Cool+Websites+for+Teachers

=**__Web 2.0 Tools by Content/Grade:__**=

Drawing, Charting and Mapping Tools: http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/Drawing,+Charting+&+Mapping+Tools
@http://digitaldialogue.pbworks.com/w/page/47205415/Digital%20Dialogue Great chart showing what each site listed incorporates.

@http://www.squidoo.com/SMARTBoardSites Top 10 SMART Board Sites

@http://www.teacherled.com/all-interactive-whiteboard-resources/ Teacher LED- Interactive Board tools

http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/gRyQwDnLieJ3/Class-Tools#1 A plethora of resources from collaboration to presentation!

http://edutechdatabase.wikispaces.com/Language+Arts#.Tv3ZstVY-So Covers multiple topics including special education, tips and tricks, etc.

@http://thetechclassroom.com/ - Articles and tips for those wanting to extend their use of technology in the classroom.

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/QR-codes-teaching-andrew-miller 12 ideas for teaching with QR Codes

http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2011/12/13/tln_ferriter_twitter.html?tkn=TQCFyUcrYLDq2/DD6Z/oNU8TjbuSA67lMUyr&cmp=clp-sb-teacher Using Twitter in the HS Classroom- Article Education Week- Teacher

@http://www.squidoo.com/multimediamuse
Museum Box: http://museumbox.e2bn.org/ Graphic organizer/Planner:

Promethean Board/SMART Board LA Interactives:

@http://www.telescopictext.com/ Telescopic Text exercise- building a sentence to make it stronger.

@http://www.corndancer.com/tunes/tunes_main.html Lit Tunes- The genesis and meaning of a song Inspired by Literature.

http://www.spellingcity.com/Games/sentence-unscramble.html Sentence Unscrambling- more for elementary- but I used the Compound Word option to show students how sentences can be re-arranged.

http://www.flipsnack.com/ Convert a PDF to a flipping book – FREE

@http://newspapermap.com/ All the online Newspapers in the World! Great resource for current events in the country. Could use these events for Socratic seminar, to choose a topic for a persuasive writing assignment, etc.

http://www.spellingcity.com/analogies.html Vocab and spelling resource and games (Analogies a biggie on this site!)

http://voicethread.com/#q A variety of interactive resources including Digital Writing Workshop, various novels, book reviews, etc. Cross content resources.

http://shelfster.com/ The best way to gather information, write a paper with stuff you’ve gathered at your fingertips. FREE

= **Visually impaired/blind** = Internet resources for those working with visually impaired students: [] [] Self-described as the most comprehensive …collection of online learning opportunities for visually impaired” Online assistive technologies resources: http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/Assistive+Technology = = =** Career and Technical Ed: **= Career tech 2.0- [] (social network- a ning- to share and learn ideas) Kathy Schrock’s Career/Technical Ed Online Hotlist: [] Career/Tech ed lesson plan using Adobe Photoshop- [] (some of these things can be replicated using Windows Movie Maker- probably on your computers) Slidshow- Harnassing Web 2.0 tools for Career Development Training: [] Eric- Journal article about Web 2.0 and career/techn. Ed. #|Classes as well as #|application examples: [] Career Tech Talk- Conversations with leaders & innovators in field of career/technical education: [] (Podcasts here too!) = = =** ELL/Migrant and homeless: **= ELL: Web 2.0 tools to use in ELL classroom: [] English themes for Intermediate/advanced ESL: [] Top 5 Website picks for ESL teachers: [] Info Literacy in K-12 classroom- Deals with ELL with a list of further resources at bottom: [] Article: “ELL Spoken Here” (lots of resources) - [] @http://www.scoop.it/t/tools-for-learners Tools for EFL/ESL learners

=** Math: **= Web 2.0 Math Tools: [] Math Web 2.0 Resources/Examples: [] Same site- Middle School Math Project- [] MathFest- Blog- http://mathfest.wikispaces.com/Web2.0+For+Math+Educators At bottom of page there are some application resources for using web 2.0 in Math classroom. Math Teacher Blog- [] [|**http://mathforum.org**]** Might offer some insight on web 2.0 tools in the math classroom ** Wikis in Math: [] Educational websites for teachers
 * More Math Teacher Resources: **[|**http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/jwolford0076240/category/web-20-tools/**]

= **Social Studies** = Updated 7/09- a HOTLIST organized by use or tool: [] Web Applications Index: [] How web 2.0 can improve your organization: [] Lists everything from databases to mapping to online meetings and classroom management: []

=** Art: **= 10 Best online museums: [] Art Teacher’s Blog- [] (click on tab at top- 100 Tools and Resources) Art Education Ning- [] “A Top 10 For Art Teachers”- [] Another Art Blog with ideas: [] = = =** For Librarians/Media Specialists: **= [] Article on ways librarians use Web 2.0 tools and effects on students/learning. The Passionate Librarian Blog: Deals with technology use []