Science

= **__ Resources for Science Teachers __** =

Think first - What is the unit, lesson, skill you want to teach? Don't start with the tool.

**__Smartboard Notebook Resources__**

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**Lesson Activity Toolkit** - Pairs (Matching game sample) [|Smart Exchange] - Great place to find other teachers' lessons Kevin Sullivan's Games - Shown at NJEA 2010 My Posterous Site - Links and information for using the Smartboard and Notebook software [|My Diigo Sites] tagged Smartboard [|Delicious] - All items tagged with Smartboard and Science

~Remember basic file management. When you find something save it in a place where it's easy for you to find again. For example: Create a folder called Smartboard Lessons, then another folder inside that one called Notebook Templates. Store all the games/resources made by others that you find there. When you find a need for one, open it up, edit it to fit your lesson, etc. and then re-save it in another folder based by the class/lesson. Your templates will always remain but now you have ready made games that work too!

**__Internet Searching and Information Literacy__**
You need to remember the Grammar of the web and how it works to search on various search engines. [|Google.com] - Use the [|Advanced Search] feature until you learn the nuances. MAKE sure you teach the kids too! Typically people only look at first 5 websites that come up in a search.

Make sure to check out our examples, quizzes, and materials here: [].

**Glossary of Symbols/codes:**
" " = Phrase - = Eliminates Site:edu = searches only university sites Site:uk = searches only uk (Great Britain) sites [|Root Database] = site for finding country codes

** Social Bookmarking **

 * 1) Advantages
 * 2) Diigo or Delicious

**Search Terms to add:**
Interactive School or Schools "Online Resources" "Technology Resources"

~Don't forget to search by STATE as well. You can find great things like this School created Wiki for Texas with great resources for anyone!

=== Science **Publishers' Resources:** === [|McDougal Littel] [|McGraw Hill] [|Holt, Reinhart, & Winston] [|Houghton Mifflin EduPlace] [|List of many Publisher Online Resources] - Addison Wesley link does not work

__Great Teacher Resources__
[|Kathy Shrock's Guide for Rubrics] - Most are teacher made [|Skype a Teacher] - Check out this great list of other teachers who will Skype with you - Check out the Directory and then the comments at the bottom. [|Create-a-Graph] - Easy way to make quick graphs without learning Excel [|Careers Database] [|ITSI-SU Portal] [|Gizmos]

__Creating Interactive Documents__
Find a pdf on the web - paste into Word ~Remember to view your activity from the back of the room Change the font size, color, spacing, etc. and save to a base folder ~Open it up and use the Smartboard Pens and then re-save it in a folder you have created if that class You can upload it immediately for absent students on their class page off your Teacher Page. ~Terrific for teaching note taking!

__ Floating Tools __
Use the toolbar on ANYTHING! Screen shade, Spotlight, Writing tools, Screen Capture toolbar and more!

__ Google Docs and Maps __
**Google Docs:** [|docs.google.com] *You can use ANY email account now.

**Google Maps:** [|maps.google.com] *You can use your .info email account now.  Useful for teaching geography, e arthquakes, Temp comparisons in C and F. Can be used in any project that uses locations

__ ** Jing and Smart Recorder ** __
Jing - TechSmith - only allows for five minutes, you can not edit Smart Recorder - no limit but not the same quality as Jing

**__Digital Storytelling Presentation Tools__**
[|Glogster EDU] [|Prezi] [|VoiceThread] - [|Great Sample] by a 5th grade class OR this one created by a student all about [|Global Warming] [|Animoto] [|Xtranormal] [|Photopeach]

** Pics you can use in projects **

 * [|Pics 4 Learning] **Student safe as all the pictures are examined by a person before they are posted on site. The photos are not large so they are great for inserting into digital projects.
 * [|Flickr pics under a creative commons license] **

**__Other Web 2.0 Tools__**
[|RCampus] - Create rubrics and search through hundreds already made. Easy to post to your website too. [|Recipes4Success] - Create your own Rubrics and then edit with standard suggestions ~Create these as a whole class with your kids on the Smartboard

[|Quizlet] - Terrific for making quizzes and practicing vocabulary [|Study Stack] - Another Vocabulary tool ~Either could be created by a student for extra credit or you could just have it be a job for every unit

[|Polleverywhere] - Terrific for gathering questions on an assignment or engaging students in a thoughtful discussion [|ietherpad] - Interactive, synchronous tool for collaboration [|Wallwisher] - Like an online bulletin board for ideas

[|Scribd] - Posting PowerPoint and Word Documents. Makes smaller size file and can viewed even if they don't have the software program

[|Tikatok] A site where students can make, publish and sell books. Note: You don't have to buy the book. Parents can buy them or the school can if they wish to have a copy. [|KidBlog] - You can set it so kids' comments are immediately up without your moderating their comments first. Just make it private. [|Nice Net]

[|Gizmos] - Amazing interactive activities (Must have subscription or trial ends in 30 days.) [|Tutorials for Math and Science] - Kahn Academy [|Wolframalpha] - Will answer math problems and search for unique information. Both a search engine and a tool.

__Teacher Pages__
Remember to link everything up here! New websites, notes you write together, etc. Keep your hierarchy simple and easy to navigate

**__Community & Funding__**
[|Donors Choose] [|DigitalWish] [|Twitter] - Build your PLN - Personal Learning Network Blogs, Nings, and other things

__Management - Classroom and Home__
Raise up laptops on textbooks Have them close laptops (at least part way) when you need to teach Make sure you keep track of where they are on various online projects - check list of some sort Turn off projectors when not in use - Bulbs are very expensive

Remind parents: 1. Only 50 minutes of homework a night 2. Children should be using computer in a family area; not their bedroom 3. Think about charging their laptops in your room at night or at least have a "Homework/laptop Drop Spot" where everything is kept 4. Review doing homework and avoiding/eliminating distractions

~Send home a flier reviewing these ideas and others to be signed showing they have read the document.

**__Publishing Kids' Work__**
[|Wikispaces] [|Your .info accounts] - Videos

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