Written by: Brian Corbett, Christensen Elementary Sonja London-Hall, Coconino High Emily Musta, Flagstaff High
Molly Wiedel, Marshall Elementary
This wiki is designed to serve as a technology resource site for teachers in FUSD. These resources were gathered from or recommended by teachers.
Online Lesson Plans:
Spelling City -- Online spelling lists, activities, games, and more. Promethean Planet -- Tons of pre-made lessons in all subject areas and grade levels for Promethean board users. You do NOT need to join to get the lessons! Harcourt Reading Series -- Activities for the Harcourt reading series grades K – 6. Core Knowledge – HUGE number of lesson plans, tech and not, for most subject areas and grade levels. NASA for Educators -- Lots of lessons related to space, science, history, and more! Nat Geo Kids – Nat Geo’s stuff for kids! Discovery Education -- Lesson plans for all subjects. SMART Notebook Lessons -- SMART’s website with tons of pre-made lessons for all subject areas and grade levels. No membership required! Annenberg Media -- Select a subject area on this site and link to lesson plans, videos, charts, and other information. Teachers Love SMART Boards -- Pre-made lessons for SMART Board users.
Technology for the Classroom:
Gateway to 21st Century Skills An Online compendium of resources for the classroom. How To - From Microsoft Having trouble with remembering how to do something, use this site to help recall or learn a new technological application. How To - Smart Board This is the home page for SmartBoard. Follow the links for online resources, links, helps. How To - Pod Cast Direct from Apple, a how to do and place to go for Pod Casting. How To and Where to - Web Quest Web Quests are alive and useful. This site is the ultimate resource for webquest design or using quests that are already created. MovieMaker A review and how to for Microsoft Movie Maker. Classroom designed Web Pages A learning platform where teachers and students create learning projects together online. **Teaching with Smartboard** -- Podcasts for using your SMART Board Delicious Bookmarks -- create an account to store all of your Bookmarks; you'll be able to access them at any computer and tag them to find links easily. Tiny url --Easily convert lengthy websites to short addresses for students
These are big sites that can be used to springboard your research or quest for pre-designed lessons. There are tons of teacher tools and ideas in these sites.
This website has a collection of illustrations that illustrators have donated for public use. The students have been taking the illustrations and putting story text to them. This has been an enrichment opportunity for kids who love to tell a good story but do not want to be bogged down with illustrating or handwriting.
Wordle -- use to enter text and create a word collage
HS Science- Evolver Zone -- This site contains a variety of evolution resources, including downloadable radio broadcasts and evolution songs
HS Science- Ecological Footprint Quiz --This interactive quiz guides students through a series of questions and provides them with an ecological footprint score. HS Science- Miniature Earth --This site plays a video that shows population dynamics for an Earth of 100 people Survey Monkey --Use this site to make quick surveys for students. The site will store and analyze responses. Federal Resources for Educational Excellence -- This site from the federal government is a huge collection of animations, documents, photographs, and links to resources.
Brian Corbett, Christensen Elementary
Sonja London-Hall, Coconino High
Emily Musta, Flagstaff High
Molly Wiedel, Marshall Elementary
This wiki is designed to serve as a technology resource site for teachers in FUSD. These resources were gathered from or recommended by teachers.
Online Lesson Plans:
Spelling City -- Online spelling lists, activities, games, and more.Promethean Planet -- Tons of pre-made lessons in all subject areas and grade levels for Promethean board users. You do NOT need to join to get the lessons!
Harcourt Reading Series -- Activities for the Harcourt reading series grades K – 6.
Core Knowledge – HUGE number of lesson plans, tech and not, for most subject areas and grade levels.
NASA for Educators -- Lots of lessons related to space, science, history, and more!
Nat Geo Kids – Nat Geo’s stuff for kids!
Discovery Education -- Lesson plans for all subjects.
SMART Notebook Lessons -- SMART’s website with tons of pre-made lessons for all subject areas and grade levels. No membership required!
Annenberg Media -- Select a subject area on this site and link to lesson plans, videos, charts, and other information.
Teachers Love SMART Boards -- Pre-made lessons for SMART Board users.
Technology for the Classroom:
Gateway to 21st Century Skills An Online compendium of resources for the classroom.How To - From Microsoft Having trouble with remembering how to do something, use this site to help recall or learn a new technological application.
How To - Smart Board This is the home page for SmartBoard. Follow the links for online resources, links, helps.
How To - Pod Cast Direct from Apple, a how to do and place to go for Pod Casting.
How To and Where to - Web Quest Web Quests are alive and useful. This site is the ultimate resource for webquest design or using quests that are already created.
MovieMaker A review and how to for Microsoft Movie Maker.
Classroom designed Web Pages A learning platform where teachers and students create learning projects together online.
**Teaching with Smartboard** -- Podcasts for using your SMART Board
Delicious Bookmarks -- create an account to store all of your Bookmarks; you'll be able to access them at any computer and tag them to find links easily.
Tiny url --Easily convert lengthy websites to short addresses for students
Educational Online Subscriptions:
Educaiton Week: WebinarsThe Educational Pod Cast Network
Teacher Recommended Web Resources:
These are big sites that can be used to springboard your research or quest for pre-designed lessons. There are tons of teacher tools and ideas in these sites.
Polartrec -- a Science website
Brain Pop Jr. -- videos, games, and lessons for primary grades (all subjects)
Brain Pop -- videos, games, and lessons for intermediate and upper grades (all subjects)
Google Sketchup -- download this application to use for geometry and other math lessons.
Story Bird --
This website has a collection of illustrations that illustrators have donated for public use. The students have been taking the illustrations and putting story text to them. This has been an enrichment opportunity for kids who love to tell a good story but do not want to be bogged down with illustrating or handwriting.
Wordle -- use to enter text and create a word collage
Kids Know It -- games and activities for all ages
BBC Schools -- games and activities for all ages and subjects
Design a Panda Habitat -- let your students design a panda habitat
A Walk in the Forest -- take an interactive tour of a forest habitat
The First Thanksgiving -- go on an interactive web investigation of the First Thanksgiving
Starfall -- language arts activities and online books for primary grades
Create a graph -- multiple types of graphs to choose from
Flagstaff History -- explore Flagstaff's History
High Plains Regional Technology Consortium
Knowledge Network Explorer
NOVA Teachers- Watch Videos Online - At this site you can select a subject area and watch streaming PBS NOVA videos
HS Science- Evolver Zone -- This site contains a variety of evolution resources, including downloadable radio broadcasts and evolution songs
HS Science- Ecological Footprint Quiz --This interactive quiz guides students through a series of questions and provides them with an ecological footprint score. HS Science- Miniature Earth --This site plays a video that shows population dynamics for an Earth of 100 people Survey Monkey --Use this site to make quick surveys for students. The site will store and analyze responses. Federal Resources for Educational Excellence -- This site from the federal government is a huge collection of animations, documents, photographs, and links to resources.