Bucket List of Online Education Resources - by David Kapuler

  

Teacher Sherpa (find inspiration from other teachers and thousands of their resources)

https://teachersherpa.com/home

 

World Statistics Real Time

http://www.worldometers.info

 

Computer Games & Activities for Elementary students http://www.abcya.com/   Great Elementary Links http://weldelementarylinks.weebly.com   Student Interactives http://www.uen.org/k12student/interactives.shtml   Classroom Screen http://classroomscreen.com/mobile.html   Graphic Organizer Maker http://graphicorganizer.net/?utm_campaign=ct_0616_gomaker&utm_source=email&utm_medium=contact&utm_content=gomaker   Rubric Maker http://rubric-maker.com/?utm_campaign=ct_0616_rm&utm_source=email&utm_medium=contact&utm_content=rubricmaker   Free Tech For Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/   Common Core Math Assessments, Worksheets, & Activities http://www.orglib.com/home.aspx   Random Spelling Generator http://www.bigiqkids.com   ReadWorks (research-based units, lessons, and authentic, leveled non-fiction and literary passages) http://www.readworks.org/   Free Grammar Checker http://paperrater.com/free_paper_grader	Music - drag notes to make your own music http://www.artsalive.ca/en/mus/activitiesgames/games/popcomposemusic.html   Videos for High School Teachers - over 8,000 lessons http://www.knowmia.com/   Share My Lesson (educators create and share their very best teaching resources, developed by teachers for teachers, has a significant resource bank for Common Core State Standards) http://www.sharemylesson.com   All about Monarchs (a high school social studies project) http://monarchs.wmwikis.net/ Pacing Guide for Monarchs project Rubric for Monarchs Project Sample Monarch Project   2,000,000 Historical Pictures http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/09/over-2-million-historical-pictures-are.html   Built by Kids http://builtbykids.com/   ClassDojo: Build Classroom Communities with Teachers, Students and Parents https://external.classdojo.com   Smithsonian Learning Lab https://learninglab.si.edu	Free Presentations in PPT Format http://reading.pppst.com/     Free online proofing, grammar, and spell check http://www.paperrater.com/   Get Your Digital Life in Order (Chris O'Neal) http://order.wikispaces.com   Before you share photos online, check out this video	Teacher Toolsbox http://www.learningtoday.com/corporate/teacher-resources.asp	Interactive "Whiteboard" Resources http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx
HighLights Kids - online magazine http://www.highlightskids.com   Vermilion Parish Public Schools site http://www.vrml.k12.la.us/resources/teacherresources.htm   Common Core Resources Math Vocabulary Granite City Schools http://goo.gl/8Vrno   LA Dept. of Education Teacher Resources by Grade http://www.louisianabelieves.com/resources/library/teacher-support-toolbox-library   Librarian & Research Website (Digital & Print Resources) http://abc-clio.com	Build your own house using smallblueprinter http://www.smallblueprinter.com/sbp.html   PBS videos, interactives, documents, lesson plans, tools, etc. http://www.pbslearningmedia.org   Problem-Attic (requires a free account) http://www.problem-attic.com   A database and gallery of structures http://en.structurae.de   Teachers Pay Teachers http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/	Digital Footprints http://digitaltracks.pbworks.com    Free Songs for Teaching http://www.songsforteaching.com/   Flip your Classroom http://flippedclass.com/ http://flippedlearning.org/   Nicole Blanchard http://www.nikoleblanchard.com/   Ideas for Educators - Anne Beninghof http://www.ideasforeducators.com/	Free Clip Art http://www.dailyclipart.net/	Teacher LED Interactive "Whiteboard" Resources http://www.teacherled.com/all-interactive-whiteboard-resources/
Louisiana BiCentennial Links http://labicent.pbworks.com   Find Area Codes http://www.allareacodes.com/   Find Zip Codes http://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/	A Word a Day  http://wonderopolis.org   WikiMedia Commons (a collection of 40,409,960 freely usable media files to which anyone can contribute) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page   Creative Commons (free stuff from educators) https://creativecommons.org	Free online tutoring for K-12 & college students http://www.homeworkla.org	Holes Online Book http://books.google.com/books?id=NlA7LI8_Jk4C&dq=Holes&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=LbGfS6TbFceVtgeD28HxDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCkQ6AEwBg&safe=active#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Blogspot for lower elementary http://settleonin.blogspot.com/   Digital Citizenship Admongo   App List for Kindergarten http://www.kindergarten.com    Over 200 Free Kids Educational Resources:  videos, websites, apps, books, etc. http://www.openculture.com//free_k-12_educational_resources   Great Elementary Links http://weldelementarylinks.weebly.com	Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything http://www.schrockguide.net/ http://www.schrockguide.net/assessment-and-rubrics.html (rubrics)   Resources for Teachers (includes Lesson Plans, Worksheets, Rubrics) http://www.teach-nology.com/   Internet Safety The Bullying Academy OnGuardOnline Net Cetera (part of OnGuardOnline)   Thousands of great kids books for iPads (Android coming soon) http://www.getepic.com/features/	2nd Grade Resources http://www.19pencils.com/globalsearches/search?search_term=Wild%20Animals:%20Facts,%20Pictures,%20Video%20:%20Animal%20Planet#!prettyPhoto/0/   Free High Quality Common Core Lessons from Teachers http://learnzillion.com   Science Videos for Kids (K-8) http://www.makemegenius.com/   Web Freebies (CPSB Technology Dept.) http://qrs.ly/3q2ktwg

Join LACUE (Louisiana Association of Computer Using Educators)

(it's free)

http://www.lacue.org

 

West Baton Rouge Parish Schools Technology

https://www.wbrschools.net/domain/46

 

FREE RESOURCES FROM THE STATE LIBRARY OF LOUISIANA

http://www.homeworkla.org

 

jogtheweb.com (currently inactive :(

http://jogtheweb.com

 

Web 2.0 sites using Bloom's Taxonomy

http://usi.edu/distance/bdt.htm

 

Did You Know Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqZiIO0YI7Y

 

LiveBinders

'LiveBinder It' is a bookmarking tool that you can install on your browser tool bar. While you are browsing the web, you can add web pages directly into one of your binders or a new binder in your account by clicking on the LiveBinder It link. This way, you can add pages without having to go to the LiveBinders site. It is a quicker and easier way to add web pages to your binders.

http://www.livebinders.com

http://www.livebinders.com/?type=video (tutorials)

 

Jerry Blumengarten's Cybrary Man (similar to Sue LeBeau)

http://www.cybraryman.com

 

Thinkfinity (Includes Interactives)

http://thinkfinity.org

 

Susan Gauthier Mimi LACUE Region 2 (Licensed to Thrill)

 

37,000 Web resources

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/

 

Super Teacher Worksheets

http://superteacherworksheets.com/ (A few are free, worth the individual membership $19.95/year)

 

Classroom Aids

 

Free Teacher Tools Glog

http://fastmamafrog.edu.glogster.com/free-teacher-tools

 

Free Videos

http://www.watchknowlearn.org/

 

Shmoop - variety of resources, links, lesson plans, and guides, etc.

http://www.shmoop.com/

 

Ed Helper - collection of resources in all subjects (subscription required)

http://www.edhelper.com/

 

Arcademic Skill Builders (basic math, language arts, vocabulary, and thinking skills)

http://www.arcademicskillbuilders.com/

 

Mentor Mob (students learn through step-by-step directions called Learning Playlists)

http://www.mentormob.com

 

Information and Resource for the K-12 Community

http://www.k12imc.org/iste/

 

Free Clip Art http://www.dailyclipart.net/

 

Free Public Domain Images

http://www.public-domain-image.com

 

Search for Free Photos and much more stuff

http://www.veezzle.com

 

Print Friendly (Removes Ads, Navigation and web page junk, so you save paper and ink when you print)

http://www.printfriendly.com/

 

Free Tools and Resources (over 1,000 links)

http://edutecher.net/

 

Free Teacher Resources from TeachersFirst

http://www.teachersfirst.com/

 

Tumble Books

http://asp.tumblebooks.com/Home.aspx?categoryID=13

 

Sesame Street free eBooks

http://ebooks.sesamestreet.org/free/

 

60 Second Recap of Books

http://www.60secondrecap.com 

 

PuzzleMaker

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com

 

Discovery Education (formerly United Streaming)

Note: STPSB teachers, if you need your school code, contact Inkie

http://www.lpb.org/education

 

Free Classroom Tools for Educators (Countdown Timer, Random Name Picker, Fakebook, Venn Diagram)

http://classtools.net/ (link to Sidebar Page)

 

Education World Templates

http://www.educationworld.com/tools_templates/index.shtml

 

Microsoft Templates

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/default.aspx

 

Internet Safety in the Classroom

http://region2internetsafety.pbworks.com

 

Digital Production Tools

http://digitalproductiontools.pbworks.com

 

Vicki Blackwell's Teacher Templates

http://www.vickiblackwell.com/teachertemplates.html

 

Create web pages for free

http://sites.google.com

 

Teacher Resources

http://www.teach-nology.com/

 

Free Resources for Educational Excellence

http://free.ed.gov/

 

Digital Media for the Classroom and Professional Development

http://www.teachersdomain.org/

 

Watch Know - created by Wikipedia, educational videos

http://www.watchknow.org

 

Free printable worksheets for teachers

http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/ 

 

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MATH LINKS

 

Math Tutorials

Khan Academy - over 3,200 tutorials ranging from math to physics

http://www.khanacademy.org/

http://www.webmath.com (type in a problem and the computer works it out for you)

http://brightstorm.com

http://ccssmath.org

http://www.analyzemath.com/

http://www.wolframalpha.com

https://graspablemath.com/canvas (Move terms fluently to solve equations and explore the power of algebra – for free)

 

Inside Mathematics

http://insidemathematics.org

 

HOODA Math (games, tutorials, worksheets, movies)

http://hoodamath.com/

 

Flash Card Games

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/flash-cards.html

 

Study Ladder:  online english literacy & mathematics

http://www.studyladder.com/

 

Math Playground - for elementary and middle school students

http://mathplayground.com/

 

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

 

Math League - Whole Numbers

http://www.mathleague.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=67

 

Math Dictionary for Kids - more than 600 terms

http://www.amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

 

Inside Mathematics (demonstration lessons presented to children and groups of observing teachers and much more)

http://www.insidemathematics.org

 

Financial Football - teach financial skills and concepts

http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/games/trainingcamp/

 

Math Fact Sheets & Fact Cards

http://www.mathfactcafe.com

 

Help Students master Common Core Math (free trial offer)

https://www.sokikom.com/

 

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John Hopkins Center for Technology in Education

http://www.thinkport.org

 

Inspiration on the Web (Note: free service ends April 4, 2011)

http://mywebspiration.com

 

Multiple Intelligences Test

http://literacyworks.org/mi/assessment/findyourstrengths.html

 

Create Trading Cards

http://www.bighugelabs.com

 

Fasttrack to America's Past

http://www.fasttrackteaching.com/

 

U.S. History online game

http://www.mission-us.org/

 

History of the US as shown through Maps

http://www.animatedatlas.com/movie.html

 

Life without the Bill of Rights

http://billofrightsinstitute.org/teach/freeresources/constitutionday

 

Facts about Louisiana

http://www.50states.com/facts/louis.htm

 

Louisiana Travel

http://www.louisianatravel.com/

 

Short videos of places to see around the world

http://www.geobeats.com/

 

http://www.noodletools.com

choose Noodle Tools Express and

choose APA,

Select a Citation Type,

choose Electronic -> Web Site,

click Go,

click Next,

choose Web Site with URL,

click Next,

fill in required fields (with *),

click Generate Citation,

copy and paste citation into Flipchart

 

iPod / iPad Resources

http://www.iear.org

http://www.learninginhand.com (Tony Vincent's everything apps)

http://www.lwbva.org (Learning without Boundaries)

http://ipodclassroom.wikispaces.com (Chris O'Neal's iPod wiki)

http://ipadbackpack.wikispaces.com (Chris O'Neal's iPad website)

http://lwbva.org (University of Virginia eBook pilot with 6-12 schools)

http://ieducationappsreview.ning.com (educators review apps)

http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=36989 (Susan Brooks-Young resources)

http://www.macworld.com/appguide/collections.html (MacWorld App Guide sorted by categories)

http://www.appolicious.com/ (Variety of apps)

http://bestappever.com/vote/ (You get to vote on your favorite app)

http://freeappaday.com (Free apps)

http://ipadeducators.ning.com/ (Ning for iPads in Education)

http://www.sjbrooks-young.com/id305.html (Susan Brooks-Young's link for iPads)

http://itouchthefuture.pbworks.com/w/page/45724183/All%20Apptivities (Susan Brooks-Young & Chris O'Neal's wiki of "Apptivities" that educators have shared

http://www.appitic.com/ (over 1300 Apps for Education)

http://www.portical.org/ipad_apps_administrators2.html (for Administrators, by Administrators)

http://ipodlinks.pbworks.com/ (Sandy Scott's wiki on iPads and iPods)

 

 

Photo management & manipulation

 

Create marvelous photos to share with your friends

http://www.dumpr.net

 

Online photo editing

http://fotoflexer.com/

 

Photosynth (stitch photos together into 1 big interactive 3D viewing)

http://photosynth.net/

 

FlauntR

http://www.flauntr.com/

 

Picture2Life (animate, collage, share pictures)

http://www.picture2life.com/

 

Phixr (online editing)

http://www.phixr.com/

 

Smilebox (over 1000 templates to create scrapbooks, photo albums, collages, etc.)

http://www.smilebox.com/

 

Photovisi (turn photos into a collage)

http://www.photovisi.com/

 

Miscellaneous Links

 

Save money on travel

http://www.yapta.com

http://www.kayak.com

http://www.trivago.com

 

Watch TV on your computer

http://www.hulu.com

 

Learn to type

http://www.typingweb.com  FREE online typing tutor & keyboarding tutorial for typists of all skill levels

http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/tutor/index.php?lang=EN

 

Resources for Senior Citizens

Easy to Use Computers

http://bigscreenlive.com/

http://www.youcandoitcomputers.com

http://www.mywowcomputer.com

 

Enable Java

http://www.enable-javascript.com

 

Web Friendly Fonts

Most safe - Arial, Courier, Helvetica, Times New Roman/Times

Usually work - Avant Garde, Bookman, Garamond, Palatino

Mac, Windows, but NOT Unix - Arial Black, Comic Sans MS, Georgia, Impact, Trebuchet MS, Verdana