by Avi Spector
Quick overview: The HealthAtoZ website (http://tinyurl.com/2pqtdk) contains a calorie calculator where students can specify the activity, the person’s weight, and hours spent, to determine the amount of calories burned. How can this be used in a classroom? You may want … Read More »
Quick overview: The entire Periodic Table of Elements in video format. What does it do? The Periodic Tables of Videos (http://www.periodicvideos.com) is a great little site that will allow your students to learn more about each element in the Periodic … Read More »
Quick overview: On-line study guides for students. Similar in concept to Cole’s Notes but free and on-line. How can it be used in the classroom? The Sparknotes website (www.sparknotes.com) contains comprehensive study guides for English Literature, History, Film, Math, Biology, … Read More »
Quick overview: An easy to learn tip to help you or your students narrow down searches with Google. What does it do? Many teachers have already discovered that Google (http://www.google.com) is a great resource for finding class materials. But did … Read More »
Quick overview: A tutorial on how to create graphs in Excel XP. How can it be used in the classroom? Using Excel, your students can easily create a graph that will dynamically change with different variables. Great for visual learners, … Read More »
Quick overview: Websites similar in style and function to YouTube but for educational videos. What does it do? MyLearningTube (www.mylearningtube.com) and TeacherTube (www.teachertube.com) are two sites that are very similar to YouTube but were created in response to teachers who … Read More »
Quick overview: A desktop application that will read back any written text in a synthesized voice. How can it be used in the classroom? In a nutshell, ReadPlease is a free software application allows your students to type in single … Read More »
Quick overview: A website (www.slideshare.com) that allows you to easily put your PowerPoint or PDF presentations on-line for your students to view. Free! (Note: If you’re not quite sure what PowerPoint is, please refer to the ICT Tip at the … Read More »
Quick overview: A website that will read back ANY written text in a variety of realistic sounding synthesized voices. What does it do? The AT&T Text to Speech website (http://www.tinyurl.com/k49s9) allows you or your students to type in single words … Read More »
Quick overview: A website that allows your students to create printable Venn Diagrams. What does it do? The ReadWriteThink.Org site (http://tinyurl.com/3huews) features an on-line Venn Diagram creator page. Using this page, your students can quickly create Venn Diagrams and then … Read More »