Great+Ideas+and+Examples

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I found this website while working on my philosophy paper. It not only has valuable, current research and video, but useful Promethean lessons for all ages groups. It even has discussion boards for teachers. Gina Violi

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I added one more idea because I failed to notice Carolyn had already posted academicskillbuilder. I first used Rubistar last semester in one of my other classes. It is an incredibly easy way to create a rubric specific to your needs. Yes they have generic rubrics you can use and tweak, but I prefer to make my own from scratch. It only takes a few minutes of your time to create a great rubric. I used to avoid using rubrics like the plague because I thought they were a lot of work to make, but I was wrong. This site makes rubrics easy to create.

Fred Matheis

[|www.quizstarforteachers.org]

This free website is a wonderful tool you can use to create quizzes for your students to take online. You can control all aspects of the quiz online. You can attach multimedia files to questions. You can also make quizzes in multiple languages, which is very helpful if you teach in an ESL school like me. Students will be able to take the quiz, review it, and then submit. You then have several tools you can use to report the scores to your students and /or parents. This seems like a wonderful tool that I definitely plan on trying this school year.

Fred Matheis

[|www.academicskillbuilders.com]

This free website is full of games that multiple players can play on multiple computers. You can have your students race each other from across the room. The topics of the games include math, keyboarding, geography, spelling, and word relationships. This seems to be a great tool to use to create incentive for those students who just do not want to do anything. Also, a tool to help the students learn to keyboard is very much needed.

Fred Matheis

[|www.fossweb.com]

This website is a wonderful resource for anyone who teaches science. It is a part of the Full Option Science System program. This program replaces text books with hands on science and discovery. The site has many resources for you to use. You start by clicking on the appropriate grade level, and then the topic. From there you can resource items as a student, a parent, or a teacher. There are literally hundreds of resources at your fingertips. If you do not teach science, you might be asked to help the science teacher review for the science PSSA tests. If that is the case, this is a great resource for you.

Fred Matheis

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This is a webiste that our computer teacher introduced both the teacher and the students to this past fall. The students often choose to go to this math website on their own. There is over 100 math topics, it is by grade level, it can be used for adaptive math, and multi-players can play against each other on this website. In the fall, we had a friendly math competition to see which student in the school would earn the most points. The students had the opportunity to do this both at school and at home. One of the stduents favorite games is the "junk pile" as students answers math facts correctly all this junk including toilets stacks up. Once they miss a question the junk goes tumbling down. The games are great for all ages! Enjoy


 * Gina Violi**

A great website when I taught third grade was and still is []. This is a very interactive website for both in the classroom and a great source for a home connection. This games definitely appeal to our students today. Some of the multiplication games inlcude dressing up dolls, monster trucks, changing tires on cars, pizza parlor, grandmas racing, and cute, loveable animals. I had not been on the site recently but they have added some new concepts to the site. There now is the Game of the Month and free printable worksheets for all grades levels K-5! When I used this in my classroom I was also able to annotate it over my Smartboard to make it more interactive for the students.


 * Gina Violi**

[] This is a great vocabulary learning website for kids or adults. First you answer a few questions and the program determines the vocabulary that you need to work on. It predicts the vocabulary that you need to know and need to learn. The more questions your answer the more it knows what to teach you and then it will review with you. It also consists of a vocabulary blog and many vocabulary lists to learn. (Jenny Barnes)

For the adventurer in your class, National Geographic Kids is the perfect site to visit! This site is very user friendly, and best of all, free! This site allows students to play games, watch videos, read articles about various countries and social issues, and even read jokes. There is even a section for "little kids" which provides some great interactive games and videos, perfect for use on the smart board. I like this site because it gives a little bit of everything, something for every type of learner. It would be great used on an individual basis, if a student is finished early, or it could be great to use on a smart board in front of the whole class for a small "educational break" from the day. There is even an interactive storybook that is read to you, and geared toward K-1 grades. Check it out...there is too much information on this site to list!

[] Carolyn Crawford

[|Discovery Kids] is a great website that you could use as part of a science lesson or the students could use to play science games on the smartboard or on your classroom computers. It's very user-friendly and includes educational games, fun facts, information, puzzles, and quizzes.
 * (Chelsea Haight)**

PicLits is a great creative writing site that provides attention-grabbing images and word banks to use to write a caption for the picture or to write a short paragraph. Word lists are categorized by nouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs, and a universal list. Users can comment on others’ work and rate work using the star rating feature. All work is public.You do not have to have an account to use the site; however, to save your work you must register for an account. An email account is required to set up an account.There are two ways to add text to the images. One is to simply “click and drag” words from the list that comes with each PicLit onto the image. Words can be moved around on the image. The drop-down menu beside each word lets you capitalize the word or use a different form of the word. A different word list comes with each image.The second way is to click on the “Freestyle” link and compose using your own words. Finished work can be emailed or the provided code can be copied and pasted into a blog or other website. This is so creative an fun, however, I think it is more suited to upper elementary grades! The pictures are really great! **(Amy Muslin)** [|http://piclits.com]

I found this great website for Math practice. It has Math concepts that are aligned according to the standards for Kindergarten to Eighth grade, as well as Algebra. This website is helpful to students because they can click on the Math topic they need to practice. The mathematical topics are even categorized into various titles, such as place value, time, graphs, etc. Once the students click on the topic they would like to practice, they will be asked to solve questions. The websites times how long it takes the students to answer the questions. What I love most about this website is it gives the students an explanation for the questions that they miss. It is like their teacher is right with them explaining to them where they went wrong. It also presents the mathematical concept in different forms, so the students do not get used to only one form. This is a great website to use for a work station, homework practice, computer lab time, on the Smart Board, etc.

Mara Fedeles []

Here is a good website to send the kids if they are having homework trouble! They can go to DiscoveryEd and click on Homework Helpers under the student section. The one I liked was for Math. Students can get a step-by-step tutorial to help them with their homework just by typing in the problem. I know many times my own children say they understood it in class but then are confused during homework time. The thing I like is that they can't argue with the site and say that isn't how my teacher said to do it! (Like they do when I try to help them at home!) It may just save a few stressful moments at home! This could even be used in class with the Smartboard. Sometimes it helps to see another type of explanation other than that of the teacher. **(Amy Muslin)** []

I found this site and thought it would be a great way for older students to show what they know about an event or person in history. This site provides the tools for students to argue a position or describe an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. Students would choose items or artifacts to place in the box. They could display anything from a picture, or a text file to a movie. They also have the opportunity to view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others. The site was inspired by the anti-slavery campaigner, Thomas Clarkson. He traveled around with a collection of things made by Africans headed for slavery. He kept this collection in a large box and used the contents to demonstrate the skill of Africans and the possibilities that existed for an alternative humane trading system, challenging the pro-slavery arguments. Really cool! **(Amy Muslin)** []

For those lucky enough to gain access to iPad's within their classrooms, I have a particularly effective app that can be used to increase technology usage in the classroom and improve instruction. One of the main apps I use on my iPad in the classroom is an interactive whiteboard app that transforms your iPad into a whiteboard able to record lessons called, ShowMe. The intending use for this app is to record lessons in coordination with what is written on the board, but I turned the tables on the app and found an interesting way to use it for students instead of myself. Incorporating student projects, I have students create drawings, despite the artisitic level, and tell a story using the recording. This can be incorporated into alternate endings, telling a story from a different character's POV, or basically anything. Very fun and interactive tool! Tim Irvine

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 * ABCya** is a great interactive website that includes activities for math, reading, and basic computer skills. This website is geared towards students in grades Kindergarten through 5th Grade. The kids can do anything from sight word bingo to cup stacking games. The learning activities are categorized into "letters", "numbers", "more", and "holiday". This is a great free website to use as a reinforcement. Parents can also download apps from this website for their kids to use on iphones, ipads, and ipods!
 * (Chelsea Haight)**

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 * __Cool Math__**

Cool Math is a free, interactive math website created for students of all ages . This fully interactive site and allows the students to sharpen basic math skills, play games and explore new math concepts. There are also lessons for algebra, geometry, calculus, etc. The lessons are there for students to explore the concept and then there are games that correlate with that concept for the students to reinforce what they were taught. This website is meant for further exploration/reinforcement, not a means of teaching the lesson for the first time.

(Heather Petris)

Fun Brain is an educational website that students can go on to for free! The website has games and activities for them to practice skills in Reading and Math. They can read the web version of their favorite books such as Diary of a Wimpy Kid and even complete Mad Libs to practice their grammar skills.This website could be used at school and used as a reward for when work is completed or it can be used at home as a suggested website to keep skills sharp.
 * __Fun Brain__** []

(Heather Petris)

Safari Montage is a website that provides education videos for teachers and students. My school district uses this website mostly for videos to support lessons in Science and Social Studies. For example, there are a wide variety of Bill Nye the Science Guy videos to correlate with lessons in grades K-12.Your school district has to provide log-in information for you so it has to be purchased through the district. Safari Montage isn't just used for videos on demand. You can upload original content, develop multimedia lesson plans, manage live streams, and video-conference. The length of the videos can range from about 30 seconds to 30 minutes. It is really a great tool to use to supplement your lessons in Science and Social Studies! (Heather Petris)
 * __Safari Montage__**

[|http://www.safarimontage.com/]

Lemonade Stand is a very useful website for an economics class or any type of class where a teacher would like to teach children about owning and operating their own businesses. www.**lemonadestand**game.com/ The students get 30 days to set up a lemonade stand a try to make as much profit as they can. They must purchase all the ingredients and try to keep costs as low as they can without ruining the product. (Jenny Barnes)

When I was looking up Web 2.0 tools I came across this one that I thought was really neat. It is the same concept as PowerPoint but you can do so much more with it. It is a blank canvas with many options to do to the presentations. You can even import old Power Point shows into this program and revamp them. You can cluster pages and re organize slides simply by clicking and dragging. Their is a Youtube feature to import movies and you can pretty much add any animation you can think of. (Jenny Barnes) []

[] This website has "Educational videos, lessons, and games for K - 12 School Kids. I viewed some of the links and they worked well. There seems to be a TON of content on the site. You have to check this out. (Fred Matheis)

This is an exciting website from NASA for students, parents, and educators. This would be a great addition to a science lesson or unit. Students could use this on your interactive Smartboard as a whole group or small groups. It has facts and information about the sun, space, Earth, and solar system. It includes podcasts, interviews with scientists and engineers, problem solving, and more! There is also a fact of the day and encourages a love for science. This is a great site to get more science into the classroom via technology. Chelsea Haight []

I found this idea on- line. It does not have any bells and whistles but uses some basic technology to enhance a class project. I think some of the ideas like creating advertisements and video cameras for commercials could be used in any classroom, not just an Industrial Arts class. Students in Northbrook Middle School's industrial arts class form companies and produce products such as wine racks, cabinets, or folding wooden stools for sale. Students elect company officials and divide into work teams to enact the various operations of a company. Many of the team activities are supported by technology. For example, the Finance team **uses computer spreadsheets** to find the lowest-cost materials and to create financial statements for the company. The Research team **uses drafting software** in drawing up their design plans. The Marketing team **uses the word processor** in creating advertisements and product descriptions. A **video camera is used** in creating commercials for the product; the commercials are then **aired over the school's broadcast system**. Most products require **use of a computer-controlled lathe or mill**. Final production is conducted assembly-line fashion, with the parts laid out in specific locations and some students acting out the parts of robotic arms to place the parts on the line. Products are sold within the school community. Students buy and sell stock in the company and after the product is sold, stockholders get their share of the profits. **(Amy Muslin)**
 * A Student-Run Manufacturing Company**

Last year, my school district bought Build A Book, which is a great site that allows students to create and publish their own books. You can have your students prepare a draft of their book beforehand or they can begin creating on this site. It also allows students to make their own illustrations and record their voice to turn their book into an audiobook. When students are done, you have the option of printing their masterpiece and publishing it online for their parents to see. It is a great tool to use for whole group or for differentiation. Fun fact: They are based out of Pittsburgh! Chelsea Haight []

One wonderful tool I have found since I have moved downt the elementary is an interractive website called Starfall. This tool does wonders for students who need more practice with letters and phonics. It also has reading games and letter recognition games. The site allows you to focus on particular letters or you may choose by category what the student specifically needs to work on. It also works on shapes, colors, rhyming words, spelling, decoding, reading and phonics. It has songs and interractive games that also keep the students attention. I have even used this for my daughter who is only two years old and she really likes it and has learned from it. It can be done on the computer but there are also mobile apps for it. (Jenny Barnes)

[|www.starfall.com/]

Another helpful tool that I've used in my classroom is Wordle. Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends. I have use this website with second, third, and fifth graders and all respond positvely to this site. We have used this to practice spelling word and vocabulary words so that the students can become familiar with the words. Also, I have used Wordle with both science and social studies terms. The students type in the specific words from the chapter or unit we are doing in class. They can print the words in a variety of colors and styles. The students will trade with each other in class and make a variety of components with Wordle. This website is even great for acrostic poems and holidays, This is a great site for all ages and subjects.


 * Gina Violi www.wordle.net**

One wonderful Web 2.0 Tool that many teachers could use in their classrooms is a Voki. Voki is a free service that allows students to create a custom avatar for themselves and record themselves speaking. This allows the students to complete a public speaking assignment or oral quiz without the stress of standing in front of the class. The students are able to post and play their Voki on any blog of social media network. The Voki site also has a classroom feature in which you can provide the free service to all your students and manage them. This allows your entire class to do an oral presentation without having to waste class time listen to them all if it only matters that you hear them. They can post it into your class blog for you to review at your leisure. Hope this is helpful to you all! Tim Irvine

[|www.voki.com]

Another helpful tool that I currently use in my classroom and I would suggest to everyone would be the website Edmodo. Edmodo is an online classroom format that is free to join and create classes. It mimics Facebook in its menu and formatting and thus becomes second nature for the students to use. It also has very simplistic and helpful tools for teachers to post assignments, tests, polls, and message boards. It allows teachers to monitor student progress and have a uniform place to collect and grade work. It also cuts down on paper if you find that a negative aspect of our profession. I used it with all my classes and it completely eliminates to absent excuse and allows students to get assignments too me at any point and truly removes any excuse they can come up with. Once again, this is a great tool and I suggest using it whenever possible. Tim Irvine

[|www.edmodo.com]

Last year and this year, I have used Study Island in my classroom. This program is not free, unfortunately, but many school districts are purchasing this program for their school. I have used Study Island along with student response systems in the past for them to answer questions. Study Island is a program that is aligned to the state standards in Pennsylvania. The students can be assigned tests and Study Island will grade it for you. It keeps a running tab of the top students in your class as well as the bottom few students who may need further interventions.We have used this program a lot for PSSA review. You can make a review in the specific content area that you choose and specific parts of that content area. For example, you could make a review in Math for adding and subtracting fractions, simplifying fractions, multiplying fractions, etc. If you schools has this program, it is a great way to do interventions with a small group, review for standardized tests such as the PSSAs, or for administering assessments.

Heather Petris

[|www.studyisland.com]

This year one of my co-workers introduced me to the VoiceThread website. This program allows a group of people to comment on someone else's work. This work can be a document, an image, a video, etc. Comments can be done through writing or verbally by recording a message. The commenter's name and picture will show up next to his/her comment. Anyone from the group is able to read and listen to someone else's comment. My co-workers and I have used this program to allow students to share information about themselves with their classmates and to publish their work for their peers to view. As an elementary teacher, I enjoy using this program for my "Star Student". The student shares a personal photograph along with commentary about himself/herself. The rest of the class can then post or record questions or comments about the "Star Student". This is a great outlet for students to use technology for presenting and socializing, which are authentic tasks in today's world. The second link below provides examples of how to use this program in your specific discipline, so feel free to explore how other teachers are using this within their classrooms!

Mara Fedeles [] []

Throughout this year I have used a program that my school has to integrate websites and videos into my classroom. It is called netTrekker. The nice thing about this website is that it is a "search engine" that only comes up with educational websites, documents, videos, etc. It does all of the filtering for you. This website further eases searching for information by giving you the option to find resources only in specific grade levels. Once you select the age group you would like, you just need to type the concept that you want resources about. My students really enjoy the BrainPOP videos on this website, which are educational videos on a variety of topics. We have also used a variety of websites that allow the students to have some interactive independent practice. Another great thing about netTrekker is that students have an account, as well. Whenever my elementary students need to conduct research, I have them use this program because it only gives them reliable sources. Teachers can create folders with helpful websites and videos they have used in class for students to be able to view and access at any time. This definitely is a website that you can bring to the attention of your administrators because I think it is worth it.

Mara Fedeles http://www.nettrekker.com/us

Another one of my co-workers just introduced this website to me this week. It is called TED-Ed, and its purpose is for teachers to customize lessons. The website already has lessons on it that you can use or tweak, or you can completely create your own. You take a YouTube video that you would like to share with your students and upload it into the website. Another option is to use one of the animated videos included on TED-Ed. You can then make questions about the video for the students to answer. They type their answers directly on the website and turn it into the teacher. Along with videos and discussion questions, teachers can also incorporate additional information regarding the topic. This website is one that I would like to incorporate into my classroom for the upcoming school year. Along with the website itself, I have an example of one that my co-worker created.

Mara Fedeles http://ed.ted.com/ []

When I was in undergrad, I was taught a lot about Webquests. A WebQuest is an [|__inquiry-oriented lesson__] format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the [|__web__]. A webquest is broken into different parts. They include Introduction, Task, Process, Resources, Evaluation, and Conclusion. I have used webquests in the elementary field while student teaching and have found it to be very interactive and fun for the students. It is a way that students work in a student centered classroom and the teacher takes on more of the facilitator rule. I really like it and recommend it because it is easy to adapt for your lower level students as well as enrich for your upper level students. The students also guide themselves through the webquests and it allows for higher order thinking skills and the ability to expend on the materials. It also promotes cooperative learning between students as well as accountability for the students. Webquests are great for an intro to a lesson, enrichment, or just as an activity that is student based. There are numerous webquest online for various levels and subjects. They even have templates for you to create your own! I am not putting an address to search because there are so many but if you Google webquests you should find one that fits your needs.

Samantha Sharpless Google-webquest for specific need

BrainPOP creates animated, curricular content that engages students, supports educators, and bolsters achievement. There are different versions of BrainPOP including: BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP Espanol, and, for English language learners, BrainPOP ESL. BrainPOP is also home to GameUp, which has a free educational games portal for the classroom. In traditional, blended, and "flipped" learning settings, BrainPOP supports individual, team, and whole-class learning. At school and in more informal environments, animated characters help introduce new topics and illustrate complex concepts. A great fit for mobile learning. All of BrainPOP's resources are completely free. The content is mapped to Common Core, aligned to academic standards, and searchable with an online Standards Tool. BrainPOP is easy to use, with no downloading, installation, or special hardware required. BrainPOP also includes quizzes and activities at the end of the lessons.

Beth Rosatone []

This is an awesome sight for any teacher that needs to create a time line. We use it in our inclusion history class for the students. It creates a time line of events that are discussed through out the year. The students are able to work at there own rate and incorporate as much or as little as they would like. It could be modified for the advanced students in the classroom and also for the learning support students. They need a log in and an email confirmation and are set to go. On TimeRime, they are able to search, compare and make free time lines at their leisure. The time lines can be filled with audio and video fragments such as MP3 and YouTube. It is a great way to do an interactive time line that can be used throughout the year. It can be used for anything you can think of that you could incorporate with a timeline. Enjoy!

Samantha Sharpless []

A great website that I use often is NutShell Math. NutShell Math is a math tutoring/teaching website that helps students in all areas of math. It is an Interactive website that gives detailed explanations -- much more engaging than plain text! The students can take notes on the topic and then use it for further reference. On the sight, it has sixty different textbooks that are listed to select from. It has over 50,000 different problems and math topics. The site has thousands of math topics that are explained thoroughly. The levels on the site range from Pre-Algebra to Middle School Math. It also has areas that deal with Algebra I and II as well as Geometry. On NutShell Math, you can also make quizzes that you can use for exams at the end of a lesson. The site is a great way to break up the everyday teaching from the book and gives the students another person to hear a lesson from incase they did not get the material from you. I highly recommend you to check it out and see if it is something you could use in your classrooms.

Samantha Sharpless []

Apangea Math is an educational program that can be purchased through your district. It is purchased through individual “seats” for students. Apangea Math provides one-student-to-one-teacher differentiated math instruction through a unique integration of proprietary tutoring technology. It is an integrate math program that is based on where their personal ability level is and builds on their skills. They start off by taking a placement test to see where they need to begin and what skills they need to have remediation on. It uses a live, online certified teacher that can help to make progress on math skills. As a web-based solution, Apangea Math can be accessed from any computer with an internet connection which helps to ensure students the ability to learn math anytime, anywhere. Apangea Math is has an ongoing formative assessments section as well as pre and post quizzes that help to monitor student work and help adjust individual learning paths. Teachers and administrators can access integrated reporting tools to easily monitor student progress. It is a great tool to boost math scores in any area of education.

Samantha Sharpless []

For the past four years, I have taught a middle school Life Skills class. Although my students are in 7th and 8th grades, they are still weekly practicing their basic math facts, as well as telling time, counting money, etc. My students NEED constant practice and repetition in order to keep these skills sharp and avoid regression. Traditionally, math facts and items of the sort are practiced by using worksheets. However, all students, especially special education students who oftentimes have ADD/ADHD, have a difficult time focusing on multitudes of worksheets. I also find that many special education students are easily overwhelmed and distracted when given a worksheet with multiple problems on it. Because of this, I like to use the site arcademicskillbuilders.com. This is TRULY a fun and interactive site that allows students to practice math, English, and even social studies topics. The topics are covered in a game format. What makes this website interesting is that the students can play a public game, where they would play against other students across the country. Or, they can create a private game, where they can just play a game competing against their classmates. Because I have a small class, my students can play on the Smartboard and they love it! I would recommend this website to anyone K-6, (or for remediation purposes for special education in junior high.

Carolyn Crawford []

At the junior high level, it is required that all students with an IEP begins transition services. Because the students are only 12-15 years old, the students are just beginning to form an idea of their interests and abilities. To meet the transition need of their IEP's, our students complete a project on smartfutures.org. Using this website, students are essentially "walked through" the process of examining their strengths, weaknesses, and interests in order to develop an idea of what they may want to do with their lives after high school. The student is able to print out their entire journey once it is completed. Even though we only use these with our special education students, I believe it would be beneficial for any student at the middle school ages.

Carolyn Crawford []

A great website for spelling reviews is spellingcity.com. This website allows for basic reviews as well as reviews using games. The games can be done on an individual basis, or could be played by teams using a smart board. Not only does this site allow for spelling reviews, but it also allows for vocabulary reviews. The beauty of this website is that it is completely adaptable to any spelling or vocabulary words given. Because of this, nearly ever K-8 level can use this. It may be used for higher grade levels, but the graphics are definitely geared toward the lower grade levels. The majority of the website is free, but there is also an option to become a member for a small fee. Members are granted access to even more review games, some of which are more detailed than the free ones.

[] Carolyn Crawford

The Reading Matrix is a great online interactive reading resource that covers: Analyzing Text, Audio and Text, Proofreading, Reading Comprehension Advanced, Reading Comprehension Beginner, Reading Comprehension Intermediate, Short Stories, and Vocabulary. There is also support for English as a second language (ESL). For grades 3+ Beth Rosatone []

Discovery Education transforms classrooms, empowers teachers and captivates students by leading the way in providing high quality, dynamic, digital content to school districts large and small, rural and suburban and everything in between. Accelerate student achievement in your district by capturing the minds and imaginations of students with the fascination of Discovery, tapping into students' natural curiosity and desire to learn. Discovery Education offers a portfolio of opportunities for districts to meet students where they want to learn in the digital age. With award-winning digital content, interactive lessons, real time assessment, virtual experiences with some of Discovery's greatest talent, classroom contest & challenges, professional development and more - Discovery is leading the way in transforming classrooms and inspiring learning.

Most districts have a subsciption to Discovery Education. Your tech-person should be able to hook you up with a username and password. I find a lot of great videos here, especially for social studies.

Beth Rosatone []

Pete's Powerpoint Station offers free presentations in powerpoint format as well as free interactive activities for kids. There are powerpoints on every topic or subject level that you can imagine. Great for elementary and middle school. My sixth graders love this site. I often use some of the powerpoints to preview a lesson that we will be discussing soon. Most of the powerpoints have interactive review sessions at the end. Great to use with individual whiteboards for the students to respond at their seats. Also a great way to scan the whole class at once and see who has prior knowledge on the subject and who has no clue.

Beth Rosatone []