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INFOhio home login: Username westerville password infohio
Installing Mimio (3-minute Youtube Video) When done: reboot, click on Start, Applications, Install Mimio software
Noodletools Username westerville password noodletools account creation instructions
Files:
Library Status Report
District Teacher Websites
Schoology - How to sign up
Free reading posters
Interactive White Board Links:
56 Interesting Ways to use the Interactive Whiteboard
Interactive Internet Resources
Longwood Smartboard Lessons
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Scholastic Interactive Whiteboard Lessons
Utah Education Network - eMedia, Webcams, Student Interactives
Pages:
Curriculum Support
Websites:
Achieve3000 - District Instructional Video on how to login
5 Digital Field Trips for your Class - Edudemic
ALSC Great Websites For Kids
Admongo - Created by Federal Trade Commission - for helping recognize, questions, and understand advertisements.
Book Awards
Book Search - Find books by subject
Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines For Teachers (PDF)
Copyright Guidelines (VHS/DVDs)
Copyright Websites
Culture Grams - From Bremerton High School Research Resources bremer cgrams
Digital Dialects - Free online games to help learn an new language
Discovery Education (Kathy Schrock) - Guide for educators
EconEdLink - Economics & Personal Finance Links
Edhelper - printable worksheets, books, etc.
Educator's Reference Desk
Enchanted Learning Tons of printouts and activities for various curriculum units
GEL - Short for "Good Experience Live", Gel is a conference and community exploring good experience in all its forms - in art, business, technology, society, and life.
IXL - Math for the left & right brain
K12 Online Conference 2010 - innovative ways Web 2.0 tools and technologies can be used to improve learning
Khan Academy - over 2,100 FREE educational videos / tutorials
Kidport Find useful links and information by grade and subject
Math Practice (IXL) - Grades Pre-K to 8
Learn Zillion - Prepartion for Common Core (lessons, videos, etc.)
Lexile Articles - Differentiated - Scholastic Action Magazine
Local Resources - Possible Field Trip Locations
Local Resources - Volunteer OpportunitiesSheppard Software - Hundreds of FREE online games, activities, quizzes, articles and more.
SMART Exchange - Find Lesson Plans for Your SMART Board and Connect with Teachers
Speakaboos - Kids stories, songs, games, and printables
Speeches (American Rhetoric) - 5000+ full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two.
Standards
Storyline Online - search by picture book to find videos of famous people reading the book outloud
Storytelling - Resources
StudyBlue - make online flashcards or search by topic for prepared flashcards
TEDxNYED - Annual TED Conference - videos from innovative educators from around the country (favorite - Brian Crosby - elementary teacher integrating technology into his classroom to do some amazing projects! Also great videos from Will Richardson, Rinat Aruh, Lucy Gray, Alan November, etc. videos)
Tube Chop - edit/chop YouTube videos
Web 2.0 Cool Tools For Schools
Westerville Quest
Writing Tips (NCTE)
News Online:
Historic American Newspapers (Chronicling America)
News ELA - Find current event articles and change the Lexile level using that same article.
Ohio Resource Center - Search huge resource database by topic and grade. Lesson plans, webcasts, etc.
Online Safety:
Common Sense Media (each lesson is 45 minutes long; teachers or LMS can use others throughout the year if they wish). To print out lessons on Common Sense Media you will need to use the username WestervilleWoW and password westerville1
Plagiarism Check
Plagiarism
Videos Online:
Teacher's Domain
Watch Know Learn
You Tube Education
Apps:
10 handy apps for teachers
SmartTots - largest network of teacher-screened apps for kids