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    • This site is designed to provide teachers access to materials and resources. Technology and education are pretty intertwined these days and nearly every teacher has a few favorite tech tools that make doing his or her job and connecting with students a little bit easier and more fun for all involved.

      Below is a list of some of the tech tools, including some that are becoming increasingly popular and widely used, that I have collected during my years as a librarian.   Click on the links provided

      Lesson Planning and Tech Tools

      1. Teachers Pay Teachers: (https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/) Have great lessons to share? Looking for something to add to your classes? On this site you can do both, selling your own class materials and buying high-quality resources from other teachers.
      2. Wordle: (http://www.wordle.net/) Create stunning word clouds using Wordle, a great complement to language lessons of any kind.
      3. Prezi: (https://prezi.com/) Want to build presentations that will wow your students? Make use of this online tool that makes it simple to do all kinds of cool things with your lessons, even allowing collaboration between teachers.
      4. Quizlet: (https://quizlet.com/) Quizlet makes it easy for teachers to create study tools for students, especially flashcards that can make memorizing important information a snap.
      5. Google Docs: (www.google.com)     Through Google Docs, teachers can create and share documents, presentations, or spreadsheets with students and colleagues as well as give feedback on student-created projects.
      6. QR Codes: QR codes (or quick response codes) are showing up with greater frequency in education.
      7. Glogster: (http://edu.glogster.com)     Glogster is a social site that lets users mash up music, photos, videos, and pretty much anything else you’d like. It’s a great way to create learning materials and a handy tool for creative student projects.
      8. Newsela - view current events happening in the world today   https://newsela.com/ 
      9. InstaGrok - Research any topic with an interactive concept map. awesome visuals for teachers , type Robert Frost at the top screen then click Grok http://www.instagrok.com/
      10. Secret Annex Online - Discover Anne Franks secret places in 3D http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Home/

      Get TechFat - Tech based Formative Assessments:  Great tools for teachers to use in class as agroup retesting or quizzing your students using tech programs

      1. Plickers - teacher can download app on an iPhone or go to www.plickers.com Good source for teachers to gather student activities responses. Print clicker cards for teacher made activity lessons.
      2. Socrative - create a quiz download or print for easy grade and instant student responses http://www.socrative.com 
      3. Go Formative - Create online assessments , classwork or homework , allows to ask students questions with lots of pre-made quizzes ready fro you to use in class   https://goformative.com/
      4. Nearpod - Bring your class to life with interactive activities , teachers can create a free account and setup lessons for your class , students don't have to create an account just issue them a pin number to join in your class activities. https://nearpod.com/ 

       

      Great websites by subject area

      English                                                                                                                                     

      www.teachingbooks.net/   -books

      www.infotopia.info/biography.html  -biographies

      www.infotopia.info/greekmyth.html  -Greek mythology

      www.infotopia.info/romanmyth.html  -Roman mythology

      www.infotopia.info/reference.html     -Reference tools

      www.infotopia.info/citations.html       - Citation creation

      www.infotrek.info/biography.html       -biographies

      www.academicjournals.org/    -journals

      www.infotrek.info/      literature

      www.sparknotes.com/lit/index_author_g.html   -sparknotes

      http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/j108909001 -  current events / journals

      http://online.infobase.com/HRC/Search/Search?q=ancient - mythology project

      http://www.poets.org/poetsorg/browse-poems-poets - browse poems & poets

      http://www.fofweb.com/Lit/default.asp - Bloom's Literary Criticism

      http://find.galegroup.com/menu/commonmenu.do?userGroupName=j108909001 - Literature Resource Center for literary criticism

       

      SCIENCE

       www.ipl.org/div/projectguide/   - science fairs

      www.infotopia.info/life_science.html - Life science/biology

      www.infotopia.info/chemistry.html -  chemistry

      www.infotopia.info/earth_science.html - Earth science

      www.infotrek.info/science.html - science

      www.infotrek.info/health_medicine.html  - Health & medicine

      http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/default.html - deseases

      http://www.discoverylife.com/tv-shows/emergency-247/ - Anthrax / Discovery life videos

       

      Social Studies

      www.usa.gov/  -  US Government

      www.ipl.org/div/potus/ -  Presidents

      www.digital-librarian.com/government.html -  Government & Codes

      www.digital-librarian.com/politics.html - Politics

      www.infotrek.info/social_studies.html - SS/History

      www.academicindex.net/us_history/us_history.html - US History

      www.hstry.co/timelines - History timelines

      http://www.everyculture.com/A-Bo/index.html - Countries and other cultures

      http://www.fofweb.com/WGCO/Default.aspx - World Geography and cultures

      http://find.galegroup.com/grnr/start.do?prodId=GRNR&userGroupName=j108909001 - Global issues and content

      http://nationalparalegal.edu/conLawCrimProc_Public/Federalism/PresidentialPowers.asp   - Presidential Powers (Thank you Lauren)

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

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