASSROOM - http://www.actden.com/pp
An eight-unit tutorial for K-12 teachers on how to use PowerPoint98.
You'll learn about toolbars; laying out, saving, and moving
information;
text; animation; transitions; as well as ways to teach your students to
use it. This tutorial is part of a larger site created by actDEN which
currrently offers seven software tutorials, produced in conjunction
with
Microsoft K-12 Education.
POWERFUL PRESENTATION TECHNIQUES - http://www.slideshare.net/theWebChef/ppt-powerful-presentation-techniques
These are slideshow presentations telling how to write a slideshow
presentation. Good stuff.
SCHOOLNOTES.COM
- http://new.schoolnotes.com/
Allows you to set up your own page for parents, students and colleagues
to access, and keep up to date with homework assignments, event
scheduling
and professional opportunities. (Use it for students' nightly homework
assignments); the service is free and it can be updated as often as you
want to keep your audience informed.
SHORT COURSES
- http://www.shortcourses.com/
Short Courses is my digital photography pick of day for its
encyclopedic
collection of online tutorials. Topics include Batteries, Choosing a
Digital
Camera, and Editing Digital Photographs. There is also a great
links
page with pointers to seven fabulous digital photo galleries.
SOFTWARE, MAC AND PC - http://www.mm-soft.com
Click on the site then the appropriate software.
TECHLEARNING - http://www.techlearning.com/
Produced by the Technology & Learning Magazine The Well
Connected Educator and School Tech Expo and Conference, this site
contains
reviews and recommendations for what's best for using technology in
K-12
education, as well as job listings, discussion boards, resources and
contests.
TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHERS - http://eduscapes.com/web/teacher.html
TECHNOLOGY HORIZONS IN EDUCATION - http://www.thejournal.com/
T.H.E. presents the online version of its journal here, covering news,
features, editorials, products, services and more, all aimed at K-12
education.
TIME LINE MAKER - http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timelines/
This generator can be used to make time lines of up to 9 events of
your choice.
TOTALLY
DRIVERS
- http://www.totallydrivers.com/
Help is here. For all you tech coordinators that are always looking
for the right drivers, Totallydrivers.com is for you! In just two
clicks,
you can be on the website for the brand of driver you need. This is
valuable
for the driver sites that aren't just "www.brandname.com"
Includes
browser update links, plugin links, and more.
USING COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL= https://www.baylor.edu/copyright/index.php?id=56543
From Baylor University, discover the main issues to consider when using copyrighted material, including how to determine whether a work is copyrighted, understanding fair use, and deciding whether you will need to ask permission for a particular use.
USING TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM - http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/archives/technology.shtml
An archived site whch compiles many of the features we have done on the subject of using technology in the classroom. Many of these articles have been updated many times or even rewritten as technology changes. That said, due to the ever-changing nature of technology, there will be articles on this list that are a little past their prime period of usefullness. If there are any that you would like us to update or redo, please drop us a line.
WIKIS - A type of
collaborative website with
tools for adding and editing material. Wikipedia.org is one popular
example which gives public editorial rights. A wiki can also be created
for a classroom or club. The administrator decides what pages can be
edited, who can edit, etc. Check out the article at http://computer.howstuffworks.com/wiki.htm.
The following are some wiki sites.
WIKIPEDIA -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
An online encyclopedia which is free, and anyone can edit. There
are over 2,700,000 articles in English.
Last Updated June, 2018