Resources for Teachers
Professional Development
1. Teaching Channel
The Teaching Channel is a site that contains blogs, Q&A sections as well as newsletters for educators across the United States. The overall mission of this website is to "revolutionize how teachers learn, connect, and inspire each other to improve the outcomes for all K-12 students across America".
2. Edutopia
Edutopia is a website that was founded by George Lucas in order to prepare students to thrive in whatever they do in their adult lives such in regards to their education as well as their career path. There are also resources for the Common Core Standards. This website is a great resource that allows you to browse through all grade levels which can be very helpful when planning a lesson.
3. Surf the Net with Kids
Surf the Net with Kids is a great resource for parents, kids, teens, grandparents, teachers and librarians! What makes this site so great? It is full of educational activities that all families and students can enjoy!
4. Web 2.0/ 21st Century Tools
Web 2.0/ 21st Century Tools is another great website that educators can use for various activities in the classroom! There are many links for digital storytelling and art, charts/graphs, photo editing, and presentations/ slideshows.
5. Web 2.0: Cool Tools For Schools
Web 2.0: Cool Tools For Schools is another awesome resource that is based around technological tools for the classroom. There are many links for research, presentation, video, music, writing tools and much much more! Very useful for educators!
6. Shmoop
Shmoop is full of study tools for students and also other resources for teachers such as the Common Core Standards and also the ACT and SAT. This site is definitely geared more towards the upper grade levels but still very helpful and overall a great resource!
7. Remind 101
Remind 101 is another great resource for teachers. It is a text messaging system that is private and easy to use. Students and their parents sign up by sending either a text message or email to the number that has been created for you class! It's a great way to communicate with students and their families about important announcements and things going on in your class while still protecting your privacy.
8. Kid Rex
Kid Rex is all about kids! The purpose of this website is to create a safe search engine for kids. How do you know it's safe? It was created by kids!
9. Prezi
Prezi is definitely one of my favorite resources! It's very interactive and a great alternative for the boring old powerpoint. It's also a great source for students to create projects with. Definitely a must-see!
10. Tagul
Tagul is a very fun website because it creates word clouds! Who doesn't love word clouds? It's another interactive activity for students and also allows them to be unique and create a word cloud about themselves. The word cloud can also be used in the classroom as a fun and creative way for each student to introduce themselves to the rest of the class! Another must-see!
EdPuzzle
EdPuzzle is a great way to make any type of lesson interactive and fun for students! You create videos over a lesson (for example, multiplication) and you can add your voice and also incorporate quizzes to check for understanding during the video. I really enjoyed making an EdPuzzle!
Thing Link How-to Video
Scratch Beginners Tutorial 1: First Project
Wordle tutorial
Meograph how-to video
Meograph
Meograph is one of my favorite resources! It allows you to create your own interactive lesson that tells a story. It is also a great resource for students to create projects with.
ThingLink
ThingLink is another resource that allows lessons to become very interactive in the classroom! I have personally used ThingLink to creative an interactive lesson over the water cycle.
Scratch
Scratch is one resource that I have really enjoyed using! It's a very unique website that allows you to create your own interactive stories, games and animations. Scratch is a great program that really helps young people think creatively , reason systematically and also be able to work collaboratively. All of these are essential skills in the 21st century.
About Me
My name is Taylor Eads and I am currently a student at Kansas State University studying Elementary Education with a concentration in Special Education.
Website: tjeads.info