How technology can support best practices in teaching

Author Peter Reynolds shares free posters for the 21st century teacher and learner

Activity types taxonomy for K-6 Language Arts

Current Research from the College of William & Mary

By Tammy Maloney, arranged by subject area and grade level

Released tests for all subject areas

In various formats: Power Point. pdf, Promethean

SOL related resources, search by region

Create audio files

Free sound clips and music for presentations

Tutorial for using Audacity to create podcasts

Kathy Schrock's guide to podcasting in the classroom

Presentation using Prezi

Jill Baedke

Record audio, email or embed

Enter text and convert to an mp3 file

For every answer you get right, 10 grains of rice are donated to end world hunger

Printable pdf

Rockingham Schools

Organized by subject

Printable pdf

An animated and interactive experience of color communication and color symbolism

Programming for Kids

Visual elements and principles

Create your own ID cards

Make fun things with digital photos

Create your own birth certificate

Fun, interactive tools: Random Name Picker is a big hit!

Create a "fake" profile pages for study purposes

Free photographs and graphics for education

Free for non-profit use

Attribution, link back, non-profit use

Records the act of writing and sends it as an email

Kathy Schrock

Take a picture or make a short video of what you see on your computer monitor

Excellent for showing periods of history

US Fish and Wildlife Images

Free for educators

Create screencasts

Automatic Photo Collage Maker

Resize images online

Public domain clipart

Searches origins and meanings of names

Basic search tips explained

Save the tree octopus!

Evaluate the information on this website for credibility

Enter a topic, watch related videos

Activities for 1st through 8th grade

Explains difference between search engines and web directories

You Tube Video

List of 150+ general web search engines plus descriptions

Enter what you want to calculate or know about

Media Awareness Network

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

VDOE Sponsored

You Tube Video on Home Row

Technology Lesson Plans

Track your progess

Lots of fun games to choose from!

Type what you see, modify letters

Picture 1

Picture 2

Search children's literature and their connection to the VA SOLs.

Click on an emotion, see a picture, definition, etymology, usage in context

Demonstrates the meaning of emotions

Grammar handbook for students with video tutorials

Explains meanings of idioms

Choose your poetry form and add words to make your poem

Brain-teaser games & audio stories for kids

Interactive online writing tutorial

Student Online Tools for Writing

Choose from many subjects

Grades 3 and up. Fill in the blanks to create a funny tale!

Presents the most frequently used words in order of commonness

Paste text and sift to visualize

Animated definitions, examples, interactive

Challenge yourself or challenge others, part of Illuminations

The best math directory for teachers!

K-8 resources

Teach math skills as a mystery, audio and teacher's guide available

Harcourt, organized by strand

Compete in math games with kids all around the world

Online teleprompter

File Sharing

Personalize and then print

Shorten multiple URL's into one

File Sharing

Customizable worksheets

Application Cheat Sheets

Enter URL, edit the page, print it

Enter a long URL to make tiny

Organize multiple links with single URL but can be edited

Calls your cell phone

Tutorials, guides for using Word Press

File conversion

File conversion

Preview entire songs, lyrics provided, upbeat and fun!

Click on "Which Character Are You?"

Explore math and science with Peep

Stories, Songs, Games (some are free)

Personalize stories with words you supply and build a story

PBS Kids Science Investigations

Click on "Choose an Activity" to see list

Soft School

Global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change

Virtual Owl Pellet Dissection

Paste data from a spreadsheet into a map

On this date in history...

Kids news articles

Soft School

Learn American History through 50 pop songs

Front pages of newspapers across the country

Current events done as a rap

Enter zip code and get quick facts

Click on "Meet Mrs. Bates"

Spell pictures, make movies, make cards, tell stories, K-8

60 seconds to write about one word

An example of how to use video with Glogster

Created animated characters!

Free movies featured

Great video tutorials for technology skills

Web 2.0 Tools for Schools

Lessons, activities, games based on NCTM standards

Activities for teaching math based on a constructivist approach

Free online lessons, searchable by SOL

Internet browser for children with variants of autism disorders

Research using videos to demonstrate how perceptions are affected when watching visuals

Interactive lessons for teaching on your Promethean or Smartboard

Literacy and Numeracy tools for using with whiteboard

Interactive resources for imaginative teachers to use with whiteboards or LCD projectors