Plenty of PowerPoint Presentations from Pete's PowerPoint Station

Pete's PowerPoint Station provides an impressive collection of PowerPoint presentations that are sorted into a variety of categories and subject areas. There are presentations supporting Phys Ed, Math, Science, English, Spec Ed... the list goes on. You will also find a collection of clipart as well.

Thanks to Amanda K from the Educational Software Blog for providing a list of the Top Sites for Lesson Plans - you need to check this site out as well!


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A Learner Profile Template from Dare to Differentiate

daretodifferentiate.wikispaces.com contains a variety of different resources, templates and materials for the differentiated classroom.  This site provides a long list of strategies where you can find Word, PowerPoint and PDF documents and resources.

Take a look at this student learning profile that was posted on this site.  It is interesting to see the variety of information that goes into developing a comprehensive learning profile.

Spend some time browsing through the variety of resources at this site.e

Web 2.0 Tools from Recipes 4 Success

Two interesting tools from the website Recipes 4 Success. (Thanks to Digygogy for their post on webstuff.)

Recipes 4 Success gives some online tools which could be helpful for the classroom. Another 'plus' is that you do not require a login account to use these tools.

Rubric maker - a fairly simple rubric maker but it may be useful in making a quick rubric or to allow students an opportunity to make their own.

Graphic Organizer tool - this quick and easy tool allows you to add a title and instructions to some common graphic organizers. This can be helpful if you to quickly print off a customized organizer.

Check it out

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Tools for the Differentiated Classroom

This site provides instruction on Podcasting, Blogging and RSS feeds; and how they can be used to help differentiate instruction.  There are instructions in using Google's blogger (free) and how to first navigate your way through opening a blog of your own.  For Podcasting, the instructions provided are really for Mac users.  Those of us who operate on PC computers will not have access to the software described in this website.  There are some detailed instructions about RSS feeds and how to set up a feed for your blog.

Tools for the Differentiated Classroom

50 Best Blogs for Education Leaders

A lot of material to check out here.  50 blogs in subcategories: education news; subject specific; inspiration and motivation; education policy; education technology, etc...

http://www.onlineuniversities.com/blog/2010/02/50-best-blogs-for-education-leaders/

Digygogy - Where does a Teacher Start with Learning Technology?

Another informative article from Didygogy outlining some of the things that we as educators should keep in mind as we dive into the deep and diverse pool of technology.

http://digigogy.blogspot.com/2010/01/where-does-teacher-start-with.html

It is easy to get overwhelmed with tech that is constantly improving and evolving. Where do you start? What should you do? Michael Fisher gives you some suggestions.

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Children's Storybooks read by Celebrities

Here is an interesting website from the Screen Actors Guild Foundation that may be of interest to those who make use of children's books in the classroom. Storylineonline.net lists a number of popular children's books read by celebrities. Each book that is read is accompanied by illustrations as well as links to related activities as well as an activity guide which you can download.

Learn more about tech with Good-Tutorials.com

A great resource on photoshop, photography, HTML, flash, java script, etc.  If you have access to photo editing software or web-design software through your school but have no idea how to use it - start looking here for some help.

http://www.good-tutorials.com/

Interesting Facts and Trivia from Mental_Floss

If you are looking for some interesting facts and trivia to help generate interest and attention at the beginning of a class or unit, check out Mental Floss.  This site interesting articles, top 5 and top 10 lists as well as quizzes and amazing facts.  A 'must-have' resource for a teacher webpage or jump-page.

http://www.mentalfloss.com/

Make Interactive Timelines on Dipity

Here is a webapp which allows you to make nice looking timelines and enables you to make links to other websites and media.  Using these timelines presents a very interactive and informative experience.  For students it can serve as another great way to organize and connect events as they create their own timelines.

Check it out...  Dipity.com

Here is a timeline (from Dipity) outlining the events and efforts around Haiti...

Haiti Earthquake on Dipity.

Teacher Tools from Scholastic Canada

Check out this site for a variety of tools and templates of organizers (Venn Diagrams, KWL chart) as well as resources on reading comprehension, story elements and assessment.

Teacher Tools from Scholastic Canada

Thanks to Sandra B for the link (follow Sandra on Twitter).

Graphic Organizers - from Classroom Toolkit

A wide array of organizers and templates organized by subject area in this visual organizer 'starter kit'.  This 'starter kit' is a section from this online e-book.  Check out the rest of the sections on this website for more information on Higher-Order Thinking, Multiple Intelligences as well as a variety of links to free and trial software.

Graphic Organizer Starter Toolkit