For all of your worksheet needs…
Let’s face it, even with all of this great technology we have available to us as classroom teachers, we all still use a lot of worksheets. If you are a new teacher, you do not have the luxury of years and years worth of worksheets at your disposal to use. WorksheetWorks.com makes creating a [...]
Snagfilms - Free documentaries for your classroom
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I am a big fan of using video in the classroom to enhance the lesson being taught. I’m not referring to using an hour long movie to replace my lesson for that day, but adding a 4 minute clip here and a 2 minute clip there can be the difference between kids falling [...]
The Great Lessons Project - Video Number 1
This year, due to many budget cuts in our state, all of our teachers were asked to work without a planning period for a semester. This made it very difficult for teachers to sit in other classes to see some of the great things that are happening in other classrooms. We came up with this [...]
Web filtering in schools: unnecessary or necessary evil?
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Are we really protecting students or simply making it inconvenient for them to access the web?
What about the teachers? Should they be blocked as well?
There has been a lot of discussion by educational technology folks in the blogosphere about web filtering in schools. I came across a post at the excellent Dangerously Irrelevant [...]
SimplyBox - revolutionizing student research?
I came across SimplyBox in a Diigo posting recently and have since fallen in love with the service. In their own words:
Teachers and Students
Quickly and visually share with your students/colleagues a world of educational content the Web offers - engage them!
Capture / share web videos, part of pages, pictures, photos - add your thoughts and [...]
