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Educator Tech Tools Free Databases and Websites Rebecca James, Area Manager, Nashville Public Library Site names followed by a provide use and/or registration options that do not require a student e- mail address. If a is displayed after the site name, the website has a related app and/or is device-friendly.

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Educator Tech ToolsFree Databases and Websites

Rebecca James, Area Manager, Nashville Public Library Site names followed by a provide use and/or registration options that do not require a student e-mail

address.

If a is displayed after the site name, the website has a related app and/or is device-friendly.

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Creating & Writing Stories

• Grades 2 - 12• Story Ideas, Conflict and Title Generators

• Conflicts from the Internet PL list of Basic Plots in Literature

• Readability Analyzer and Cliché Buster

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VoiceThread for Book Reviews and Other Recorded Presentations

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Online Writing LabsGrades 7-16

The Founding College of the University of Toronto

Writing at Colorado State University (CSU)

Capital Community College

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Citation Wizard - Offers three Citation Styles: APA, CSE, formerly known as CBE, and MLA. All feature specific templates for citing online Journals, Web pages with and without authors, electronic Books and Databases

Citation Tools

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STEM Resources

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Math & Science; Algebra

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Math & Science: Introductory Numbers, Geometry, Probability & More

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The STEM CenterThe Dayton Regional Center for

Science, Technology, Engineering & Math

The material in the STEM Center is based on research sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory.

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Arizona State University School of Life Sciences◦ Experiments & ‘how to’ activities, Body Depot,

Bird Finder, Puzzles, Quizzes, Ask a Biologist

Popular University STEM Websites cont’d

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Math Manga K – 12 manga math games• Lesson plans• User guides• Teacher’s create school accounts and

logins for students

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STEM Games

Backpack Games Collection of flash games from the web that develop STEM skills for students in grades 3 – 8. Games focus on • Math, Science, Problem Solving • Vocabulary

Games are searchable by • Subject• Cognitive Development skills• Game Genre• Grade Level• Common Core • Next Generation Science Standards

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The U.S. National Archives Digital Vaults Curated collection of 1,200 items Activities designed to help students discover

connections between primary sources Pathways Challenges provides quizzes

Social Sciences Plus - More Primary Sources

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National Archives related resource◦ Docs Teach◦ Seven tools to create interactive learning

activities based on primary sources in the National Archives

Social Sciences Plus cont’d

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Hosted by the University of William & Mary School of Education

Students analyze primary source clues and form conclusions

Historical Scene Investigation with Primary Sources

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Database of more than 7,000 worldwide primary source documents and images

Sponsored by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

World Digital Library

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Biteslide

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Poll Everywhere ◦ Class/audience participates in real time using

browser, mobile phone, twitter◦ Response can be viewed live online or added to a

PowerPoint or Keynote presentation

BYOD

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Example of Poll

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More BYOD

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The Answer Pad

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GedditStudents privately communicate with the teacher throughout the lesson. Question and answer features built into Geddit for comprehension check

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Curious.com◦ Online site launched last summer◦ More recently released iPhone app and iPad

version◦ Includes For Kids Only category

Online Learning Sites & MOOCs

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Glean

•FIND LESSONSBrowse through thousands of teachers’ videos on Glean, organized by topic, Common Core standard, and teaching style

•LEARN WITH OTHERSAsk questions for peers, teachers, and experts to answer when you’re stuck

•ALWAYS LEARNING ABOUT YOUGlean is adaptable. The more you use Glean, the better it gets at identifying lessons for you

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Wolfram AlphaA Computational Knowledge Engine

not a search engine

Computes answers from the Wolfram Alpha store of expert-level knowledge and algorithms to automatically answer questions, do analysis, and generate reports, rather than searching the web

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RedHoopRedHoop aggregates searches for online courses

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RedHoop

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Websites about Websites

• Over 12,000 educator-reviewed web

resources

• K-12; most subjects

•For use with students in the classroom

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National Science Digital Library Pre-K through Higher Ed Search by educational level,

resource and subject NSDL does not hold content

directly; lists other sites Provides national educational

standards including Common Core.

Sites about Sites cont’d,

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The Last Backpack: Mobile lessons Ed Tech Muse: Tech ideas from teachers Richard Byrne’s Free Technology for Teachers EdShelf: A discovery engine of websites, apps The Curious Librarian – Holly Whitt David Kapular’s blog Technology Tidbits Educational Technology Guy – David Andrade Tek Ninja; Musings on Assistive Technology,

Occupational Therapy, Education by Jim Tignor

Review Blogs; Free Educational Technology & App Reviews

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Lesson Paths• An educator site for sharing and curating web

content

Create Playlists

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Rebecca JamesArea Manager, Nashville Public Library

615.880.3957 [email protected]

Contact Information andSlideshare Address