Virtual Fieldtrips

Rating 3.00 out of 5 Fort Benning teacher, Krys Tuten, found this amazing collection of touring sites dealing with history/social studies, language arts, math and science. I just spend more time on this one that I should have – it’s one of ‘those’ sites! – The URL: http://www.simplek12.com/virtualfieldtrips

Vote for your Top Teacher List Resource!

Rating 3.00 out of 5 Mike Belluz from southwest Ontario, had a great idea this morning. He thought people would be interested in a sort of Top Ten list of Teacher List recommendations. I added a voting system on each post, so I thought we could use that. Under each post is a “Vote!” link. [...]

Diigolet

Rating 3.00 out of 5 Teaching pal, Lance Pedersen, told me about Diigolet the other day. Diigolet is not as feature-rich as the Diigo toolbar, but it can be set-up by simple drag-and-drop – no download or installation needed, and it works for all major browsers. Much more powerful than bookmarklets offered by other social [...]

The Theme Machine

Rating 3.00 out of 5 Kelowna teacher, Sharon Affeld, found the Theme Machine – a collection of downloadable themes for your classroom. Nametags, bookmarks, classroom money – you name it they seem to have it all! I see also that they welcome requests on new themes… – The URL: http://www.teachfactory.com/thememachine/

Driving Distractions – PSA Video

Rating 3.00 out of 5 I really grappled with the decision to send this one out from my pal Bill Lomax. This is a UK-based PSA video that shows what can result from texting while you are driving. Please know that I’m not trying to be sensational but that I recognize the reality that the [...]