Tools for the Classroom

Excellent and comprehensive list of top websites for teachers current as of June 2013.  

This is a guide to creating a MOOC for anyone interested but particularly targeting academics

Check out the resources on this site

Some very helpful resources in this group.

This is a FREE course and designed especially for the K12 educator.  Please sign up by March 17, 2013.

This is a great list coming from EdShelf, an excellent resource for teachers.

http://edshelf.com/

Here are more than 300 Twitter feeds on education for all levels of educators

Great list just updated on October 15, 2012

Great list of education sites. This is all you really need!

With the advance of web 2.0 technologies, there emerged a wide range of educational tools that we can use with our students in and outside the classroom.Collaborative web tools is one example. Using such websites, teachers  will be able to help in holding  online and real-time discussions with their  students, help them in their projects and assignments, guide their learning, do backchanneling, and synchronously moderate discussion threads and many more.

Great resources from the New York Times that all teachers can use

Excellent resources and great competition for students to get them involved in the Presidential election.  Have your students use their cell phone cameras to enter and make their voices heard.

This is a list of the 13 top tools for teachers.  Each list has even more information.  Great resource!

Search is one of the most important skills that students can have. If they know how to search, they are empowered to find whatever they need.

This toolkit is from Common Sense Media.  You will need to register to get it.

Great resources for teachers

Great tools for the English or social studies classroom showing kids the power of democracy.  It will help them get connected to the Presidential election

Another useful resource for teachers. Wow, so many resources, so little time.

This is a great list for teachers and for parents especially elementary parents.  Everyone likes a story

This is a great presentation that teachers can use in class or share with their colleagues. 

These are great lesson journalism plans developed for all grades K to 12 in most subject areas. 

Some  of the principal benefits of these networks is that they help you grow professionally and expand your knowledge base to include new ideas and concepts.

Information graphics which are the visual representation of data known as infogographics are making rounds online these days. It seems like web users are favoring this form of content format over other forms. Their  visually attractive display, the bright and shiny colors they  include are what make out of them an appealing means of communication.

It is a fact universally acknowledged that Internet has  radically changed the way we perceived of the world. Reality has been supplanted by virtual reality and geographical borders have dissolved to give birth to a highly inter-wired world where the information travels both poles in a matter of a click. This drastic change brought about by Internet has touched upon every facet of our life and most important of all on education.

Some good tips

John McManus has written this book about techniques and strategies for detecting fraudulent websites and information on the web. A good read, for teachers and students alike. At the site you can sample the book, but a download or print version requires payment.

The Newseum, a fabulous museum in Washington, DC dedicated to journalism and the history of news, offers videos and lesson plans for your classroom. The site is now in its beta form, with a public launch coming soon.

The JEA provides lesson plans submitted by its members, vetted by journalists and teachers, and ready to use in your English or Journalism classes.

Open educational resources (OER) are learning materials created by reputable organizations that are freely available for use, remixing and redistribution. For more information, click here

A Lesson Plan to introduce OER's to your classroom List of top OER websites
Even more OER websites
Cape Town Open Education Declaration

 If you are going to use the web for research, don't be duped by what you find out there. Learn five criteria for evalution information on the web.

The goal of DOGO News is to provide a fun, safe and interactive environment for children to read and learn about real world news. Our news articles, are short, simple and include photos/videos in order to keep children focused and interested. We also augment our content with an integrated dictionary for challenging words and maps for geographical context.

SchoolNewspapersonline.com can help schools create simple, inexpensive digital publications.

Each day TeenTribune posts the most compelling, relevant and interesting news for teens and tweens. Stories are selected by teens and tweens working closely with professional journalists. Teens and tweens can comment upon these stories. They can also submit their own stories and photos.

A long list of free tools that can help you with technology implementation in the classroom.

You can use this presentation in your classes

Video Tutorials on How to Use Google Docs in the Classroom