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New Teacher’s Toolbox. Things you need to start your new job!. ITEA CONFERENCE PRESENTATION 2009 Andrew M. Klenke – International TECA Advisor. Always start with your ABCs!. LAB INVENTORY – Make it easy, make it good!. http://www.vault24.com/public/.
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New Teacher’s Toolbox Things you need to start your new job! ITEA CONFERENCE PRESENTATION 2009 Andrew M. Klenke – International TECA Advisor
LAB INVENTORY – Make it easy, make it good! http://www.vault24.com/public/
Lesson Planning These websites house various lesson plans and usually provide all worksheets and material needed . http://www.lessonplanspage.com/ http://www.lessonplans4teachers.com/http://teachersnetwork.org/lessonplans/ http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/ http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/ http://www.lessonplanz.com/ http://www.theteacherscorner.net/lesson-plans/ http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/ http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/ http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
PowerPoints These websites house various PowerPoints on almost any subject. PowerPoints tend to: Keep teachers on task Allow teachers to focus on questions/discussions rather than material Reach students with different learning styles Facilitate connections with visual displays, audio reinforcements, and video clips. http://www.nebo.edu/misc/learning_resources/ppt/ http://www.worldofteaching.com/ http://jc-schools.net/PPTs-la.html http://www.seaford.k12.de.us/it/pp/home.htm http://teach.fcps.net/trt10/PowerPoint.htm
PowerPoints Download and then add your own material. www.slideshare.net
Music Four places to consider using music; Before Class- helps sets the “tone” (upbeat/exciting or quiet/cotemplative) and/or focus on topic During Movement- upbeat music helps motivate students to complete tasks more rapidly with sense of enjoyment. Behind Small Group Discussion- effectively “pads” the room so sounds from one group doesn’t interfere with another After Class - leave on a positive note
PowerPoint Games Free downloadable teaching materials. Games tend to: Make learning fun Motivate learning Lead to higher retention and reflection Create new concepts related to topic http://facstaff.uww.edu/jonesd/games/
Mapping and Organizing Tools Mindmeister Bubble.us
Lesson Planning http://www.microsoft.com/education/products/office/onenote/default.aspx#tips
CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEMS – TESTING YOUR STUDENTS IN A NEW WAY! www.Qwizdom.com • Integrates with PowerPoint • Works on Radio Frequency • Engages students during class • Receive Instant Feedback • Create “On-the-fly” quizzes • Track Scores and Generate Reports
CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEMS – TESTING YOUR STUDENTS IN A NEW WAY! • Creates excitement in learning • Works on Radio Frequency • Easy To Use • Receive Instant Feedback • Create “On-the-fly” quizzes • Formal assessment capable • www.renlearn.com
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS - VIDEOS www.zamzar.com
General Cool Video Sites You Tube Teacher Tube School Tube These sites provide videos for your classroom.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS - VIDEOS Mozilla Firefox
Other Conversion Tools Media Convert - convert and split sound, ringtones, images, docs - MP3 WMV 3GP www.media-convert.com/ Media Converter - audio and video converter www.mediaconverter.org/ OnlineConverter www.vixy.net/
Photo Editing and Sharing MagMyPic - Upload your picture to make a magazine cover www.magmypic.com/upload Picasa - Organize, add effects, and share photos www.picasa.google.com/ Fliptrack - Upload to edit slideshow with music, effects, themes www.fliptrack.com/ Scrapblog - Create multimedia scrapbooks www.scrapblog.com/ Flickr Toys - Do fun stuff with your photos www.bighugelabs.com/flickr/ Flickr - photo sharing www.flickr.com/ Splashup - Photo editing www.splashup.com/ Picnik - Photo editing www.picnik.com/ VoiceThread - Group conversations around images www.voicethread.com/#home BubbleShare - Photo sharing www.bubbleshare.com/ BeFunky - Turn photos into paintings, cartoons, avator www.befunky.com/ Animoto - Create video out of photos www.animoto.com/ Mixbook - Create books of photos www.mixbook.com/
Podcast Hosting and Creation Gcast - Record voice messages and mix in your favorite music to share. www.gcast.com/?nr=1&&s=345584421 Audacity - Audio Editor and Recorder www.audacity.sourceforge.net/ PodcastPeople – Publish text, audio and video to a customized podcasting show. www.podcastpeople.com/ Podbean - Free Podcast Hosting, Searching and Subscription, Audio Video Blog Hosting www.podbean.com/ Talkr --Converts text-only blogs into PodCasts. www.talkr.com/
Wiki Wiki – Wetpaint http://cooltechstuff.wetpaint.com/ www.wetpaint.com/ Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com/ PikiWiki www.pikiwiki.com/ews/index.jsp PD Wiki (Education - Personal) www.pbwiki.com/ PmWiki | PmWiki / PmWiki www.pmwiki.org/
Wiki Hosting Pbwiki PikiWiki Wekispaces
Blog Hosting WordPress - Publishing platform to publish site www.wordpress.org/ Edublogs - Education blogs www.edublogs.org/ Google's Blogging Toolset www.Blogger.com Bloglines www.bloglines.com/
Social Networks – You know MySpace & Facebook HOW ABOUT SOME OTHERS: Classroom 2.0 - Network for Web 2.0 in education www.classroom20.com/ TeachStrong - Network for developing teacher technology skills www.teachstrong.org/ Imbee - Controlled social network for kids, teachers & parents www.imbee.com/ Global SchoolNet - Project exchanges for teachers www.globalschoolnet.org/index.cfm TakingITGlobal - Network for global issues www.takingitglobal.org/tiged/about.html WiZiQ Online Teaching - Virtual classroom www.wiziq.com/ LiveJournal- Start a free blog or journal www.livejournal.com/