Middle+School+Technology

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 * The title of the resource and its hyperlink
 * A brief description of the site and its purpose (include the author/owner or publisher)
 * A brief description of the types of resources found on the site
 * A brief evaluation of its utility
 * A rating according to the “at-a-glance” rating system devised by your group

Prezi [|**http://prezi.com/**] Interactive zooming presentation. Created by Adam Somlai-Fischer and Peter Halacsy in 2007. Create presentations that are like a interactive poster board that you can zoom in and out of. You can use it online or if you purchase a license you can use it offline. Definitely takes time to learn and user needs to be creative. Takes a lot of time to create a quality presentation. Submitted by: Cheri Reinke = Rating: =

=**Free Technology 4 Teachers**= [] Created by Richard Byrne

This site offers Googgle tutorials and how to create blogs and websites. Also, the site has free downloads, and video creation resources. This site is a good resource for how to get started with using technology in the classroom with spending a great deal of time learning.

Submitted by: Sam Garrett

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Created by Barbara Schroeder, Ed.D

Dr. Schroeder is a Clinical Associate Professor for the Department of Educational Technology at Boise State University. Dr. Schroeder writes articles about how to incorporate various technologies into the classroom from cell phones, to video production. Her articles are detained and are embedded with viedeos and images that make the articles come alive and interesting.

Submitted by: Sam Garrett

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=**Cool Cat Teacher Blog**= Created by Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis is a teacher and the IT director at [|Westwood Schools] in Camilla, Georgia. Vicki co-created four award winning international wiki-centric projects. This site has the most intensive use of technology of any site that i visited. The site uses twitter, facebook, blogging, e-mailing, you name it, and the site uses it. Davis offers instructions on how to motivate students to use technology in every imaginable way.

Submitted by: Sam Garrett

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Great Science Information
@http://www.chem4kids.com/index.html @http://www.physics4kids.com/index.html @http://www.biology4kids.com/ @http://www.geography4kids.com/ Created by Andrew Rader Studios

As a science teacher, it is hard to find a primary source for my middle school students that is at an appropriate reading level. Although some of my students may struggle with the reading level many of them are able to understand the text. These sites provide a basic summary of various topics and quizzes for the students. I use the articles provided in various literacy activities with my middle school science students.

Submitted by: Jessie Falabella = Rating: =

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 * Author: Christopher Sheehan


 * This is a great resource for science teachers across all grade levels. All items are submitted from teachers in a science classroom. Items include labs, worksheets, and lesson plans. This site has worksheets for all kinds of educational movies and an ell/bilingual guide.

Submitted by: Jennifer Cawley

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 * Author: Nancy Clark


 * Biology and Chemistry are two science subjects students need in high school. These two subjects can be difficult to gain interest in a student. This site provides excellent and engaging lessons in both of these content areas. I have taken multiple lessons from this site and made them my own for my middle grade science classroom. This site is perfect for students who are taking these subjections on a college prep track. I continue to look forward using this site next year when I start teaching in a high school Biology classroom.

Submitted by: Jennifer Cawley

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U.S. History Site

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This is a very handy site to find lesson plans for any era of U.S. History. I mainly use the information up to 1877. I really like the access to primary documents which are an area that is hit hard on my state's standardized test for 8th grade Social Studies. The only real issue I have with this site is that sometimes it seems that their server does not respond to re-direct you to the site to pick up the materials. Usually if I wait a couple of minutes, then click again, it will go through.

Submitted by: Milinda Montgomery

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">This site is ran by Texas Law-Related Education and is useful only to Social Studies teachers. This is very useful when teaching the U.S. Constitution and government. It also has links to on-line games and animations of the Seven Principles of the Constitution to help the students develop a better understanding.

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Author: Bill Zimmerman This is a great site for English teachers for all grades. Bill Zimmerman created this website to provide teachers with resources for the English classroom. I have found it helpful for me when I have been looking for ideas for my class. It provides lesson plans for drama, literature, and grammar. It also has writing resources, study guides, vocabulary, and a technology integration tab, which provides teachers with ideas about which technology would be most helpful in the classroom.

Submitted by: Brandon Averitte

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">This is a wonderful site for educational videos on just about anything, and best of all, it's free. It's video clips submitted by professional groups and people and covers just about any subject imaginable. The one serious drawback for me is it has very little on early American History. However, you can often find that perfect video clip to help a student gain understanding.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">This one is ran by Discovery Education and are pretty much educational materials, with some Discovery Channel shows thrown in. You can either use the video in its entirety or you can use just a clip. Down side is that you have to register with a pass code, but you can contact them to get one or find out how to go about getting one. There are also lesson plans and lesson guides that go along with some of the videos to help plan your lesson.

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BrainPop is an educational site which was created by Dr. A vraham Kadar, M.D in 1999. The site offers fun interactive lessons, activities, and games relating to Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Engineering, Health, Music, and Art. The website offers complete lesson plans, direct access to relating standards, and is fully compatible with interactive whiteboards.

Submitted By: Matthew Warner

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[|**http://www.edheads.org/**]
Edheads is an interactive website that can be navigated completely by the students. The website offers activities such as Design a cell Phone, Deep Brain Stimulation, Virtual Knee Surgery, and The Odd Machine (simple machines). These interactive activities walk the students through the objectives step by step so they will fully understand the process. EdHeads is a fun website that offers real world problems in a easy to understand way.

Submitted By: Matthew Warner

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**BP Challenges**
[| **http://www.royalsociety.org.nz/programmes/competitions/bp-challenge/challenges/**]

BP Challenges is a website created by the British Petroleum company in order to offer activities to the educational world. These activities are hands-on competitions that can be constructed and solved using simple every day materials. The activities relate to a wide range of educational areas such as the arts, English, physics, social studies, and technology.

Submitted By: Matthew Warner

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