Philip Cummings's Library tagged resources →  View Popular, Search in Google

"The Open Clipart Library (OCAL) is the Largest Collaboration Community that creates, shares and remixes clipart. All clipart is released to the public domain and may be used in any project for free and with no restrictions."

@dougpete clipart graphics opensource design creativecommons svg Resources open inretrocite

A team of teachers from a school outside of Birmingham, Alabama attended, looking specifically for ways that they could better integrate iPads into their classrooms.

ipad resources edtech @plugusin edu

"It has been shown that there is a direct correlation between good fluency and silent reading comprehension. Here are some ways to incorporate fluency practice into your classroom "

fluency ideas teaching resources planning unit activities plans lesson plans lesson @edutechsmith

(Alternatives to Book Reports and Formal Papers)

http edu resources alternatives pdf book

Book Circles: Organizing Trade Books and YA 
Literature in Secondary Classrooms 

http resources book circles pdf edu

"EarthCam, Inc. is the global leader in providing webcam content, technology and services. Founded in 1996, the company’s expertise includes delivering millions of images daily and developing technology to manage camera networks worldwide."

webcams cams travel maps resources Toolbar Bookmarks technology @wterral

"A great site for more than just English teachers. The tools are easy to use and logically constructed. You can copy/paste from documents you have already created." 

activities generator exercises tools english worksheets grammar resources @wterral

Fresh from the Digital Media & Learning conference in San Francisco are two new web resources, Connected Learning and the Connected Learning Research Network. The work is centered around three learning principles and three design principles

connected learning resources infographic @mcleod

We're the super sonic, thrifty, all-in-one picture finder, re-sizer and attribution builder for bloggers. A lean, scrappy, bootstrapping web start-up, we're located in the small town of Dayton, Tennessee.

photos creativecommons resources wylio blog blogging tools Web2.0 pics pictures @wfryer

"These are some of the daily writing prompts that I use in class. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions please let me know. Other stuff I'm working on is over here."

writing prompts literacy english storytelling education language arts resources inretrocite

The Foundation and Center for Critical Thinking aim to improve education in colleges, universities and primary through secondary schools. We present publications, conferences, workshops and professional development programs, emphasizing instructional strategies, Socratic questioning, critical reading and writing, higher order thinking, assessment, research, quality enhancement, and competency standards.

criticalthinking education thinking teaching critical critical_thinking resources learning @dougpete

(via @rmbyrne) "Teaching Channel is a collection of videos of teachers demonstrating their best practices. The videos are categorized according to grade level, subject, and topic. You will find examples of classroom management techniques and examples of teachers carrying out their best lesson plans. The lesson plan videos are accompanied by documents  detailing the lessons. The classroom management videos are accompanied by tip sheets."

teaching resources lessons teachingchannel core channel lesson education @rmbyrne

(via @cindybrock) "An online library of free videos for learners everywhere - our goal is to gather a set of resources to help you learn just about anything, meet people who make a difference in their communities, and even discover new parts of the world. Next Vista for Learning wants to post your educational videos online, too. Everyone has an insight to share and yours may be just what some student or teacher somewhere needs!"

education web2.0 technology media collaboration creativecommons resources tools @cindybrock

Here are my choices for The Best Websites About Martin Luther King (not in order of preference):

MartinLutherKing history mlk civilrights websites blackhistory resources socialstudies @larryferlazzo

"CiteThisForMe is a free generator tool designed to help students prepare their whole bibliography or reference list quickly and easily. It uses the Harvard referencing style, one of the most common referencing styles in academia."

citation generator citethisforme research Harvard workscited resources reference

pbl wkip resources project based learning @dougpete

"The exhibition Voices of Civil Rights documents events during the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. This exhibition draws from the thousands of personal stories, oral histories, and photographs collected by the "Voices of Civil Rights" project, a collaborative effort of AARP, the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR), and the Library of Congress, and marks the arrival of these materials in the Library's collection."

civilrights LOC voices exhibit Civil_Rights rights civil resources

in list: Civil Rights

'Before the Boycott: Riding the Bus is intended to bring to life a small aspect of Jim Crow laws for students, specifically the bus conditions that caused Rosa Parks to make her heroic stand on December 1, 1955."

elearning Civil_Rights civilrights rights civil NCRM resources teacher resources teacher 2011 boycott beforetheboycott.com

in list: Civil Rights

"Here you will find links to e-Learning activities, the NCRM Teacher’s Curriculum Guide, worksheets, primary source analysis guides, scavenger hunts, and much more."

2011 teacher teacher resources resources NCRM civil rights civilrights socialjustice

in list: Civil Rights

"Reading Ron Ritchhart’s latest book (co-authored by Karin Morrison and Mark Church)  ‘Making Thinking Visible’ on a recent flight, I made many connections and was reminded yet again of his powerful influence on my approach to teaching and learning."

thinking visiblethinking visible education resources PZ inretrocite @whatedsaid

in list: Visible Thinking