Online Read Aloud Sites

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”         

                                           ― Albert Einstein

KOL Jr. Stories - Online Picture Books Read Aloud - AOL Kids

kids.aol.com/KOL/1/KOLJrStories

Online Read Aloud Stories

www.hsd3.org/teachers/dalyelem/Daly_Site/Read_Aloud.html

Online Read-Alouds

204.39.37.13/.../language%20arts_online%20readalouds.htm

Read Along Stories and Songs - Reading Is Fundamental

www.rif.org/kids/readingplanet/bookzone/read_aloud_stories.htm

Interactive Story Books online - Woodlands Junior School

www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk › ... › Kids Index › Educational Games

Browse Our Kids' Stories - Speakaboos

www.speakaboos.com/stories

Online Stories for Kindergarten at Internet 4 Classrooms

www.internet4classrooms.com › Links for K12

Light Up Your Brain: Free Audio Books for Children  http://lightupyourbrain.com/stories/

Meet MR. EDMONDS! Another Sing About Science Teacher!

Doug Edmonds - Sing About Science ... and Math!

singaboutscience.org/.../search_all_2e4.php?...edmonds...

Mr. Edmonds has written 20 science songs!  These are also songs we can't live without!  Great teaching songs!  Enjoy!!! Lessons set to music come alive!

Have you met MR. PARR???

Mr. Parr - Sing About Science ... and Math!

singaboutscience.org/.../search_all_2e4.php?...mr.+parr

Mr. Parr Science Songs -- 6th grade teacher Mr. Parr.  Songs include: Solar System; You're an Omnivore; Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall; Vocanoes; Types of Magnets; Tools of Astronomy; Heating; Succession; Rock Cycle; and more.  These songs are all available in video format on YouTube.

If you have never used these- you have got to take a look!  My kids LOVE these songs and they teach/review important science concepts in a very catchy way!  Please take a look/listen!!!

WingClips

WingClips

www.wingclips.com/

Now you can view inspirational movie clips from many of your favorite films. These WingClips™ can also be downloaded to use in your flip charts and different lesson presentation formats!  I have found some great clips for my lessons from this site!  Please explore this site and let me know what you think!

National Poetry Month

In 1996, April was named National Poetry Month by the Academy of American Poets to celebrate poetry across the country. If you are planning on incorporating National Poetry Month into your classroom or your school, here are a few of the many great ways to celebrate through the use of technology.

http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/poetry/

http://www.kidlitfrenzy.com/2013/03/april-is-national-poetry-month.html

http://www.waltwhitman.org/calendar-of-events/details/158

http://www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/41

Ready Set STAAR Test Practice App

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ready-set-staar-test-practice/id510328979?mt=8

Description

Ready Set STAAR is an interactive resource that provides sample science test questions as practice for the Texas STAAR Science exam. Questions are grouped by grade level 3, 4, or 5, and are provided in both English and Spanish. After each set of 20 questions, students are given a summary of their score on the item set they have just completed.

Improve behavior in your classroom using ClassDojo!

What is ClassDojo?

ClassDojo is a classroom tool that helps teachers improve behavior in their classrooms quickly and easily. It also captures and generates data on behavior that teachers can share with parents and administrators.

Better learning behaviors, smoother lessons and hassle-free data - and its free!

Popplet

http://popplet.com/

Popplet is a tool that allows users to visualize ideas. Teachers and students can create graphic organizers, timelines, and many other forms of visual organization. 

10 Apps & Sites for Digital Storytelling & More

10 Apps & Sites for Digital Storytelling & more!

Have your Students Tell their Stories Digitally!

http://www.kleinspiration.com/2012/11/10-apps-sites-for-digital-storytelling.html

VOEtraining Opportunities

Sign up on Eduphoria for the following dates for VOEtraining opportunities in Room 31!
3/21/13, 4/11/13, 4/25/13, 5/9/13, 5/23/13 from 3-5 PM!  Bring your laptop and we can practice using Web 2.0 Tools and various other interactive websites!

Expert on Technology Integration

Donald G. Knezek

Donald G. Knezek is the chief executive officer of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) and is recognized globally for his leadership in collaboration, planning, and standards development related to technology in schools.

"Learning in a connected, technology-rich environment enables young people to undertake meaningful experiences as they engage with peers, celebrities, relatives, and experts worldwide. They are able to connect with both formal and informal learning communities to communicate the results of their work -- be it new proposals, new knowledge or solutions, persuasive advocacy (in a variety of interactive media formats), or creative ideas and expression -- in ways that previous generations could only imagine. The educational opportunities that technology gives to students are not only amazing, they are transformative!"

Why Integrate Technology into the Curriculum?

VOE TEACHERS and FRIENDS!

Integrating technology into classroom instruction means more than teaching basic computer skills and software programs in a separate computer class. Effective tech integration must happen across the curriculum in ways that research shows deepen and enhance the learning process. In particular, it must support four key components of learning: active engagement, participation in groups, frequent interaction and feedback, and connection to real-world experts. Effective technology integration is achieved when the use of technology is routine and transparent and when technology supports curricular goals.

Teacher Toolkit - Khan Academy

Learn almost anything for free.

With a library of over 4,000 videos on everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice, Khan Academy is on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.

Teachers

Check out the teacher toolkit to take Khan Academy to the next level in your classroom or school. The toolkit provides ideas, materials and inspiring stories from teachers, who share how they've integrated Khan Academy into their classrooms.  Khan Academy

SchoolTube

Have you discovered SchoolTube yet?  You will find the best videos from students and teachers everywhere!!!  

SchoolTube

SpellingCity

Spelling & Vocabulary Website: SpellingCity

www.spellingcity.com/

Teaching spelling and vocabulary is easy with VocabularySpellingCity! Students can study and learn their word lists using vocabulary and spelling learning ...

The 3 Tech Ninjas

The 3 Tech Ninjas

www.the3techninjas.org/

The 3 Tech Ninjas provides trainings on ways to bring technology into the classroom.  Visit this website for innovative ideas for YOUR classroom!  Set aside some time for this one!  You will love this!

Edmodo is a WINNER!

Where learning happens.

Edmodo helps connect all learners with the people and resources needed to reach their full potential.  My kids LOVE Edmodo and have never worked harder on assignments than the ones they work on using Edmodo!

Edmodo

TED-Ed Tour

Use engaging videos to create customized lessons.

You can use, tweak, or completely redo any lesson featured on TED-Ed, or create lessons from scratch based on any video from YouTube.

Watch the video to learn how.  TED-Ed Tour

TweenTribune and TTJunior

Check this out!  TeenTribune, TweenTribune,TTEspañol and TTJunior – the daily news sites for kids, tweens and teens – where you'll find the most compelling, relevant and interesing news for 55 million kids in K-12 and their 3.5 million teachers. TweenTribute/News for Kids

Capzles Social Storytelling

Capzles helps anyone create beautiful, interactive, rich-media timelines online using videos, photos, text, music, audio and most documents...Capzles is a wonderful social storytelling program that you need to check out!