Share my lesson is a website that helps teachers write their lesson plans. It is a very easy website to use. It has the standards and ideas for professional development. It offers lesson plan help, activities, experiences, and printouts. The website is capable to help with all educational levels and it is free! You receive a profile that will keep track of everything you have saved or even looked at! It will help out new teachers or even teachers changing levels. I love this website and will be referencing it for help!

Teachers Pay Teachers

Are you a new teacher looking for lesson ideas? Teachers Pay Teachers is a great online resource where teachers can share their lessons, worksheets, projects, and much more. The website’s name explains the concept: teachers looking for lessons or ideas pay other teachers for their original lessons and resources. The membership for the website is FREE, you only pay for the resources that you purchase. There are over 2 million resources available to choose from. There are also many free resources as well. You can search for a specific topic and narrow the search by subject, grade, price, and type of resource. When you find something you like, there is a description and also a rating of the product. Most products you purchase are available for digital download and can be used right away. With 4 million members, it is clear to see that Teachers Pay Teachers is a trusted website that many teachers rely on for a variety of teaching resources.  

Kahoot!

Bring some excitement and competition to review sessions with Kahoot!

https://getkahoot.com

Kahoot is a free website that allows teachers to create fun and interactive games (made up of multiple choice questions) that students play together as a class. Students use their own devices (smartphones, tablets, etc) to go to kahoot.it and enter the game pin for the game the teacher has created. There is no log-in required, its one click game play! The game should be displayed on the main screen in front of the class, and students can watch as they and their classmates join and create one-time usernames.  Once everyone in class has joined the game, the teacher starts the game and the first question appears on the main screen. Students race to answer the question correctly, competing head to head against all their classmates. The game keeps score for each student and displays the leaderboard after each question. Students love this game, and really get into it!

https://getkahoot.com

Powerpoint

Powerpoint 

Regardless of the topic, a powerpoint presentation can help you communicate an idea to an audience. Its simple to use and effective in a classroom setting. You can use it for all different ages, classes and subjects. Teachers can use it to lecture. They can add graphics as well as lots of information and links to sites. It organizes chapters as well as teachers thoughts and ideas. Its a great technology because it can be accessed through computers, smartphones, and tablets. Powerpoint is great for students as well because it can be used as a form of notes and presentation. This makes their thought clear and organized. This is also a great technology for students because it prepares them for the real world where most will have to present for a college class or business meeting and things of that sort.

Code.com

   

     The STEM resource that I decided to blog about is called "code.com". It's an online resource dedicated to engaging underrepresented minorities in learning computer science. It has resources for students, teachers and anyone who wants to continue their knowledge in the computer sciences. For students in particular, they can either take free online courses or meet-up with local students in the area to take classes. In the Detroit area alone there was nine available meetings. For students that wanted a more online approach there were many resources available through the Internet as well.
     Being an aspiring secondary education teacher, I looked for high school and middle school teaching possibilities. As far as implementing this resource in the classroom, there are 2 years (2 semesters) available for teachers to include in their curriculum as they please. The first semester's curriculum is called, "Computer Science Discoveries" which is intended for 7th to 9th graders and is designed as a beginner's course in code.  They have a bunch of interactive videos and lesson plans laid out on a week-to-week basis. Also, they have a lot of professional development opportunities for teachers to become more familiar with code in order to be able to make the coding material being taught more relevant and approachable for students. They also offer a second semester course intended for advanced placement and older  high school students called, "Computer Science Principals", which has a similar layout with lesson plans, professional development resources, etc...

https://code.org/

ZipGrade

ZipGrade is a grading app that lets you grade multiple choice tests instantly right from your phone or tablet! To get started using ZipGrade all you need to do is download and print the FREE answer sheets, install the app, and start creating quizzes/defining answer keys. After you give a quiz or test using these answer sheets then you scan them from your phone and it will grade and record all data. ZipGrade is quick, accurate, and organized. You can grade up to 20 tests per minute with this app! No need to wait for the Scantron machine or scanner to grade papers anymore.

To the left is one of the sample answer sheets 

that you print out for your class. This is a 20 

question sheet but there is also 50 and 100 question 

sheets as well.

This is an example to show how easy the scanning is--just line up the four corners and hold steady until phone vibrates to let you know it scanned successfully. 

TeacherKit App

TeacherKit takes classroom management to another level. Teachers can download this app on their smartphone or right to their laptop. TeacherKit can be used from grades K-12 and even at a college level. You can keep track of students' attendance, add behavior notes, record grades, create student level reporting. You can also manage as many classes you need and keep them organized in the app, and can import/export data safely using Dropbox. The best part about this app is that it is FREE! It doesn't cost you anything to download onto your computer or phone. 

This photo is an example of what using the app on your computer would look like, You can see next to each student the behavior bar, you don't want students to get down to red. you can also rearrange your classroom on here first to see how it would look.