Wednesday, March 30, 2016

There's a Tool for That!

Classroom teachers are constantly looking for ways to unlock content for students.  Making real world connections have proven to be a powerful way for content mastery.  Many times, however, finding resources easily can become problematic.  Mostly teachers just Google it.  Here is a list of three web resources that have rich content, are easily searchable, and have been sustainable resources for your classroom, and you won't get so frustrated as performing a random web search.

Cool Tools for Schoolshttp://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Home
This site boasts a huge list of tools ranging from collaboration to creativity tools.  Check this site out if you are looking for tools that will assist your students in creating projects.

This site purports they have the list of "must-haves" for the 21st century.  This wiki has one of the most expansive list of tools out there on the web.

EdTech Tool List https://goo.gl/q5XXH
This Tool List is a constantly evolving Google Sheet.  Simply click Ctrl + F to perform a search for the concept or tool you need.

Although these three tools aren't the only vetted curated list of resources on the web, they provide a definite starting place.  If you can think of an idea, there is a tool that can bring that idea to fruition.

6 comments:

  1. Great resource! Hoping our teachers will bookmark and refer to it when getting ready for new projects.

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  2. Daniel I loved to see how you used the blog to meet your unique setting. It's got a lot of great info from the tech perspective. Thanks and great work.

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  3. Thank you for sharing! I will definitely check these out - I am always looking for new ideas for Primary Grade tech!

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  4. Daniel,

    It is awesome that you have shared these tools! What incredible resources that teachers can use. I always find the biggest question is what tools will do this activity. With these tools, I will now have something that I can quickly reference. Thanks for sharing!

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    1. That's awesome! I am glad it is of benefit to you. Check out http://elearningcoach.weebly.com/ for even more tech goodness.

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