TeacherTube

YouTube could be used as a resource to find movies and drop into SmartBoard Notebook. However many school districts block the website because of inappropriate material that has been posted there. Enter TeacherTube (http://www.teachertube.com) the YouTube for teachers. Teachers with a knack for making videos have posted all kinds of great, curriculum-rich resources just waiting for you to find...

Graphing: Pictographs and Bar Graphs

Creating, using, and interpreting graphs is a major part of the math curriculum. Here we have an introductory Smartboard Notebook lesson for pictographs and bar graphs. I would probably do this Notebook lesson over two math periods. First, students are introduced to what graphing is. Then students take a closer look at pictographs and the different parts of pictographs. There are some interactive...

M&M Data Survey

M&M Data Survey is a website that allows students to gather and share data about the color of M&Ms. Students can then take and manipulate the data, put it into graphs. The site also includes a downloads page in which you can get letter to send home to parents informing them of the project and worksheets that guide students through the data gathering and to graphing their own...

Quick and Easy Tech Training

Want to improve your skills on the computer but you don’t want to spend a bunch of time? Check out http://www.180techtips.com. At 180 Technology Tips, you can sign up to receive an e-mail with a technology mini-lesson. The mini lessons take less than five minutes to complete. Not interested in the topic for a particular day, just delete the e-mail. Lessons topics include Internet, Windows,...

Free Online Quizzes

Create free online quizzes for your class at http://www.classmarker.com.