EDTC 614: Integrating Technology into the curriculumTopic 3: Activity 2

Betty HusteadNovember 12, 2010

Teacher Tools

Feeding students and teachers gets their attention, but then you need to haveinteresting presentations to keep it.

There are many tools to help teachers on line.

My favorite is Web 2.0. http://sites.google.com/site/educationalweb20tools/HomeIt has newsletters, current info, new tech, games, maps, blogs, and anything else you can think about needing or using.

Tools for Science

Many Science Sources can be Found Online.

National weather service on line school

www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/index.htm Weather underground

www.wunderground.comDiscovery Education

http://school.discoveryeducation.comEducator’s Reference Desk

www.eduref.org

Social Studies Tools

Geography lesson videoshttp://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Geography+lessons&form=QBVR#History lessons, templates, …http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/history/histg.htmlBrainPop.com (subscription site) animated

videos, lessons, graphic organizers, quizzes, …

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/

Math ToolsCreate a graph

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

Create/Use Flash Cards

http://cueflash.com/search?cx=partner-pub-3048009152605611%3Ab0kp0w-y1x1&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=math&siteurl=cueflash.com%2F#882

Quizzes/Flash Cards

http://quizlet.com/

Literacy

Are you still keeping the students entertained?Differentiation skills, Marzano’s Instructional

Strategies and RTI sources may help.Differentiation

http://www.byrdseed.com/the-differentiator/Marzano’s Strategies http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/VSTE/2008/

RTI http://www.interventioncentral.org/ Or http://rti4success.org/index.php?option=content&task=blogcategory&id=18&ltemid=75

Standards

Be sure to integrate standards within your lessons!

1. ISTE NET standards for students and Teachers

http://www.iste.org/standards.aspx2. 21st Century Skills

http://www.p21.org/3. National Content Standards

http://www.nsta.org/about/positions/standards.aspx

Tools OverviewIf you are willing to spend some time online

researching tools for teaching, you will save yourself time in the end.

You do not need to create everything on your own, many things are out there waiting for you to find and use them.

Collaboration with teachers is available online through blogs, emails, webinars, and other methods.

Have fun searching and learning!