http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/?utm_source=rss Useful sites for educators Copyright 2013, Thinkmap Inc. All Rights Reserved. en Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/images/common/logo_on_white.gif http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/?utm_source=rss Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/a-question-of-grammar?utm_source=rss Sites to motivate, challenge... and entertain students who are stuck on grammar. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/a-question-of-grammar Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/find-the-literature-you-need-online?utm_source=rss Looking for texts accessible online? These e-text sites contain thousands of unbound texts. Anne of Green Gables, The Blue Fairy Book, Animal Farm, all of Mark Twain's writing? It's on there. Bonus: you can grab the vocabulary from any of these texts using VocabGrabber (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/vocabgrabber).  - Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org/) - eBooks@Adelaide  (http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/meta/titles/A.html) Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/find-the-literature-you-need-online Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/librarians-suggest-good-books-for-kids-of-all-ages?utm_source=rss Teachers, these sites should help you find something good for the youngest to the most advanced readers in your classroom. Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/librarians-suggest-good-books-for-kids-of-all-ages Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/enliven-history-with-docs-teach?utm_source=rss The National Archives Experience's Docs Teach website (http://docsteach.org/) offers teachers nifty, interactive "creation tools" that they can pair with the thousands of primary source documents they have curated from throughout American History. Tue, 23 Oct 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/enliven-history-with-docs-teach Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/connected-educators-and-their-personal-learning-networks?utm_source=rss August is Connected Educators Month, and to celebrate, the New York Times Learning Network has rounded up 33 educators to explain who is in their "Personal Learning Network" (PLN). Among those responding are Visual Thesaurus executive producer Ben Zimmer (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/contributors/10) and curriculum development director Georgia Scurletis (http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/contributors/26). Check out all the responses here (http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/for-connected-educator-month-tips-from-33-educators-we-admire/). Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/connected-educators-and-their-personal-learning-networks Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/common-core-and-academic-vocabulary-a-video?utm_source=rss Teachers, want to get the scoop on the rationale behind the Common Core State Standards as they relate to Academic Vocabulary? Well, this video (http://www.vimeo.com/27077248) takes you right to the source: a conversation with one of the thinkers behind the Common Core, author David Coleman, and the NYS Commissioner of Education John King. Wed, 07 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/common-core-and-academic-vocabulary-a-video Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/black-history-month?utm_source=rss  Check out the following sites to find top-notch materials for teaching and learning about African American history: - The Library of Congress: African American History Teacher Resources (http://www.africanamericanhistorymonth.gov/teachers.html) - Reading Rockets: Black History Month Resources (http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/blackhistory/) - PBS: African American World (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld/index.html) Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/black-history-month Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/2012-the-olympics-and-paralympics-head-to-london?utm_source=rss Teachers, if you are looking to infuse your 2012 curriculum with some timely material, this official "Get Set" website (http://getset.london2012.com/en/home) can provide you with all kinds of Olympics-focused teaching resources. From biographies of the star athletes to interactive games and challenges, "Get Set" can help motivate your students to become part of the action. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/2012-the-olympics-and-paralympics-head-to-london Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/the-other-vt-voicethread?utm_source=rss If you want to give digital storytelling a whirl, check out VoiceThread (http://voicethread.com) — a site that helps your students create multimedia slide shows that can include narrative, still images, video, and music. And the beauty of VoiceThread as a collaborative classroom tool is that once a student shares a VoiceThread with the class, other students' comments are then incorporated into the VoiceThread presentation as well. Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/the-other-vt-voicethread Edulinks http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/100-milestone-documents?utm_source=rss November is a great month to steep your students in historical "primary" documents. You could have students read President Wilson’s 14 points in anticipation of Armistice Day (November 11th, now called Veteran’s Day) and the Gettysburg Address to commemorate Lincoln’s famous speech which was delivered on November 19th, 1863. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EDT http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/edulinks/100-milestone-documents