Creative Resources for Teachers!
Finding New Ways to Create in and Share from the Classroom!
Wonderful Websites!
MusicTheory.net
-MusicTheory.net- A website that allows students to explore and learn the foundations of music theory; students can customize their learning through digital lessons and completing game-like exercises.
Map Skip
-Map Skip- This website allows students to explore the world and other people's stories by clicking on an interactive map; they can also add their own stories for others to learn from.
Purpose Games
-Purpose Games- This is a website that allows teachers to customize games to match what they are teaching in the classroom; learning can be fun and also effectively reinforce material being learned by students.
If It Were My Home
-If It Were My Home- Students can explore what it would be like to live in a country other than their native one; they can observe different customs and practices.
Explore.org
-Explore.org- This live webcam provides video feed of animals living in different environments; it would be useful for learning about habitats and how animals interact with each other.
Chart Gizmo
-Chart Gizmo- Students can arrange data and graphs in a clear and appealing way using this online tool.
Lego Digital Designer
-Lego Digital Designer- Students can creatively build with Legos on the computer; this could be an awesome tool for teaching area, perimeter, and volume in math.
Questionaut
-Questionaut- In this game, a friend loses their hat and the student must answer questions about English, Math, and Science in order to help retrieve it; students will love navigating the fantasy world and exploring all of the interactions.
Classroom Architect
-Classroom Architect- Teachers can enter in the basic dimensions of their classroom and use this website to design potential arrangements for desks, bookshelves, and more.
Fluxtime
-Fluxtime- This is a website that enables teachers or students to create their own animations and share them with others.
Clayanimator
-Clayanimator- Students and teachers can use this website to create their own clay animation and stop motion videos.
Edutopia
-Edutopia- Teachers can use educational videos to enhance lessons and build on students' interests.
Teaching Channel
-Teaching Channel- This website includes videos that address instructional methods as well as new ideas for creating a warm and welcoming classroom climate.
TED Talks
-TED Talks- This website has countless videos that address any subject that the teacher or student may be interested in.
Tips for Classroom Management!
Classroom Management Tricks of the Trade: Handshake Q&A
This teacher asks student a question about the material they've been learning in class as a sort of "entrance assessment" and a way to greet them before class!
Classroom Management Tricks of the Trade: Quieting the Classroom
This teacher found that raising her voice did not help to quiet her class; she now uses different quieting techniques like counting down from ten or clapping!
Classroom Management Tricks of the Trade: Redirection
This teacher has mastered the art of redirection with their students and suggests it as a way to help students refocus their emotions and thoughts!
Classroom Management Tricks of the Trade: Sign Language
This teacher has taught his students to use sign language to ask questions; this has resulted in a more efficient classroom with less distractions!
Classroom Management Tricks of the Trade: Using a "Fishbowl" for Discussions
This teacher uses the "Fishbowl Technique" to help foster discussions between his students!
Using EDPuzzle!
As educators, we have to be wise with the precious and little time that we have in our classrooms! That means when we show video clips, we need to cut out pieces of extraneous video and make our instruction more "to the point!"
Here is the link to my concise EDPuzzle video: http://edpuzzle.com/#media/5286aaa8e096bf2e070000b3
Here is the link to my concise EDPuzzle video: http://edpuzzle.com/#media/5286aaa8e096bf2e070000b3