Bring History Alive with Newspaper Primary Sources
From the HistoryBuff.com website: Welcome to HistoryBuff.com, a nonprofit organization devoted to providing FREE primary souce material for students, teachers, and historybuffs. This site focuses...
View ArticleDo You Need Some Friends? Do You Feel All Alone?
Teaching, by the nature of our jobs, require emotional support. Moreover, support needs to come from somebody who can EMPATHIZE and not just sympathize. You know what I’m talking about: somebody who...
View ArticleNeed a New Presentation Method? Try Some Vuvox
No, that’s not a medicine: it’s a website for making your own presentations. You can make an Express ( I’m trying all and made one from last week’s sports news by uploading Yahoo Sports News): Or, you...
View ArticleResources for Teaching Mandarin Chinese
Social Studies SOL 2.1 states that “the student will explain how the contributions of ancient China … have influenced the present world in terms of architecture, inventions, the calendar, and written...
View ArticleTammy Worcester, Technology Specialist, has a New Website
Wow! I’m back! Tammy Wrocester has redesigned her website and has streamlined the look. As she writes on her site: Tammy Worcester Tang, former classroom teacher, specializes in finding unique and...
View ArticleFree Technology Resources for Teachers
I at times get absolutely overwhelmed from TOO many resource choices. For example, I need to find something for “A” and investigate, and search returns show a bazillion possibilities. I think of the...
View ArticleProfessor Garfield’s Infinite Learning Lab
Want a fun and engaging resource/web site to engage your students? PPS teachers are able to access—for free—Professor Garfield’s Infinite Learning Lab. Students are able to watch engaging videos while...
View ArticleSuper Teacher Tools
Here is a good site with multiple tools (uses Flash) for the classroom: Classroom Jeopardy: Create Jeopardy games for the classroom Speed Match Quiz Maker: Drag and drop answer onto the correct...
View ArticleShortcut for Going Straight to a Website
Many lately have been asking for a way for students to quickly get to Reading Eggs, Education City, etc., or an easier way to get to PowerTeacher. Here is a great way to do that! 1) Place your cursor...
View ArticleUsing Videos in Your Classroom
Five Minute Film Festival (Edutopia)If you are an avid user of videos to support instruction in your classroom, Amy has posted about very useful and effective video tools for teachers. Are you tired of...
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