02.20.10

Februrary 20, 2010 Links

Posted in Black History, Curriculum, Dr. Seuss, history, Math, Science, Social Studies, technology at 3:20 pm by stacybodin

Computer Fun

Generic Sites for all!

• Testing Links
• Thousands of Free Lesson Plans and Educational Resources for Teachers | Verizon Thinkfinity.org OUTSTANDING SITE FOR ALL GRADES! Type in a subject and see the results!!!!
• WatchKnow – Videos for kids to learn from. From Mike Dartez
• TLTC Center (Shows tips and classes) Updated site
• Digital Wish – Putting Technology in the hands of teachers to prepare today’s students for tomorrow
• AdoptAClassroom.org
• Digital Tools: Photos/Videos Vermilion Parish Curriculum Links
• How To for Classroom Teachers
• Dr. Seuss’ Birthday
• St Patrick’s Day
• Vermilion Parish Schools: Easter
• Olympics

ELA

• StoryJumper: create your own children’s book. NEW!!
• Fun 4 the Brain – English Games
• Free Printables : SEN Teacher ~ Free teaching resources for Special Needs.
• Romeo & Juliet 1
• Foldables
• Writing Tools/Sites
• Poetry Fun for All!

Math

• Register for World Math Day at www.worldmathsday.com and join millions of students online completing math problems. Deadline is March 1. See the site for more detail Math Playground
• Discovery Education-Homework Help Home
• AlgebraLAB: Making Math and Science Connections From Jude Dubois
• Math Interactive Quizzes by Tami Maloney
• MATH TOOL CHEST – ONLINE
• Math A Tube (Like You Tube)

Science

• Sumanas, Inc. Animation Gallery (Biology and More) From Mike Dartez
• The Museum of Online Museums | MoOM From Mike Dartez
• Drag-and-Drop Pedigree: Overview From Patrice Mire
• Fun 4 the Brain – Science Games
• The Scientific Method 1 & Scientific Method 2
• Chemistry : Themes : Resources : Promethean Planet
• Science Teaching Experiments

Social Studies

• The Virtual Wall® – Home of Record Index
• Black History Month (MS/HS)
• Geography Social Studies Page
• Primary and Secondary Documents
• Clarksons Box Creator Museum Box

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01.02.10

January 2, 2010 Links

Posted in Curriculum, ELA, Math, Science, Social Studies, technology, Vermilion Parish Schools at 7:54 am by stacybodin

Holidays/Events

• New Year’s
• Chinese New Year 
• Martin Luther King Jr. (UPDATED)
• Black History (UPDATED)
• African American History Vermilion Parish – MS/HS (UPDATED) Correlates with CC
• Vermilion Parish Schools: 100th Day of School (UPDATED)

ELA

• ELA HS ASC – Study Guides (Patricia Thibodeaux)
• Folger Shakespeare Library (Patricia Thibodeaux)
• Let’s Book It with Tech’Knowledge’y – Making Books – Vicki Blackwell’s Internet Guide for Educators  (Theresa Hardy found this!)
• Reading (Cybraryman Links)
• Reader’s Theater  (Theresa’s Site)
• Quick Tips: Reading and Language Arts
• Vermilion Parish Writing Tool Collection
• Seasonal Poetry (Elementary) Theresa’s Site

Math

• Geometry Center (Science U)
• Put on Your Thinking Caps | Math by Design
• Protractor

Social Studies

• Geospy — National Geographic Kids
• The Antislavery Literature Project — Antislavery Literature Project

Science

• RNA network seen in live bacterial cells for first time
• Biology-FreezeRay
• Weather Interactives and Links for Students!
• Winter (Pete’s PPTS and Interactives)
• Periodic table

Generic Links

• The Best Online Sites For Creating Music | Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
• For Educators and Students
• Free Technology for Teachers: Memoov Looks Promising for Digital Storytelling
• 30-free online multimedia photo audio video editors
• Links for Teachers with younger students (Pre K-K)

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11.01.09

November 1, 2009 Sites!

Posted in ELA, Elementary, High School, Math, Middle School, Science, Social Studies, technology at 9:24 am by stacybodin

Holiday Sites

• Vermilion Parish Schools:Veteran’s Day
• Vermilion Parish Schools: Thanksgiving Links

Generic

• PBS KIDS
• Hoagies’ Kids & Teens: Young Kids (Many sites)

ELA

• Literacy with 100s of free children e-books
• Toy Theater – Jeremy Fisher Online Story (Elementary)
• Writing (All)

Math

• Graphing Tools Vermilion Parish Schools (All)
• Mathematics
• Math Games
• BBC – Skillswise Numbers – Comparing fractions, decimals and percentages game (Elem/MS)
• Toy Theater Math (Elementary)
• Subtracting Money (Elementary)
• Maths Maps – A New Collaborative Project

Science

• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
• learningscience.org
• Shell Sites for Science

Social Studies

• History For Kids – By KidsPast.com

MS/HS

Generic

• Hoagies’ Kids & Teens: Young Kids (Many sites)
• SchoolTech’s Bookmarks (Look to the right for the subject areas)
• Flip Camera Links!

ELA

• Literacy with 100s of free children e-books
• Novel Links (MS/HS) Looks nice! Some have anticipation guides, etc.)
• Web English Teacher (MS/HS)
• “Explore Shakespeare’s Work like Never Before”
• More Shakepeare Sites
• Pearson Public Speaking Site (MS/HS)
• Breaking News English Lessons: ESL Plans Teaching Current Events (MS/HS)
• Writing (All)

Math

• Graphing Tools Vermilion Parish Schools (All)
• Math Games
• BBC – Skillswise Numbers – Comparing fractions, decimals and percentages game (Elem/MS)
• Maths Maps – A New Collaborative Project

Science

• Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
• learningscience.org
• Shell Sites for Science
• Periodic Table
• The Particle Adventure
• The Encyclopedia of Earth

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10.30.09

Sites October 25th-October 30th

Posted in ELA, French, Halloween, High School, history, Maps, Math, Middle School, Promethean Board, Science, Vermilion Parish Schools at 7:14 am by stacybodin

Hi Teachers,

Have a great Halloween weekend!
Stacy

Generic Sites

• Vermilion Parish Schools: Halloween (Added some new interactive and a little video)
• Amelia Earhart (Several… also has websites for the 4^th Grade Story Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride’s story in Trophy Reading Series)
• BVPS Elementary Technology Links (Elementary… Many resources here!)
• PBS Teachers | Resources For The Classroom
• 20 great online sites for kids’ education (Elementary)
• Open Thinking Wiki
• 100 Awesome Classroom Videos to Learn New Teaching Techniques | Smart Teaching
• Free PowerPoint Templates – for Microsoft PowerPoint Backgrounds)
• ITS Tech Corner
• Thousands of Free Lesson Plans and Educational Resources for Teachers | Verizon Thinkfinity.org

ELA

• Imagination Prompt Generator: Random Writing Blog Prompts, Writer’s Prompt Tool (MS/HS)
• Companion Website, Supporting Details (Click links to the left for activities) (MS)
• Reading Websites (Several links) Elem/MS
• Inkless Tales: Animated Alphabet, Online Stories, Games, Songs and Learning Fun! Elem/MS
• iLearn Technology » Blog Archive » Word Magnets (Elem/MS)
• Funny Fill-Ins That Put Words in the Mouths of Animals — National Geographic Kids Elem/MS
• The Best Websites For Developing Academic English Skills & Vocabulary | Larry Ferlazzo
• Learning Lab : The Poetry Foundation (MS/HS)
• Plurals Words with ES : Promethean Planet Plural words flipchart on Promethean Planet – take a tour with Caitlyn of words that need ‘es’ adding to the end! (Elem)

Math

• Home – Math NEW! Candy Math! (Elem/MS)
• 3-6 Student Interactives – Math – UEN (Grades 3-6)
• Maths Mansion | Teachers TV (3-6 grade, but click to the left for more LEVELS and options)
• Mathwire.com | Winter Math Activities (Elementary/MS)
• YouTube – EducatorVids’s Channel Trig/Cal HS
• Eric Sheninger’s HS MAth Bookmarks (High School)
• Active Algebra: Investigations

Science

• Biology For Kids – KidsBiology.com
• Muscular and Skeletal Systems : Promethean Planet
• DoInk.com | Sneek Peek “The Chemistry of Life”
• Interactive Science Websites & SMARTBoard Notebook files – SMART Board Revolution (HS)
• sanmccarron’s periodic_table Bookmarks on Delicious (HS)
• The Physics Classroom (HS)
• The Virtual Fetal Pig Dissection
• GPS & GIS Lesson Plans & Links

Social Studies

• Timetoast Timelines | Create timelines, share them on the web. (New timeline site)
• The Best Sites Where Students Can Learn About Inventions | Larry Ferlazzo
• Geography Maps – refdesk.com All
• For Educators and Students All

French

• Practice & Perfect Your French HS

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10.24.09

Sites for October 12th-24th

Posted in Curriculum, Differentiated Learning, ELA, Elementary, High School, history, Maps, Math, Middle School, Science, Social Studies, technology at 12:56 pm by stacybodin

Hey everyone! I am a  little late this week with my list! Working with two tech plans… Taking the weekend off and decided to hurry and send this before the list got longer!

I didn’t have time to sort by levels this week… Sorry… There is a little bit for everyone! Please continue sharing! Thanks to Greig Ashurst at North Vermilion who shared a site with me this week! That is posted at the bottom in the general resources section!

Flip Camera Links/Ideas (Each school did or will get one flip camera) YAY!!  Your tech specialist can tell you who is housing your camera! You need to check that out! They are soooooo nice and even better, SUPER EASY!! I gathered resources to help out!

• Digital Filming Links Vermilion Parish Curriculum Links 
• KinderBlog – KinderBlog Home
• David Peter’ Flip Cam Links

Science

• UEL Virtual Lab
• Muscular and Skeletal Systems : Promethean Planet
• NOVA | Interactives Archive | PBS
• Flash Animations for Physics (via activehistory.co.uk / classtools.net)
• eBioinfogen.com :Virtual Dissection
• PBS Teachers | Activity Packs
• Virtual Science Toolkit – Experiments, Tools, Books and Tips for Schools and Students | Science House

Social Studies

•  Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms – Map 4
•  Museum Box – Nice Interactive MS/HS Could find helpful! Read Jen’s Blog for help! Farr-Out Links to Learning » Blog Archive » Museum Box (Blog helps explain the Museum Box)
• o (Actual Student/Teacher Link) Clarksons Box Creator Museum Box : Editor

Math

• Math Games (Some are new!)
• Math_games (By grades: Elementary)
• Math Live
• Math 17 – Mathematics Learning Experience ( Learn, Test & Search Maths)
• MathSite: An Interactive Source for Seeing, Hearing, Doing Mathematics.
• Basic Skill Practice Games
• Integer Football
• Integers games and tutorials online
• Arcademic Skill Builders: Online Educational Games
• Practice Math Word Problems

ELA

• Into the Book
• Reading Games
• Stories to Read Online
• Create Your Own Comic | Marvel Super Hero Squad | The Official Web Site
• Zimmer Twins Videos
• GoAnimate – Create your own cartoons

General Sites for Teachers

• Free Technology for Teachers: 35+ Educational Games and Games Resources
• Interactive Websites
• How to Make Quizzes in Moodle | Training & E-Learning Zone for Quizzes
• TED: Ideas worth spreading (Forwarded be Greig Ashurst at North Vermilion)
• Multicultural sites: http://cybraryman.com/multicultural.html
• Learn Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Russian & Portuguese Language
• BBC NI – Schools – Go get it! – Get that job – Interview Game
• WatchKnow – Videos for kids to learn from. Organized. 
• Tutpup – play, compete, learn
• Teacher Tools – Teacher Tools, Learning Resources
• PrepSage: SAT, SAT prep online, SAT questions, SAT practice.
• Tools for Differentiation / FrontPage
• Tools for Educators – free worksheet makers, game creators
• Interactive Whiteboard Resources in Education

Digital Tools

• One True Media  VERY NICE SITE!!   (See Example) Words can be added for digital storytelling with the students. There are some “Christmas Frames” too.
• We have a digital storytelling site on the tech page too now!
• Great site to begin with Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling 
•  Rollip – Create Polaroids

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10.16.09

Sites: October 12-16, 2009

Posted in ELA, Elementary, French, High School, library, Louisiana, Maps, Math, Middle School, New Orleans, Promethean Board, Science, Social Studies, technology, tumblebooks, Vermilion Parish Library, Vermilion Parish Schools at 5:23 am by stacybodin

Elementary Sites

General

• We The Teachers (look at topics to the left)
• TeacherClicks: K-12 Teacher Resources General Resources
• North Vermilion Library Site (WOW!) Just wanted to share a VP site! Love Valerie’s site!
• Drug Prevention (Please share if you know of sites for us to have online)

ELA

• StoryMaker Interactive (LOVE THIS ONE!)
• Phonics Videos
• “Rosie, A Visiting Dog’s Story” : Promethean Planet (3rd grade story Flip Chart)
• Storybird Links: Vermilion Parish Curriculum Links
• Woodlands Literacy Zone (Interactives)
• Literacy Sites
• Folktales Maps (Interactive)
• Storyboard Templates to Print (All ages)
• Reading Comprehension Worksheets | Free Worksheets
• Interactive Games and Activities for Kids
• Sentence Construction : Promethean Planet Flip Chart
• “R” Controlled Words : Promethean Planet Flip Chart

Math

• Math Videos for Kids (Several video clips from a match teacher)
• Division Help Site (Videos too)
• Math, CyberKids and the Internet (K-2)
• Talking Calculator | PBS Kids
• Cool Math Sites

MS/HS

• General Sites
• We The Teachers
• TeacherClicks: K-12 Teacher Resources
• Drug Prevention (Please share if you know of sites for us to have online)
• Teacher TV (Teacher Subjects)
• Copyright explained : Promethean Planet
• PBS Videos (Note: Not all full length, but some are)
•  IWB TED LDC Site Click on picture. Will bring you to a blog. Look for the link that says “interactive”
• Free Online Course Materials | Introductory MIT Courses | Highlights for High School

Science

• PBS Earth Science
• The Carbon Cycle Game
• Periodic Table SIte
• A Typical Animal Cell – Learning Activity

ELA

• High School ELA Author Studies Vermilion Parish Updated (not complete yet)
• Grammar Girl Podcasts
• Storyboard Templates to Print (All ages)
• 1st Lines of the Novel : Promethean Planet
• BBC – Drama – 60 Second Shakespeare – Homepage (HS)
• W.E.B. Du Bois Library
• I Write
• Folktales Maps

Social Studies

• Primary and Secondary Documents (Vermilion Parish) Updated
• Eternal Egypt
• The History Place – Child Labor in America Primary Docs
• Congress for Kids

Math

• Wages: Commission : Promethean Planet
• Number slider : Promethean Planet
• X-Y Coordinates : Promethean Planet 
•  Least Common Multiple (Interactive)
• The Kentucky Center for Mathematics
• Decimal Squares

MORE HELP

• Resources for French Wiki Spaces
• Languages other than English
• Cybraryman French
• Blogspot Fance
• Resources on this Blog
• Vermilion Parish Tumblebooks and readers Tumble Books and readers are now available on the Vermilion Parish Library� site!��� Click here Once you click the link, you can�can look to the left��for the little icons or scroll down and click on the larger ones.

• Free Technology for Teachers: Historic Maps in K-12 Classrooms
• Lessons specifically geared towards New Orleans settlement (All grades)
• Theresa worked on PPT on Landforms here!

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