This is a social network for educators. It allows educators of all kinds to interact with and share ideas projects and sites they find useful. This site covers all topic in education.
This site offers links to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) apps for students to use on an iPad. Most of the apps seem for elementary or middle school student but high schoolers might also enjoy and be able to gain skills.
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Edutopia blogger Monica Burns presents a wealth of iPad apps to transform daily math lessons for elementary students. Even though this is geared to elementary students it gives some good suggestions that can be used to build a good base for an online high school math program.
This page offers links to 14 YouTube Channels that can be used for math. This is nice for building online math courses or just to post how to tutorials for brick and mortar students to use at home and when the teacher is not available. This a great tool.
This is a great resources for a teacher to use with the students. This could be done with a whole group or even used in small groups. The websites covers a variety of different subjects so the teacher can have the students focus on one area and they can go and explore in that area. Personally I think this would be a great resource to use if the students are even doing centers around the room. It gives the students the opportunity to have a hands on approach (through the computer) to what they are learning.
This is a YouTube short film by Eric Faden about copyright and fair use. He uses word clips from different movies to tell the story. This would be great to show students to open a discussion on copyright. It doesn't go in depth but gives a good overview.
Lesson plans and materials to help you teach about copyright and fair use. This is a great tool that be can be used as an entire unit or just uses pieces such as the videos. Some of the links are dead, but still a great resource, just check each link before using to see what needs augmented.
Basic information about copyright registration, recordation, statutory licenses, required fees, and other U.S. Copyright Office services. This has a mix of information there is information for persons seeking to copyright something but also information for using copyrighted materials. Great for when you want to hear it from the source, not someone else's interpretation of copyright.
Mathway is a site that will help you solve graph and provides work sheets for math from basic math through Calculus and Stats. This can be used as a help tool, or to reinforce what is learned in the classroom. The entire site is not open for the general public and upgrade is required to access the entire site including step by step solutions to problems entered.
This is an article written by Miles Kimball and Noah Smith. It is about the myth of "Math People" and our perception that some people just cannot learn math. It is a great resource to keep in mind when trying to battle the misconception that someone is just not good at math.
This site shares a video to help create Google Forms as well as links to other Google Forms tips. Google Form is a great way to take surveys, give quizzes and any task involving collecting of data.
This article by Alice Keeler gives tips on how to use Google Classroom to differentiate your assignments. It points out different ways to offer students choices that better fit their learning styles. This is a great article for building online classes no matter which classroom platform you are using.
This is a great article by Alice Keeler in which she introduces Google Classroom and what Google Classroom has to offer. This is great to read if trying to pick an online learning platform or if you are starting to use google classroom.
This article by Katrina Schwartz discusses the difference between using technology to use technology and using technology to enhance learning. The article talks about how we need to do more then just substitute technology in place of another assignment. It also discusses the role of the tech coach and administrators in professional development of use of technology in the classroom.
This article by Katie Lepi gives different uses for Lego's when teaching math. This would be great for manipulative learning. I think this is geared for elementary and middle school, but could be used in the lower levels of high school math.
This article by Terry Heick offers questions we should ask our students to get them to respond to new ideas. This is great for all subjects, the first couple questions are about connecting the new ideas to what the students already know. This works great for the math classroom which is constantly building off previously learned skills.
This link provides 10 Google Drive templates. Creating documents and spreadsheets from scratch can be very time consuming. This site templates for classroom management from grade book to rubric, lesson planning, and classroom publications such as syllabus and newsletters.
These podcast are examples of how one might use them in a math classroom. One is for relaying information that will be on a test and the other is for helping students review learned material.