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Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/
Pinterest is a great way for teachers to collect and organize resources. You may view resources without creating an account but you will want to create an account and take advantage of the ability to "pin" resources and organize them. _____________________________________________________
Twitter - https://twitter.com/
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Books - 23,469 Classics to Go - ebooks and Audio Books Library
Free from App Store
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Free from App Store
Educreations turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Creating a great video tutorial is as simple as touching, tapping and talking. ______________________________________________________________
Grammaropolis
Free from iTunes App Store
Teach students the parts of speech in Schoolhouse Rock style. ______________________________________________________________
Haiku Deck Presentations, Slideshow, Charts, Graphs
Free from App StoreHaiku Deck is the simple way to create inspired presentations for teaching a lesson, telling a story, etc.____________________________________________________
Microsoft Remote Desktop
Free from App StoreConnect to a remote PC and work resources from almost anywhere. Will work well with the VPN.
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Poplet Lite
Create: graphic organizers, concept maps, storyboards, timelines, compare and contrast concepts, sequencing, showing steps in a math problem, outline for writing, vocabulary building, brainstorming notesThe "lite" version is free for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. It will only allow one popplet to be created at a time. However, students can save their popplets to the photo album on the device and then email it.
Popplet Lite Tutorial Video - YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0IfJGH1gQ____________________________________________________
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Skitch
Free from App Store
Use shapes, arrows, sketches and text annotation to get your point across fast. Mark up photos, screenshots, maps, and webpages then share them with anyone you like.
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Story MeFree from App Store
Summarizing content - Story Me is an app used to design personalized comic strips from your own iPad photos. Students can create framed collages with speech bubbles and captions. A filter is applied to make it look like a cartoon. Students can save pictures from the Internet to the iPad making it possible to tell a story on any topic.____________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________LearnZillion http://learnzillion.com/ LearnZillion provides video lessons, assessments, and progress reporting that focus on the Common Core standards for math and ELA for grades 3-9. To receive the full benefit, teachers will want to register for a free account or use a current Google username and password.
_____________________________________________________PhET Interactive Simulations https://phet.colorado.edu/
Grreat math and science simulations with a searchable database. Also included are contributions by teachers for activities, questions, homework assignments and more for many of the simulations. ____________________________________________________________
Region 13 Science Manipulatives (link)
These manipulatives in Chemistry, Earth Science, Life Science, Nature of Science and Physics are ready to print.
__________________________________________________________________Thinkfinity - http://www.thinkfinity.org/
Thinkfinity is awesome, free online professional learning community, with thousands of award-winning digital resources for K-12 — aligned to state standards and the common core. It has a search engine that allows the user to sort reseources by subject and grade level. You can also elect to search for resources aligned to the State Standards or TEKS.
_____________________________________________________from TCEA Websites & Web 2.0 Tools to Enhance Learning
Use the link below to access a great list of Websites and Web 2.0 tools that will work on the iPad and PC. This list was created by TCEA._____________________________________________WolframAlpha - Computational Knowledge http://www.wolframalpha.com/
WolframAlpha generates answers in real time. It provides users the actual answer, data, or information. Use it to compare and contrast two terms. It will generate visual aids, graphs, charts, and maps. WolframAlpha will also list the sources it uses to generate the answer. It is a great tool for all subject areas. Even Siri uses WolframAlpha to answer questions! Really!WolframAlpha YouTube Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rRGNS6z5bLY
______________________________________________________________________Wonderopolis - http://wonderopolis.org/
This site answers an intriguing question each day in the form of a nonfiction article with an accompanying video. Students are able to interact with the content. There is a check for understanding and a learning extension activity.
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Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org
Free App from App StoreKhan Academy gives you access videos to learn math, science, finance & economics, Humanities, test prep, etc. The free app allows videos to paly on an iPad/iPhone without needing access to You Tube.
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Mobento http://www.mobento.com/
The website includes more than 4,200 instructional videos arranged in 26 categories; most are about 10 minutes long. Free apps for iOS and Android devices allow users to search for, download, and watch videos on a mobile device, which works well for students with limited internet access at home.
The site’s main innovation is a search tool that lets you search for keywords mentioned in the videos. For example, if you search for “dinosaur” and “bones,” the search tool will show you a list of videos that mention these words. A color-coded bar graph under each search result tells you how frequently each keyword is mentioned within that particular clip. If you click on a search result, a timeline beneath the video shows exactly where in the clip each word is spoken, so you can skip immediately to the most relevant parts of the video.
___________________________________________________________NeoK12 http://www.neok12.com/
Educational Videos, Lessons and Games for K-12 School Kids. This site hosts the best educational videos and games in one convenient place. The site is reviewed and screened by teachers to ensure it is 100% kid safe.
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Qwiki
Free from App Store
With one tap, Qwiki automatically creates beautiful movies from the events captured on your iPhone or iPod touch - providing a rich and elegant way to share your life.________________________________________________________________
Science360 Free from App Store
This App from the National Science Foundation provides easy access to engaging science and engineering images and video from around the globe.
_______________________________________________________________Teaching Channel - https://www.teachingchannel.org
Teaching Channel houses a huge online video library of effective teaching practices. The library is designed to allow teachers to share ideas and inspiration on topics such as classroom management, high order questioning, positive reinforcements, etc.
View Pure http://viewpure.com
View Pure allows you to show You Tube videos without including the ads and comments that accompany You tube videos. You simply copy the You Tube web address and paste it into the ViewPure website.
_____________________________________________________WatchKnowLearn http://watchknowlearn.org/
Free educational videos for PK-12th for ELA, math, science, social studies, the arts, foreign languages, life skills, careers, physical education, test prep, and more. . These can be used by teachers and students. Users can search for videos by subject and age level. The videos have a 1-5 star rating system._____________________________________________________
