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This document includes websites, apps, and extensions that can be used in the classroom.
Topic: Classroom Web2.0 | |||
Resource | Thoughts, Ideas, Reviews | Lesson Plan Ideas | Best w/ 1:1? |
Formative Assessment + more Formative Assessment tools | |||
Quick, formative assessment about how our presentation is going! Ideas to Use | No | ||
Time based scored trivia challenge - Ideas to use | Yes | ||
Time based scored trivia challenge - student driven instead of teacher | Yes | ||
Student response/formative assessment system - Review | Yes | ||
Audience response system - Review | Yes | ||
Collect/Organize media and resources - Ideas to Use | Yes | ||
Collect/Organize thoughts and feedback - Ideas to Use | Yes | ||
Interactive group work/assessments - Ideas to Use - Article | Yes | ||
Create different types of quizzes - Review | Yes | ||
Backchannel and discussion/chat groups - Review | Yes | ||
Create engaging lesson plan resources for your classroom - Review | No | ||
Online test/quiz creator | Yes | ||
Creation Projects | |||
Creating a word cloud Ideas to Use | No | ||
Creating a word cloud 101 Ways to Use Tagxedo | No | ||
Creating a word cloud with Chromebooks | No | ||
Creating a word cloud with Chromebooks (Google Doc Add-on) | No | ||
30 Sec videos - Ideas | Yes | ||
Animated Avatars - 4 Ideas | Yes | ||
Make your pictures talk | Yes | ||
Creating Timelines Ideas to Use | Yes | ||
Create “breaking news” Memes for the classroom | No | ||
Create interactive multimedia timelines | |||
Presentation Platforms | |||
Create “whiteboard” talks Ideas to Use | No | ||
Presentation platform - Ideas to Use | No | ||
Presentation platform - Ideas to Use | No | ||
Flyer/Poster creator | No | ||
Interactive posters - How to use | Yes | ||
Simple Website Creation - create site for every Unit | No | ||
Online canvas for creating and collaborating on presentations | Yes | ||
Flip Your Class | |||
Screencasting - Ideas to Use | Yes | ||
Screencasting (works on Chromebooks) | Yes | ||
Present any documents with help of video (great for Chromebooks) | No | ||
Turning YouTube into your classroom Ideas to Use | Yes | ||
Creating video lessons Ideas to Use | Yes | ||
Combines multimedia storytelling tool with a powerful quiz/poll editor. | Yes | ||
Interactive video tools and ready-to-use video lessons to engage learners. | Yes | ||
Create your own interactive course | Yes | ||
Creating video lessons | Yes | ||
Create your own TedTalks Lessons | Yes | ||
Platform where teachers and students can collect, annotate, poll and share digital resources | No | ||
Communication platform that lets teachers create interactive assessments and presentations that students can follow along on their devices. | |||
Multimedia interactive lesson creation, sharing, assessing tool with teacher analytics. | |||
YouTube | 100 hrs uploaded every minute -- Recommended Subscriptions & Tools | ||
Infographics | |||
Infographics - Review | No | ||
Infographics - 20 Uses
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MORE | |||
Topic: Social Studies - Already Made Lesson Plans | |
Resource | Lesson Plan Ideas |
Topic: Primary Document/Disciplinary Literacy | ||
Resource | Lesson Plan Ideas | |
Collection of speeches (both text and audio) | ||
Collection of primary documents for the Great Lakes Region | ||
Collection of famous speeches | ||
Collection of primary sources | ||
How to use primary sources in the classroom | ||
Teaching History - Primary Sources | Collection of best practices using primary documents | |
Help students with the vocab of historical documents | ||
National Archives Searchable database | ||
Collections of thematic pictures | ||
Collection of primary docs based on different eras of U.S. History | ||
Collections of primary docs based on different wars | ||
Collections of LOC docs on themes | ||
100 Milestone US documents | ||
Resources for teaching U.S. History | ||
Collection of primary documents | ||
Audio files from the LOC | ||
Sorted collection of digital resources for U.S. History | ||
Online collection of resources by theme (Western Civ) | ||
Collection of image archives | ||
Collection of teacher made US History DBQs | ||
EQs for US History | ||
Topic: GAFE + Interesting Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom | ||
Resource | Example of Use | Lesson Plan Ideas |
Find out the major themes of a website | ||
Shorten URL or create QR code for sites | ||
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Topic: U.S History | ||
Resource | What it is | Lesson Plan Ideas |
Art Museum, History and World Wonders | ||
Audio files from the LOC | ||
Sorted collection of digital resources for U.S. History | ||
Resources and lessons for teaching colonial U.S. History | ||
This day in history with content and lesson plans | ||
Collection of primary documents | ||
Information and data on the Atlantic Slave Trade | ||
Collection of History speeches | ||
Use The Ways and Wisconsin Biographies | ||
Digital Public Library of America | ||
Timelines, Topics, and History in a Minute | ||
UCLA starting to collect U.S. History Lessons (i.e. World) | ||
PBS Webinar series from related texts | ||
A review of U.S. History by era with context | ||
Open source history text | ||
Using art to teach U.S. History | ||
Resources for teaching U.S. History | ||
Annenberg video series | ||
Online US History survey course | ||
Series of PBS videos teaching US History to kids | ||
Connecting American history and literature to make good citizens | ||
Mapping the end of slavery in the US | ||
Using maps to study history | ||
Topic: Geography | |||
Resource | Thoughts, Ideas, Reviews | Lesson Plan Ideas | Best w/ 1:1? |
- Things I didn’t know about Earth Pro HERE - Some cool examples HERE | No | ||
No | |||
Interactive tours of the world wonders | No | ||
Get great data from Google Maps | No | ||
Yes | |||
Yes | |||
Yes | |||
Yes | |||
Yes | |||
Yes | |||
Click a country to get more information | Yes | ||
Best Google Maps each day | No | ||
Interactive maps review/quizzes | Yes | ||
Examples of using maps to show different concepts | No | ||
No | |||
Yes | |||
A list of all fact and figures for each country according to the CIA | No | ||
Turn maps into printable images - Review | No | ||
No | |||
Information on all 50 states | No | ||
Using maps to study history | Yes | ||
Use Google Earth to create a virtual field trip | No | ||
Compare the true size of different countries | No | ||
Use Google map satellite images to send a message | No | ||
The historical map collection has over 70,000 maps and images online. | No | ||
Google Plus “Geography” Communities, Delicious (Google Maps) Bookmarks | |||
Topic: Political Science/Civics | |||
Resource | Thoughts, Ideas, Reviews | Lesson Plan Ideas | Best w/ 1:1? |
Game based learning Ideas of Use | Yes | ||
Interactive lessons and resources | No | ||
Yes | |||
Current events related to different parts of the world | No | ||
Searchable collection of correspondence and other writings of the Founding Fathers | No | ||
No | |||
Resources for teaching about the federal budget | No | ||
No | |||
No | |||
Resources about the presidents | No | ||
Gives info on bills in Congress - Review | Yes | ||
Teaching US Gov’t to different grade levels | Yes | ||
Comparative gov’t resources | No | ||
Collection of political ads. Also, students can create their own | Yes | ||
Online candidate match application | Yes | ||
Puts students in charge of balancing the federal budget | Yes | ||
Hear how opposing views see the Constitution | |||
The Newseum collection of resources about elections. | |||
Topic: Economics | |||
Resource | Thoughts, Ideas, Reviews | Lesson Plan Ideas | Best w/ 1:1? |
Searchable lesson plans - Review | No | ||
Lesson plans and interactive resources | No | ||
Searchable lesson plans based on Personal Finance | No | ||
Free games to teach economics | Yes | ||
Free lesson plans (listed on the left) and Chocapocalypse?! | No | ||
No | |||
Yes | |||
FTC site teaches kids to decode ads. Review | |||
Google Plus “Geography” Communities Delicious (Social Bookmarking) Economics, Delicious.com Personal Finance Bookmarks | |||
Topic: Professional Development | ||
Resource | Thoughts, Ideas, Reviews | Thoughts/Suggestions |
PLN | ||
YouTube | ||
Follow Blogs Feedly | World History Educators Blog, World History Blog, US History Teachers Blog, Infoplease Day in History, History News Network, History Tech, The History 2.0, Free Technology for Teachers | |
NEA Thoughts (more resources at bottom) | ||
#sschat #tlap #sstlap #wiedu #wissia #wischat | ||
Topic: Literacy + more Literacy tools | ||
Resource | Thoughts, Ideas, Reviews | Thoughts/Ideas |
Breaks down text with line-by-line annotations, added and edited by anyone in the world. An interactive guide to human culture. | ||
Document rich lessons | ||
One of the top social studies resources in multiple categories | ||
Close reading planning page | ||
GAFE presentation using Chrome to support struggling readers/ELLs | ||
Combines the world’s smartest dictiona | ||
Offers over 50,000 free ebooks: choose free epub books, free kindle books, download, or read online. | ||
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