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edshelf Weekly - Classroom Tools

Technology can be a great help to your daily instruction. Here is a set of student-tested, teacher-recommended classroom tools to supplement your preparation, lesson plans, and activities.

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RefSeek - Search for academic information in web pages and online books, encyclopedias, journals, and newspapers. FREE

JogNog - Select a pre-made, standards-aligned student assessment from this library of thousands. PAID

BookWidgets - Create and embed an interactive game or exercise into your iBooks Author project or website. PAID

HandBrake - Convert a video from any format to any other format with this open source desktop software. FREE

Super Teacher Tools - Find a variety of digital classroom tools, like a Jeopardy game, seating chart maker, random name picker, countdown timer, etc. FREE

Want more? Check out these shelves of tools created by members like you.

Classroom Tech Tools - Curated by French immersion teacher Diane Cartier.

Student Learning and Gaming Platforms - Curated by world history teacher Kimberly Dawn Albury.

Enjoy these great tools for educators and students! Looking for previous issues of the edshelf Weekly? All are available online.

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- Mike Lee, Co-founder of edshelf

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edshelf Weekly - High-Quality Educational Mobile Apps

Is there a particular subject or type of tools that you are seeking? By request, here are some high-quality, teacher-recommended educational mobile apps. The majority of these are not free, but those that recommend these apps say they are worth it.

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Wizard School - Learn about various subjects, then create pictures and videos to show off what you've learned. FREE

Toca Lab - Experiment with the elements of the periodic table in this virtual laboratory of chemicals and equipment. PAID

Stack the States - Play five different games and learn all the states and capitals of the United States. PAID

Mystery Word Town - Spell words to solve various word games; use the associated visual and audio hints if you need help. PAID

DragonBox Algebra 12+ - Practice your algebra and mathematics skills in this challenging puzzle game that gets progressively harder. PAID

Want more? Check out these shelves of tools created by members like you.

Apps for the Classroom: Past, Present, and Future - Curated by media specialist Jamee Smith.

Game-Based Learning Apps - Curated by robotics professor Noe Branford.

Enjoy these great tools for educators and students! Looking for previous issues of the edshelf Weekly? All are available online.

Want a fresh copy of the edshelf Weekly newsletter in your inbox too? Sign up with edshelf today!

- Mike Lee, Co-founder of edshelf

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10 Best Classroom Apps to Promote Good Morale At Classrooms

These 10 best classroom apps will help you promote good morale in the classroom, inducing an inviting learning atmosphere for the students.

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Classroom Apps for Children, Parents and Teachers

Classroom Apps for Children, Parents and Teachers

The education sphere can benefit greatly from the digital world as it makes a lot of things easier in the much faster educational and learning process today. (more…)

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Overcoming the "College Students As Children" Mindset

Overcoming the "College Students As Children" Mindset #Teaching #highered

In 2007 I began working for a nearby community college, my third such institution in Kentucky. In Kentucky, the community college system operates by a set of guiding principles and policies yet each institution also operates as a sort of franchise. The best way I can describe this is the application process. A person must apply to each particular community college for employment. Just because you…

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School's Out Summer Sale The 2015 School's Out Summer Sale is the brainchild of a group of learning game developers and designers from all over the world. Together they have decided to create a Summer Sale to help keep kids learning during the summer. via School's Out Summer Sale.

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Amazing Alex - a fun puzzle app by the creators of Angry Birds

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Many teachers wish that they could bring their students on fieltrips to see the locations that they learn about in class. For a lot of reasons this is not always feasible but there are many online resources that act as substitutes. We have compiled a list of ten online resources that you can use to bring the classroom on a virtual fieldtrip.

Some great options here to substitute a class outing or fieldtrip.