1. EDTC 614: Integrating Technology into the curriculum Topic 3: Activity 2 Betty Hustead November 12, 2010

2. Teacher Tools Feeding students and teachers gets there attention, but then you need to have interesting presentations to keep it. There are many tools to help teachers on line. My favorite is Web 2.0. http://sites.google.com/site/educationalweb20tools/Home It has newsletters, current info, new tech, games, maps, blogs, and anything else you can think about needing or using.

3. Tools for Science Many Science Sources can be Found Online. National weather service on line school www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/index.htm Weather underground www.wunderground.com Discovery Education http://school.discoveryeducation.com Educator’s Reference Desk www.eduref.org

4. Social Studies Tools Geography lesson videos http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=Geography+le ssons&form=QBVR# History lessons, templates, … http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/ history/histg.html BrainPop.com (subscription site) animated videos, lessons, graphic organizers, quizzes, … http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/

5. Math Tools Create a graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/ Create/Use Flash Cards http://cueflash.com/search?cx=partner-pub- 3048009152605611%3Ab0kp0w- y1x1&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=ISO-8859- 1&q=math&siteurl=cueflash.com%2F#882 Quizzes/Flash Cards http://quizlet.com/

6. Literacy Are you still keeping the students entertained? Differentiation skills, Marzano’s Instructional Strategies and RTI sources may help. Differentiation http://www.byrdseed.com/the- differentiator/http://www.byrdseed.com/the- differentiator/ Marzano’s Strategies http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/VSTE/2008/ http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/VSTE/2008/ RTI http://www.interventioncentral.org/ Or http://rti4success.org/index.php?option=content&tas k=blogcategory&id=18&ltemid=75 http://www.interventioncentral.org/ http://rti4success.org/index.php?option=content&tas k=blogcategory&id=18&ltemid=75

7. Standards Be sure to integrate standards within your lessons! 1. ISTE NET standards for students and Teachers http://www.iste.org/standards.aspx 2. 21 st Century Skills http://www.p21.org/ 3. National Content Standards http://www.nsta.org/about/positions/standards.aspx

8. Tools Overview If you are willing to spend some time online researching tools for teaching, you will save yourself time in the end. You do not need to create everything on your own, many things are out there waiting for you to find and use them. Collaboration with teachers is available online through blogs, emails, webinars, and other methods. Have fun searching and learning!