Edmodo

Edmodo is like a Facebook for your students!

It is free to use, and it allows you to create a page for your classroom.

I use Edmodo as a writing station and post reader's response questions or social studies response questions on my wall that students answer.  I also use it to assign projects to students, and then allow them to post the assignment on the Edmodo wall.  There are so many features that are available with Edmodo, I can't list them all, but here is the video from their site that shows it in action.  Take a look and see for yourself!

Prezi

Prezi is an online tool that allows you to spice up your presentations.  Your slides are placed on a path, and zoom around the screen as you cover the various points in your presentation.  You also have the option of including videos in your presentation, and there is an app for viewing on the iPad.

Prezi allows you to import existing power point slides and spice them up using their layout.  It's a neat twist on presentations, and makes them more interesting than just a traditional slide show.  

Prezi is free to use.  However, if you create an account using your school district e-mail, you get additional options such as storage space, the option of making your presentations private, and the option of replacing the prezi logo with your own custom trademark.  

See a Prezi in action below:

Socrative

This is a really cool website, and I can't say enough about it!  I discovered this at a training that I went to in May, and I can't wait to start using it.

Once you sign up, your classroom is created.  You can then create quizzes that are multiple choice, true/false, or free response.  During your lesson, you provide the students with the link and your classroom number, start your quiz and the students are then able to enter their responses to your quiz.  

The site lets you track progress of completion, see responses, and even download the data into Excel.  This is a great tool that you can use as an exit ticket, or as a morning station.  You can even have groups of students "race" against each other in teams.  

Sumdog

I learned about Sumdog at a recent district training.  One of the teachers shared it with the rest of the class.  It has some really fun games that your kids can play to polish up on their math skills.  You could use this as a computer station, or just provide it to parents for students to practice at home.

The site is completely free, but you do have to set up students so that they can have logins created.  It's a fairly easy process.

What are some other cool math sites that you use with your class?  Share them in the comments below!

- Victor

Classroom Library Organizer

I discovered this app last night on Pinterest.

It allows use to use your iPhone or Android device to scan the ISBN barcode of your books, and then stores it for you online.  You can then download the information into an Excel file.  The app also allows you to check-out books to students in your class.

This is a really neat tool that will help you stay organized and keep track of your books.  The app and website are both free, and as long as a book has an ISBN number and barcode, it will work.  Check it out!

What are some other ways that you organize your books in your classroom library?

- Victor

Class Dojo

I learned about Class Dojo on Pinterest.  This website allows you to keep track of your student's behaviors by assigning them points, and lets you track them on the website through avatars.  It looks like a fun website and tool to use.

What are some ways you manage discipline in your class?  Share your methods with me in the comments below!

Educreations

Check out this video that I made using Educreations.  I discovered this app over the summer, while I was researching alternatives to an Interactive Whiteboard.  It's a free app for iPad, but you can also use their website to create lessons that you can save and embed into your blog or personal site.  

This is a great tool to use for computer stations and showing students small sequence steps.  You also have the option of inserting photos into your screen, and searching for photos on the web.  

Educreations

Math Manipulatives

This is a great site to use if you have an interactive whiteboard. It's also fairly easy to use on a desktop with a mouse.

The Manipulatives provide the students with an excellent visual of the math concepts that you are covering, and the best part is that it is FREE!

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives