EDUC582Fall2014

I am anxious to see how this would actually work with parents and teachers. It looks very promising.

Free for teachers - requires download Songsmith generates musical accompaniment to match a singer's voice. Just choose a musical style, sing into your PC's microphone, and Songsmith will create backing music for you.

Free webinar series focused on literacy based topics.

Quick way to find pictures that are Creative Commons licensed and school appropriate.

Finally ... a resource directly related to coaching and flipped learning! Super Duper!

It is great that you found resources that tied a classroom initiative to coaching. I enjoyed reading the author's observations. Coaching is teaching after all! Thanks for sharing.

Cold Turkey is a free productivity program that you can use to temporarily block yourself off of popular social media sites, addicting websites and games so that you can get your work done!

It takes just seconds to publish your article and share it with the world Pen.io is a simple resource for creating a personal website. Groups of students or even family members can keep in contact with one another easily through text, pictures and videos.

Interesting that you don't create an account! This could make it easier for some projects or could create some new challenges. I want to check this one out. It could have great potential.

We love lists. They capture ideas, things to do and places to see. And when you share them, they influence the world around you. This is Wunderlist.

This site is available for the desktop or phone. The best description of wunderlist is an in depth to do list. This would be an excellent resource to use in teams such as administration teams, academic departments, committees and even class projects. This resource makes it easy for teachers, administrators or even committees to delineate duties. Some tools made available are the ability to set priorities, live note taking, flagging and due dates.

IXL is the Web's most comprehensive K-12 practice site. Widely used by schools and families, IXL provides unlimited practice in more than 4,000 math and English topics. An adaptive learning system features games and awards, inspiring students to achieve.

Great resources, especially to share with parents! However, I'm trying to figure out how much they can do for free before needing to pay for a subscription.

The creative visual learning platform that every educator and student deserves. I used this tool when I taught in Maryland for students to have interactive computer time, when they were completing state projects.

Explore a selection of free movies, quizzes, and activities from BrainPOP's suite of educational, animated resources.In my experience the students start out loving, then they find the presentations tedious. However, can be a good way to hook the learner if not overused.

Read reviews, get customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about Super Duper StoryMaker FREE on the App Store. Download Super Duper StoryMaker FREE and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

This is a great app (free version is available as well as pay for app) that allows students to creat their own story. I use this resource to create an expressive language opportunity for many of my students.

Read reviews, get customer ratings, see screenshots, and learn more about Flashcards+ on the App Store. Download Flashcards+ and enjoy it on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

The flashcard app is a great study tool and saves paper too! My own children introduced me to this one.

Isn't it fun when kids introduce us to great new tools!

One of the first, and best, and briefest TEDTalks, ever! The TAKE-AWAY? Just because we've done "it" this way forever, does not mean that there is not room for improvement ... Enjoy!

The easiest shared video editing platform for business owner's education programs and individual personal use. Loopster Video editing platform is so easy

We are always looking for video editing tools so I'll check this one out for sure! Although the free account is limited, it may work for some projects.

Allows you to search books of interest. As books or magazines are found, they are linked to other books/magazines (stacks) that others have found.

Thanks! I'm just starting to explore this. I found several magazines and newsletters of interest to me. Now I'm considering applications for the classroom? Could this be a place to post newsletters for parents?

Aurasma is an app in which you are able to take photographs and video and tie the two together through a channel. When the app is downloaded on a phone, you can hover your phone over the picture and the video linked with it will automatically come up.

Amazing!

Although this website is geared more toward elementary age students, I have been able to get a lot of great ideas for posters, organizers, class charts, etc. The site includes a variety of resources for teachers to organize their classrooms and help students to better understand concepts. The website offers a free site and a paid membership site. Although the free site does not allow access to some of the resources that the paid site does, there are still a great deal of resources available to the free site users.

This website focuses on Language Arts lesson plans for grades K-12. Lesson plans range from reading and writing, follow PA common core and old standards, and offer differentiation for varying levels of abilities. All materials are included, printables are readily available, and lesson plans are laid out in an easy to follow format. The website is free.