http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:00:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We're in the process of moving our website and resources to a new location. This may lead to broken links and missing content. Please be patient with us as we move. We will have our new site up and running shortly! Thanks! http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=191 I ran across a blog post today - http://education.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=1027485%3ATopic%3A24039 that describes NBC's News Archives on Demand through hotchalk.com.  This appears to be another great resource for videos for educational use.  The blog link will provide more detailed information and the appropriate links to sign up. http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=190 Check out this java applet that creates "clouds" out of inputed text. In the example below, I used my name with words associated with the content I teach. http://wordle.net/ There are tons of possibilities for using this in the classroom. http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=189 Many of my students do not have access to graphing calculator at home. If you need one too, try this one. http://my.hrw.com/math06_07/nsmedia/tools/Graph_Calculator/graphCalc.html http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=188 3rd Grade TAG Classroom Action Plan 4th Grade TAG Classroom Action Plan 5th Grade TAG Classroom Action Plan http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=184 3rd-grade-student-action plan 4th-grade-student-action-plan.doc 5th-grade-tag-student-action-plan.doc short description http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=179 Does your student have a Solar System Project? Checkout this site.  You can add your own planets, asteroid belts, and commets to your solar systems.  Learn about the planets and their moons.  Lesson plans are also listed here for your class.  http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=176 Teachers in Burleson ISD have created great Performance Excellence tools in the form of software templates. If you do not already have an IT account as an author for this resource page, register by clicking on the link to your right. You will recieve an email upon approval. Then please ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=144  These templates have been moved here... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/blog/?page_id=356 Seating Chart Template - A Publisher template for a class seating chart. Seating Chart Template 2 - Another Publisher template for a class seating chart. Templates created by/for BISD Teachers These files were created for teachers and students to use if they are uncomfortable with creating PowerPoint Presentations ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=141 This website has a "how to" for claymation and movie maker.  It also has examples of claymation movies. This a root directory but you can still click on the links to go to the documents or you can right click, choose save target as and then save the file on your ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=139  This was the one website I was able to get down from the closing speaker http://torres21.typepad.com/flickschool/  It amazed me how many different teachers had figured out that they had to make the subject appealing to the students.  These teachers chose to use pod-casting, broadcasting, windows movies, etc. to make their ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=138 I went to several broadcast workshops where they were using quick clips to help students with TAKS.  This website has more than just the broadcast notes.  http://www.pasadenaisd.org/tcea/  You can also use Photo Story 3 to make videos from still pictures and the students love it!  There was a school that used ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=132 Send your students on an internet search while refining their algebra skills. http://www.mathbits.com/MathBits/StudentResources/Algebra1/Algebra1Student.htm http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=137 There are several web sites listed on this page that have games related specifically to algebra, enjoy. http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/ALGEBRA/games/Aquiapage.htm http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=136 http://regentsprep.org/regents.cfm http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=135 Want to improve you math skills? Try this interactive battleship game, you have to answer the math question correctly to score a hit. http://www.quia.com/ba/28820.html http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=134 Great web sites for teaching parallel and perpendicular lines. PARALLEL SITE http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/SlopeSlider/ Check out the Teacher resource and print the Slope Slider Explorations Sheet and Slope Slider Record Sheet.  I had my students record the results of 4 different graphs on the record sheet.  They were asked to create 1 line initially and ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=133 This was a great website that has all of the power point presentations that Patrick Crispin presented at the TCEA conference.  I attended the one on Google and the other one on the Complete Waste of Time.  Even though it was a silly title, the workshop was full of great ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=131 Including the Instructional Technology staff, 22 BISD teachers recently joined over 8000 other Texas teachers in attending the TCEA (Texas Computer Educator Association) conference in Austin. They were joined by teachers from the BHS Business Department and Technology leaders. Dedicated teachers rushed from session to session in an effort to learn all ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=130 http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/ http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=125 http://www.musictheory.net/index.html An interactive website with music theory tutorials for students and teachers by Ricci Adams. Lesson topics include: staff, clef, and ledger lines; note duration; measure and time signatures; rest duration; dots and ties; simple and compound meter; odd meter; steps and accidentals and more. A chord calculator, staff paper generator, ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=119 http://www.mughalindia.co.uk/room.htm The British Museum produces this interactive website on Mughal India. Totally Flash-driven, the site is set up to simulate a room filled with various items including a globe, file cabinet, books, and a calendar. When you roll over interactive items in the room, you can click and learn about paintings, ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=118 http://www.essentialsofmusic.com/ This site, a collaboration of Sony Music and W. W. Norton and Company Publishers, is like having a music textbook online. Check out the glossary, where you can read the definition for saxophone, then click to hear an example of tenor sax in Ravel's "Bolero." Eras and Composers round out ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=116 http://www.CertificateCreator.com/ Create a certificate for that special someone, whether it's your child, a student, or a co-worker. Look in the Free Area. Easy to use and fairly quick to print and currently 21 styles of certificate from which to choose. This site works best with the browser Internet Explorer. http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=115 http://www.ancientchina.co.uk/menu.html The site is divided into five 'chapters' which address themes or topics relevant to ancient China. Within each 'chapter' there are three sections: Story (narratives), Explore (pupil controls the order in which they access the information) and Challenge (historical, analytical, mathematical, or observational activities). Main topics include Crafts and Artisans; ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=114 http://www.wildlifeart.org/Rungius/index.html How do you use balance, contrast, movement, and proportion to compose a powerful work of art? This marvelous website is both a tutorial with animated examples and an interactive tool. You can select a background, select subjects, position and resize them within your composition, create a final draft; then submit ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=113 http://fno.org/module/module.html This site guides teachers through the process of creating online research modules for their students. The research model presented here is intended to "challenge your students to make up their own minds while supplying them with rich information to support such thinking," and the guidance includes advice on asking good ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=112 http://www.chariho.k12.ri.us/curriculum/MISmart/mi_smart.htm Refresh your knowledge of multiple intelligences, then get to the good stuff. Units of study in the sciences are available online so that recognize and highlight all the intelligences into your classroom. Teachers in grades 1-8 will be especially interested in this site. http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=111 http://www.sfu.museum/journey/ The Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Media Production Group, Simon Fraser University created a web site on the first peopling of the New World with funding from the Virtual Museum of Canada. This multi level educational resource was designed as a series of reusable learning objects, thus maximizing ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=110 http://www.scholastic.com/Instructor Instructor is America's oldest magazine for elementary school educators. In their Web site, you'll find curriculum integration strategies, professional development opportunities, help with assessment, and more. http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=109 http://www.pbs.org/shakespeare/ The educator section contains resources designed around six thematic strands: Shakespeare's Language, Shakespeare on Film, Performance, Primary Sources, Teaching Shakespeare to Elementary Students, and Teaching Shakespeare with Technology. You'll find professional development strategies, lesson plans, a multimedia library of curriculum resources, and much more. Each component integrates the study of ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=108 http://www.ucsd.tv/greymatters/ Grey Matters is an educational series that seeks to enhance awareness of recent developments in brain research. Topics include stem cells, brain development, perception, addiction and sleep, the brain and how it develops, diseases of the brain and nervous system. Each lecture can be viewed in its entirety in streaming ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=107 http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/ By dissecting pop culture and advertisements, media literacy education can help students build critical thinking and analytic skills, become more discriminating in the use of mass media, distinguish between reality and fantasy and consider whether media values are their values. Activities are intended for children ages 9-11 and are designed ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=106 http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk/index.htm Creative Chemistry offers worksheets, teaching notes, and fun activities. There are over two hundred pages of question sheets and practical guides, chemistry puzzles, interactive revision quizzes, molecular models, and the "Tune-up Garage" to help improve science investigations. Nigel Saunders, Harrogate Granby High School, North Yorkshire. Requires Java. http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=105 ESL Printables, the website where English Language teachers exchange resources: worksheets, lesson plans, teaching activities, etc. Our collection is growing every day with the help of many teachers. You can download 10 printables for each contribution that you send. http://www.eslprintables.com/ http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=104 On sudokular.com everything deals with the sudoku puzzle. If you want to play Sudoku online here you are right! Face up to the Daily Challenge or solve a QuickGame on the coffee break. Sudoku is the puzzle fun for everyone! Daily Challenge Solve a brand new puzzle every day QuickGame A little game in the ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=103 This site, brought to my attention by Shane Archer at BHS, is an INCREDIBLE resource for teachers. Provided by Sheppard Software, the site offers games at levels from beginner to expert in: Geography Vocabulary Chemistry Animals Math Science Health History And so much more! There is something here for EVERYONE - K through 12! Doubt it? Try an expert ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=102 Modern Teachers connects educators with MoMA’s resources and collection. Download PDFs of educators guides, browse images, or search lessons by subject, theme, medium, or artist. Text and images can be printed, projected, or saved into a presentation. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to download PDFs. http://www.moma.org/modernteachers/ http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=101 What can I say? I'm a fan of cheesy math videos! This You-Tube gem has two students rapping all about what they know about math. Funny! Your students will get a kick out of it! A great way to start class one morning! http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=100 Looking for good lesson plans? Need something new to add some ZING to your content? Visit The Gateway to 21st Century Skills and browse through thousands of online lesson plans, or just use the search engine to find what you need by grade level, content area, or keyword. A great ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=99 A great site for students in Governement and Economics, or anyone interested in politics and the 2008 election, 270towin offers you the opportunity to predict how you think the 2008 elections will unfold. You click on states to mark them as a Democratic or Republican win. You can also look ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=98 From DNAI, this interactive timeline is fun to use with photos, video, and lots of information on the progression of study about DNA. A must have site for Science teachers! http://www.dnai.org/timeline/index.html http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=97 Students become historians as they use this interactive tool provided by ReadWriteThink to create their own timelines. Easy to use and applicable to all content areas. Students can create time lines for literature, science, mathematics, social studies, fine arts, music, health and medical discoveries, sports evolution, and even one about ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=96 Scholastic brings you this incredible, interactive timeline of the Evolution of Black History. A must have resource! http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/timeline/game.htm http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=95 This interactive timeline allows you to select your dates, or view timelines by keywords or descriptors. You can find information on mathmeticians, musicians, kings and queens, sports figures, scientists and much more. Each entry allow you to view the timeline, google the individual/event, or visit that entry in Wikipedia. Fun ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=94 Want to learn more about the historical figures of Britain? This interactive, alphabetical list of the famous - and infamous - will give you an inside look at the people who made history! Brought to you by our friends at the BBC! http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/ http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=93 Another gem from the BBC treasure chest, this site offers: Articles, games, activities and quizzes that help make sense of the past and the sources that made history. Pick a trail and start your journey. You can chose from eight different topics (most with a British twist - it is the BBC after ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=92 Part of the expansive BBC site, the Interactive Timelines bring audio, video, and Web 2.0 Flash integration to the classroom. The site boasts six active time lines that will engage and amaze your students (and your peers, parents, etc.). You can explore: British History - Explore all of British history, from the ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=91 The BBC brings you phenomenal resources for exploring history. This section of the extensive site - http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/ brings you scores of interactive history activites. You'll find games, galleries, timelines, virtual tours, audio and vidoe clips...and much more. This is a MUST SEE site for all teachers! http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=90 Visit the Digital History Interactive Timeline at http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/timeline/timelineO.cfm  and watch history appear before your eyes. Focused on U.S. History, the timeline bar starts in 1590. As you slide the bar, you can watch icons pop up all over the U.S. (with sidebar activity for Europe, Africa, Asia, and Central America). Click on ... http://www.burlesonisd.net/it/resources/wordpress/?p=89