How can I incorporate more technology?
Incorporating technology is easy and fun! Here is a short list of free resources. Browse our resources section to see more!
- www.wasatchwriting.org/technology.html (Wasatch Range Writing Project – A concise collection of technology resources for teachers)
- Makebeliefcomix.com (English and Spanish comics!)
- Wallwisher.com (Bulletin board online – a way to get more discussion online)
- Glogster.com (Posters)
- Bubbl.us (mind map, graphic organizer)
- Prezi.com (Updated technology Powerpoint)
- Edmondo.com (online classroom for turning in assignments)
- Instructure.com (New Blackboard for district, fee per student, discount due to state endorsement)
- Gutenburg.org
- iwl.me
- My.lovely.charts (yearbook flow chart, hierarchy)
- Penzu.com (online journal)
- Shelfari.com (online social reading – by amazon.com – rate it, write book reviews, friend, follow, create groups, etc)
- Goodreads.com (similar to shelfari)
- Librarything.com (200 free books on shelf, done by librarians)
- Hitrecord.org (online group journaling, editing, photo, video), contributors get proceeds, way to publish in a community of collaboration.
- Rainymood.com (rainstorm sound, able to accompany Pandora)
- Lonelyplanet.com (follow a girl’s trip around the world)
- Utahwrite.com (for identifying 6+1 writing skills), myaxis.com (state)
- Teachingtolerance.org
- Lexile scores: lexile.com
- Weebly.com (Quick and easy website creation. Here is my classroom site: http://classattack.weebly.com/)
- Getmiro.com (Do you have a firewall you want to bypass or a Youtube video you want to show? Download this program to bypass site blocking. This site is fairly complex, so, please allow ample time to download and explore this program - up to 2 hours)
- http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/