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Internet Resources
Internet Resources (also on FirstClass!)
I. Academic Sites(Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies…)
Fantastic ideas for daily lessons. Lessons from teachers around the world!
Check out:
- American Memory Collection: This is a digital record of American History. It contains video, sound files, music, etc., that document the American experience. It continues to grow as we continue to change as a country, so can also be used for some current events.
- ARKive: Awesome science site thatfeatures video and pictures from "the most famous names in natural history broadcasting", along with info on animals.
- PBS Frontline: Frontline has made all of their episodes available online. Lots of good hour-long documentaries, althoughmany are broken up into smaller time chunks. The site also features a "teacher center", which has lesson plans accompanying the documents.
- Healthination:Videos about various body functions, diseases, etc. They are on a pretty understandable level, aren't that long, and have nice graphics.
- History Channel Videos: The entire HC site is informative and would be great as a class supplement, along with this video section. It features long and short clips on various historical events.
- Living Room Candidate: Covers presidential elections since 1952, focusing on the campaigns and commercials of each candidate.
- Macaulay Library: Another very cool science site, this one focuses on recording sounds. You can look up the sounds of most types of birds, and other animals (non-bird) as well.
- Moving Images Collection: Video archives of lots of subjects, especially helpful to science teachers. Many are fairly old.
- Librivox: Librivox is a free collection of audiobooks. They have a lot of texts, especially classics. This is a great tool for students who have use of audiobooks as an IEP accommodation.
- Next Vista: Next vista is a collection of videos that are aimed at helping students understand concepts through the use of video.
II. Social Skill Sites
III. Video Sites
IV. Arts/Music Sites
V. Fun/ Games Sites
VI. Other…
VII. Technology Resources...
- Classroom wikis at PB Wiki: For those who are unfamiliar with wikis, it is a space for any person or group of people to contribute to a page online (Wikipedia is an example). This site is easy to navigate through, and it is free. It provides students with a chance to put their writing (or other media) out there for others to see in a cool, online environment.
- Wordpress Blogs: If you have students who are interested in starting a website or blog, this is a great site to use. It's easy to navigate and has plenty of pre-designed templates. This is great for a class website, and you can authorize students to be "editors" and contribute to the page.
- Audacity:Audacity is a recording tool. This can be a great help for students who have serious writing and typing issues, since they can use this to create a report or project. You can also layer voice over music or other sound files. This is definitely not an easy way out of a writing assignment, but generates excitement for students who struggle with it.
- Google Custom Search Engine:When students do Google Searches, they often get results that aren't relevant or passages that are way above their comprehension level. By creating a Google custom search, you can set up a search engine that will only search the sites you specify. This also ensures that students are viewing school-appropriate web pages.
- Polldaddy: Another free tool that lets you create online polls and surveys. Students can create them for class projects, or you can use it for assessment purposes.
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