Teacher+Toolkit

Here are fun, helpful classroom tools. Feel free to edit/improve existing documents and/or add new classroom tools to the documents on this page. Click "discussion" to comment about tools, games, or videos you have tried and improved, or new ideas you have added. Please also share any useful teacher resources that you use. :-) || [|Jeopardy PowerPoint]-- plus [|subject area Jeopardy games] -- teacher contributions (many subject areas) || || [|http://www.diigo.com] || [|http://oslis.org] || [] || Cool site for art inspiration!! Check it out!! || Excellent site to connect students with geography and history. || [] ||
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 * [[file:Seating Chart Options.ppt]] || [|PowerPoint Games] -- Other online games include Wheel of Fortune, Password, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Twenty Questions . . . ||
 * [[file:Grade Book1.xls]] || Educational Resources for Teachers --
 * [[file:Brochure.doc]] || PowerPoint Games -- [|Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader] ||
 * [[file:Certificate.doc]] || [|Ten Games for Classroom Fun]-- Education World ||
 * [[file:Conversion Tables1.xls]] || [|Game Templates and Untilities] -- Find assorted game templates in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel for your classroom, utilities like countdown clocks. ||
 * [[file:Disciplinary Action.doc]] || [|Hot Potatoes] installer for use in classroom ||
 * [[file:business 2 - teamwork colleague to colleague.ppt]] || [|Classroom Game Templates and More] -- lots of popular TV game show templates to use for your classroom -- check it out! ||
 * [[file:CALENDAR1.xls]] || [|Technology Integration with PowerPoint] -- good instructions, tips, examples and lots of templates to help you with classroom activities ||
 * [[file:Class Welcome!.ppt]] || free [|educational video games] from [|www.4teachers.org] ||
 * [[file:business slide design.ppt]] || Food Force with [] download game (Help kids understand about global hunger) ||
 * [[file:Cryptogram1.xls]] || Free Kibble [] Right or wrong, you win! Click on an answer, and every day you do, we'll provide 10 pieces of kibble to Animal Shelters to help feed their hungry dogs. Play Bow-Wow Trivia every day - the more you play, the more kibble for the dogs! ||
 * [[file:educator web sites.doc]] || Fun, interactive website with challenging questions for kids plus lots of help for abandoned animals -- similar to the FoodForce. "Right or wrong, you win! Click on an answer, and every day you do, we'll provide 10 pieces of **kibble** to Animal Shelters to help feed their hungry dogs" at [] ||
 * [[file:Experiment Design.doc]] || Educational Games Research -- quality, [|free educational videos] for the classroom ||
 * [[file:Free Tools and Ideas for the Classroom.pdf]] || a very helpful book on integrating technology into literacy classrooms -- __Using__ __Technology__ __in__ __K-8__ __Classrooms__ (ISBN: o-13-936337-8) ||
 * [[file:Fundraising1.xls]] || [|www.math-drills.com] and [|math.com]. Math-drills has a lot of practice for all levels of math and even has fun holiday worksheets in PDF format. Math.com is repleat with information. It has lesson plans, dynamic worksheet builders, TONS of helps for teachers, students, and parents. It is one of the ones that I put on my syllabus for help. The other one is [|purplemath.com]. Purplemath.com has great examples and practice problems for kids and parents. It has a searchable website which makes it easy to find topics. ||
 * [[file:Graph Paper1.xls]] || [|www.wolframalpha.com] is the COOLEST website that will solve problems, answer questions, and give general data about ANYTHING and EVERYTHING. ||
 * [[file:Hall Pass.doc]] || Standards Toolbox for Teachers [] -- You can locate your state's standards, generate lessons, use a test item generator or online gradebook, access teaching resources (all kinds of graphic organizers, for example), even make a free teacher website . . . . ||
 * [[file:Hangman1.xls]] || Make your own personal webpage with SnapPages. It's easy, quick, and attractive. Go to [|http://snappages.com] ||
 * [[file:Medication Authorization.doc]] || ***Edhelper is a fabulous resource to help teachers with graphic organizers, lessons, monthly themes, content area help such as math puzzles and a host of other wonderful classroom ideas = []** ||
 * [[file:Music Paper1.xls]] || [] Teacher Files (wonderful free website for teacher educational clipart including word art generator, subject area titles, place value, times and clocks, 2D and 3D shapes, and so much more. You'll love it! ||
 * [[file:Notes Support doc.doc]] || [|www.easybib.com] - a works cited generator -- free for MLA citation and a small fee for APA, Turabian, and Chicago Manual of Style. Great assortment of citation types, will create multiple citations then export to Word doc or view online. ||
 * [[file:Parent Bill of Rights.ppt]] || High school, middle school and elementary lesson plans online. With ideas for great children's activities and classroom management advice.Go to [] (offers free access and includes a subscription with a wealth of incredible teacher ideas and practical unit/lesson plans, classroom docs, etc. ||
 * [[file:Party Planner1.xls]] || Intel(r) Teach assessment library of assessment types, discussion & definition, samples, library and workspace for you to create and save favorite assessments at [] ||
 * [[file:PEP Rally Poster.doc]] || Microsoft Innovative Teacher Network -- [] Check it out! Lots of great ideas to use in the classroom such as Photosynth (Show your students a 360-degree representation of the Grand Canyon or Stonehenge with this photo tool.) or teacher guide "Free Tools and Ideas for the Classroom" plus a rich assortment of excellent lesson plan ideas -- [].
 * [[file:Periodic Table1.xls]] || Route 21 [] lots of great information on 21st century skills, info. ||
 * [[file:Polls and Surveys.doc]] || Web Developer's Handbook at [] super resource for tips, suggestions, apps, cool software you can use to develop a great website ||
 * [[file:SMARTBoard Resources.doc]] || Top iPhone apps for educators at [] and [] -- check it out! ||
 * [[file:Student Note.doc]] || Text visualization tools take a text and create a visual based on word frequency. An example text that might be used is the "I Have a Dream Speech." There are many sites that do this, including WordSift [] or Wordle [] or ManyEyes [|http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes] ||
 * [[file:Student or Teacher Schedule 1.xls]] || An //online timer stopwatch// lets Internet users time a test, class, meeting, speech, contest, auction, experiment, phone call, game, etc. Go to [] -- Super! ||
 * [[file:Substitute Info Form 1.xls]] || Visit Harmony Hollow for a host of great classroom tools including a fun Cool Timer. Go to [] . ||
 * [[file:technology at work business 3 hs or colleagues.ppt]] || CNET -- a great website to review, get great products at fair prices, explore. Go to [] ||
 * [[file:TEST S.doc]] || A good website for graphic organizer printouts, teacher forms, and more. Go to [] ||
 * [[file:To Do Lists1.xls]] || A great site for on-line bookmarking. Share and collaborate as well.
 * [[file:Word Scramble 1.xls]] || The Oregon School Library Information System is a terrific free resource for databases, research tools, and citation maker.
 * [[file:Word Search 1.xls]] || Music! Lyrics!
 * [[file:Information for new students.pdf]] || [] Science Help ||
 * || Kidspiration and Inspiration trial software. [] ||
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 * || This website provides access to primary sources, and links to other Web sites on History too [] ||
 * || The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Math!
 * || A great website for maps, organized by current interests and in other ways. Includes historical maps and links to other websites about maps - [|http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps] ||

Useful class wiki links:
====** http://techeducators2010.wikispaces.com/ -- Home Page** **http://techeducators2010.wikispaces.com/Instructional+Materials -- Instructional Materials** **http://techeducators2010.wikispaces.com/Student+WebQuest+Wikispaces+Links -- Student Webquests** **http://techeducators2010.wikispaces.com/Teacher+Classroom+Resources -- Teacher Resources** **http://techeducators2010.wikispaces.com/Teacher+Toolkit -- TeacherToolkit http://techeducators2010.wikispaces.com/web+2.0+interactive+tools -- Web 2.0 Interactive Tools**====