TeacherToolbox

Teacher Toolbox: FREE Resources for Classrooms
We will be demonstrating some free resources teachers can use to provide interactivity with just their computers and a projector. No SMART Board required.

[|Audacity] - free software download for editing audio [|Cool Timers] for the screen that include sounds. [|ZoomIt] tools to allow you to zoom in on text or portions of images. [|Jing] lets you record action on your computer screen with audio commentary and annotation tools - makes videos [|KickYouTube] - YouTube video ripper [|My Award Maker] - certificate maker [|Picasa] - Google's photo manager [|Poll Everywhere] lets you generate a poll that uses cell phone text tools to vote [|Pro Profs] - Create an online poll [|Wordle] - Create Word Clouds [|Word Sift] - Another free word cloud creator

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[|Free Teaching Resources and Lesson Plans from the Federal Government]

[|Hippocampus] - Interactive textbooks online

[|100 Incredibly Inspiring Blog Posts for Educators] [|100 Best Blogs for School Librarians]
 * Blogs of Note:**

[] - from GE - you can even invite 2 others in to the whiteboard with you. Free and online. [] - A free online whiteboard that even saves a history for sharing. Its not as fun as drawing but its a white space for typing on. You password protect it and then share it with others. [] - Scrib Link is another free online whiteboard that you can share with others. I like this one because you can chat together in the shared space. [] - This one is newer and combines Inspiration mind mapping with whiteboard sharing.
 * Online Interactive Whiteboards**


 * SMART Train the Trainer will be August 4 & 5 here in D110 of THS - each campus will have a trainer! **

[|280 Slides] [|Google Documents] [|Voice Thread] [|Prezi] [|One True Media] [|Xtranormal]
 * Online Presentation/Document Editors** (Digital Storytelling)

[|5Min.com] [|Sclipo] [|YouTube] [|SchoolTube] [|TeacherTube] [|Atomic Learning]
 * Online Training Resources:**

[|Acapella.TV] [|Etchy] [|Glogster] - Poster Yourself [|Blabberize] [|MashFace]
 * FUN!**

SMART Online Resources and Interactive Web Sites
These are great resources for any classroom with a projector (no matter if there is a SMART board or not).

[|*PBS Interactives]

[|I Know That!] [|Jeopardy Games I] [|Jeopardy Games II] [|Jeopardy Games III] [|Mr. Nussbaum's Online class interactive games] [|Power Point Classroom Games]
 * Interactive Learning Games**

[|Access Excellence Field Trips] [|AmbleWeb Primary School] [|Beacon Learning Center] [|BGfL] [|EdSitement] [|Eduscapes] - Math, Science, Health [|Interactive Field Trips] [|JC Schools Directory of Interactives] [|Mr. Nussbaum's Online class interactive games] [|Read, Think, Write] [|SAILon Interactives] - Joint venture between Houston area school districts [|Scholastic Resources] [|SMART resources] by country [|Standards Site] [|Teacher's Lab] [|Teachers' Tap] [|Virtual Field Trips]
 * All Subjects Interactives**

[|Primary Resources] [|Languages Online] - ESL/ELL [|Lingro] - Website translator [|Lingus.tv] - Learn Spanish through videos
 * Language Interactives:**

[|Brunner Math] [|Everyday Math Resources] [|Fun Mathematics Lessons] [|Illuminiations] [|Interactive Math] [|Mathball] [|Mathcast 24/7] - great resource by Tim Fahlberg [|National Council of Teachers of Mathematics] [|Online Calculator] [|Primary Resources for Math] [|Ready-Made Power Points for Math] [|Smarter Ways to Use SMART Boards in Math] [|Teaching Time] [|Time Lessons] [|Virtual Math Manipulatives] [|Academic Skills Builder Games] [|Algebra Help] [|Figure This! Math Challenges for Families] [|Math is Fun Interactives] [|Mathematics in Movies] - Harvard project about math in movies with clips [|Math Playground] [|Math 247] - Screencasts of math problems solved Screencast - using a document camera to record audio and video using whiteboards and posting online. Tools to accomplish: Document Camera or Still Photo Camera; Microphone; [|VoiceThread.com]; Whiteboard or piece of shower board [|Mathway] - Online problem solver [|Quia IXL Math Interactives] (requires FREE account) - Grades K-5 [|Splat Squares] [|Visual Math Learning] [|Web Math] - solves the Math problems and explains the process of solving [|Who's Counting] - ABC News John Allen Paulos explores math in current news
 * Math Interactives: **

[|Reading Quest] [|Starfall] - early childhood resources
 * Reading Manipulatives**

[|Amusement Park Physics] [|Anatomy & Physiology Interactives] [|Berkeley's Science View] [|http://science.nhmccd.edu/biol/bio1int.ht]m">Biology I Interactives [|Human Body Interactive] [|Primary Resources] [|Sandlot Science] [|Shodor Math and Science Java Interactives]
 * Science Interactives**

[|Interactive Amazon Adventure] [|National Geographic Xpeditions] [|Primary Resources - Geography] [|Primary Resources - History]
 * Social Studies Interactives**

[|Primary Resources]
 * Technology Interactives**

Free Software Downloads -
[|SMART Education] [|ED Compass]

Lesson Plan Links
[|USD 259's SMART Board Academy Lesson Plans] [|EDCompass Lesson Activities] [|Smart Education Templates and Files] [|Carter School SMARTboard Lessons] [|SMARTboard Lessons from Center School District]

[|KISD Staff Development Survey]