SMARTexchange Free ready made lessons to use with your SMARTboard. Requires free login. ZamzarFree conversion between document, image, music, video, audio, eBook, compressed and CAD formats. No download or account required. Promethean Planet(By Promethean, Inc.) This is your one-stop shop for interactive, content-based flip charts! Promethean Planet provides free teacher-made flipcharts as well as flipcharts provided by publishers for a small fee. Educators can search for and download flipcharts for use on their smartboards that cover standards-based topics. Rating 4.5 Remind101 (By Remind101 @2013) This website or app allows you to send group text messages to students and parents to remind them of homework assisgnments, and other important information. It is free, and parents or students do not have access to your personal cell phone number. Rating 4
Educational Blogs
Ask a TeacherA blog that offers support about all of your technology questions Free Tech 4 TeachersA blog that offers technology support as well as iPad and other app supports. Edmodo An educational social networking site. Very similar interface to Facebook but created for the classroom. Rating 5 Cool Cat Teacher Blog(By Cool Cat Teacher, LLC.) This is an educational blog that offers various educational topics. There are several blogs dealing with wikis and other technologies. ​Rating 4.5 ilearntechnology An edublog about integrating technology into the classroom. http://timeproject.edublogs.org/ A blog dedicated to technology integration for math engagement. Topics covered include: technology tools, iPad integration, Standards-Based Grading, and links to other useful math education blogs.
General Teaching Resources
Education World A website offering lesson plans, professional development articles, technology reviews, educational news and information for administrators. 4.5 The Teacher's Guide A website that offers free lesson plans printables, classroom management ideas, as well as a teacher store. Edutopia A website that features educational blogs, videos, and lesson ideas. 4.5 Teachers Pay TeachersA website full of free lessons as well as lessons to buy that have been created by other teachers. Teachers NotebookA website full of free lessons as well as lessons to buy that have been created by other teachers. RubiStar(By ALTEC at University of Kansas)A website to create rubrics for your project-based learning activities. Rating 4 Internet4Classrooms(By Internet4Classrooms, LLC) A website with free resources for teachersand their classrooms. Rating 4.5 USA Games(By Sheppard Software) A website to practice USA geography. Rating 4.5 USA TestPrep (By USATestPrep, Inc.) Website is a great resource for benchmarking and tracking student progress in reference to state exams and standardized tests. Includes instructional videos, games, and practice tests. Must subscribe to have access to an account. Rating 3.5 BrainPOP A website filled with animation video, quizzes, and games to engage students and support their learning. Perfect for bellwork and introductory information. This is a paid subscription site. Prices vary according to subscription type. Rating 4.5 Flocabulary A website of educational hip-hop videos for a variety of subjects. This is a paid subscription site for $7/mo. Rating 4.5 Comic Life (By Plasq) Let your students design their own comics! TeacherLED by Spencer Riley(a teacher since 2002 in Birmingham, United Kingdom) was created to bring an array of interactive whiteboard resources to teachers around the world. This site provides numerous interactive games and activities in math, geography,and language arts. Rating 3.5 Prezi Online presentation creation. Similar to Powerpoint but non-linear and more intuitive. Rating 4 Thinkfinity An excellent resource for lesson plans and resources. This used to be Marco Polo years ago. A great first stop when designing curriculum. Rating 5 http://www.coolmath-games.com/ A great resource for fun, interactive, and engaging activities involving math. Useful tool for learning math through play!
Elementary Resources
Switcheroo Zoo (Created by Tubehead Inc.) Let your child's imaginations run WILD with this amazing interactive site! Children choose several animals to blend together, then view their creative results. Provides links to zoos, lesson plans, poetry and much more! Rating 5 A+ Math (By Education 4 Free LLC) This is an excellent site for practicing math flash cards, playing games, making practice worksheets and more. Rating 5 Eyewitness To History (By Ibis Communications, Inc.) Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it. Listen to actual broadcasts from President Roosevelt, reporters on the decks of ships at the D-Day invasion, Charles Lindbergh and many more! Rating 4 LauraCandler's File Cabinet Laura Candler, the creator of the site provides a free efile cabinet of free printable resources for elementary teachers, she also has some books and ebooks for purchase on the site. She sorts her resources by subject area making the site easily to maneuver through. Rating 4
Secondary Resources
Web English Teacher A website cataloging many websites of interest for English teachers. Includes resources for all areas of English instruction. Rating 4.5 Project Gutenburg Free books! Literally tens of thousands of titles for free and viewable as HTML or to download to your eReader. All titles are copyright free and are pre-1923. Great place for classics. Rating 5 iCivics.org Fun online simulation game on civics: Constitution, voting, electoral collage, branches of gov't, etc. Rating 4.5
Art Resources
NGA Kids Zone provides a place for virtual art creation opportunities; students can learn about artists and art periods by utilizing interactive tools to create their own pieces. Rating 5
Technology Tools
SMARTexchange Free ready made lessons to use with your SMARTboard. Requires free login.ZamzarFree conversion between document, image, music, video, audio, eBook, compressed and CAD formats. No download or account required.
Promethean Planet (By Promethean, Inc.) This is your one-stop shop for interactive, content-based flip charts! Promethean Planet provides free teacher-made flipcharts as well as flipcharts provided by publishers for a small fee. Educators can search for and download flipcharts for use on their smartboards that cover standards-based topics. Rating 4.5
Remind101 (By Remind101 @2013) This website or app allows you to send group text messages to students and parents to remind them of homework assisgnments, and other important information. It is free, and parents or students do not have access to your personal cell phone number. Rating 4
Educational Blogs
Ask a TeacherA blog that offers support about all of your technology questionsFree Tech 4 TeachersA blog that offers technology support as well as iPad and other app supports.
Edmodo An educational social networking site. Very similar interface to Facebook but created for the classroom. Rating 5
Cool Cat Teacher Blog(By Cool Cat Teacher, LLC.) This is an educational blog that offers various educational topics. There are several blogs dealing with wikis and other technologies. ​Rating 4.5
ilearntechnology An edublog about integrating technology into the classroom.
http://timeproject.edublogs.org/ A blog dedicated to technology integration for math engagement. Topics covered include: technology tools, iPad integration, Standards-Based Grading, and links to other useful math education blogs.
General Teaching Resources
Education World A website offering lesson plans, professional development articles, technology reviews, educational news and information for administrators. 4.5The Teacher's Guide A website that offers free lesson plans printables, classroom management ideas, as well as a teacher store.
Edutopia A website that features educational blogs, videos, and lesson ideas. 4.5
Teachers Pay TeachersA website full of free lessons as well as lessons to buy that have been created by other teachers.
Teachers NotebookA website full of free lessons as well as lessons to buy that have been created by other teachers.
RubiStar(By ALTEC at University of Kansas)A website to create rubrics for your project-based learning activities. Rating 4
Internet4Classrooms(By Internet4Classrooms, LLC) A website with free resources for teachersand their classrooms. Rating 4.5
USA Games(By Sheppard Software) A website to practice USA geography. Rating 4.5
USA TestPrep (By USATestPrep, Inc.) Website is a great resource for benchmarking and tracking student progress in reference to state exams and standardized tests. Includes instructional videos, games, and practice tests. Must subscribe to have access to an account. Rating 3.5
BrainPOP A website filled with animation video, quizzes, and games to engage students and support their learning. Perfect for bellwork and introductory information. This is a paid subscription site. Prices vary according to subscription type. Rating 4.5
Flocabulary A website of educational hip-hop videos for a variety of subjects. This is a paid subscription site for $7/mo. Rating 4.5
Comic Life (By Plasq) Let your students design their own comics!
TeacherLED by Spencer Riley(a teacher since 2002 in Birmingham, United Kingdom) was created to bring an array of interactive whiteboard resources to teachers around the world. This site provides numerous interactive games and activities in math, geography,and language arts. Rating 3.5
Prezi Online presentation creation. Similar to Powerpoint but non-linear and more intuitive. Rating 4
Thinkfinity An excellent resource for lesson plans and resources. This used to be Marco Polo years ago. A great first stop when designing curriculum. Rating 5
http://www.coolmath-games.com/ A great resource for fun, interactive, and engaging activities involving math. Useful tool for learning math through play!
Elementary Resources
Switcheroo Zoo (Created by Tubehead Inc.) Let your child's imaginations run WILD with this amazing interactive site! Children choose several animals to blend together, then view their creative results. Provides links to zoos, lesson plans, poetry and much more! Rating 5A+ Math (By Education 4 Free LLC) This is an excellent site for practicing math flash cards, playing games, making practice worksheets and more. Rating 5
Eyewitness To History (By Ibis Communications, Inc.) Your ringside seat to history - from the Ancient World to the present. History through the eyes of those who lived it. Listen to actual broadcasts from President Roosevelt, reporters on the decks of ships at the D-Day invasion, Charles Lindbergh and many more! Rating 4
LauraCandler's File Cabinet Laura Candler, the creator of the site provides a free efile cabinet of free printable resources for elementary teachers, she also has some books and ebooks for purchase on the site. She sorts her resources by subject area making the site easily to maneuver through. Rating 4
Secondary Resources
Web English Teacher A website cataloging many websites of interest for English teachers. Includes resources for all areas of English instruction. Rating 4.5Project Gutenburg Free books! Literally tens of thousands of titles for free and viewable as HTML or to download to your eReader. All titles are copyright free and are pre-1923. Great place for classics. Rating 5
iCivics.org Fun online simulation game on civics: Constitution, voting, electoral collage, branches of gov't, etc. Rating 4.5
Art Resources
NGA Kids Zone provides a place for virtual art creation opportunities; students can learn about artists and art periods by utilizing interactive tools to create their own pieces. Rating 5