Apps for Teachers
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Super Duper Apps
Mobile Apps cover a wide range of skills including Vocabulary, Critical Thinking, Social Skills, SLP Resources and many more! -
Scholastic e-reader
This Scholastic e-reader app is designed just for kids. Books are embedded with questions, learning activities, and pop-up dictionary definitions. The app download comes with five free books; additional books can be purchased and added to a student’s bookshelf.
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Kahoot!
Create discussions, quizzes or surveys related to specific topics either for an assessment or for feedback. Game-based pedagogy makes it more engaging and easy to use. The users not only answer the questions but they can also interact back by asking questions. The interesting feature of the Kahoot is that it allows using pictures and YouTube videos in the content. -
Educreations
Educreations is a unique interactive whiteboard and screencasting tool that's simple, powerful, and fun to use. Annotate, animate, and narrate nearly any type of content as you explain any concept. Teachers can create short instructional videos and share them instantly with students, or ask students to show what they know and help friends learn something new. Available through iTunes.
JoVE-Journal of Visualized Experiments
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JoVE This link opens in a new windowThe JoVE Science Education Collection is the revolutionary video database dedicated to teaching laboratory fundamentals through simple, easy to understand video demonstrations.
The Collection includes videos on:
General Laboratory Techniques
Basic Methods in Cellular and Molecular Biology
Essentials of Biology 1: yeast, Drosophila and C. elegans
Essentials of Biology 2: Mouse, Zebrafish, and Chick
TO USE OFF CAMPUS: You must make an account using your Stonehill.edu email address. You can create any password.
Open Educational Resources
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OER Commons
ER Commons is a dynamic digital library and network. Explore open education resources and join our network of educators dedicated to curriculum improvement.
Common Core OER Collections — High-quality, Common Core-aligned resources carefully gathered from across the web to freely use, and even to reuse and adapt to the needs of your own classrooms and districts. Common Core-aligned curriculum aims to support and challenge all students to develop critical thinking skills and to become independent learners.
Common Core Courses for ELA and Math — Four full-year digital courses, built from the ground up and fully-aligned to the Common Core State Standards, for 6th and 7th grade Mathematics and 11th and 12th grade English Language Arts. Created using research-based approaches to teaching and learning, the Open Access Common Core Course Collection for Mathematics and English Language Arts is designed with student-centered learning in mind, including activities for students to develop valuable 21st century skills and academic mindset.
