Using Technology
Sites to help you and your students use Web 2.0 Tools in the classroom.
| Flickr | Ideas, tips, and "toys" for using this excellent resource for all kinds of original graphics and photos. |
| Getting Graphics for Projects | Links to sites with free or shareware graphics for student projects. |
| Ideas for Using Digital Pictures | Grab your camera and check out ideas on ways to use digital images in the classroom. |
| Podcasting | Ideas and tips on how to use audio recording and broadcasting in the classroom. |
| Web Design Hints | The "dos and don't" of website design. Learn how to make clear, concise, informative webpages. |
| What is Web 2.0? | Brief explanation of the advent of "Web 2.0" -- the social interaction component of the Internet. |
Feel free to reproduce ANY of these tools for use in your class.
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Tips on using your SmartBoard, or any other technology tool in your classroom.
| 180 Technology Tips | A tip a day for the school year delivered to your inbox. Items are archived and indexed and cover a variety of topics. |
| Harvey's Homepage | Ready made lessons and a list of interactive sites for teaching math to use with the SmartBoard |
| Interactive Internet Resources | List of great sites to use with SmartBoards |
| Interactive Quiz Option | Math, geography, and language quizzes. Works with SmartBoards. |
| Interactive White Boards | Excellent ideas, discussions, and tips for using SmartBoards. |
| IWB Lessons | Excellent materials developed in the UK by educators. |
| Resource options for SmartBoards | Use the "Learning Resources" link for great interactive tools for use with the SmartBoard. |
| Teacher Led -- IWB Resources | Math, Language, and geography resources for SmartBoards. |
| Teachers Love SmartBoards | Teacher written blogs helping keep you up to date with SmartBoard items. |
| Using SmartBoards | Good source for already developed lessons for Interactive White Boards |
| Using Google Earth in the Math Curriculum | Portal for many great lessons using Google Earth in math. |