portaportal

Welcome Guest

9/11 Lessons Aligned with Common Core

All Things Google

Google +
Google Apps Meets Common Core
Google Search Education
Lesson plans and activiites
Google + Hangouts Tutorial
Google Hangouts and Hangouts on Air
Google + Hangout Etiquette
Google+ for Schools
Google Hangout Tip Sheet
How Educators and Schools Can Make the Most of Google Hangouts
Ideas for Using Google Hangouts in the Classroom
So you want to Hangout in my Community
Google Hangouts Guide for Teachers
81 Ways to Use Google Forms
Nice ideas for using Google Forms
Lessons for Exploring Google Map[s
Learn how to: Create Maps to build supplemental knowledge

iPad Apps

TBR Apps
How to Find the Best Educational Apps
iPad Apps for School
Written by Richard Byrne
Educational Apps
Apple Education iPad
Resources for iPad
Tellagami
Tellagami is a mobile app that lets you create and share a quick animated Gami video.
Kathy Schrock's iPads4Teaching
These pages will provide you with tips, tricks and resources for teaching and learning with the iPad.
App Evaluation
115 Free iPad Apps to Kickstart Your School Year

Art

Google Art Project

Assessment/CCore/Technology

Create, Communicate and Celebrate
Wixie helps teachers engage students in the learning process; helps students create products to demonstrate their creativity

Blogs to Follow

Woodbury Grammar Teachers
Cool Cat Teacher
teacher, author and fresh ideas
Teaching Blog Addict
Posts arranged by categories
Learning is Messy
At risk students
The Curriculum Corner
Weave Common Core into Lessons
The Organized Classroom
Free resources and tips
The Polka-Dotted Teacher
Add color and creativity-style of Dr. Suess
Pimary Tech
A guide to involving parents in your class blog
Kathy's Katch
Top 100 Blogs
Not particularly focused on teaching
Ms. Cassidy's Classroom Blog
Six & Seven Year Olds Inviting the World into Their Classroom
Class Blogmeister
Class Blogmeister is one of several blogging engines that have been developed specifically for classroom use
Five Tips for Writing Better Blog Posts
5 tips for better blog posts
Safety Tips to Read Before Students Create a Blog
Be sure to consider these online safety tips before launching a blog project.
Free Blog Service: edublogs
Safe and easy to use
Top 5 mistakes made by new Bloggers
Good to Know

Ways to use Blogs in the Classroom

Cell Phones

Poll Everywhere
40 ways to use cell phones
Tools for Blogging from your Phone
Record Voice Posts
Phonecasting
Integrates well with Twitter
Socrative
Socrative is ideal for interaction within your classroom.
10+ Ideas for Using Cell Phones with Young Learners
10+ Ideas for Using Cell Phones with Young Learners

Classroom Management

Teachers are People Too
Practical Student-Centered Learning—Instilling Ownership and Responsibility
This video segment is the fourth of six in a program about student-centered learning environments.
Learning Environments:A 21st Century Skills ImplementationGuide
Learning Environments:A 21st Century Skills ImplementationGuide
Teaching Channel
New Teacher Survival Guide: Classroom Management
Picture Books Officer Buckle and Gloria
Picture Books about Rules
Lilly and the Purple Plastic Purse
Starting School
No David
Behavior at school
Classroom Management Scenarios
Tennessee Curriculum Center
Teacher Moves combine a broad knowledge of techniques with an understanding of how, when, and under what circumstances they can
Teacher Kit
What is TeacherKit? TeacherKit is a simple, easy-to-use, and feature-rich app that makes day-to-day teaching a breeze by elimina

Collaborative Learning

Collaborative Learning
Resources for Collaborative Learning
Above and Beyond Video
Above & Beyond” was written by NY Times #1 best-selling children’s book author/illustrator Peter H. Reynolds
Bartle Test
Back to School Tech Tips

Common Core

Common Core Teaching Channel
Common Core Resources
Tools for Teaching Common Core
Common Core Tool Kit
A Guide to Aligning the Common Core State Standards with the Framework for 21st Century Skills
Common Core Checklists
Common Core Lessons
Planning Lessons on the Web
State of TN Common Core Resources
Common Core in Action Series
Browse by grade level and subject to learn practical strategies to bring to your classroom.
Resources for Understanding Common Core State Standatds
An educator's guide to websites, organizations, articles, and other resources looking at the new system of standards and how the
How will Common Core Work
85 Common Core Tools
Need guidance implementing the Common Core? Take a look at these helpful resources to bring creativity to the standards.
New way of looking at reading and writing
The Common Core State Standards recognize that to thrive in the newly wired world, students need to master new ways of reading a

Create

Big Huge Labs
Brochure Maker
Create Games
Magnetic Poetry
Glogster Poster
TerraClues-Create scavenger hunt for Google Map
Comic Strip
Kidvuz
Bitstrips-Comic Building
Zeemaps
Create and publish interactive maps
PowToon
Animate your ideas
Create an Animated GIF
Make an animated gif

Create Videos

Kerpoof
YouTube Video Editor
Xtranormal
Creaza (pay)
Common Craft (pay)
Doodlecast Pro
Wevideo
Video editor in the cloud
Animoto
Create simple videos
Pixorial
Online video creation tool
LIGHTWORKS
Rockin Awesome Video Editor
Wideo
Create animated video for free
Weavly
Create video remixes from YouTube
Video Tutorials
A wide variety of video tutorials to help you sharpen your skills, create better content, and build fan bases.

Digital Citzenship

Digital citizenship materials
Digital citizenship resources
Digital Literacy
Google's Family Center
Understanding YouTube and Digital Citizenship
Net Smartz
Poll Results about Teaching Digital Citizenship
Digital Footprints
Lesson Materials K-2 What information is appropriate in a digital footprint
Trillion Dollar Footprint
Common Sense Media Lesson for upper primary 6-8
Managing your digital footprint
Must see video: a bit scary
Protecting Reputations Online
Common Craft video
Family Contract
Kid's Pledge
Family Contract
Parent Pledge
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Defending your rights online
Beyond Internet Safety: Teaching Kids to be Good Digital Citizens -
Digital Citizenship Learning Center
Cyberwise, A learning hub to help educators, parents, (and kids!) understand and use digital media safely and wisely
Empower Students to be InCtrl in a Digital Age!
Cable in the Classroom brings you a series of free, standards-based lessons that teach key digital citizenship concepts. These l
Teach Kids to Be Their Own Internet Filters
A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age
Work on this Bill of Rights & Principles began in Palo Alto, California, on December 14, 2012. We convened a group of people pas
Digital Literacy and Citizenship Classroom Curriculum
FREE materials are designed to empower students to think critically, behave safely, and participate responsibly in our digital w
Teach Kids To Be Their Own Internet Filters
Interactive Case Studies
Take a Poll, Read the story and activity
Digital Citizenship Course
Global Digital Citizenship Foundation
6 Cyberbullying/Internet Safety Videos That Will Get Your Attention
Seven Digital Deadly Sins
In Seven Digital Deadly Sins, watch video confessions, read first person accounts & weigh in with your judgement.
Gary Turk Videos
A spoken word film for an online generation.
Take a Break from Cell Phones. Video
Digital skills should be core subjects, says report
Video: Children should be taught "digital literacy" as a core skill alongside math and English
Digital Citizenship Survey
Digital Etiquette
Pre-Digital Citizenship Survey

Digital Literacies

Digital Literacies
Eight Essential Elements of Digital Literacy
Digital Litearcy
Video Explanation

Educational Technology Professional Organizations

Educational Videos

Snag

ESL

Family Online Safety

Free and Fair-Use Photos

Pics4Learning
Flickr-Creative Commons
"Creative Commons is a non-profit that offers an alternative to full copyright."
Free Photos
Looking for high resolution stock photos for your illustration.
Unsplash
EduPic Graphical Resource
Free photographs and graphics for education
Pixabay
inding free images of high quality is a tedious task - due to copyright issues, attribution requirements, or simply the lack of
Public Domain Pictures
PublicDomainPictures.net is a repository for free public domain images. Download high quality HD photos or upload your own. Make
Unsplash
Free Photos
MorgueFile
Search morgueFile for free reference images. Yes, they're all completely free. whether you're an illustrator, art director, inst
KABOOMPICS
Best for nature, textures & backgrounds, cityscapes, landscapes, food, architecture
New Old Stock
Not searchable-Vintage, Nature, Technology, etc.
Jay Mantri
Not searchable-Nature, Cityscapes, Landscapes
Gratisography
Nature, Technology, People Cityscapes, Landscapes
Little Visuals
Nature, Music, Textures& Backgrounds, Lanscapes
SuperFamous
Nature, Textures & Backgrounds, Landscapes
Life of Pix
FREE HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOS, NO COPYRIGHTS RESTRICTIONS.
Photo Everywhere
More than 3600 photos that are Free to use
IM Free

Grading Applications

Engrade

History

History Pin
Famous Speeches
National Archives
History to LIfe
Harnu
Learn and connect with people around the world
Smart Songs
Combines hip hop, storytelling and skits to create songs that explore history and science

Language Tools/Translation Tools

Link Organizer

LiveBinders

Math

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Math lessons
Khan Academy
Create math manipulatives
Math videos
Tools for Teaching Common Core
Mathematical Doodling
Creative thinking about mathematical concepts

Mind Maps

Popplet
Share your ideas and collaborate
Connected Mind
Web Based Organizer

Museum

Museum Box

Passion Based Learning

Photo Editing

Sumopaint-Think Photoshop
iPiccy
Amazing. Must Use
Photo Editor Online
Pretty cool. Similar to Photoshop

Podcasts

PodOmatic
How to make a podcast

Praxis Information

Preparing Teacher Candidates
Tests Required for Teacher Licensure in Tennessee
Praxis Computer-Delivered Testing Demonstration
Preparation Materials
Learning Express Library Practice
Practice tests and tutorial course series for academic and licensing tests.
Praxis Webinars
Praxis™ Test Preparation Video
Preparation Materials

Publications and Journals in Educational Technology

QR Codes

How to use QR Codes
Create QR Codes: Control size
QR Codes: Several Options
Place Logo in QR Code
Scan Smart Pajamas
Scan smart pajamas to launch a bedtime story for kids
QR Codes in the Classroom
A lot of ideas of how to use QR codes in the classroom

Royalty Free Music

Royalty Free Music
Free music items change every few days
Sound Effects
Download, Sample, Cut Up or Share
Composer, Performer, Instrument and Time Period
Community Audio
Great Free Music for Videos

Science

Special Education

50 Best Blogs for Special Education

Standards, assessment & games-K-12

Internet4Classrooms

Teaching and Learning

Technology Articles

Technology Lesson Plans

Technology Lesson Plans

Timelines

Timeline Creator
Online Timeline
Interactive Timeline
Create a Timeline in Excel
Featured Timelines
TimeToast
Time Captured
Interactive Timeline
xtimeline
free web-based timeline. Easily create and share timelines with pictures and videos.

Videos: Alternatives to UsingYouTube

YouTube
SchoolTube
Teacher Tube
Vimeo
YouTube for Schools
Ted Talks
YouTube Teachers
Common Sense Media
YouTube Education
CNN Student News
Daily web show highlighting a handful of stories.
Next Vista
Nonprofit, advertising free video sharing site run by Google Certified Teachers Rushton Hurley.
Academic Earth
Ted ED
Build a lesson around any TED-Ed Original, TED Talk or YouTube video
Clip Syndicate
Provides professionally produced news videos from television stations.
ESL Basics
Short Video Vocabulary Lessons for Beginning and Advanced ESL Students.
WatchKnow
Good resource for locating educational videos.

Web Design

Web Design Suggestions
7 Small Website Design Changes That Can Have A Big Impact

Webquests

Webquests

Wikis

What Kind of Tech User are You?

Pew Internet
Take a survey and see what kind of tech user you are
Trend Data

21st Century Learning

Partnership for 21st Century Learning
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student.
Kaiser Family
Media in the lives of 8-18 year olds
The Global Information Technology Report 2012
Insight Report
The Other 21st Century Skills
Identifying the skills important for a learner today in this era of the 21st century
21 Things 4 Teachers
21things4teachers has earned the ISTE Seal of Alignment for its efforts to educate teachers in the use of technology.

Counting

Counting

Project Engage

Project Engage

Problem-Based Learning

What is PBL?
Writing a Driving Question
Project Based Learning
Breaking PBL Down

Grants

Kickstarter for Education
Ideas become Reality Check it OUT!
Seed Grants
BEP Grants

MTSU Student Assistance

Twitter Chats for Educators

EdTechChat
Twitter for Beginners
Twitter for Beginners: An Educator's Guide
iPads in Education #ipadchat
Ed Tablets
site dedicated to the use of the iPad in support of teaching and learning, use the hashtag #edtablet

Media Literacy

Media Education Lab
Curriculum Materials

TEAM Tennessee Educator Acceleration Model (TEAM)

Hour of Code

Learn to Code-Tutorials
Learn the basic concepts of Computer Science with drag and drop programming. This is a game-like, self-directed tutorial starrin
Learn to Code
Tutorials for beginners

Technology Integration

Tech2Learn
This video series goes inside the classrooms of educators who use technology tools in their lessons every day.
Connecting Education and Technology

Classroom Design

Classroom Design

Online Courses

Youth Digital

Challenge YOUR Thinking

What is School For?

Teaching Reading and Writing

READ 180 Next Generation
READ 180, the most effective reading intervention program, is a comprehensive system of curriculum, instruction, assessment, and

Citing Images

Citing Images

Classroom Technology-Based Activites

Flip Quiz
another resource to add to your review-game list,
Spell Up
Google worked with game designers and teachers to create a simple but addicting spelling game: spell words correctly and your to
Spent
is an online game designed to teach players about the challenges of living on minimum wage employment. Throughout the game, play
Find Your Role Model
This is essentially a search engine that students can use to find suitable mentors based on three main categories.
Guessing Game
his game plops you down somewhere in the world, and it is your task to figure out exactly where that might be!

Note Taking

Video Notes
online tool that allows students to take notes while watching videos on the same screen, side-by-side.

Rubrics

Rubrics Aligned with Common Core
Common Core State Standards broken down into manageable, assessable elements in order to make it easier to create rubrics.
Assessments and Rubrics
Support materials for assessments that work with the Common Core State Standards and rubrics for many different assessment produ

Genius Hour or 20% Time

Real Time Discussion

TodaysMeet
TodaysMeet gives everyone the floor and lets even the quietest students express themselves.
Chatzy
Chatzy is a free tool to quickly create chat rooms. Features include “Quick Chat,” which allows teachers to invite people to joi
Google Moderator
In Google Moderator, students can post questions or comments to the moderated discussion.
Google Drive
Google Drive allows synchronous and asynchronous editing by multiple users on one document
chatWING
Chatwing is a live mobile chat room that can be connected to any web page or app.
Padlet
Formerly Wallwisher, Padlet is a web based collaborative tool that allows teachers to build a multimedia “wall.”

Create Posters,Books,Magazines or Newletters

TikaTok
Publish a children’s book with Tikatok.Student created storybooks can be saved as a pdf file that can be used on many e-readers.
Penzu
Free web based journal tool. Journals are private by default,
BookRix
Bookrix is a free combination of social media and web based publishing that allows students to publish and share their work soci
Glogster
Create multimedia posters and reports infused with animations, audio, and video.
bookr
Create and share your own photobook using images from Flickr.
Simplebooklet
Click CREATE and begin to insert text, image, url, upload files, embed codes & music.

BYOD

BOYD
Bring Your Own Device at Carson Middle School
BYOD in the 21st Century
A general overview of BYOD/BYOT featuring Star Trek characters.
Bring Your Own Technology (
Lewisville ISD (Tx) Approach to BYOT -

Slide Design

Slide Design
Tips on Effective Slide Design

Adapted Minds

Adapted Minds
Game like lessons in Math and Reading

Teaching Resources

Teachers Share Lessons
Welcome to Share My Lesson, the space for educators to share free K-12 learning materials, including activities, worksheets and
Scoop It
Web tools to support inquiry based learning

Google Applications in Primary School

Multi-Teach Lessons

Multi Teach Lessons
Utilized with Clear Touch
Science Multi-Teach LEssons
Social Emotional Learning