Cool+Teacher+Stuff

=Welcome to the Cool Teacher Stuff Page!=


 * Here are some links to get you started:**

The Futures Channel: Connecting Learning to the Real World--short, high interest content related videos! []

Power Point Seating Chart template: []

Historical videos in YouTube format from the Library of Congress: [] Online survey makers: [] []

VocabGrabber: Wordle-style vocab analyzer shows definitions, synonyms and more: []

Awards Maker--lots of variety, free downloads: []

Free interactive lesson plans-search by subject, activity theme: []

30 sites for Creative Commons (royalty-free) "stuff" []

Free, printable graphic organizers: [] [] [] [] [] [] []

Timeline makers: [] []

Unbiased Pros and Cons of Controversial topics: []

Google news timeline: []

SugarStacks: How much sugar is in common foods and beverages? []

Fun "toys" to play with pictures: [] Glogster-like "mash-up thingy": [] Thirty Free Image Sites on the web: [] Some cool, web-based, Inspiration-like, mind-mapping sites: http://bubbl.us/edit.php http://mywebspiration.com/ [|Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators] [|TeacherTube] Like youtube, but for teachers. Videos, tutorials in all subjects [|IPL Parent and Teacher Resources] [|Teachers Domain - Multimedia Resources] Free clip art: http://cp.c-ij.com/english/index.html A homonym dictionary of all those confusing sound-alikes: http://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym_list.html Free plagiarism detection services: http://www.plagiarismdetect.com/index.php http://www.dustball.com/cs/plagiarism.checker/ How to make MLA parenthetical references (Noodle Tools): http://www.noodletools.com/helpdesk/index.php?action=kb&article=53 FindSounds--free sounds and sound effects: http://www.findsounds.com/ Multiple Intelligences: http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks3/ict/multiple_int/index.htm Best sites for royalty free music, sound effects: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/12/08/the-best-places-to-get-royalty-free-music-sound-effects/ Another free music site: [] ...and another one--browse by genre! [] Historical sounds and music: [] TV Theme songs: [] Creative Commons Music: [] Music and more for PowerPoint: [] [|Internet4Classrooms - Multimedia] A directory to all sorts of sites for free downloads of images, clipart, music, sounds [] link to a School Library Journal Blog with a jillion free image sites! [|Flickr] - Photos sharing site - use advanced search to find CC licensed photos [|Magnatune] - takes some digging to get to the creative commons mp3 files, but is an excellent source for ambient music for videos, etc. Once you find a song you like, click "license", then click "non-commercial use", the scroll down until you find "download mp3 files" Soundzabound--probably THE best music site! []

If you are using news/current events/human interest articles in any way in your classes, here are several sites that offer news via a slide show format. Each site has many slide shows in a large variety of topic areas to choose from and they are updated frequently. MSNBC [] Time Magazine [] The Washington Post [] Associated Press [] The Boston Globe [] Reuters [] More sites with excellent slide shows (photographs and short amounts of accompanying text) National Geographic [] Scientific American [] Smithsonian [] Discovery Magazine [] Science Channel [] Discover Magazine []