Web Resources for the Classroom

Art Class | Language Arts & ESL | Math | Science
Resources for the Classroom | Music Class | Special Needs

Art Class

• Art to Remember

Language Arts & ESL Resources

• Activities for ESL Students
• A Wealth of Language Arts Sites
• British Council Learn English
• Coloring Colorado-Bilingual Resources
• Cultural Orientation Resource Center-Various Phrase Books
• English Central
• ESL Galaxy
• ESL Kid Stuff
• Flags of all Nations
• Lantern Fish
• Larry Ferlazzo
• Multicultural Education Sites
• Poetry Foundation
  
• TOPICS Online Magazine
• Translations Sites: Babel Fish Translation | Say Hello in the Swahili Language
• Vocabulary Parade
  • Debra Frasier - Costumes
    
  • Debra Frasier - Videos

Math Resources

• Online Clocks
• Online Stop Watch
• Random Word Picker
• Make Beliefs Comix

Music Class

• Music Tech Teacher
• Cybrarian Music Resources

Resources for the Classroom

• 4Teachers-Teach with Technology
• BBC Interactive Games
• Certificates
• Create Personalized Board Games
• Cybrarian-a collection of wonderful resources for grades 3-8
• D'Nealean - practice worksheets to download
• Education World
• Enchanted Learning
• Internet Picture Dictionary
• Jeopardy Labs
• Judith Maginnis Kuster-A collection of resources
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
• Pete's PowerPoint Station - lots of resources!
• QuizStar
• RubiStar
• Shelfari-bookshelf
• Student Software Resources - includes Kidspiration and Inspiration ideas
• Teacher Led-interactive game
• Technology Tools for Teaching Reading
• Thinkfinity
• Tools for Educators
• Resources correlated with your Texas Reading Lists at TeachingBooks.net

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Science

• Clorox and Germs
• Science Fair Projects
• TAKS Scope
• Suzy's World of Facts Sheet
• Dr. Carlson's Science Theater

Special Needs

• Autism Speaks
• Autism Society

• Kids Health

• Unlocking Autism
• National Autism Association

Technology Resources for the Classroom

Digital Citizenship | iPod Resources | Music, Clipart, & Misc.
SMART Board Resources | Student Software Resources
Technology How-Tos | Web 2.0 | Working with Photos | Video Tutorials

Digital Citizenship

• BibMe-Fast & Easy Bibliography Maker
• Webonauts Academy (From PBS) Students can learn about Web safety
• Stop Cyberbullying
• Don't Believe Everything You Hear Online

iPOD Resources

• Classroom Instructions that Work
• Technology with Mrs. Gleason
• ISTE Book Reference IPods for ESL
• Learning in Hand Do's and Don'ts
• Learning in Hand Resources

Music, Clipart, and Other Resources

• Awesome Clipart for Educators
• Discovery Education
• DK Books
• EduPic - free photographs and graphics for teachers
• Find-a-Photo - USDA Forest Service
• Free ClipArt
• Free Music
• Free Podcast Music
• Free Clipart Sites
• FreePlay Music
• Graphic Maps - free map clipart
• GR Sites (blocked for students)
• Lee Hanson Graphics
• Library of Congress- Professional Development
• Library of Congress-Lesson Plans, Primary Source Info, etc.
• Library of Congress-Primary Sources
• Library of Congress-Read-Classic Books, etc.
• Library of Congress-Americas Library (Child Friendly Site)
• Partners in Rhyme
• Pics4Learning - copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students
• SoundJay
• Translation Sites
• New York Philharmonic Kid Zone
• Texas Photos
• US Fish and Wildlife Services - digital library of free images

SMART Board Resources

• Resources for Smartboard
• Smartboard Resources - great resources for use with a Smartboard
• Smarter Smart Board Use
• Interactive Whiteboard Resources - ready to use
• Smart Board Resources - includes tips and activities
• Smart Technologies - search by grade level and content area then download activity
• Smart Board Teaching Resources
• Activities

  Language Arts	Math	Science
  Building Language for Literacy	Odd Ball	EdHeads - activate your mind
  ABC Order and other activities	Pattern Blocks	Switch Zoo
  Magnetic Poetry	Odd or Even
  	Build It!

Student Software Resources

• Kidspiration Templates
  1. Together - many templates PreK-3
  2. More Templates - for K-5
  3. Activities by Content Area - includes preview
• Inspiration Resources
  1. Inspiration 7.6 for the Classroom
  2. Inspiration in the Classroom
  3. Inspired Resources - search by grade and content area

Technology How Tos

• Microsoft PowerPoint Tutorial
• Pete's Power Point Station
• PowerPoint Tutorial - hyperlinks and action buttons
• PowerPoint in the Classroom - tutorial
• PowerPoint Games

Web 2.0

• 50 Ways to Use Wordle in the Classroom
• Apples4theTeacher
• Art Pad - paint a picture, replay your picture, hang in a gallery to share, view other shared paintings!
• Blabberize
• Glogster
• Google for Educators - includes Google Tools for your classroom, sign up for newsletter
• Googled Squared
• Kidblog for Schools-safe and simple to use
• Make Beliefs Comix
• My Fake Wall
• I'm Cooked - A web community for video recipe sharing
• Image Loop - create an online picture slide show
• Jam Studio
• Screen Actors Guild Story Online
• Screencast-o-Matic
• Silly Books
• Storybird-Collaborative Story Telling
• Story Online
• Technology Tools for Teaching Reading
• Viscosity - it's relaxing and turns anyone into an abstract artist - so create, browse, watch, learn
• Voice Thread
• Voki for Education
• Wordle - use this tool to create 'word clouds
• Xtranormal

Working with Photos

• Animoto
• Aviary
• Big Huge Labs
• Citrify
• CloudCanvas
• Fix Picture
• Flickriver
• FotoFlexer
• ImageOid
• iPiccy
• Mixbooks
• Phixr
• Photoshop.com
• Picjuice.com
• Slideshare (online Powerpoint)
• Splashup
• Sumo Paint

Video Tutorials

• Groupwise Color Scheme - watch this short video to learn how to make some changes in your Groupwise appearance
• Groupwise Colors - another short video showing you how to customize the look of Groupwise
• Groupwise Reset to Default - learn to reset your changes back to default