Summary: Some places to help teachers: Youtube comparable: Teacher Tube - Kind of like Youtube but focused on education. Has a variety of teacher generated videos. Has a lot of videos done by educators. These can be imbedded on a blog or a web site. Youth Created Media - Video created by youths. Good for examples of what kids can do. Video Lessons from around the web. Not directly educational. Rather this site promotes learning. United Streaming: This is a for pay site. Includes a lot of videos that are short and tied to standards. Many school districts have an account with them. Web offerings: * Teacher Resources: - Teacher Resources and Professional Development (This is a great site with lots of useful videos. Also check out their free newsletter.) o Interactives: www.learner.org/interactives/ o Art: http://www.learner.org/resources/browse.html?discipline=1 * 4 teachers: - Wide variety of sites for teachers: o QuizStar (pay) - allows you to make quizes o RubiStar (free) - allows you to make and save rubrics. Has some guides to start you out. * Quizlets: - Vocubulary learning help. * Kerpoof: This site looks like it has a lot of potential. Kids can network and create stuff here. * Virtual Field Trips: Just what it says. Some science field trips as well. * Discovery Educators Network of teachers () * Math Videos Online: A bunch of videos that can help explain of re-enforce math concepts. * Geography that’s Juicy. * Grammar * Science We didn’t get a chance to talk about all of them. However, there are some sites here. I would really recommend starting with the Teacher Resources link above.
