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How can I truly incorporate technology into a classroom where I have numerous students but limited access to technological devices?

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Go to a site such as to see the forecast for the month. Find a weather forecast clip online. Find video clips of different types of weather. Have students predict the weather and draw a picture of their prediction. Next, let students take a picture of the weather on that day. Have students print and place both pictures side by side. Have students determine if their prediction was correct or not by comparing the two pictures. Have students create a news weather segment and videotape them.

Have students take pictures of different places inside or outside of the school. Print or display the pictures and have students identify the shapes they see in the pictures. Record videos of students creating shapes with their bodies. Play the videos and have students guess the shapes. Have students use the Paint program on the computer to create a picture using shapes. Have students list the shapes they used.

Substitute any lesson with a technology lesson in which you are teaching students how to use technology while incorporating a subject.

Use technology as a center for all subject areas. This can allow for all students to access a technological device at some point throughout the week.

An app that helps teachers control the noise level in the classroom. (Free, Pro version $2.99) Choose level of sensitivity. Perfect noise level. Beginning to get loud. Too noisy!

Class Dojo is a classroom management tool that helps teachers keep track of behaviors (positive and negative) quickly and efficiently. FREE! Let’s take a look!

A personal organizer app for teachers. Offers features such as seating charts, attendance records, behavior tracking, and a grade book. (Free, but has in app purchases)

Offers a wide variety of educational math (and other) games and activities to help students practice skills. K-5 Created and/or approved by certified school teachers. User-friendly for young learners.

Offers a wide variety of math games for students 1-8 designed to supplement math lessons. TV show games such as Jeopardy & Who Wants To Be a Millionaire already pre-made Single player and multi player modes Organized by grade level, content, and game type. Additionally offers printable worksheets.

Offers free learning games for students pre-k through grade 6. Combines math with games that students are familiar with such as Pac-man, Solitaire, Sudoku, and Dora the Explorer.

Offers a wide number of math games designed for elementary learners.

Customized by grade level and topic Features explanations of various mathematical topics Offers practice problems and fun yet challenging games Has practice, play, and exploration tabs for every subject.

Offers games, puzzles and problems for students to explore. Offers printable pre- made worksheets for K- 5. Offers other cool features such as math manipulatives and thinking blocks to help students solve problems.

Offers hundreds of fun and educational games, quizzes, articles, activities, and more. Pre-K to Adult

Offers games, videos, and worksheets for students K-8. Find games by selecting a grade and then selecting a standard or objective.

A free website to teach children to read with phonics. Offers exciting phonics games and interactive books for pre-k – 1 st grade students.

Provides interactive and downloadable reading material for pre-k to 1 st grade students. Offers guided leveled readers, learning activities, worksheets, and electronic poetry and picture books. Many activities available in Spanish. Free but registration required.

A website that that helps children learn to read with stories, songs, jokes, games, and more. User-friendly for young learners. 50 free activities that are accessible without registering. Offers a variety of subscription plans which will give you access to over 500 stories and activities. ($30 a year for classroom access)

A website for emerging readers which includes free interactive reading games, guided reading stories, songs, and more. Also offers lesson plan resources for teachers such as literacy worksheets and discussions sheets. Helps young learners work on a variety of literacy skills including letters, vowel phonemes, and double consonants.

A website based on the PBS show Between the Lions. Offers stories, music clips, books, videos, interactive games, printable character activities.

Helps children age 2- K learn to read. Free to public school teachers. Offers a unique step-by-step learning path that carefully guides children from one level of reading skill to the next. Allows you to customize by student.

Offers a variety of science and social studies skills for students K-8. Students with limited reading skills can listen to most of the science and social studies content.

A website that features facts, games, images, quizzes, projects, experiments, and more. Offers a wide range of interactive games for science. Choose from 30 science topics.

Features innovative games, quizzes, activities, and articles related to science.

Offers web-based educational activities for pre-k – 6 th grade in social studies and science. Also offers resources in other academic areas. A lot of the content is free but a membership is required to access the complete site and create individual accounts for students. Membership also gets you access to an ad-free version of the site.

A private microblogging site (similar to Facebook) for teachers and students. Use to send notes, links, files, alerts, assignments, quizzes, and more. Teachers can create and manage groups.

A free online tool where teachers can create and award badges for student accomplishments or academic mastery. player_embedded&v=30sMTPO5cAs player_embedded&v=30sMTPO5cAs

A learning platform that offers ELA and math video lessons, assessments, and progress reporting. Aligned with Common Core standards. Grades 2-12

A free website for teachers that allows you to find assessments by standard and grade. Allows you to monitor student performance. Features include reporting student progress to parents and administrators. Registration and basic features are free. Full features can be purchased.

A free site that allows teachers to communicate via text message with students and parents without revealing their actual phone numbers. Generates codes for you to give to students and parents to allow them to receive messages from you.

A Teacher version of youtube. Offers tons of resources about math, art, educational videos, history, and much more.

A free service that allows you to create customized avatars Add voice to the avatar and post it anywhere.

A website for making videos. Develop both narrative videos and video presentations. Users can choose all the characteristics of the video from backgrounds to avatar dialogue and movements.

A website that allows students to combine text, pictures, graphics, video, and audio to create an interactive online poster. A great way for students to display knowledge.

A free online creativity center where students can create their own pictures, drawings, storybooks, and movies. Very user friendly Students can practice writing fairy tales, poetry, collaborative stories, fables, math based stories, illustrated science journals and nonfiction books.

A website offering a comprehensive collection of educational videos, lessons, and games. K-12

A collaborative storytelling website. Students and teachers can create stories digitally by combining artwork and text. Print, watch, or share completed stories.

An online creation tool that allows students to create and share talking photos. Upload a photo and record your voice. Great for a virtual word wall, class online dictionary, sharing thoughts, and informal assessments.

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Divide websites/apps among your team members and have them become an expert and teach your team how to use it. Take some time during the day and explore a particular website with your students. Learn it together. Many sites have “how to” videos you can watch. For upper elementary students, assign groups a website to explore and have them share/teach the class how to use it.