More lesson Plans and web resources

From McREL – Mid continent Research for Education and Learning http://www.mcrel.org/lesson-plans/index.asp

Another site Teachers First  has links to lessons, units and web resources  -  http://teachersfirst.com/index.cfm

The Physical Science Activity Manual has Science lesson plans that can be downloaded in Word or PDF format  -  http://www.utm.edu/departments/cece/cesme/PSAM/PSAM.shtml

Science experiments that are great for Primary/Elementary students  -  http://www.biglittlesciencecentre.org/Science%20Adventure.htm 

Computers and Classroom Management

This site has some great resources for computers and classroom management  -  http://www.internet4classrooms.com/classroom_organization.htm#one

This site investigates multimedia in the classroom looking at computers, management and configuration – http://fcit.usf.edu/multimedia/deliver/deliverb.html

Interactive Whiteboard Lesson Ideas

This is a list of sites with ideas/activities for interactive whiteboards

http://www.wacona.com/smartboard/smartboard.html

Engaging learners the Smartboard way – http://eduscapes.com/sessions/smartboard/

Blogging for Learning

An excellent site from Edtechlife – Blog if you love learning: An Introduction to Weblogs in Education.

The site itself is a wiki -  http://blogifyoulovelearning.wikispaces.com/

Some excellent resources for Comic Life

This site contains ideas for the use of Comic Life in the Elementary curriculum and has links to templates that can be used for students – http://www.countrymeadows.district96.k12.il.us/Comic_Life_site/CLindex.html

Resources suitable for Interactive Whiteboards

Some IWB links from Kel – http://www.edugator.net.au/IWB/links.html

The Teacher Tap – http://eduscapes.com/tap/topic86.htm

A great list of resources including some for Interactive Whiteboards from the Global Classroom -
http://www.globalclassroom.org/ecell00/javamath.html

A BBC resources with interactive games suitable for an interactive board – http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/games/

Maths resources for IWM from Kel – http://www.edugator.net.au/resources/maths.html

Google and all that you can do with a Google account

Thanks to a post on Drape’s Takes from Darren Draper in the US – this list is a very comprehensive list of ‘free stuff’ from Google – http://drapestakes.blogspot.com/2007/06/why-every-teacher-should-have-google.html

Creating Mind Maps on-line

Thus is a simple and free web application to let you brainstorm on-line – your mindmap can be emailed, printed, embedded in a blog or a wiki – http://www.bubbl.us/

Another on-line mindmapping tool - http://www.mindomo.com/

Resources for Inspiration

This is a collection of resources for Inspiration mind mapping software:

Ideas for using Inspiration in the Classroom as well as some tutorials  -  http://www.4teachers.org/testimony/inspiration/

Five instructional videos – http://www.sd6.k12.mt.us/techhelp/inspiration/inspiration.html

Logo

A site for those who enjoy Logo  -  http://www.softronix.com/logo.html