1. Free is Good Lecture/demonstration/lab coloma.weebly.com
Coloma Community Schools In-service
21 March 2014
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2. It has come to this?

3. Free is Good Lecture/demonstration/lab
OBJECTIVE:
Introduce you to several free internet resources that you can use to help yourself and your students.
OVERVIEW:
A focused few
Collections of free
Chrome web store
Taking Free University and Teacher Education
Free tutorials for your students
Grabbing Attention
Fishing for Free Lessons
Extending the Classroom
Try them
Additional resources

4. A focused few Taggalaxy.de – Searching pictures on flickr
Geoguessr.com – Game for guessing location
Desmos.com – Graphing Calculator
Online-stopwatch.com – Simple Countdown or Stopwatch
Duolingo.com – Learn another language through immersion
Narrable.com - Create a story
DreamBox.com/teachertools – Interactive WhiteBoard Lessons
WeVideo.com – Creating/editing a video
MEL.org – Michigan Electronic Library
Letsgeddit.com – Gage student understanding
Evernote.com – Notes for everything
Edchat.org – Resource for personal learning network
Elements4d – Google Play App to understand elements
Todaysmeet.com – Interactive back channel discussion

5. Collections of Free
ilearntechnology.com/?p=3422 Superbook of technology for teachers
Nextvista.org/resources – List assembled by Rushton Hurley
googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/home - This is Jerome Berg's wonderful example of how customized maps can enhance learning activities - the study of literature, in this case.
- Politicial Cartoon Archieve …. Library of Congress
-  tool to arrange news stories by topic, country, and how recently they were published.

6. Chrome Web Store Splash Math grades 1 to 5 Alphabet Zoo
English Flashcards for ESL
Duolingo
Typing Tutor
Flashcards
Chemistry Reference
Periodic Table
Design Something
Time Maps: World History Atlas
Country Flags (flags on a 3D globe)
Biology Games
Ray Optics Simulation

7. Taking Free University Education

8. Free Education for Staff
22itrig.org – Classroom Readiness T3
Online Assessment
21 Things for 21st Century Teachers
Can pay and get college credit
Youtube Search
How to anything
Teachertube
Lessons and shared PD
iTunes U
Podcasts

9. Free Tutorials for Students
Khan academy Or
Youtube and do a search
iTunes U
Podcasts

10. Fishing for Free Lessons
iTunes U
Podcasts (can extend your classroom)

11. Grabbing Attention Educreations.com Jamendo.com Ujam.com
Zygotebody.com
Human Anatomy
Educreations.com
Voice plus whiteboard …. Shared
Jamendo.com
shared free music web site
Ujam.com
Creating music web site

12. Extending the Classroom
What is “Flipping the Classroom”
Sidevibe.com – Guided assignment through web sites
Edublogs.org – You oversee class related discussions.
Weebly.com – Create your own web site
Edmodo – Simplier Classroom Environment
Moodle – More Options Classroom Environment
Google Apps

13. Tips and Tricks
Google Advanced Search
Save those id’s and passwords

14. Let’s Try It

15. Additional Resources Web site for PD Day
School web site under teachers and students

16. Addendum ??

17. No technology?