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Teacher aide
This website is still something that I am exploring and only recently found (within the last few days) but I think that is has the potential to be a great resource for teachers. Linked to the NSTA website (previously mentioned), this community blog is another great place to find ideas from fellow science teachers and educators.

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Teacher aide
This blog is one that I recently stumbled across, and is *so far* a great insight to what it means to be a science teacher. The author is a teacher, father and husband and uses all of his experiences to comment on his teaching methods and ideas. So far, this is my favorite blog that I have stumbled across.

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In-Class Instruction, organization, teacher aide
Cam Scanner is an app for Android and iPhones that allows you to scan a document and save it is a document or PDF file. You can then upload this document to a computer and use it for multiple resources. I personally love this application, as you can turn paper resources into digital.

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In-Class instruction, teacher aide
This website is a group blog, where teachers of all disciplines can post their ideas, experiences and research to share with the rest of the educational community. Articles are free to teachers and can serve as an excellent source for teaching ideas and methods.

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In-Class instruction, organization
This website is a great way to involve students in the class room, check for understanding or to college an assignment. You can create a group for you class and have students post replies. Every student has a username, so you can see which students are posting. You can even assign students "code names" to keep responses anonymous.

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In-Class Instruction
The National Science Teacher Association is a great website and resource for any teacher working in the field of science. Not only does it give teachers (and students) the opportunity to become a member, but it provides teaching ideas and resources. Teachers can also participate in regional and national conferences, and are given the chance to share teaching methods and ideas with each other.

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In-Class Instruction, Creativity
The link above will take you to the website, but the application can be downloaded from the Apple or Android stores.

Tellagami is a great resource for students and teachers to create animate videos. While, in my opinion, it is better suited for younger grade levels, older students could also use it as long as it is taken seriously.

One idea I had is for students to create a food web in small groups. The students would then pick an interaction or relationship between two more more animals, and are responsible to creating a Gami explaining this interaction. Students could either turn in their videos like this, or, if they are well versed in a tool such as iMovie, they can put all of the clips together into a longer video.

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In-Class Instruction
Youtube is a great resource for anyone who has students who do well with visual or auditory teaching aides. You can find a variety instruction, fun and really any type of video for any type of lesson you are teaching. Youtube is one of those great resources for people to share videos, however you do have to be careful about how appropriate said videos are; always check or watch them before you show them to your class!

Youtube could also be a good place for students to create content to upload and share. For a class I had, the teacher gave an extra credit opportunity. We had to create and upload a video to Youtube about the reproductive cycle of a specific parasite. It is free to upload, and you can control the privacy of the video. The opportunities are endless!

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Google Forms- Creativity, organization, In-Class Instruction
Google Forms is an excellent source to use in your class. You can create a form that students can fill out and you can see the answers. This could be used as a way to get to know your students or parents, or it can be used as a type of quiz or homework check. It is free to use and extremely easy to create with!

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Organization
Google Keep is an excellent tool for people who need help staying organized and who need to keep lists on a daily basis. I am one of those people, and used to carry around a notebook where I kept lists of everything I needed to do during the day. Good Keep allows you to make these lists on a computer or phone, and you can carry it with you where ever you go! It's also free to use, and can be downloaded as a computer or phone application. I use this every single day now.

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Creativity, organization
How can you not love Pinterest? I have used it for years for personal use, and only recently started using it for educational purposes. It is an excellent place to find ideas for activities, in class instruction, lesson plans and just about anything else that you can thing of. You can pin someone else's link, or create one of your own. You can also follow other peoples boards and share ideas with people all around the world. Personally, it is one of my favorite websites to use.

Feel free to click the link below and follow me!

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See what Zella Blair (hoytzb) has discovered on Pinterest, the world's biggest collection of everybody's favorite things.

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Website Creation, Creativity
At first I was hesitant to use this because I thought it was very complicated to use. But, it is actually very simple and straight forward! You can great something that resembles a slide show, where you can use pictures, text, links and videos within the slideshow. It can be used for personal use, in class instruction and could even be a good site for students to use for projects or presentations!

Clink on the link below for a personal example.

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In-Class Instruction
While I haven't used this in a while, I have used in the past to create worksheets and templates for in class assignments. It is incredible easy to use and allows you to create worksheets online that you can save and use. Below shows a few examples of pre-made templates that you can modify to your own individual classroom. It like this site because it has tools are are useful in ANY classroom or subject!

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In-Class instruction, organization
This is the site you are currently on! Padlet is an incredible resources that I was just recently introduced to, and I have been using it more than any other forum/discussion board. Padlet allows you to post yourself or have other people post ideas/assignments/posts. It allows you to control the look of the posts; for this page, it is extremely organized and allows you to see all posts.

This can be a great resource in classrooms to have students in assignments, or to reach out to parents to find out any questions or thoughts that they might have with the classroom.

Below is an image of a sharing board where students posted links to assignments that they created. This allows the teacher, as well as other students, to view everyone's work.

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Creativity
Popplet is a website that allows you to create complex webs and images to use in your personal work or for in class instruction. One thing that I like, especially as a Middle School science teacher, is that it is extremely easy to be organized with your ideas and posts.

As a science teacher, this is great for making webs and charts to demonstrate complex relationships. It's also a great website to have students work on their own or create their own webs, as it is extremely student friendly. An example of the chart can be seen in the area discussing ThingLink.

They can also serve as great ways to create sharing or idea boards, much like this website. An example of this can be seen below.

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ThingLink is an excellent website for making interactive activities for students to learn and explore a topic.

The below image shows a food web for a forrest (terrestrial) ecosystem, and certain parts have a bullet (circle) representing additional information about that given member. This can be videos, text, links to websites or any other supplemental information you want.

Students can follow this and using the website, interact with the lesson on their own and at their own pace.

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These are quickly becoming one of my favorite tools to work with. They make learning and completing activities fun for both the students and teacher!

Teachers will use the above link to create the QR code for each activity. Students will then scan the code using a phone/tablet through a variety of apps. I personaly prefer the application i-Nigma (downloadable through the app store). I think this is the easiest and most student-friendly application in this area.

Feel free to download the application, or another QR code reader, and scan the code below!

The page linked below is one that I would use in a 7th grade Life Science class. Each student will get a print out of the document and will follow each QR code to complete each step! The beauty about QR codes is that they can be adjusted to each class and situation, and is an easy way to differentiate your lessons!

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Kahoot is an incredible tool that allows your to "quiz" students in a fun, competitive way. Teachers can either create their own Kahoots, or use one of the thousands of public quizzes. When you create your own, you determine if it will be public (others are able to search and use it) or private, so that only you can use it.

Students will create a username, which the teacher can delete if they feel it is appropriate. When everyone is signed into the quiz, they will be given a code, produced by kahoot, which will allow them to enter the actual game. The image below shows where that code will be typed in.

This tool allows students to reviews and test their understanding in a fun, competitive way that is still controlled by the teacher. I foresee myself using this in my class many times, eventually having the students create their own.

The only downside, in my opinion, is that this requires that every student has a technology tool (computer/phone/tablet). This can pose a problem in schools/classrooms that do not have access to these.

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Wheel Decide is a great, simple website that allows you to create a spinning wheel labelled with whatever you choose. This is a GREAT tool when you are using student participation, as you can input your students names into the wheel and have it randomly select a student. This can be useful when you have a class that struggles with participation or when you want to randomize the students being chosen.

Below is an image of a generic wheel designed by the website. The homepage gives you the option to create your own, or use one of the provided wheels.

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Website Creation
Smore is a very student friendly website that allows you to make flyers, websites and other multimedia pieces, but like Weebly allows you to. However, in my opinion, Smore is much better for student use, as it is not as flexible in creation. It also allows you to share your creations with others, which makes it a great way to get information out to students and parents about the progress in your class.

Below is a link to a flyer I created for a class, which contains images made in Canva. Below is also a picture of the same page.
https://www.smore.com/61ksh

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Website Creation
Weebly is a great way to create a website for yourself, your class or anything else you might need a website for. It gives you the freedom to build your own website, while still providing templates that are easy to use and understand.

Below is the link to my own personal portfolio, as well as a link to a project I did for a Study Abroad course. As you can see, there is freedom to use it in whatever way you want.

http://commercialtimberinireland.weebly.com/

http://mshoytportfolio.weebly.com/

One of my favorite things about Weebly is that it allows you to work on building and adding to your site without publishing it. That way, parents/students can continue to look at the site while you make changes, without seeing said changes in progress.

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Creativity
This website is great for creating images for your personal website/portfolio, class assignments or anything else that you might want a personalized image for.

Below is an example of one of my personal images on my portfolio, made using one of the canva templates.