Deborah Sturgeon

On edutopia there is an article about how technology is helping students learn better.  It is a good article that gives some great advice on integrating technology in the classroom.  Please click on the link to view this article.

http://www.edutopia.org/nuuanu

I found a terrific site that gives all kinds of advice for teachers with limited technology in the classroom.  It provides some useful ideas on how to include technology you may have (IE: computer) and make the best of your limitations.   It breaks advice and ideas into grade levels so you know it will be age appropriate.  It has lists of great websites for teaching, list of activities and other great resources.  I will definitely use this site as much as I can.

http://www.classroomtech.org/intermediatesites.htm

This website below gives some practical advice on learning the importance of incorporating technology in the classroom.  It also gives a nice overview of the National Technology Standards.  It offers lots of FREE resources and some you can purchase thru their online catalog

http://www.teach-nology.com/tutorials/techinclass/

 I enjoyed this teacher’s class website.   It is so well organized and would be great to get ideas from as I create my own website.  I also liked that it helps to promote children’s creative work.  I’m sure the children are thrilled to see their work displayed and a great way to motivate them and share their work with family and friends.

http://www.geocities.com/mirmt1/index2.html

This is a nice resource to learn more about organization that are working on creating and providing ways to integrate technology in the classroom.  One section is called “celebrating teachers” and it provides links to grants, contests and awards for teachers.

http://www.teacherscount.org/teacher/best/best-oct04.shtml

I found a great site that has cross curriculum games.  The site is easy to search by grade level and subjects. The games found on this are fun and most can be done in  quick amount of time.  Good for time fillers or independent work in a classroom.

http://www.geocities.com/EnchantedForest/8112/learning.html

I discovered a website that provides free technology resources for teachers.  It has many links to companies that offer various free resources to educators.  I love the fact this information is on one site and cuts the time I would search for things like these.  

http://freetech4teachers.blogspot.com/

Here is a site that allows you to download music free and either share or embed in a website.  It could be useful in a classroom if your creating a website or you can use it in Podcasts

http://video.outshouts.com/

Squigley’s playhouse is a website that offers many different interactive games that are educational too!  I particularly liked the math games and the typing practive games.  These educational games are a great way to get kids out from in from of the T.V or video games.  They are disguised as FUN, which means they won’t even know they are learining something.

http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/Games/LearningWord.html

Here is a website called “Between the lines” that offers alot for parents & teachers.  There are games, articles on education and videos to name a few. I liked the game “Trampolin” that has kids learning to spell.

 http://pbskids.org/lions/games/

 This is an art site that is interactive and helps with kids look at art in new & different ways.  Even though I am not an art teacher, I still think art appreciation is important and this site provides this..

http://smartmuseum.uchicago.edu/smartkids/home.html

 Ask Dr. Science is a great site that allows children to submit questions.  It also has a “question of the day” where it answers a question someone has submitted.  Teachers can have the daily question emailed to them and it could be included in ones classroom.  There is not much to this website, but the questions are good and it stresses the importance to never stop asking questions!

http://www.drscience.com/

This is an interactive website that has daily challenging math questions that a teacher could use as journal time or to start off their daily math lesson.

http://www.eduplace.com/math/brain/34-059.html

Starfall is a site that offers books online that also include sound to them.  I noticed most of the books are for beginners or those struggling readers.  They are colorful and interesting.  It would be a great alternative to reading a traditional book.  I think it would also be a good motivator for those reluctant readers.

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-c/index/play.htm?f

This is a great International site called Kidsworld.  It is very interactive where kids can create stories, write letters to  “Dear Ashley”, play games or read the “joke of the day”.  It is very cultural.

http://www.bconnex.net/~kidworld/

Love this!  It is a virtual lemonade stand that allows kids to run their own lemonade stand.  they control everything except the weather!  They can earn money, change it and make more money..well virtually…go there now and let you child try it

http://www.bconnex.net/~kidworld/java/lemonade/lemonade.htm

Walt Disney quote that I feel applies to teaching.  Please click on link below to hear Podcast:

walt-disney-quote

I found this video on “Teacher Tube” and it is a video that teaches the three main types of sentences in a humorous, but educational way.  This would be a nice opening to a lessen on the period, question mark and exclamation marks and how to use them in a sentence.  I think by presenting this in this way-less mistakes will occur in students writing.   See Below

 http://www.teachertube.com/view_video.php?viewkey=c5f9a929c7c3a3cb6039

Here is a website with many “drill and practice” quizzes.  This is a great source to evaluate where your students are and if re-teaching a concept is necessary.  

http://www.getsmarter.org/index.cfm

Love teacher tube.  It has educational videos as well as entertaining.  Some have both of these elements in one!  I thought the musical ones were particulary fun.  View some of the math raps.  They are pretty entertaining and actually teaches something.

http://www.teachertube.com/

I found a great Blog about using technology in the classroom. It gives some great sites and some querky ones too! http://integratingtechnology.edublogs.org/ This is one worth looking at!

I found a Blog from Larry Ferlazzo that is terrific!  It provides lots of great ideas for teaching and links to some helpful sites.  This could be a helpful blog for any educator who is teaching any level.  Please click on

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/

I found a blog that has a lot of 21st century learning links.  Some of the links give educators advice on how to teach in the most effective way for todays children.  I really enjoyed this blog and she also combined her interests and hobby’s with her career as an educator.  

http://lgwilliams.edublogs.org/

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