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100 Best Video Sites for Educators

Bringing multimedia into the classroom is a great way to engeg students in learning. Use videos to supplement lessons, open up new interests, and offer inspiration.

http://edudemic.com/2012/08/best-video-sites-for-teachers/

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40 Quick Ways to use Mobile Phones in the Classroom

Here are some simple and straightforward ways to easily integrate smartphones into your classroom.

http://edudemic.com/2012/10/40-quick-ways-to-use-mobile-phones-in-classrooms/

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5 Task Management Sites

A great way to keep students on-task! Use these five online resources to create lists and then mark when completed! What better way to keep students engaged than by using the internet (or have students use their mobile devices!). Create lists, categories, due dates, and more!

1. Astrid
2. Todoist
3. Fetchnotes
4. Any.DO
5. Wunderlist

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/02/5-good-task-managements-services-for.html

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Behavior Report

Use this free online resource to track and monitor student behavior. Start out by making a class list and then select the behaviors you want to track. Once you're ready, assign each bheavior as a negative or positive behavior, then send reports to their parents via email!

http://www.classdojo.com/

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Cell Phones

12 useful ways kids can learn with cell phones...

http://fluency21.com/blog/2013/01/21/12-most-useful-ways-kids-can-learn-with-cell-phones/?doing_wp_cron=1359029387.8676409721374511718750

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Class Badges

Use this free online resource to issue rewards for student accomplishments. The site allows you to create goals for each student and then issue a badge to keep in the student's profile. What a great way to keep kids motivated and focused on a particular goal!

http://classbadges.com/

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Critical Thinking Explanation

6 YouTube videos that explains what critical thinking is (great animation)!

http://io9.com/5888322/critical-thinking-explained-in-six-kid+friendly-animations

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Draw on Webpages

4 ways to mark-up webpages to help provide a visual for your students during your class discussion...

1. Markup
2. Awesome Screenshot
3. Bounce
4. Microsoft Paint - hit <PrtScn> button on your keyboard, then paste it in Microsoft Paint

http://markup.io/

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Edmodo

Designed for classrooms, Edmodo allows teachers to post messages, discuss classroom topics, assign and grade classwork, share content and materials, and network and exchange ideas with their peers. (Find 15 things teachers can do with Edmodo here: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/12/15-things-teachers-students-can-do-with.html).

http://about.edmodo.com/

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Educational Infographics

Find information on various education topics in the form of visuals with these inforgraphics.

http://pinterest.com/techchef4u/edu-infographics/

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Essay Plagerism

A free service that allows students and teachers to copy and paste an essay into the program to detect plagerism.

http://www.plagtracker.com/

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Facebook

Make yourself present where your students are! Create a Facebook page just for your class - post assignments, provide homework help, remind students of important dates, create a poll for multiple-choice questions for any topic, and so much more! Visit www.facebookforeducators.com to learn about all of the steps and precautionary measures you should take before implenting a Facebook page for your class.

http://www.facebook.com/

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File-Type Converter

Convert any file into any file-type you need with this free online file converter!

http://www.online-convert.com/

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Gmail for Beginners

Often times, an online resource requires a Google email account (Gmail). Use this video to learn about the basics...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=526QZYACC9k&feature=player_embedded

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Google Earth Blog

Check out all of the great things Google Earth has to offer! Everything from games (like racing a car), to looking at the street view of a location discussed in a lesson, to tips on how to use this feature, and so much more (refer to the navigation bar on the right of the screen)!

http://www.gearthblog.com/

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Google Forms for Teachers & Admin

Log into your Google account and use these templates, which automatically copy into your Google Docs Dashboard. Many forms are designed to work with an iPod Touch.

https://sites.google.com/site/kernkelley/forms

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Group Projects - online all in one place

The user interface features a basic virtual corkboard-like space to which the students in a group can pin task cards that are arraanged in any way (i.e. "to do," "progress," and "completed"). See video... http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/09/trello-group-project-management-with.html

https://trello.com/

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How to Embed Videos into Microsoft Office Documents

A great way to use any Microsoft Office document and embed the video based on your needs.

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/08/how-to-embed-videos-into-microsoft.html

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Learning Games for Kids

Hundreds of games for learning in most subject areas!

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/

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Minecraft in all Subjects

Here's a lesson idea for each core subject area using the popular video game, Minecraft!

http://blog.k12.com/educational-technology-and-tools/transforming-way-we-learn-why-minecraft-amazing-learning-tool

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News - CNN Student News

This site provides 10-minute episodes featuring US stories, world news stories, "shout out" to a class, and a quick quiz. Transcripts for each show are available to download as well as questions for each story.

http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/

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News - Short News Lessons

Teaching Kids News features timely and relevant news stories written in student-friendly language. Each article is accompanied by a set of discussion questions, writing prompts, reading prompts, and vocabulary words.

http://teachingkidsnews.com/

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Pinterest

Most students are visual learners, and what better way to organize than to provide a visual representation of your classroom through photos? Sign up for free and save images in categories you create based on the organization of your classroom, such as housekeeping items (i.e. rules, policies), units, assignments, and helpful resources - the options are endless!
1. 4 ways to use Pinterest in Education
2. Pinterest 101 for Teachers
3. Pinterest Cheat Sheet
4. Example of a Teacher's Pinterest page

http://www.pinterest.com

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Projects VS. Project-Based Learning

A side-by-side comparison between doing a project and project-based learning...

http://www.friedtechnology.com/2012/11/whats-difference-between-doing-projects.html

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Projects vs. Project-Based Learning

http://www.friedtechnology.com/2012/11/whats-difference-between-doing-projects.html

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QR Codes

QR Codes are like barcodes on products that are scanned to reveal product info on that given item. Now anyone can make their own barcode, or what we now know as QR Codes.
1. Video... QR Codes explained
2. QR Code Generator... QR Treasure Hunt Generator, Snap Maze, tag my doc
3. App to download on mobile device... any phone, Adroids, iPhones
4. Slideshow... 45 Interesting Ways to Use QR Codes in the Classroom

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2012/04/qr-codes-explained-and-ideas-for.html

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Rubrics

Provide students with clear modeled expectations through the use of grading rubric. Make them free using this site!

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

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Scribblar

An interactive whiteboard with live audio, image collaboration, text-chat, and more! Great for students working on projects from home or the teacher demonstrating how to work through a problem and post on a website for all students to see!

http://www.scribblar.com/

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Student Accountability Program

A spreadsheet teachers can use to factor in grades, attendance, discipline, STAR, and extra-curricular activities, called the SAP Checklist, which is used to evaluate students' success on a holistic approach. (View spreadsheet and read how it's used.)

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/02/guest-post-student-accountability.html

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Teachers Pay Teachers

Sell your lesson plans, worksheets, or anything you've created for any classroom or topic on this website for a small fee taken out of the sale or pay an annual fee to reduce the commission the site receives. Or, visit this site to buy teacher-created materials for any subject, for any grade, for any student, and for any topic - prices average around a few dollars.

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/

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TeacherTube

It's YouTube for learning! Use these teacher-created videos to help supplement any classroom lesson, or upload your teacher-created videos to share with others!

http://www.teachertube.com

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TeachHUB.com - lesson plans and more!

A website just for teachers, including lesson plans that are searchable by grades.

http://www.teachhub.com/teaching-tools/pop-lesson-plans?grade=9-12

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Teaching Channel

A collection of videos of teachers demonstrating their best practices. Videos are categorized according to grade-level, subject, and topic.

https://www.teachingchannel.org/

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Teaching Supplies Classifieds

Buy/sell used teaching supplies.

https://secure.hootofloot.com

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Trading Card Creator

Create your own trading cards about characters in a novel, people of historical significance, or places you're studying in geography lessons. Fill in the fields, save to your computer, and email to yourself or a friend! (Available as an iPad App, too! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/trading-cards/id555742821?mt=8#).

http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/trading-card-creator-30056.html

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Twitter

Create an Twitter account just for your class or specific assignment! Use tweets to send helpful links related to your class or assignment, send reminders out to students, and even create a specific discussion groups using "hashtags." Learn more about how educators can effectively utilize Twitter in their classroom at http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=34291. (Also check out "100 of the Best Twitter Tools for Teachers by Category.")

http://twitter.com/

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Virtual Museum Box

This site provides the tools to build up an argument or description of an event, person, or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would students put in a box to describe themselves (any class), a character in a book (Language Arts), what items represent 90-degree angles (Math), the life of a Victorian servant (History), or parts of a cell (Science)?

http://museumbox.e2bn.org/index.php

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WallWisher

Make lists or post student responses on this virtual board for future reference in another lesson.

http://wallwisher.com/

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Wikispaces

1. 5 ways you can use Wikis
2. Wikispaces YouTube channel (learn how to use Wikispaces for your classroom!)
3. Wikispaces for education boot camp (learn how to use Wikispaces for your classroom!)
4. Almost everything you need to know about Wikispaces
5. Schedule project due dates in Wikispaces
6. Drag and drop file uploads in Wikispaces

http://wikispaces.com/

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100 Best Video Sites for Educators

40 Quick Ways to use Mobile Phones in the Classroom

5 Task Management Sites

Behavior Report

Cell Phones

Class Badges

Critical Thinking Explanation

Draw on Webpages

Edmodo

Educational Infographics

Essay Plagerism

Facebook

File-Type Converter

Gmail for Beginners

Google Earth Blog

Google Forms for Teachers & Admin

Group Projects - online all in one place

How to Embed Videos into Microsoft Office Documents

Learning Games for Kids

Minecraft in all Subjects

News - CNN Student News

News - Short News Lessons

Pinterest

Projects VS. Project-Based Learning

Projects vs. Project-Based Learning

QR Codes

Rubrics

Scribblar

Student Accountability Program

Teachers Pay Teachers

TeacherTube

TeachHUB.com - lesson plans and more!

Teaching Channel

Teaching Supplies Classifieds

Trading Card Creator

Twitter

Virtual Museum Box

WallWisher

Wikispaces