Teachers

Welcome Teachers (scroll down to see all the resources on this page) A great new Reading resource: ReadWorks

NWEA Resources: To log on to quizlet for Math Rit band vocabularyThis is the link @http://quizlet.com/jackiealvarez You will see all math rit band voc on the left. Some say set a or set b because there were too many words to put in one set so I divided it into two sets to make it manageable for kids.

To log on to quizlet for Reading Rit band vocabularyThis is the link @http://quizlet.com/class/156979/ Scroll down to find your band.

My School, My Voice Surveys

Please visit @https://survey.5-essentials.org/CPS-teacher/survey/teacher/provisional/ to access the teacher survey provisionally.

Use this form to communicate a computer issue or request.Computer Form-Issues

This page will be used to communicate about any new websites and/or software applications that can be used to support your students.

Please feel free to share what you use in your classroom with us! Below is the Goethe Computer Calendar.You can see what days are open.Please feel free to email jrsimenson@cps.edu if you would like to use the lab from 11-12:45 M-F or before or after school.I just ask you please leave the lab as clean as when you arrived! Thank you! media type="custom" key="21044306" align="center"

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** Teaching Resources **Check out these are new teacher tools that might be useful in your planning and instruction. http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/?utm_source=modal_Fall2012&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=PBST2

Buck Institute for Education West Virgina Depatment of Education Edutopia Envision Schools Oracle Education Foundation K-5 technology lessons Use this web site to access unit lessons for every subject area and every grade. Great ideas that use technology too.Quest Garden TeachersFirst.com
 * TeachersFirst.com is "a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources."
 * I always find new and exciting materials in the "Featured Sites" section of the Weekly Update Newsletter.

Free Technology for Teachers
 * Just as the title states, "Free Resources and Lesson Plans for Teaching with Technology."

Twitter
 * "Teachers Take To Twitter to Improve Craft and Commiserate" - Washington Post, January 21, 2012
 * @http://www.delicious.com/fredkoch/twitter - Fred Koch's list of Twitter bookmarks on Delicious.com

LiveBinders.com [|Geometry Resources] || [|An Educators Guide To Twitter] ||  NEW: Just last week LiveBinders released their new LiveBinders iPad App and it's FREE.
 * LiveBinders, an award-winning site, is your 3-ring notebook for the web.
 * Collect your resources (web pages, video, PDFs, images) in one location for sharing.
 * To learn more, check out their video tutorials.
 * Here are two examples:
 * [[image:http://open.thumbshots.org/image.pxf?url=http://www.khanacademy.org/ link="http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=27396"]]

Animoto With Animoto , you can "turn your photos, video clips, and music into stunning video masterpieces to share with everyone. Fast, free and shockingly easy!"

VoiceThread "A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too." Create Self-Grading Quizzes with Google Forms and Flubaroo Want to learn more?
 * [|Click here] to go to Flubaroo.com
 * Watch the 3 minute demo video
 * Read through the [|Flubaroo Overview]
 * Try it out...

Click on the link below to show you some samples of how Google Forms can be used in your classroom: []

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