Elementary+Content

=media type="custom" key="15463708"= = = =Search= [|Sweet Search]- This search engine searches only sites that have been reviewed by a team of librarians, teachers, and research experts. [|Kid Rex]- A kid safe search engine powered by Google search. [|RefSeek] - A search engine made for academic use with advertisements [|Famhoo] -A search engine that provides a stricter family filter than mainstream search engines. [|Ask Kids] -A kid friendly, kid safe version of the popular search engine Ask.com. [|Wolfram Alpha] -A computational search engine for students especially if they need to work with numbers. [|Google Scholar] -A search engine used to search scholarly journals and records.

=Blogs= [|Teach Forever] [|Elementary Blog] [|Creating Learners]
 * This site gives many resources for teachers to use in class.
 * This teacher blogs about the success and failures in her classroom.
 * This blog is from a teacher who posts to help give advice to other teachers and professionals.

=Teacher Tools= Wikispaces [|Moodle] [|Google Docs]
 * Teachers can have their class create pages on different subject as well as enroll their whole class.
 * Teachers can enroll the whole class. They can assign homework, assignments, projects, keep parents updated, ect.
 * This is a good way for the class to back channel. They can back channel during a class discussion, lecture, or a movie. Every student has access to the documents and power points.

=Student Tools= [|Glog] [|Quizlet] [|Prezi]
 * Students can make posters online.
 * Students can make flashcards for any topic they want.
 * A great way for students to make a presentation. It is a lot more creative than a slideshow.

=Videos= [|PBS]- educational videos [|School Tube-]Safe video sharing