4Teachers.org
4Teachers.org is a great source for teachers and students alike. 4Teachers.org is a website that offers a variety of tools. Some tools you do have to pay for a monthly subscription, but the large majority of the tools are absolutely free. One tool that I thought was neat was the Classroom Arcitech. This tool lets you put in the dimensions of your room and then has the objects that you can place in your room. Another good tool is the Casa Notes. This tool allows you to create notes that you send home such as: progress notes, reminders, field trip slips, and homework passes. They give you the templates and you can change some of the data, color scheme, and add a graphic to the notes. The neat thing about this tool also, is that the notes can be done in English or Spanish.
Another tool is the KidVid. This tool allows students to make their own videos. It helps them to create a storyboard and script, shoot the video, edit it, and then the students can choose to show their video using the web or a CD. Another fun tool that teachers can use to help their students learn is the Arcademic Skills Builder. This tool is basically an archive of academic video games. They have games like Meteor Multiplication, Alien Addition, Coconut Vowels, and Verb Viper. Now students can even play eachother from different computers.
