Business Cards

Allow your students to demonstrate content they have learned by creating business cards. Templates for the cards can be found in Microsoft Office. Once the cards are created, students can trade cards with classmates and even take them home for review.

Worksheet Works

I love sites that make teaching easier! Worksheet Works is a site that generates educational worksheets based on your specifications. The worksheets are created in a PDF format that can be projected and used with the SMARTBoard! Check it out at http://worksheetworks.com/

Sheppard Software

Sheppard offers everything from early math to pre-algebra. The lessons include interactive activities to practice concepts. Students can shoot fruit, pop balloons, and even play math man (the math version of pac man!). Fractions, place value, money, and basic operations are some of the areas that are covered. Check it out at http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math.htm.

See more from Sheppard Software by clicking the links at the top of the page to view additional content areas.

Online Graphs and Charts

ChartTool is a quick and easy site for creating all kinds of graphs. You can create bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, scatter plots, and more. Use the tabs at the top of the site to put your graph together. The site creates a wonderful graph that can be downloaded as a picture or PDF document. Check it out at http://www.onlinecharttool.com/graph.php

Classroom Instruction That Works

We have done many studies on Marzano's nine strategies for enhancing student achievement. Now, let's take it a step farther and look at integrating technology with Marzano's instructional strategies. http://gets.gc.k12.va.us/VSTE/2008/index.htm includes specific examples of technology tools that correlate with each strategy. I think you will be amazed at everything this site has to offer!

Animoto

Animoto is an incredible way to change your flip videos and still pictures from boring to amazing in minutes! How does it work? Select your pictures or video, choose your own music or music from their site and voila! Animoto automatically puts the entire video together for you, including fun animations. Students can quickly and easily create videos relating to vocabulary words and much more! See an example at http://animoto.com/

Halloween Hollow

Halloween is just around the corner and Halloween Hollow contains a collection of many activities to get you in the spirit! There are word searches, crossword puzzles and tic-tac-toe. Students can even carve a virtual pumpkin to practice those computer skills! Need more ideas? Check out the links for lesson plan ideas! http://www.vickiblackwell.com/halloween.html

Also, check out the Mystery Cube through Thinkfinity! http://www.thinkfinity.org/halloweenFeature.aspx