Using FREE Innovative Web Resources in the Classroom
Description:I am compiling lessons using free resources off the Web. Most of these are relatively new and highly engaging for students. Have suggestions? Please add them!
Last Updated:Aug-24-2010
Subject(s):- Educational Technology
- Educational Technology > Integrating Technology into the Classroom
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- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
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- elementary
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- Contributed By: Christine Mytko
Lists of great free, web 2.0 tools for education
Description:This folder contains lists of excellent (and mostly free!) web 2.0 tools for education. There are some links and brief summaries, but lessons for using these tools are not included.
Last Updated:Jul-30-2010
Subject(s):- Educational Technology
- Educational Technology > Integrating Technology into the Classroom
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- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
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- elementary
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- middle
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- tween
- high
- 9th
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- secondary
- freshman
- sophomore
- teen
- 11th
- 12th
- senior
- Asset: Index/List
Scratch
Description:Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web. http://scratch.mit.edu/
Last Updated:Jun-25-2009
Subject(s):- Educational Technology
- Educational Technology > Integrating Technology into the Classroom
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- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
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- elementary
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- middle
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- tween
- high
- 9th
- 10th
- secondary
- freshman
- sophomore
- teen
- 11th
- 12th
- senior
- Other
Google SketchUp
Description:Google SketchUp is software that you can use to create 3D models of anything you like. http://sketchup.google.com/
Last Updated:Jun-25-2009
Subject(s):- Educational Technology
- Educational Technology > Integrating Technology into the Classroom
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- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
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- elementary
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- middle
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- tween
- high
- 9th
- 10th
- secondary
- freshman
- sophomore
- teen
- 11th
- 12th
- senior
- Other
Podcasting
Description:Podcasting is easy to do using relatively inexpensive materials and free programs available online.
Last Updated:Jun-30-2009
Subject(s):- Educational Technology
- Educational Technology > Integrating Technology into the Classroom
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- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
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- elementary
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- middle
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- tween
- high
- 9th
- 10th
- secondary
- freshman
- sophomore
- teen
- 11th
- 12th
- senior
- Other
Wikis
Description:Ideas for using wikis in the classroom. (They are amazing!)
Last Updated:Dec-13-2009
Subject(s):- Educational Technology
- Educational Technology > Integrating Technology into the Classroom
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- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
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- elementary
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- middle
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- tween
- high
- 9th
- 10th
- secondary
- freshman
- sophomore
- teen
- Other
Social Media for the Classroom
Description:As social connections grow throughout the world the usage of social media in the classroom is integral for young students' future success. Introduction to certain types of social networks, data sharing programs and other collaborative applications should strengthen participation and success for all disciplines taught. This is a collection of free networks and applications that have been used successfully in K-12 programs and adult professional development seminars at the New York Hall of Science and also within numerous classrooms in and around the metro area.
Last Updated:Aug-02-2009
Subject(s):- Education
- Educational Technology
- Kindergarten-Grade 2 / Ages 5-7
- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
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- elementary
- 3rd
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- freshman
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- Other
Screencasting
Description:According to O'Reilly, a screencast is "a digital movie in which the setting is partly or wholly a computer screen, and in which audio narration describes the on-screen action" Screencasting can be a powerful in the classroom for students to demonstrate their own learning, or to create tutorials to help their fellow learners.
Last Updated:Dec-12-2009
Subject(s):- Educational Technology
- Educational Technology > Integrating Technology into the Classroom
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- Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-10
- Grades 6-8 / Ages 11-13
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- elementary
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- middle
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- tween
- high
- 9th
- 10th
- secondary
- freshman
- sophomore
- teen
- Asset: Reference

