Websites - lessonplans, educational gamesites

Math:

Science:


Health:

English and Writing:

Text-to-Speech

http://www.naturalreaders.com/

Free NaturalReader 7 (personal and professional versions are not free).

“NaturalReader is a Text to Speech software with natural sounding voices. This easy to use software can convert any written text such as MS Word, Webpage, PDF files, and Emails into spoken words. NaturalReader can also convert any written text into audio files such as MP3 or WAV for your CD player or iPod.”

Creativity

http://www.smilebox.com/

Make ecards, postcards, slide shows, scrapbooks, photo albums.


Social Networking

  • http://twitter.com/ This is a site promoting social networking and micro-blogging (140 characters). Available languages: English and Japanese.

Classroom Management Systems

Drawing

http://www.google.com/sketchup/downloads/

Skletch Up 6-create, modify, share 3D models.

Podcasting

http://www.masterymaze.com/

Podcasts for exam review that can be downloaded! U.S. and World History, Science, English/Language Arts, etc.

Screencasting

  • http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ “Screencast-O-Matic is the free and easy way to create a video recording of your screen (aka screencast) and upload it for free hosting all from your browser with no install!”

  • http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ “Wink is a Tutorial and Presentation creation software, primarily aimed at creating tutorials on how to use software (like a tutor for MS-Word/Excel etc). Using Wink you can capture screenshots, add explanations boxes, buttons, titles etc and generate a highly effective tutorial for your users.”

Paper generator

http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/

Graph paper, lined paper, Cornell music paper and more!


Sound Effects

http://www.soundsnap.com/

Reading

http://www.free-reading.net/index.php?title=Main_Page

For K-3, but may be useful for English Language Learners and Exceptional Children. Contains picture cards, decodable passages, word list generator.

History

http://teachinghistory.org/

Internet Safety

http://www.kidzui.com/joinus/safety?term=1885916

Kidzui is a safe place for kids to use the Internet. It has over 600,000 safe websites, pictures, and videos. This is a free download.

Web Presence

http://poster.4teachers.org/

Web Poster Wizard

“This FREE tool allows educators to create a lesson, worksheet, or class page and immediately publish it online. Teachers can also set up classes and assign projects to students.”

Computer Skills Resources

Visual Mapping Resources

"The term 'Thinking Maps' and the term 'Thinking Maps with graphic forms of the eight Maps have registered trademarks. No use of the term 'Thinking Maps' with or without the graphic forms of eight Maps may be used in any way without the permission or Innovative Sciences, Inc. For inquiries, please visit http://www.thinkingmaps.com.


Thinking Maps

Important: Thinking Maps® and Write... from the Beginning are designed for whole school implementation, and are not available for individual sale unless your school has already implemented the programs. Further, Write... from the Beginning may not be purchased without first implementing Thinking Maps®.

http://www.thinkingmaps.com/ video on thinking maps thinking map element examples but good http://www.nhcs.k12.nc.us/htree/Curriculum/ThinkingMaps.html

From the official Thinking Maps. Inc. website: http://thinkingmaps.com/htrandr.php3

Thinking Maps® have assisted many educators and students with the learning process. By linking a visual pattern to specific thought processes, Thinking Maps® enable students to develop neural networks for thinking that the brain recognizes and builds on continuously.

Thinking Maps® enhance the student's ability to independently transfer thinking skills to content learning across disciplines and to lifelong learning. Through repetition, consistency and extension, the use of Thinking Maps® strengthens networks for thinking which in turn enhance the brain's natural ability as a pattern detector.

The following PDF file contains a sampling of results from schools that have implemented either Thinking Maps®, Write... from the Beginning, or both. The benefits of Thinking Maps® are best seen when a school has used the maps for several years.

10 min. video

http://www.suffolkschools.net/learning/maps

http://www.nhcs.k12.nc.us/htree/Curriculum/ThinkingMaps.html#BriM

examples: www.mapthemind.com/thinkingmaps/thinkingmaps.html

Good color examples: http://www.lifestreamcenter.net/DrB/Lessons/process_maps/index.htm

http://www.robertprice.com/movies/thinking_maps_intro.wmv


Sound clips 2 need Windows Media Player Robert Seth Price 
www.eggplant.org http://www.robertprice.com/movies/dft_learning_prep.wmv about 8-9 mins. each

Resources including blank maps

http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/ in English and Spanish-You may download, print, and make copies of these pages for use in your classroom, provided that you include the copyright notice shown below on all such copies. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. You can save copy of file.

http://www.region15.org/curriculum/HIERARCHIES-Landscape.pdf

CMaps (Concept Mapping)

http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/

“The IHMC CmapTools client is free for educational institutions, federal employees working for the US Government, and for individual use (non commercial), and at this time the software is being offered free as a beta test version to other users. In particular, schools and universities are encouraged to download it and install it in as many computers as desired, and students and teachers may make copies of it and install it at home.”

Graphic Organizers:

Class Timer http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/intech/javatimer/javatimer.html

Templates:

Lesson Plans:

Civic Education Project (NC) http://www.civics.unc.edu/ncccma/educators/index.html

Publications:

Lowe’s publications

Creative Ideas magazine for Home and Garden (bimonthly), Creative Ideas magazine for Outdoor Living (quarterly), Creative Ideas magazine for Wood workers (quarterly)

Online: http://www.lowescreativeideas.com/Home.aspx

Subscribe: http://www.lowescreativeideas.com/subscribe/subscribe.aspx

Also-monthly newsletter available

Kraft recipes by email http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/Registration/emailSignUp.htm

Kraft iTunes recipes video http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/media/iTunesVideos.htm

Food and Family Magazine http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/registration/contextualsignuplogin?RegistrationActivityID=1237 Free subscription. Five issues and calendar.

Merchandise

Campbell’s Labels for Education Collect labels of participating products and redeem for merchandise.

http://www.labelsforeducation.com/about.aspx

Teacher Resources

SAS in Schools

http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/ProductEntrance/Login/login.jsp

Cliffsnotes for the subjects you teach: http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/

Paper generator

http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/

Graph paper, lined paper, Cornell music paper and more!

Sound Effects

http://www.soundsnap.com/

Text-to-Speech

http://www.naturalreaders.com/

Free NaturalReader 7 (personal and professional versions are not free).

“NaturalReader is a Text to Speech software with natural sounding voices. This easy to use software can convert any written text such as MS Word, Webpage, PDF files, and Emails into spoken words. NaturalReader can also convert any written text into audio files such as MP3 or WAV for your CD player or iPod.”

Creativity

http://www.smilebox.com/

Make ecards, postcards, slide shows, scrapbooks, photo albums.

Social Networking

This is a site promoting social networking and micro-blogging (140 characters). Available languages: English and Japanese.

Classroom Management Systems

Games tutorials and templates

Games tutorials

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/PPT-games/

Games - PowerPoints and directions for Popular Games

http://www.murray.k12.ga.us/teacher/kara%20leonard/Mini%20T%27s/Games/Games.htm