It's good to be blue!

StudyBlue is a Web 2.0 Tool that allows you to make online flashcards for studying vocabulary, states & capitals, historical dates and any other facts you need to learn for school or work.

As a teacher, you can make flashcards for your students that they can access in the classroom or study on the go with their mobile devices.  StudyBlue apps are available through the iTunes App Store, Andriod Market and the Amazon App Store.  Check out this slideshow to get started using StudyBlue with your students:

StudyBlue Teacher Guide

Study Blue for Educators

Website Wednesdays

• TimeMaps
  Free online World History Atlas.  It contains maps, timelines and narratives that work together to give students a better understanding of history.
  tags: social studies maps world timemaps atlas
• Connect Safely
  Recommended Facebook privacy settings for teens. Contains charts you could share out.
  tags: facebook privacy internet_safety
• HippoCampus
  This site provides free video resources for class or individual use in math, science, history, government, economics, psychology and religion. Narrow your topic and look at the video, video text, lesson plan and additional links. Great for high school students.
  tags: math science history resources videos
• ReadWorks.org
  Site provides information about teaching reading comprehension to students of all ages. Provides specific reading comprehension lessons for grades K-6. It also includes details on Lexile scores, teaching strategies and more.
  tags: reading literacy lesson plans comprehension

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Keeping it Current

I had an email a few weeks back with some great current event websites.  Most of these sites provide a teacher resource section with ideas for use in the classroom and educational resources.

http://www.tweentribune.com/

• Pages for Tweens, Teens and Espanol
• Stories are selected by tweens/teens in conjunction with professional journalists
• Site is easy to navigate and updated daily

http://tweentribune.com/top10

Find out how other Teachers have used this site:  http://tweentribune.com/love

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/thenews/

• Provides current events for teens to use for school or personal use
• Combines journalism and video to relate information on subjects of interest
• Some videos available in Closed Caption
• Each video has lesson plans, discussion questions, student activities, vocabulary and primary references

Find Educator Resources:  http://www.pbs.org/newshour/thenews/foreducators/index.php

http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/?iref=allsearch

•  Ten-minute, commercial-free, daily news program
• Appropriate for middle and high school students
• Teacher resources include transcripts for each show, discussion questions, media literacy questions, downloadable maps and more

http://www.channelone.com/

• Covers breaking news and in-depth issues affecting the world and nation
• News coverage is geared towards teens
• Teacher resources include transcripts, weekly news quizzes, lesson plans and more
• Provides Education Correlations showing you how the issues and topics align with your state standards

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• Medieval History
  Resources galore for students researching Medieval Times.  Skip the first 3 resources as they require a login, but the rest are free and open on the web.
  tags: medieval history Resources
• Rhymes With Orange
  A daily dose of humor.  Click on the arrows for older and newer comics.
  tags: comics cartoons
• eighty Alternatives to YouTube.pdf - Google Docs
  Great video resources specializing in specific area content.
  tags: videos
• Think-Pair-Share Variations
  Practical variations to the Think-Pair-Share strategy that you can use in your classroom today.
  tags: think-pair-share strategies instructionalstrategies
• CartoonStock -
  Great resource for vintage, news and political cartoons.
  tags: cartoons animations
• Tools for English
  Save yourself time with this worksheet generator.  Generate various worksheets & answer keys with a simple copy/paste method OR type in your own text.  This tool would be great for grammar exercises, clozed reading passages and more.
  tags: english grammar resources tools

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Website Wednesdays

• NoRedInk
  Helps students practice and master their grammar and writing. Students can learn on their own or teachers can set-up a class and assign lessons & quizzes. You must create an account, but they are free.
  tags: grammar Writing english
• ZooBurst
  Create interactive 3-D pop-up books with sound. It has limited stock photos, but you can upload your own. You can also use a webcam to make your students part of the story.
  tags: web2.0 digital storytelling
• Interactive Biology
  Resources for teaching various biology concepts so they can be understood by a high school Freshman. Includes videos that could be used to enhance your class lessons.
  tags: Biology Science interactive videos

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Free Tech 4 Teachers

Free Technology for Teachers

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

This blog contains a plethora of resources that can be used by teachers in the classroom.  Each daily post provides a summary of the resource, links and/or videos, and applications in education.  At the end of each post you will also find suggests for other resource posts similar to the one you are reading that you might like.

In addition to the daily posts, you will find free downloadable eBooks full of technology ideas to help teachers out in the classroom.  Some of the titles included are:  The Super Book of Web Tools for Educators, How to Do 11 Techy Things in the New School Year and Google for Teachers.  The site also includes pages full of Google tutorials, helpers for creating blogs and websites, resources for developing a personal learning network, and more.

Don't miss out on these awesome resources!