TeacherTechnologies.com » Special Needs http://www.teachertechnologies.com Free advice and resources for new education technology Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:55:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Learning Today http://www.teachertechnologies.com/2010/04/learning-today/ http://www.teachertechnologies.com/2010/04/learning-today/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 00:47:02 +0000 admin http://www.teachertechnologies.com/?p=809

A website with some very easy to use and pupil friendly interactive activities for reading, maths and more! Also contains some inspiring videos for educators!

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]]> http://www.teachertechnologies.com/2010/04/learning-today/feed/ 0 Priory Woods – Switch / Touch Screen ‘Videos’ http://www.teachertechnologies.com/2010/02/priory-woods-switch-touch-screen-videos/ http://www.teachertechnologies.com/2010/02/priory-woods-switch-touch-screen-videos/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:06:25 +0000 admin http://www.teachertechnologies.com/?p=600

These are great fun. I use them with classes that need short, sharp tasks and then a reward. To break the lessons up into manageable 10 minute chunks my students sometimes get rewarded with a choice of one of these silly videos. It all helps with behaviour management ;)

The site’s creators come from the teaching expertise of a special school so these videos are actually intended to help children to understand and generalise cause and effect (the action / reaction bond), one of the foundation stones for early learning. All of the videos can be played online or downloaded for use on a PC or Macintosh computer.

They are also links to interactive talking story books and other useful interactive activities.

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Classtools.net allows you to create free educational games, activities and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge! Perfect for virtual learning environments and IWBs.

My favorite tool is the “Random Name Picker” fruit machine.  My students never argue over who goes first if the fruit machine chooses them!

resources also include:

  • Diamond 9
  • Fish Bone (Fishy Bob!!)
  • Venn Diagram
  • Time line
  • Priority Targets
  • Interactive Hamburger Diagram….  (perfect for essay writing?? )
  • An interactive accelerated learning cycle
  • A Jigsaw diagram
  • A priority Chart

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The Welsh Grid for learning has lots of great interactive games for all sorts of subjects. They’d be great fun on your IWB. Use their online search tool to find suitable resources
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“Promethean’s free online community designed to provide Activclassroom teachers around the world the ability to share new and innovative lessons, access a wide variety of professional development materials, and connect with fellow Activclassroom teachers from around the Planet.”

There are plenty of free resources, lessons, clipart, videos (and more) here for all teachers in all subjects! Simply log on or sign up for free, hassle free, membership!
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