Links to Teacher Resources

 

• School Rack--Easily create a teacher webpage

• http://www.picsearch.com/--(Allows children to search for pictures safely, all offensive material is filtered out. )

•  http://zamzar.com/--(Free online file conversion)

• http://www.teachertube.com/-- (An alternative site to You Tube)

• http://www.portaportal.com/index.php--(Create your own portaportal account, or sign in as a guest under the username sites4teachers)

• http://www.freerice.com/ —For each question answered correctly this site donates 10 grains of rice through the UN World Food Program to help end hunger.

• http://allaboutexplorers.com/index.html—This site is for Elementary age students and is used to demonstrate finding errors on a website. It teaches students that just because it’s out there, doesn’t mean it is useful information.

• http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/—Free to educators, the CyberSmart! Student Curriculum empowers students to use the Internet safely, responsibly, and effectively.  

• How Products Are Made- Discover background information and inventor biographies

• ShareTabs- Allows you to create up to 15 URL links as a web page to share with others. The web pages can be viewed via screenshots or tabs.

• Wordle- Create word clouds from text that you provide

• Webspiration- is the free online version of Inspiration. You can map out ideas, create outlines, and even collaborate with others. Great for visual thinking.

• Internet Safety- FBI internet safety site for students, teachers, parents, and principals.

• Web 2.0 Cool Tools for Schools- Quiz and poll tools, presentation tools, writing tools, and more!

• Typing Tutorial- Beginners typing exercises.

SMART Board Links

•  SMART Board: Notebook Software Lesson Activities

•  Scholastic SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard Lesson

• SMART Exchange