1. Teacher Tube. I just got on this one to find the little song for Pete the Cat: Rockin in My School Shoes, which my class is doing next week. It has lots of little school videos for free once you sit through a 30 second ad. It's great, since we can't get YouTube at my school. Plus: it has Schoolhouse Rock! Hooray!
2. Discovery Education a.k.a. United Streaming. No, I promise, we do not just watch videos in my class! But this is another amazing site! I think you have to have a subscription, though, but you should definitely inquire about it if you don't have this at your school! It has a bunch of Magic School Bus episodes and Reading Rainbows and so many educational videos! It's great for those rainy days when we can't go outside - we just pop on a Magic School Bus related to what we're talking about in Science and the kiddos love it!
3. Starfall. My kids LOVE this! We use it at the computer center and first thing in the mornings to help us review our letters and sounds. They also have a store with the best journals for very, very cheap!
4. Brain Pop Jr. This is so helpful in explaining difficult concepts and even has little games at the end of each short video. There are so many topics, you could probably incorporate one each day into whatever you're teaching! Plus...the kids love the robot character! (Needs a subscription again, though, but is totally worth it.)
Please feel free to share any Tech Tips you may have! I know kids today LOVE technology, so I try to incorporate it as much as possible. Like I posted yesterday, I could not live without my ActivBoard!
Thanks for the reminder about Starfall! I've used it in the past, but had forgotten to bookmark it this year. :)
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