Sharing Online Resources
I have my weekly spelling words on this site. My
students love to play hang mouse. Many play it at home to study their
words.
Prezi is almost like an animated power point presentation.
Students will have fun with the numerous options for visual effects while
learning information at the same time.
This lesson plan involves analyzing political cartoons. The
website includes standards, resources, preparation, an instructional plan, as
well as related resources. Students learn to evaluate political cartoons for
their meaning, message, and persuasiveness. After they have gone through and
analyzes several examples, students can then create their own cartoon using the
comic creator which requires no previous artistic ability!
The comic creator can be used for just about any other
lesson plan as well.
This would be fantastic for a class planning on going on a
close-up trip to Washington,
D.C. Give students a list of
questions dealing with famous landmarks in the nation's capital. Students will
have to search through the website to find the answers. While looking they will
read all sorts of interesting information about the history of the city as well
as the nation.
This website allows students to create their own "farcebook"
page. Students may create a fake facebook page for any person throughout
history. I have used this project in my classroom before on presidents and the
roaring '20s era. The site does cost money so I had students fill out a paper
copy. On the website, George Washington is available to click on to see an
example. Students are interested in facebook and they like how they can make up
friends or conversations that may have happened back in time.
Kidsvid allows for students to use video production for
project based learning. This website gives you advice on scripting, making the
video, editing the clips and then presenting the final piece. Students can then
send their videos to this website and anyone can then view it.
This is an excellent way to keep the students more organized
and accountable for their work and deadlines. It is a teacher managed calendar
that the students can use to see assignments and other things associated with
the class. This is a good way to promote online communication between the
teacher and student and collaboration with the students.
I currently use this website for the physical education
setting. I’ve used it since college and it includes many great lessons,
activities and assessment tools.
The following is a webquest that is easily walked through by
the student, but also is comprehensive. As a Special Education teacher we need
to assist students with transition needs, essentially what it takes to move into
adulthood successfully. Students often
have a grandiose view of what their career path will be and going to college
without any realistic information about what it takes to achieve their goals. In the past I have had goals for students to
do college and career exploration without good resources for them to do so.
Another area of transition that students have needs in is
budgeting. They are often unrealistic
about how much money they will make and how that correlates with the lifestyle
that they want to live. Budgeting
exercises are important to promote understanding of what it takes to live the desired
lifestyle. The following website has
numerous lessons that work on this area of need.
This website gives teachers and service providers an
outstanding format for understanding mapping.
There are sections for the facilitator and the learner. There are numerous organizational worksheets
for the facilitators and the learners.
These can easily be used with students to help them identify resources
and services they may have need of now or in the future.
This site is for teachers to understand the framework of
Community Assest (resource) Mapping.
Project based approach to mapping.
Lesson plan on identifying community resources along with
multiple other lessons designed specifically for special education needs.
I create free accounts for all my students and they login
throughout the semester to do pre-tests, post-tests, and formative activities
such as quizzes, and games. It does cost $49.00 for a one-year subscription,
but it is so worth it!!! I have been using this tool for many years and here is
my personal Quia page:
PTSA, my foreign language department or even school district
would pay for the subscription every year.
An excellent tool that I use to assign homework and
sometimes classwork. I can use the vocabulary that is already listed there for
French and Spanish textbooks, or create my own lists. It is awesome tool for
practicing verbs, vocabulary and grammar!!
Here, you can create Curriculum Based Projects for Classes,
Groups, Teams, or Individual students!! You can work with students in a
classroom or through remote instruction using this multimedia platform – a
community system for sharing is prepared where student‘s work is stored and
available at any time. You can create projects with templates and instructional
guidelines and assign them to the students. In addition, you can give feedback
throughout the assignment, and assess their finished work.
If you want to provide millions of flashcards to your
students, use this!! You can use the many that are already prepared, or create
your own!!! Students love this and you will be amazed that Quizlet is the
largest flash cards and study games website with over 12 million free sets of
flashcards covering every possible subject. It's amazing to play educational
games, memorize vocabulary and study online.
I have used this in my Spanish and French classes for years!
This site includes videos and activities to teach/reinforce foreign language
study. My students in Spanish loved the “Mi Vida Loca” series which is like a
mystery series which takes the students on a virtual tour of Spain!! I love this and my students
would beg to do this after they took their quizzes on Fridays. I would give my
students a headset with a microphone and they could “go” to Spain and practice activities from
paying a cab driver or buying train or subway tickets by clicking and dragging
the currency to “pay”.
This is a voice-based e-learning tool used by
educators all over the world. The talk-groups help students develop their
speaking skills and it’s like a message board, but with voice rather than text.
Students and teachers can interact from home or opposite sides of the planet
free of charge! It’s perfect for having students “voice” their comments in a
foreign language.
