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  • CastleLearning.com - This is an online, common core resource for students, parents, and teachers to use for english, math, science, and social study lessons, practice, definitions, examples. Additionally, the user name to be able to access this site is provided by your school district. Then the student creates his/her own password; along with 2 security questions. This website can be used with any computer, laptop, tablet, SmartPhone, iPhone, or gaming device that has internet access (for the most part).
  • TypingWeb.com - This website teaches keyboarding skills with courses and games. This is a FREE website that demonstrates what fingers to use with each key, where the keys are located, words per minute speed, percent of accuracy, courses to follow, and tests to monitor improvement.

    From the teacher side, it provides you data in spreadsheets that are downloadable which include minutes spent on course, test results in graphical form, and more.

    To setup your classes: Sign up for a free account and add in your students. I give them a user name and password, but do not fill out the rest of the "new user" screen. You create the name of the class (ex. Period 1) and then add the students into each class; building your class list. I recommend the user name be something that will sort nicely for you: SchoolInitialsSchoolYearStudentName Ex. CF16SmithK
    This website can be used with any computer, laptop, tablet, SmartPhone, iPhone, or gaming device that has internet access (for the most part).
  • Schoology.com - This is an educational version of Facebook with the same built-in blog features. From the teacher side, if you create a course, you can make it "public" to share the course with other teachers. Introduction (5 min)
    This website can be used with any computer, laptop, tablet, SmartPhone, iPhone, or gaming device that has internet access (for the most part). Depending on the grade level you are teaching, many students are already experienced in using Facebook so that make this website engaging and easy for them to use. Like Facebook, they have to "join" the course.
  • Pandora.com or iHeartRadio.com - These are websites for free, online music. These are great for playing music in the classroom or for students to listen to various types of music for music education OR while doing other academic activities. Usually, you can use the website WITHOUT signing in. If you create the free account using an email address and password, it will allow you to save lists of artist and songs you like. It creates "radio stations" of your favorite songs/artists. I like "Classical Bedtime" in iHeartradio.com Also, the free account stops after a few minutes and you have to click on a button to let the website know are still listening to music. This prevents people from streaming songs and slowing down their computers when they are not listening to the music. How To Create A Station (3 min)
  • Windows 8 - If you use a PC, when you turn on a computer, what you see is the operating system . The most recent Microsoft operating system is Windows 8 that has some similar parts as its older versions plus the ability to use Apps (mini-applications usually used on SmartPhones/iPhones). WindowsLearningZone.com made the following great tutorials that are available through YouTube:
    1. Part 00 (8 min) - Overview of videos
    2. Part 01 (12 min) - Windows History, vesrions, 32 vs. 64 bit, etc.
    3. Part 02 (17 min) - What is new, what is missing, if you should upgrade your devices to Win 8, etc.
    4. Part 03 (15 min) - Logon, log off, tiles, pinning, shut down, etc.
    5. Part 04 (11 min) - Desktop, short cuts, resizing windows, taskbar, restore, WordPad, etc.
    6. Part 05 (21 min) - Apps vs. programs, downloading, etc.
    7. Part 06 (14 min) - Useful apps and Gmail
    8. Part 07 (18 min) - More useful apps (calendar, maps,...) etc.
    9. Part 08 (11 min) - Create, save, find files, recycle bin, calculator, Notepad, etc.
    10. Part 09 (11 min) - Settings, passwords, users, privacy, updates, etc.
    11. Part 10 (17 min) - Control panel, display settings, mouse, firewall, etc.
    12. Part 11 (18 min) - Customize Win 8 - get start button back, etc.