Teacher Playground

Website: www.teacherplayground.com

An educational technology specialist has created this blog to help the needs of the educator in the technology world. The blog is applicable to teachers of all grades and clusters. 

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Set Multiple Homepages on Your Internet Browser

Do you check multiple pages on a daily basis? You can specify more than one homepage in your browser under Tools> Internet Options> General. Simply list the websites on each line of the homepage dialog box. Now you can view the techtalk blog and cte.unt.edu website every time you open up your internet browser!

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Read To Me Digital Books

Website: www.readtomelv.com

Free digital books read by the author are featured on this website. Popular children’s books are complied for sharing in classroom along with lessons plans. This is a great tool for teaching education students how to use lessons plans while incorporating storybooks.

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Stockmarket Teaching Tools

 

Website: http://dividata.com/

This application contains data on current company stock information. If you are featuring a stock market project for your students, teach them the importance of company research. Students can create screens that filter the stock prices, dividends, and many other factors.

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Don’t Get Caught by the Bell!

Website: http://www.online-stopwatch.com/

This handy website allows you to have a running count down or count up in your classroom. It would be great to display on your smartboard!

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